i never trust local shops with my retro stuff. i rather learn and repair them myself since we dont have good retro repair shops like in the west.
for the price you paid, you could have gotten a 2nd hand xbox from carousell or ebay. i got my 128mb modded US xbox from ebay for less than RM500. been playing virtua cop 3, ghost squad and outrun 2 chihiro games with it. PAL xbox dont have 720p and 1080i unless you mod it. i generally dont mess with PAL consoles from the pre HD era. too much trouble. even people in PAL countries know about the problems. some of them import NTSC consoles from america to avoid those problems.
now im just waiting for the makemhz hdmi mod. have completed my redump set on the hdd.
i have the disc to reflash the modchip but i cant help you if anything goes wrong. you can replace the modchip or just tsop it.
my modchip went bad and i just removed the modchip and tsop my xbox. much better since 1 less component failure point. the modchip is old and unreliable now. you could buy new ones though. i have 1 unused aladdin modchip.
the reboot issue might be corroded traces.
https://fillwithcoolblogname.blogspot.com/2...ion-repair.htmlhttps://www.ogxbox.com/forums/index.php?/to...race-corrosion/http://www.gametechwiki.com/w/index.php/Xb...irst%20affected.
might be better to check the 1.4 xbox for any leaking capacitors. if the ntsc xbos just have modchip problem, just get it back before it get damaged. taking long time doesnt inspire confidence.
http://myoriginalxbox.weebly.com/capacitor-removal.htmlhttps://www.reddit.com/r/originalxbox/wiki/clock_capacitorthe capacitors near the CPU are prone to leak too. mine did and i have to replace them.
my US xbox was not bulging or leaking but when playing soul calibur 2, there are weird colors on the characters during movement. replaced the caps and all is good again.
so i recommend changing all the caps on 20-30 years old consoles prior to the 7th generation. i bought the cap kits from console5.
Xbox won't Power On
Completely unplug your controllers from the Xbox and try starting it. Sometimes if a controller is plugged in half way, the console will not start. If that doesn't fix it, try an option below.
Keep in mind that you can only replace:
1.0/1.1 power supplies with 1.0/1.1 power supplies
1.2-1.5 power supplies with 1.2-1.5 power supplies
1.6/1.6b power supplies with 1.6/1.6b power supplies
Checking the Q7C2 Transistor (1.6 Xboxes)
An issue exclusive to 1.6 Xboxes; check the Q7C2 transistor to make sure it is above 3.3V. If it drops below 3.3V, the Xbox will not boot. It can be replaced with a new transistor with part number MMBT3906LT1.
This post has been edited by deathninjax: Nov 9 2020, 11:06 PM