Today I bought an OG Xbox for 11 dollars, That being the video cable, the console, and another power cord that was also near the electronics section of my local thrift store. Now, I already own an OG xbox, but there was something that was calling me to buy and repair it, mainly so the potential to make a portable Halo LAN party that much closer.
They had just put it out and they marked it that low because they weren't sure if it would power on. Not sure how they would've priced it if the employees were paid better to make a complete package. Either way, it was a score! The only thing that had me on edge was if the board totally fried or a cap popped, which would be a waste of money and a enormous time sink for a man of my expertise. There was already screw holes in the hidden areas, so I was expecting either a mod menu or an even bigger project. Looking at the guts and finding white stuff all over some of the caps also made me worried, but thankfully for some reason some xboxes just have a massive wave of glue sprayed over the copper parts.
The problem with the actual xbox was the rubber ring, which explains why the disc tray was not wanting to eject. Replaced that with an existing xbox rubber band from a previous project, and it was alive again. Coincidentally, my brother was catching up with one of his friends, and somehow the convo went to how his friend modded his 3DS from another mutual friend they both knew. My brother, wanting to also talk his involvement with the 3DS, asked me to run the 3DS we used to share 10 years ago. One thing lead to another, and I was in a 3-player round of Mario Party DS through download play. Everybody copped 1 win amongst us, so there shouldn't be as much bad blood from it.
So there's that. One dusty but working OG Xbox, Playing DS download play in the last days of 2K25, and adding another blogpost onto here. Working on some banners and navpics to spice things up, so I guess get ready when I add them (or attempt to anyway).
