Also if you are going to sell the product. It is more visually appealing if it doesn’t come with a whole bunch of finger prints. There is also also some acid in my skin oils that may cause early corrosion.
That rust actually kinda looks like Dorito dust. Pretty good matchup with the Mountain Dew color! Jokes aside, great repair. These consoles can stand up to a lot of abuse!
25+ hours? My man, you deserve a medal, and also to be able to keep the Xbox afterwards. If I worked on something that long, I know I'd get too attached to it to let it go
I would not have had the patience for this lol. To answer your question, I was part of a traveling martial arts group around that time and locals who were part of the organization would host us at their homes. This particular guy lived in a Chicago apartment building and several of the apartments wired their Xboxes together to play Halo. I'm talking multiple floors of the building. It was very cool!
@@noahboat580My guess is that the landlord was cool with it and set up a dedicated LAN network so it would work across multiple floors. Based if you ask me 🗿
When I was growing up, my best friend lived directly across the street from me and we both had rooms that faced each other, so we got this linksys wireless link cable that had a 100 ft range. We were into modding xboxes and there was this hacked halo 2 multiplayer map pack that was released to the hacking scene and we would play that for hours. We would put our wireless modules in our windows and it was just over 90 feet from point-to-point so the experience was flawless. We would go over to each other's house every day after school and each night we would be called back to our houses for dinner, then after dinner we would call each other and play video games until like 11pm. It was a blast.
Those original Xbox consoles are built like tanks. The error message you are getting is most likely a hard drive error. Either it's totally dead or the files are messed up on it. The best way to fix it now is to mod chip it and change the hard drive, which is what I have done to mine. In fact, I modded it to take a 2TB solid state drive and installed all the emulation and Xbox games on it.
A product that works wonders on rust removal on any surface is called CLR (calcium-lime-rust) remover. I had a similar project like this, and it saved me hours of work. The only drawback is that it's not environmentally friendly. Awesome video, as always!
I've used CLR before, it does remove rust like a champ, but also all the zinc plating too, so I regret using it on one of my projects because all the parts lost their protective coating when all I had to do was scrape off the rust with a wire wheel or something. Maybe just some spot cleaning with CLR would do the trick instead of an overnight soak like I did :P
Robert, thank you for enduring this time suck of an X-Box. Thank you for the time you spent and all of the elbow grease you expended. Maybe you could open it back up and put some buggies in there for Steve?
Gee... did this thing sit on the bottom of the lake or something?! Mess. Besides, that's a great job! I am impressed with how much rust you got off the Xbox.
Saddens me how people mistreat electronics so much. Even more so for limited editions. You always do such great work. Your voice is so peaceful and soothing. Keep it up and don't change who are for anyone.
Oh my god... the fact that out of all things to be broken it's the practically unscathed from rust hard drive that didn't work is incredible. This is 100% salvageable by Steve, will need a hardmod to get it running again but it's so close to working!
Great video! By the way, you can soak rust stained plastics too in vinegar (or citric acid), it makes it easier to remove the stains. About the LAN parties; we still get together sometimes for a few days to play Halo on Xboxes, and also play a bunch of other PC games over LAN, it is so much fun compared to today’s matchmaking systems.
You might want to borrow Steve's ultrasonic cleaner to help you on projects like this one, in the future. Still, I'm impressed it powered on at the end. And more so by the amount of rust you managed to remove on the motherboard and psu.
The Original Xbox was the first console I ever bought with my own money, I was the perfect age when it came out and when I was 15 I distinctly remember mowing lawns, babysitting and power washing trucks at my uncle’s truck stop until I was able afford one just in time for Halo 2. Had some great times: KotOR, DOA3, Burnout 3, True Crime LA, Crimson Skies, and the first time I ever broke a controller was playing Ninja Gaiden.
Probably never gonna be seen, but soaking in diluted white vinegar overnight also works for most ABS-plastics. You'll want to try it on a less visible spot to make sure that it doesnt react with the pigment in the plastic, and obviously remove any stickers and metal bits first, but it then works pretty well. Gotten rust off both a transparent xbox and an old mac classic by doing this.
