⟐ Edited by author December 21, 2025 at 22:47 MST

So I downloaded TruHexen 2021 iso (I also tried 2019 with same issue) and burned it to a blank CD-R 4.7GB DVD disc at 4x speed. It only works at 4x and 8x, I chose the slowest. I am using imburn to burn the image. I tried 2 different disc brands, verbatim with azo dye and maxell. Whatever disc I burn, my xbox will not boot off of. I put the disc into the drive, turn it off, then back on, you can feel the drive spin up and you can hear it going.

It sits at the initial xbox boot up screen for about 10-15 seconds, then the microsoft logo shows and it goes to the dashboard with the message xbox cant recognize the disc. I tried different disk drives, different IDE cables, different xbox consoles. All the same issue. The disc drive brands are Samsung, Thompson and philips.

Again, I can put a game into the same disc drives and they load just fine. What am I doing wrong? Is the CD-R discs too new? I bought them the other day. I also have a brand new LG external CD disc writer as the one in my computer does not read CD-R's. What am I doing wrong?

BTW the one disc drive I know that fully works is a Samsung SDG-605B (Ver. B)

⟐ Commented August 11, 2025 at 7:44 MST

I have an Xbox 1.3 modified with openxenium

I made the recaping of all the capacitors

I removed the the Clock capacitor (But even leaving it, after replacing it with a good one, it doesn't change anything)

The console after a few minutes of operation starts to open and close the dvd tray (with variable intervals, sometimes full open and full closed several times, other times intermittently until full opening and in the same way until complete closure and then restart again)

If I try to turn it off (both via button and via command from Dashboard or from the openxenium menu) it turns on again immediately

I have 2 working openxenium doesn't change anything with one or the other

If I turn off the power even just a few seconds when I reconnect the power remains off but if I turn it back on yes the problem repeats

If it is disconnected from the power one night, the shutdown will work properly again, but when it reaches the usual operating time, the problem restarts.

The problem was also present before the replacement of the capacitors.

I'm waiting for the arrival of the esr tester to check all the capacitors.

I'll start by saying that I also have another xbox that worked from which I took the following parts:
- dvd
- power button / dvd open button

I've already replaced the dvd player but the problem remains.

I've already replaced the power lock (power button and dvd open button)

Do you have any advice?!

Thanks for the help 🙏🙏🙏

⟐ Edited by author April 07, 2025 at 6:50 MST

I am currently working on repairing an original xbox with a foxlink psu model FTPS-0002. I plugged it in when i bought it and it went bang. I have located a couple of components i am unable to identify as they have blown out, and hopefully someone will be able to identify them for me. The components are located on a small board soldered into the middle of the PSU itself. Please refer to photos for more specific information. Any more information that may be needed please ask.

Thank you,

Levi

⟐ Commented January 20, 2025 at 1:03 MST

I am not 100% sure what version go xbox that I have, the dates point to 1.6 or 1.6b, and I am not sure what I need to do to keep it running for longer. I know that if I take out the clock cap on 1.6 or newer xbox I need to replace it or soft mod the software, and taking it out could lead to a new error code.

⟐ Commented November 09, 2023 at 10:25 MST

I have green and purple lines on my Xbox I know it’s not the cords because I have another Xbox original and tried the cords on that and they worked fine.

⟐ Edited by author October 18, 2023 at 15:01 MST

on the HDD there is a number of steps to reboot it, is there a web site which shows the step-by-step procedures for doing this?

⟐ Edited April 10, 2023 at 8:17 MST

Hi guys! My xbox original stopped turning on ... it had firmware (honestly, I don’t know which one, I don’t really understand this, I bought the console already with it). Everything was fine, I played it, downloaded games, everything was super. The last time I threw some game on the console from the computer. She did not turn on and I decided to score on her, I played something else. The next day, when the console was turned on, the splash screen went on, it completely ends with the xbox inscription, then the screen becomes less bright and everything freezes on this ... every time the splash screen is played to the end and after that the screen glows a little less, not so much as not to see the xbox inscription ... tell me what could be the problem? p.s. discs work, games run.

⟐ Commented April 07, 2023 at 20:45 MST

⟐ Answer deleted February 06, 2021 at 7:31 MST

⟐ Commented August 12, 2020 at 16:15 MST

I picked up an Xbox from a garage sale, and when plugging it in and turning it on, no image would come on the screen and the disk drive would not open (pressing the eject button would cause the light around it to flash but that was it). After a disassembly, we couldn't identify anything right away, and after putting it back together the disk drive opened fine and the console was functioning properly. After putting a game in, a few minutes in it said there was a problem reading the disc. After turning the console off then back on, the original problem occurred again. I don't have a lot of familiarity with the system, could anyone help me identify what the issue may be? Thanks

Thank you for reading, and if you have any helpful advice, let me know please :)