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Xbox Series X: Has anyone replaced the internal hard drive yet?

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 01:32:42 -0700

Has anyone found an M2 that fits inside the x series x (internal hard drive) and if so has anyone been able to format it to run the OS?

⟐ Commented January 14, 2026 at 1:32 MST

Xbox Series X: No Sound After Console Wipe / New Installation

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:44:04 -0700

Hi Guys,

I have a console in for repair that someone previously attempted to replace the HDMI port on. I won't lie, it was well and truly butchered and almost all the pads were ripped off with the port along with the tracks. Normally I'd turn this one away but I was genuinely curious to see if I could get it going again.

I replaced the port, manually wired everything in and it's working!

However, I removed the board after the initial test to apply solder mask and close it up again. It worked just fine up until I reset the console, at which I lost all sound and the resolution defaulted to 640 x 480. I do get the option to change the display to 720 / 1080 but doing this does not restore the sound. Baffled, I looked everywhere online for a solution but turned up nothing. I was able to restore the sound by selecting 'Video Fidelity & Overscan' and setting the display back to HDMI from DVI, but after resetting the console again, it simply defaults back to DVI. This has me thinking there's a hardware issue but I'm not entirely sure...

I'm hoping someone here can shed some light on the issue but I'll keep trying and update the post as I know more. Hope you can help!

Kind regards,

Chris

⟐ Commented November 08, 2024 at 16:44 MST

Xbox Series X: XBOX Series X - Turn on and then off - it wont stay powered on?

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 20:25:01 -0700

not sure what is causing this. I took it apart and inspected the motherboard. Everything looks fine?

⟐ Answered August 13, 2023 at 20:25 MST

Xbox Series X: Xbox Series X PSU Compatibility 12 vs 14 digit serial

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:11:42 -0700

I need to replace the PSU in my Xbox Series X the 2020 release (12 digit SN), it looks like the latest XBX 2024 revision (14 digit SN) has a new Genuine PSU model compared to the 1920 model, are these two compatible with each other?

Newest revision: Microsoft Xbox Series X Disk Drive Model 1882 (14 digit serial number) Power Supply - Genuine

Older revision: Xbox Series X Power Supply

⟐ Commented March 22, 2026 at 11:11 MST

Xbox Series X: Xbox Series S & X LAN Port

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 06:59:27 -0700

I’m looking for the Ethernet LAN socket for the Xbox Series X and S. Has anyone already found a suitable replacement part?

Thank you and wishing you a sunny week!

⟐ Answered April 29, 2025 at 6:59 MST

Xbox Series X: Where is the internal speaker located?

Sat, 30 Mar 2024 09:38:14 -0700

The internal speaker of my Series X, which normally plays the startup and disk eject chime is broken. I want to replace it and have been searching online for its location inside the chassis, but I can't find anywhere how to replace it. Does anyone know if the speaker is on a seperate daughterboard?

⟐ Commented March 30, 2024 at 9:38 MST

Xbox Series X: Faulty hdmi port I need a picture of a perfectly soldered hdmi

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:38:48 -0700

Suspicious damage i need an example

⟐ Answered March 14, 2024 at 16:38 MST

Xbox Series X: Broken Xbox Series X power ribbon clip!

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 07:02:19 -0700

Hello does anyone happen to know where i can get a replacement clip for the power ribbon for my series x or even a solid duct tape fix for now? Long story short, we live in the middle of nowhere in a 150 year old house regular cleaning is essential, so I wasn't listening to someone when I should have, so to get my attention she hooks the ribbon with her pinkie and POP!. But as far as I can tell there is no damage to the bridge board. Just a couple of the pins on the ribbon connector are scrunched back a little and the grey piece you press to release the cable has a half a centimeter gap that is broken out. I'm about 98.2% sure that the ribbon cable not seating in is the issue. So if anyone has a fix or link to where I could find this little part it would be greatly appreciated.

Here is this pic drew, its a little worse than i thought

⟐ Commented March 03, 2022 at 7:02 MST

Xbox Series X: Series X will not turn on

Sat, 16 Dec 2023 20:47:11 -0700

I'll preface this by saying my console worked just fine 2 days ago. I went to turn on my console and the chime plays and the buttons light is on, but there is no display on my TV, I've tried using a different hdmi cable and slot, I've tried power cycling and turning the console to "low resolution" but nothing has worked. After being on for just a few minutes it turns itself off, holding the button on the controller does nothing.