I've repaired some crusty original xbox consoles and this by far is the worst I don't think i've ever seen a motherboard that looks like a mix of rust and corrosion
Great clean overall. Don't be afraid to properly clean the mainboard. The main board had been submerged allready, so no harm if you wash it with soap and water. Even perfectly fine boards get submerged in an ultrasonic cleaner.
I use citric acid in my dishwasher to remove hard warder deposits from my dishes (and from my pipes). I'm sure it would've worked for rust too, but it has to be boiling hot water to really work. So the plastic pieces would likely need to be submerged in the citric acid solution (or run them through the dishwasher) to get the job done.
Evaporust is definitely my go to for rust, it puts a protective layer on where the rust was so it doesn't rust again, also for the plastics vinegar is pretty ok for some things just not all, also heard a run through the dishwasher with detergent that has an anti rust helps too but I've never done it
rust like that its surprising how often it doesnt actually touch the traces to any real degree, but that hard drive is toast, thats what error 07 is, hard drive fault, a relatively easy fix nowadays
I use vinegar to soak plastic parts in like you did with the soapy water! It softens the rust so you can wipe it off easily and doesn’t hurt the plastic!
Really fun video. Happy to see it restored. I wonder if in this situation if the Chemical Guys Decon Pro Iron Remover, would work on the plastics to get the rust out.
Multiple caps on that motherboard are bulging and one of them looks like it’s actually opened up. I would have at least replaced those before powering it up. But that being said, great job on cleaning it up.
Definitely can recommend having a decent size ultrasonic cleaner. Might be a good investment with what this thing looked like. It gets rid of some very VERY hard to clean stuff. I've worked with electronics repair/refurbishment and that thing saved us a lot of time more often than not
Same here man. I’m a few years behind but I lived in a rural area where broadband internet wasn’t an option. I was able to play games like Quake 3 and CS pre-source online on my 56k but eventually Valve changed the net code on CS and my ping went to 500ms and that was it for me I gave up on gaming for years. Totally missed out on the OG Xbox and halo days. 😢
I always loved the original xbox, I had one when I was younger just sitting in the corner of my sister dresser amongst our clothes (they were everywhere as I was very messy as a kid) but I have no clue where it is right now. one of the three probably happened: my mom sold it or threw it away or my dad still has it since he kept all the toys my siblings and I had as kids and also hoping he still has my childhood Gameboy advance that I miss so much.
This is colour way is absolutely stunning but the rust damage inside the empty shell is heart retching, if this was mine and I found in that state I’d be mourning lol
To remove the rust from plastic, try a solution of toilet Bowl cleaner. First use a mixture of about 75% "TBC to 25% distilled water, with a soak time of about 20 minutes. Sometimes a stronger solution is needed. Experiment with weaker or stronger solutions.
the HALO parties were awesome. I remember one at my friends condo in Detroit we had 2 or 3 CRT hooked up I can't remember if we had more than 2 xbox at once. that was 21 years ago
Whoa! such amazing restoration. Sad to see such a rare edition of this Xbox in that state it looks unreal. But an Ultrasonic cleaner would have speeded up the process and would have cleaned up those motherboard and the pcb's better also would like to see a removal of that clock cap and some new thermal paste on both the CPU and the GPU, the GPU heatsink will need to be heated up to be removed. Also the metal plates could have benefited from a respray to restore there colours. As for getting the console working some new capacitors, new HDD along with 80 Wire IDE Cables and a TSOP Mod/Modchip would likely have got it working again.
You should add one of those cheap electric toothbrushes you find at the grocery store to your arsenal. I think it's called Spin brush. The top head spins and the bottom head oscillates. Great video by the way.
I can't believe that thing powered up and output video lol. I would've taken the time to clean the shell, but the mobo and power supply looked toasted. I definitely saw some bulging capacitors on the mobo, which is very common for these consoles. That might be all that needs replaced. We used to have halo lan parties all the time in the early-mid 2000's, sometimes with the full 16 people. I actually had a small xbox lan for the first time in a while last weekend playing the original star wars battlefront 2, and it was a good blast to the past. Awesome video, and hopefully Steve can fix it! I bet he'll suspect capacitors as the problem straight away, since it's so common with these, and some are visibly bulging already.
