think I killed my xbox :(

yanman · 14th April 2006, 1:47 PM

it was stupid of me to do - I had it sitting on a slightly curved PC case, a long CAT5 cable running into another room, someone trips over the cable, yanks the xbox (while running) and it topples off the PC. result? it powers on but no video signal and the power light flashes. anyone have experience with this kind of symptom?

adom · 14th April 2006, 1:58 PM

check xbox scene...

However that generally is a Video cable/port issue (flashing lights on the front). Could be the drive is buggered but more likely it is the AV.

Did you have the AV cable plugged in when it dropped? has the port or the cable been damaged?

You can open the box up and check the board out...

or for a measly $100 or so bux you should be able to pick one up from ebay...

yanman · 14th April 2006, 2:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adom

check xbox scene...

However that generally is a Video cable/port issue (flashing lights on the front). Could be the drive is buggered but more likely it is the AV.

Did you have the AV cable plugged in when it dropped? has the port or the cable been damaged?

You can open the box up and check the board out...

or for a measly $100 or so bux you should be able to pick one up from ebay...

hmmm bit better now for some reason! it powers on and has a video signal but goes to the Service Required screen. However if I do the hold-button-in thing to get the EvoX dash to come up that works fine! I tried a few movies and they still play fine too, so it's only the original dash that doesnt work, so I'm guessing there was some drive corruption. Could be some physical damage to the hdd

Yeah the A/V was plugged in. Luckily the CAT5 lug was missing the latch so the tugging force from the cable being tripped over wasnt as bad as it could have been

yanman · 17th April 2006, 9:10 PM

seems all wasn't well after all

took it to my sis's place and it now won't turn on at all, briefly lights up for a second and i can hear something fire up but then straight off again. looks like it's time to open it up

14th April 2006, 1:47 PM	#1
yanman Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hobart Posts: 5,748	think I killed my xbox :( it was stupid of me to do - I had it sitting on a slightly curved PC case, a long CAT5 cable running into another room, someone trips over the cable, yanks the xbox (while running) and it topples off the PC. result? it powers on but no video signal and the power light flashes. anyone have experience with this kind of symptom?

14th April 2006, 1:58 PM	#2
adom Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 197	check xbox scene... However that generally is a Video cable/port issue (flashing lights on the front). Could be the drive is buggered but more likely it is the AV. Did you have the AV cable plugged in when it dropped? has the port or the cable been damaged? You can open the box up and check the board out... or for a measly $100 or so bux you should be able to pick one up from ebay... __________________ Recommended Traders: Joee, Wez, Wu_Banger2001, tapui, chainbolt, Bigal, fatmantan, PARANOiA, Sinix, TheAnswer, TH3 SP3CIALIS7, jimbo2k

17th April 2006, 9:10 PM	#4
yanman Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hobart Posts: 5,748	seems all wasn't well after all took it to my sis's place and it now won't turn on at all, briefly lights up for a second and i can hear something fire up but then straight off again. looks like it's time to open it up