Xbox Series X: Xbox series X Randomly shutting down

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:26:02 -0700

Hello everyone,

My Xbox series X is randomly shutting down when playing games… I haven’t observed it having any issues downloading or streaming, only when playing both disk and digital games.

I followed all the basic recommendations for ventilation. That did nothing so I opened it… the thermal paste was terrible but after replacing it, and cleaning the console, there was no difference.

I’m about to start swapping parts, specifically the power supply to see if that resolved it. I’m also considering that it could be a fault on the SSD because occasionally, on restart, none of the games or anything will load. I also considered it may be something wrong with the main power rails to the CPU but that’s just a guess because I recall watching one get fixed once and being told a console could function without a phase of power but may fail under load.

Any thoughts? I would appreciate input as I can not find any post, article, or YouTube video suggesting a real cause and solution.

⟐ Commented February 27, 2026 at 0:26 MST

Xbox Series X: E100 code needs repair but where to start?

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:52:45 -0700

I have a xbox series x with e100 error code. It boots up straight to the update and then throws this error try to factory reset and USB update but just boots to update over and over. Where do I begin to test on the board to try to fix

⟐ Commented November 27, 2025 at 10:52 MST

Xbox Series X: Won’t turn on fan is only thing that works

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:01:36 -0700

So recently got this Xbox don’t know if it worked before but it was full of roaches (dead ones no live bugs) so I took it apart and cleaned it before even trying it changed the thermal paste and put it back together when connected to power the fan immediately turns on and console won’t power up hope it’s the power supply but not to sure

⟐ Answered July 28, 2025 at 8:01 MST

Xbox Series X: Unknown ic |akrm near 1.1 tp8

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 02:40:58 -0700

Can anyone helpdesk me please?

Cant find a replacement for These 8pin ic.

Thanks allot

⟐ Answer accepted December 18, 2024 at 2:40 MST

Xbox Series X: My Xbox Series X will not power on consistently

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 08:23:13 -0700

I recently purchased a Series X through an online auction, and the console won't start.

When I press the power button, the power button lights up for a moment and then goes out, and the console does not start.

I replaced the power supply unit, and the power came back on for about a minute, but the same issue occurred again.

Which part is giving me this issue?

⟐ Answer accepted March 24, 2024 at 8:23 MST

Xbox Series X: My brother is a big man baby and poured water through the top of my xb

Thu, 25 May 2023 05:44:48 -0700

Water was poured through the top of my xbox series x I wasn't aware until later I was sure something happened to it but bc I didnt know that I had it running for a day and noticed a few things some of the quick ways to do stuff on it like power off using the controller wont work and it makes a weird noise every now and then is it &&^&@@ or is there something I can do

⟐ Answered May 25, 2023 at 5:44 MST

Xbox Series X: Stupid question I’m sure but

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:37:23 -0700

So looking through the breakdowns of this counsel why not take out disc drive

And use the power and data cable for a hard drive

⟐ Commented March 20, 2023 at 13:37 MST

Xbox Series X: My Xbox randomly turns off while playing after 20 minutes.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 05:34:05 -0700

My Xbox randomly turns off while playing after 20 minutes. I used compressed air to clean out the heat syc

⟐ Answered January 14, 2022 at 5:34 MST

Xbox Series X: Which Thermal Paste Brand?

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:31:24 -0700

Just curious as to which thermal paste would you use? I used Arctic Silver. That should be fine right?

⟐ Commented September 23, 2025 at 9:31 MST

Xbox Series X: Why won’t my Xbox Series X turn on?

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:47:05 -0700

6/21/24 I just replaced my power supply on my XSX and it still won’t turn on. Problem originated back in September of 23, I started playing a new game and the Xbox randomly shut off and never turned back on. I put the console on the shelf until I could work a replacement power supply into my budget, and I just got a new one installed into it. After installing the new power supply, the Xbox series x still won’t turn on. I even tried plugging the controller into the usb slot to turn it on that way and no luck. Any suggestions at to what the problem could be? I’m desperate…

⟐ Answer accepted June 21, 2024 at 8:47 MST

Xbox Series X: Controller Won't power with rumble motors connected

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 02:40:01 -0700

My series controller wont register if I have the rumble motors connected to the pcb board but works just fine if I leave them unsoldered. I have2 doing this

⟐ Commented April 19, 2024 at 2:40 MST