Long before x-box we used to get together for LAN parties, all of us bringing our computers over and hooking them up to play Doom. The social aspect was probably quite similar, and it was a blast. Question why use vinegar instead of something like Evaporust? Also, the glue for most feet, stickers etc is usually a type of rubber cement and is cleaned best wiht a hexane based solvent, search for rubber cement thinner and you will find it. You have far more patience than me. I would have replaced the powersupply and optical drive. An ultrasonic cleaner also does wonders on a lot of those parts as well.
as i was watching your effords into cleaning the bottom case by hand, i couldn't help but wonder how effective could a drill with the brush attachment be? i always see them in car deepcleaning videos when a person is working on carpets and seats, et cetera, that's where i got the idea from.
Gaming used to be so much more social than online gaming you get today. My friends and I used to drag our bulky desktop PCs with 19" (massive) CRT monitors and set them up around each others homes - we spend as much time chatting and nibbling on food whilst setting our LAN Games as actually playing the games :)
I'm wondering if a degreaser would have gotten that caked-on rust from the plastic pieces off. Also for something like this I wonder if a ultrasonic cleaner would have been good to use.
I've used the baking soda water mix in coffee and tea mugs before. It worked when nothing else would. I find that you might have just used too much water in the paste. Also, you can rinse the motherboard in running water. Over on Adrian's Digital Basement he's done that quite a few times. Just don't apply power before it's dry.
Halo lan parties were the freaking goat. Not sure if you would be willing to use them but a rotary tool with some brushes would of sped up your cleaning process. There is also a aerosol called liquimoly electronic spray that works good for cleaning rust and corrosion off plastic and can be used on pcbs.
I saw a video recently on evaporust and I think that would be good here because it's PH neutral (ish) so it attacks the rust, but not the base metal. I forget the channel, but the guy also makes his own version for pretty cheap and for someone like you who deals with a lot of rusty stuff, it may be good to look into. EDIT: also, that front bezel on the disk drive that says XBOX comes off and I bet there's some schmoo under that as well, so it may be good to take that off next time, especially since I could see the potential for some rust to become dislodged and end up in the laser.
I would definitely recommend an ultrasonic cleaner for motherboards in that dirty condition in the future. I have seen pretty good results that save a lot of effort.
Amazing job! I have been really enjoying your videos. Your pacing is great, I can really relax but still learn a lot while watching this or playing it in the background. I especially appreciate your attention to detail like showing the label of what bit you are using and when you change them out. I am interested in what different solutions you used during the cleaning. I know I cant use higher % IPAs on the outside plastic because it kind of ruined the sheen on some of my earlier projects. Keep up the great work!
Well done sir. That was quite the marathon of rust. That did not look easy. Lol. I always look forward to your cleaning vids, they always put me in such a relaxed mood, and once again you did not disappoint. 😀
I'm surprised you didn't try to clean the plastic casing with something like kitchen surface cleaner a la Cif (no idea if you can get it in States, but I bet there's a knockoff) or even a toothpaste - I use it on nylon hair of vintage toys when a washer holding the hair is rusted. It's rarely completely perfect, but it works pretty well and it foams, which helps getting into various nooks and crannies.
07 indicates a Hard Drive Issue. specifically the console detected a drive but the drive isnt responding back its unlocked/ready. most likely SOME water seep'd in and either completly F*d the spindle motor or RIP those platters. w/o a prior existing EEPROM Dump from when this was working, your going to haveto manually dump it OR tsop flash to get around this. the OG Xbox w/o modding, will not boot from an -at power on- unlocked hard drive.
Besides maybe those silent asmr restoration channels, i never seen a console this rusted and needing a cleaning, deservably so with it being that mountain dew xbox. Great restoration, inspiring even.
Thanks for the great video! Didn't have Halo parties but remember when we gathered with friends and linked two PS1 and played Dune 2000. Such a blast :)
Have you ever tried putting it in a dishwasher for a hot soak and clean? I just wondered if that would work on the plastic. I know it won't be as good as your hard scrub, but it may be surprising.
