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Original Xbox (v1.4) - $300
condition:
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Originally when I got this Xbox in its original condition, it was not in good shape. The plastic shell had begun to crack and the ESD metal shielding was rusting. So, I bought a spare Xbox plastic shell and used Brasso to clean-up all the rust on the metal shielding as best as I could. Once the physical integrity of the console was dealt with, I went about actually getting the Xbox into a more "usable" state. Here is some of the work I've done to the console in no particular order:
* Removed the clock capacitor off of the motherboard. Unfortunately the clock capacitor did leak and caused some corrosion. I was only able to clean up some of it with baking soda and vinegar, but thankfully it does not seem as though the console has been affected by it.
* Recapped both the entire motherboard and the PSU using kits from Console5.
* Replaced the original exhausted fan with a brand-new one.
* Repasted both the CPU and GPU with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut IIRC.
* Added a plastic CPU heatsink airflow guide of sorts (it was recommended; cannot say how much it helps).
* Replaced the original rubber feet that were adhered to the console with glue with a kit of plastic feet that allow for easy-access to the Torx screws used to close-up the console.
* Added a heatsink to the chipset using thermal tape.
* Replaced the original 40-wire IDE cable with a custom 80-wire one for better storage speeds/stability.
* Cleaned, relubed with silicone oil, and replaced the belt inside of the optical drive.
Given that the clock capacitor is removed, the console has no way to keep track of time once removed from power. However, I have made it so the console pulls date-time info from time servers on the web via NTP. Thus, you "have" to have this console connected to the internet for it to correctly keep track of time.
Alongside the Xbox itself, I am of course including the original power cable, the official DVD-support module that I believe it came with and I never used, and an Electron Shepard HDMI adapter for display-out (honestly the best analog-to-digital adapters for these consoles).