X-Box problems.
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X-Box problems.
I was going to play a game today on my X-Box but it is doing something it has never done before. The screen is really scrambled and looks like crap. I checked all of the wires to make sure nothing had came loose. Do you think it has seen its better days? I have had it since Jan. 2002 and have never had a problem with it until today.
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Originally Posted by Sonny Corinthos
I was going to play a game today on my X-Box but it is doing something it has never done before. The screen is really scrambled and looks like crap. I checked all of the wires to make sure nothing had came loose. Do you think it has seen its better days? I have had it since Jan. 2002 and have never had a problem with it until today.
how do you have it hooked to your tv? which box? svideo, RGB, or just the video. you might want to try a new way of hooking it in and a new cable. if it is one of the early xbox svide or hd packs that has the box you might want to get a new one those are known to go bad over time.
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Originally Posted by BeanDip0001
how do you have it hooked to your tv? which box? svideo, RGB, or just the video. you might want to try a new way of hooking it in and a new cable. if it is one of the early xbox svide or hd packs that has the box you might want to get a new one those are known to go bad over time.
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i'd replace the RF one hooked to the xbox. before you open it up. also i'd clean the contacts on the video port on the back of it with some of the contact cleaner you can get from radio shack.
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Originally Posted by Sonny Corinthos
BTW, how do you open up the Box and clean it?
Once its open, clean everything with a can of compressed air. That might do the trick.
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Thanks for the site on cleaning the xbox. Mine has been acting screwy lately and giving me the "i can't recognize this disk" message. I think I will try to pick up some Torx screwdrivers and compressed air and clean it out.