You're extremely good at this and I have been enjoying binging your videos lately. It was an instant subscribe for me but I wanted to subscribe again after you said you played Morrowind and Windwaker which are 2 of my favorite games of all time lol.
Have you ever tried an electric toothbrush to scrub with? A decent brush can work wonders especially one with sonic pulses. On that note if you have a big enough one an Ultrasonic cleaner would probably work wonders at breaking up that crud on plastic.
I have got Xbox with red sticker on it and extra fan that goes on the side of box. Does Steve thank you for all your hard work you put into cleaning the things for him? It is good that Steve is starting to feel a lot better lately from his illness and starting to grow his hair back
@@RestorishOfficialThat’s great about Steve. I have been watching Steve’s videos for quite a while now just about every week. Steve’s wife has been in some of his videos. One time Steve’s wife was doing the repair on something and she had to ask Steve if she needed his help with things. Most or all of Steve’s videos he is always talking about you if people want to see a deep clean of the parts. I have got Ifixit kit as a present a while ago. You’re welcome for the comment 😊
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What's with the pin gloves ? Afraid to get dirty? Even after it's clean.
Plenty of restoration channels wear gloves through the entire video, even after the job is finished. Odd Tinkering is a big one.
Helps with grip
Also if you are going to sell the product. It is more visually appealing if it doesn’t come with a whole bunch of finger prints. There is also also some acid in my skin oils that may cause early corrosion.
He also mentioned in another video that he uses 99% is alcohol. That tends to dry his hand out his hands a lot.
Shocked that it actually powered on especially with some capacitors bulged and water damage issues.
Quite surprising, indeed. I bet you, that there's no way more modern consoles would of powered on.
Right?!?! it powered on and I was like 😳"That's not possible!"
What an incredible amount of work. I don't think I've ever seen plastic that rusty. Great job!
Also enjoyed the walk down your gaming memory lane.
That rust actually kinda looks like Dorito dust. Pretty good matchup with the Mountain Dew color! Jokes aside, great repair. These consoles can stand up to a lot of abuse!
Yeah! The First MTN DEW DORITOS COLLAB
I actually thought the same thing, but Hot Cheetos... LOL 😂
25+ hours? My man, you deserve a medal, and also to be able to keep the Xbox afterwards. If I worked on something that long, I know I'd get too attached to it to let it go
The owner probably misunderstood and put in Mountain Dew
This was a gnarly clean! I’m amazed at the results. That startup takes me back to the days of OG Halo, CoD, and Dead or Alive 2. 😅
I would not have had the patience for this lol. To answer your question, I was part of a traveling martial arts group around that time and locals who were part of the organization would host us at their homes. This particular guy lived in a Chicago apartment building and several of the apartments wired their Xboxes together to play Halo. I'm talking multiple floors of the building. It was very cool!
That dude sounds like the best if he would LAN party the whole apartment building! Im curious how he did that
@@noahboat580My guess is that the landlord was cool with it and set up a dedicated LAN network so it would work across multiple floors. Based if you ask me 🗿
When I was growing up, my best friend lived directly across the street from me and we both had rooms that faced each other, so we got this linksys wireless link cable that had a 100 ft range. We were into modding xboxes and there was this hacked halo 2 multiplayer map pack that was released to the hacking scene and we would play that for hours. We would put our wireless modules in our windows and it was just over 90 feet from point-to-point so the experience was flawless. We would go over to each other's house every day after school and each night we would be called back to our houses for dinner, then after dinner we would call each other and play video games until like 11pm. It was a blast.
Those original Xbox consoles are built like tanks.
The error message you are getting is most likely a hard drive error. Either it's totally dead or the files are messed up on it.
The best way to fix it now is to mod chip it and change the hard drive, which is what I have done to mine.
In fact, I modded it to take a 2TB solid state drive and installed all the emulation and Xbox games on it.
And to think, the manufacturing process for the whole console was in the minutes and someone spends a full day restoring it by hand. Love your work!
A product that works wonders on rust removal on any surface is called CLR (calcium-lime-rust) remover. I had a similar project like this, and it saved me hours of work. The only drawback is that it's not environmentally friendly. Awesome video, as always!
I've used CLR before, it does remove rust like a champ, but also all the zinc plating too, so I regret using it on one of my projects because all the parts lost their protective coating when all I had to do was scrape off the rust with a wire wheel or something. Maybe just some spot cleaning with CLR would do the trick instead of an overnight soak like I did :P
Yeah, I've seen some people use that on PC motherboards and outer shells. Good to know that works pretty well!
Props to you for putting in all those hours of cleaning
the clicking is the hard drive trying to spin up. Its dead and needs replacing. Good job cleaning it up though.
It’s not as simple as you’d think… Microsoft locked the drives
@@garnerfishyinstalling a mod chip isn't actually all too hard.
Just as an update, the drive wasn't dead. The problem was dead capacitors not getting the right voltages to it.
Dead Seagate POS drive.
As someone with a background in computer repair, I’m amazed this even powered up 😂
When i was in the national guard, we would all get together and have like 4 tv's and xbox's and have "training". It was a blast!
Robert, thank you for enduring this time suck of an X-Box. Thank you for the time you spent and all of the elbow grease you expended. Maybe you could open it back up and put some buggies in there for Steve?
that clicking noise is a hard drive related issue, it's dead.
Yeah and because the hard drives are locked to the motherboard, it probably needs a mod chip to be able to replace it.
Modchip or you can read the eeprom with a Raspberry Pi pico and lock a need drive.@@Iisakki3000
@@Iisakki3000 the hard drive is locked to the motherboard..... that's just asinine of Microsoft.
Nope. Steve got it working again without replacing the hard drive. :-)
Make sure you guys send your prayers over to Steve for those who don’t know he is currently dealing with cancer.
Gee... did this thing sit on the bottom of the lake or something?! Mess. Besides, that's a great job! I am impressed with how much rust you got off the Xbox.
Saddens me how people mistreat electronics so much. Even more so for limited editions. You always do such great work. Your voice is so peaceful and soothing. Keep it up and don't change who are for anyone.
Oh my god... the fact that out of all things to be broken it's the practically unscathed from rust hard drive that didn't work is incredible. This is 100% salvageable by Steve, will need a hardmod to get it running again but it's so close to working!
Great video! By the way, you can soak rust stained plastics too in vinegar (or citric acid), it makes it easier to remove the stains.
About the LAN parties; we still get together sometimes for a few days to play Halo on Xboxes, and also play a bunch of other PC games over LAN, it is so much fun compared to today’s matchmaking systems.
You might want to borrow Steve's ultrasonic cleaner to help you on projects like this one, in the future.
Still, I'm impressed it powered on at the end. And more so by the amount of rust you managed to remove on the motherboard and psu.
For that bottom piece i probably wouldve tried some diluted oven cleaner. Helped me get some stubborn stains off of old antiques.
The Original Xbox was the first console I ever bought with my own money, I was the perfect age when it came out and when I was 15 I distinctly remember mowing lawns, babysitting and power washing trucks at my uncle’s truck stop until I was able afford one just in time for Halo 2. Had some great times: KotOR, DOA3, Burnout 3, True Crime LA, Crimson Skies, and the first time I ever broke a controller was playing Ninja Gaiden.
Probably never gonna be seen, but soaking in diluted white vinegar overnight also works for most ABS-plastics. You'll want to try it on a less visible spot to make sure that it doesnt react with the pigment in the plastic, and obviously remove any stickers and metal bits first, but it then works pretty well.
Gotten rust off both a transparent xbox and an old mac classic by doing this.
I've repaired some crusty original xbox consoles and this by far is the worst
I don't think i've ever seen a motherboard that looks like a mix of rust and corrosion
Honestly impressed that you were even able to get it as clean as you did.
A proprietary rust remover such as Evaporust or MC-51 works well for dealing with stubborn deposits.
Great clean overall. Don't be afraid to properly clean the mainboard. The main board had been submerged allready, so no harm if you wash it with soap and water.
Even perfectly fine boards get submerged in an ultrasonic cleaner.
I use citric acid in my dishwasher to remove hard warder deposits from my dishes (and from my pipes). I'm sure it would've worked for rust too, but it has to be boiling hot water to really work. So the plastic pieces would likely need to be submerged in the citric acid solution (or run them through the dishwasher) to get the job done.
Evaporust is definitely my go to for rust, it puts a protective layer on where the rust was so it doesn't rust again, also for the plastics vinegar is pretty ok for some things just not all, also heard a run through the dishwasher with detergent that has an anti rust helps too but I've never done it
26:25 I freakin’ loved playing as Talim!
You loved playing as her a lot more than I loved playing against you playing as her :)
rust like that its surprising how often it doesnt actually touch the traces to any real degree, but that hard drive is toast, thats what error 07 is, hard drive fault, a relatively easy fix nowadays
I use vinegar to soak plastic parts in like you did with the soapy water! It softens the rust so you can wipe it off easily and doesn’t hurt the plastic!
Thanks Robert for sharing this very long project, i would be happy of my work if i was you, so i hope you do :)
Really fun video. Happy to see it restored. I wonder if in this situation if the Chemical Guys Decon Pro Iron Remover, would work on the plastics to get the rust out.
a product i highly recommend is: Bar Keepers Friend multi surface cleaner , works on everything just dont use it on anything with a gloss finish,
Fantastic video bro! The video must have taken a bunch of work on top of the clean up job so thanks for making it!
Multiple caps on that motherboard are bulging and one of them looks like it’s actually opened up. I would have at least replaced those before powering it up. But that being said, great job on cleaning it up.
Ive done it in the past with rust on the plastics, i used a drill on the 4th speed, with a brush used for leather and it got really clean
Definitely can recommend having a decent size ultrasonic cleaner. Might be a good investment with what this thing looked like. It gets rid of some very VERY hard to clean stuff.
I've worked with electronics repair/refurbishment and that thing saved us a lot of time more often than not
Impressive, when I saw that thing, I thought there was no shot it would turn on. Looks good too, great job restoring a beautiful limited edition.
Same here man. I’m a few years behind but I lived in a rural area where broadband internet wasn’t an option. I was able to play games like Quake 3 and CS pre-source online on my 56k but eventually Valve changed the net code on CS and my ping went to 500ms and that was it for me I gave up on gaming for years. Totally missed out on the OG Xbox and halo days. 😢
you should get an ultrassonic cleaner.
Had multiple halo parties. We had cat cable going everywhere. A Tv in four different rooms. It was an amazing time.
The clicking sound is the hard disk drive telling you it's completely dead
I always loved the original xbox, I had one when I was younger just sitting in the corner of my sister dresser amongst our clothes (they were everywhere as I was very messy as a kid) but I have no clue where it is right now. one of the three probably happened: my mom sold it or threw it away or my dad still has it since he kept all the toys my siblings and I had as kids and also hoping he still has my childhood Gameboy advance that I miss so much.
This is colour way is absolutely stunning but the rust damage inside the empty shell is heart retching, if this was mine and I found in that state I’d be mourning lol
To remove the rust from plastic, try a solution of toilet Bowl cleaner. First use a mixture of about 75% "TBC to 25% distilled water, with a soak time of about 20 minutes. Sometimes a stronger solution is needed. Experiment with weaker or stronger solutions.
Awesome video, I learned a lot. May I ask what the baking soda solution is?
the HALO parties were awesome. I remember one at my friends condo in Detroit we had 2 or 3 CRT hooked up I can't remember if we had more than 2 xbox at once. that was 21 years ago
Whoa! such amazing restoration. Sad to see such a rare edition of this Xbox in that state it looks unreal. But an Ultrasonic cleaner would have speeded up the process and would have cleaned up those motherboard and the pcb's better also would like to see a removal of that clock cap and some new thermal paste on both the CPU and the GPU, the GPU heatsink will need to be heated up to be removed. Also the metal plates could have benefited from a respray to restore there colours. As for getting the console working some new capacitors, new HDD along with 80 Wire IDE Cables and a TSOP Mod/Modchip would likely have got it working again.
You should add one of those cheap electric toothbrushes you find at the grocery store to your arsenal. I think it's called Spin brush. The top head spins and the bottom head oscillates. Great video by the way.
Super fun vid. Great job!
honestly that clean is immaculate! I am amazed
Ultrasonic cleaner would work wonders on the plastic parts
I can't believe that thing powered up and output video lol. I would've taken the time to clean the shell, but the mobo and power supply looked toasted. I definitely saw some bulging capacitors on the mobo, which is very common for these consoles. That might be all that needs replaced.
We used to have halo lan parties all the time in the early-mid 2000's, sometimes with the full 16 people. I actually had a small xbox lan for the first time in a while last weekend playing the original star wars battlefront 2, and it was a good blast to the past.
Awesome video, and hopefully Steve can fix it! I bet he'll suspect capacitors as the problem straight away, since it's so common with these, and some are visibly bulging already.
Good job ! You will need a modchip to be able to replace the faulty hard drive
Long before x-box we used to get together for LAN parties, all of us bringing our computers over and hooking them up to play Doom. The social aspect was probably quite similar, and it was a blast. Question why use vinegar instead of something like Evaporust? Also, the glue for most feet, stickers etc is usually a type of rubber cement and is cleaned best wiht a hexane based solvent, search for rubber cement thinner and you will find it. You have far more patience than me. I would have replaced the powersupply and optical drive. An ultrasonic cleaner also does wonders on a lot of those parts as well.
Came from Tronics, great work guys!
as i was watching your effords into cleaning the bottom case by hand, i couldn't help but wonder how effective could a drill with the brush attachment be? i always see them in car deepcleaning videos when a person is working on carpets and seats, et cetera, that's where i got the idea from.
It looked like it was sitting in the middle of a sandstorm on mars or something with all of that red dust!
😮😮 3:50 it looks like it’s been sat in Mountain dew 😂😂
Gaming used to be so much more social than online gaming you get today. My friends and I used to drag our bulky desktop PCs with 19" (massive) CRT monitors and set them up around each others homes - we spend as much time chatting and nibbling on food whilst setting our LAN Games as actually playing the games :)
I'm wondering if a degreaser would have gotten that caked-on rust from the plastic pieces off. Also for something like this I wonder if a ultrasonic cleaner would have been good to use.
18:15 - "Basically". That would have been a great pun if it was intended.
Probably inside Mountain Dew that’s where it was
I've used the baking soda water mix in coffee and tea mugs before. It worked when nothing else would. I find that you might have just used too much water in the paste. Also, you can rinse the motherboard in running water. Over on Adrian's Digital Basement he's done that quite a few times. Just don't apply power before it's dry.
"Gun Cleaning Swabs" have a very sturdy stick, if you need something stiffer than a Q-Tip, they work very well.
For the tamper proof sticker, you should've removed all of it and placed it into the proper adhesive backing to be glued at a later time.
Wow this was a satisfying one. Can’t believe the amount of work involved
A thing that worries me is the “unremoval” of the clock cap, and its ability to corrode traces when it leaks ant it will have leaked by no
You should use Evapo-Rust instead of vinegar. It's completely non-toxic and very efficient in removing only the rust.
Wow 😮😮
Halo lan parties were the freaking goat. Not sure if you would be willing to use them but a rotary tool with some brushes would of sped up your cleaning process. There is also a aerosol called liquimoly electronic spray that works good for cleaning rust and corrosion off plastic and can be used on pcbs.
I saw a video recently on evaporust and I think that would be good here because it's PH neutral (ish) so it attacks the rust, but not the base metal. I forget the channel, but the guy also makes his own version for pretty cheap and for someone like you who deals with a lot of rusty stuff, it may be good to look into.
EDIT: also, that front bezel on the disk drive that says XBOX comes off and I bet there's some schmoo under that as well, so it may be good to take that off next time, especially since I could see the potential for some rust to become dislodged and end up in the laser.
Yes this is perfect I was looking for an og Xbox restore video involving rust.
I would definitely recommend an ultrasonic cleaner for motherboards in that dirty condition in the future. I have seen pretty good results that save a lot of effort.
It's incredible that in a console which looked like that, the only apparent issue is a dead hard drive.... which most likely died from drop damage
Amazing job! I have been really enjoying your videos. Your pacing is great, I can really relax but still learn a lot while watching this or playing it in the background. I especially appreciate your attention to detail like showing the label of what bit you are using and when you change them out. I am interested in what different solutions you used during the cleaning. I know I cant use higher % IPAs on the outside plastic because it kind of ruined the sheen on some of my earlier projects.
Keep up the great work!
Well done sir. That was quite the marathon of rust. That did not look easy. Lol. I always look forward to your cleaning vids, they always put me in such a relaxed mood, and once again you did not disappoint. 😀
Jeez mate. It's difficult to see a beautiful collectors edition in this terrible condition.
Thankfully your good friend Steve from TronicsFix knew what to do
I'm surprised you didn't try to clean the plastic casing with something like kitchen surface cleaner a la Cif (no idea if you can get it in States, but I bet there's a knockoff) or even a toothpaste - I use it on nylon hair of vintage toys when a washer holding the hair is rusted. It's rarely completely perfect, but it works pretty well and it foams, which helps getting into various nooks and crannies.
07 indicates a Hard Drive Issue. specifically the console detected a drive but the drive isnt responding back its unlocked/ready. most likely SOME water seep'd in and either completly F*d the spindle motor or RIP those platters. w/o a prior existing EEPROM Dump from when this was working, your going to haveto manually dump it OR tsop flash to get around this. the OG Xbox w/o modding, will not boot from an -at power on- unlocked hard drive.
Besides maybe those silent asmr restoration channels, i never seen a console this rusted and needing a cleaning, deservably so with it being that mountain dew xbox. Great restoration, inspiring even.
Thanks for the great video! Didn't have Halo parties but remember when we gathered with friends and linked two PS1 and played Dune 2000. Such a blast :)
Have you ever tried putting it in a dishwasher for a hot soak and clean? I just wondered if that would work on the plastic. I know it won't be as good as your hard scrub, but it may be surprising.
Next time you have a project that requires rust removal, try STARBRITE MARINE RUST REMOVAL. It's an incredible product that should definitely help.
Oh yeah, LAN parties were great. Lugging the CRT TVs sucked tho. I preferred carrying a PC and a monitor to play counterstrike much more lol
I wonder how well evapo-rust would work. I'd be worried about it ruining the plastic though.
You're extremely good at this and I have been enjoying binging your videos lately. It was an instant subscribe for me but I wanted to subscribe again after you said you played Morrowind and Windwaker which are 2 of my favorite games of all time lol.
That's insane,was not expecting the xbox to even boot.
For the most the hdd is dead but a simple modchip and a new hdd should get her working again.
Have you ever tried an electric toothbrush to scrub with? A decent brush can work wonders especially one with sonic pulses. On that note if you have a big enough one an Ultrasonic cleaner would probably work wonders at breaking up that crud on plastic.
Well Done 👏 👌 on getting those stickers off like that 👍 ✌️. I should clean 🧼 my Xbox. ✌️
I have got Xbox with red sticker on it and extra fan that goes on the side of box.
Does Steve thank you for all your hard work you put into cleaning the things for him?
It is good that Steve is starting to feel a lot better lately from his illness and starting to grow his hair back
Yeah Steve is awesome, as a friend and a boss. I always feel appreciated. His recovery is also awesome! Thanks for your comment 🙂
@@RestorishOfficialThat’s great about Steve. I have been watching Steve’s videos for quite a while now just about every week. Steve’s wife has been in some of his videos. One time Steve’s wife was doing the repair on something and she had to ask Steve if she needed his help with things. Most or all of Steve’s videos he is always talking about you if people want to see a deep clean of the parts. I have got Ifixit kit as a present a while ago. You’re welcome for the comment 😊
I gotta say it even turning on is amazing lol great job buddy! Looking forward to steves video on it!
I own one of these, but it was stuck in a trailer for years and now I can't find it. There were only like 500 of them, I wonder if it's mine.