The previous owner: is this a dinner plate?

Can’t believe how some people treat their equipment!

Looks like somebody's morning cereal took a tumble.

Great video...to bad you used WAY too much thermal paste. 😂

Vince: "I don't think I have ever seen anything so dirty" My internet history: "hold my beer.."

1/10 you didn't lick the mystery crumbs

You're one of very few channels where I click like right at the beginning no matter what the video is about. Success or not, it's always a quality content with ton of learning potential. Thanks!

why are people so unhygienic around their gaming equipment like that's just disgusting

Some people don’t deserve expensive items. I mean, let’s just leave a can of pop sat on top of the console.

They probably spilled something on it and thought "this thing is probably going to die on me soon so i'd rather sell it while it still works".

Good call on the gloves, looks like the previous owner was eating their breakfast off it.

Previous owner probably did dabs with his homie xboxone.

With that sync button you can just bend out the centre to give back tension to the tactile switch. Same type of switch for the paddles in a scuf and I have fixed mine this way when it got 'stuck'. I just grabbed each of the corners and bend them back slightly (thus bending the centre up) and it brought back that tension and has been working great since!

No one ever takes that HDMI sticker off, it's so irritating

I can rarely ever find these kinds of deals on ebay. And when I do, the shipping, duties/import fees just double/triple the price. Consider yourself lucky. I enjoy all your videos.

Could’ve been dudes power supply making the console shut off randomly lol

I came across an Xbox One with the same liquid residue pattern that dripped down the power-button board and ribbon. The unit also powered off randomly, but chimed as if the power button had been touched. Touching the power-button ribbon, the ribbon socket, or parts of the board would activate the power button. Everything related to the touch power-button seemed sensitive to touch. The liquid residue was randomly activating it and powering off the Xbox. Perhaps your Xbox had a similar issue, and you fixed it by cleaning it up. Your videos are my favorite, Vince! Your optimism and determination are inspiring!

“Is that a raisin?”

Think the power brick from the owner before was broken that’s why it turned on then off but since he didn’t send it with and you used yours it worked without a problem except all the dirt... great video 👍

Brilliant, nice to see you got a genuine item this time and not ripped off. Great video, thanks for sharing :)

I’m guessing it was a child’s Xbox, based on the fact that the 4 games already on it were fortnite, GTA5, roblox and the sims. I could only assume that it started acting up after a few years, the child complained about it and the parents tried to open it up, but had no clue what to do so they sold it and bought the kid a new one. Based on the actual inside of it, it seems I was correct. It looks like a kid had it in their room and was eating around it frequently

Great video Vince, you should thank the seller for bunging in free food and drink with the Xbox, I mean, when you have an expensive piece of kit, why go near it with food, drinks or ice creams?! Although this time it has helped you out for a change! Keep up the good work mate!

Great to see a piece of engineering being appreciated and having a lovely home after all the abuse... Messy kids.

Great Video. I got a similar bargain this weekend. A PS4 for £50 from Ebay that was randomly powering off. When it arrived it was dead. Stripped it down to find it was really dirty inside. Cleaned it all up and I've been using it since Saturday with absolutely no problems.

That was the right amount of thermal paste, I been doing it that way for years and I've never had problems.

Wow great find! 👍

Dude that is great it is working. Just changing the thermal paste could make a huge difference. Awesome work. Keep the videos coming man.

I bet Changing the thermal paste did the trick, when you first powered it on the fan was going flat out indicating thermal issues leading to it shutting down

This fix was 2 easy. I like it more when you do a "typical Vince" and destroy something. 😜😁😁

Honestly looks like that console has been used as hot pocket tray.

I think you nailed the thermal paste this time. Like you mentioned in an ideal world bare metal would be best and the paste is only to help even things out and get the best thermal connection between the pieces you possibly can.

As a mobile PC / laptop repair guy I can confirm that 95% of laptops & home consoles are _at least_ this filthy. It never ceases to baffle me.Incidentally you used the perfect amount of thermal paste. The paste's job is to fill in the micro gaps between CPU & heatsink, and is not supposed to be a layer in itself. The metal is the best conductor of heat, not the paste.

I had forgotten what a nightmare the original xbox is to take apart. Good video...

One particular thing l love from this fixed is the ARCTIC MX4 thermal compound, because is one of the best for overclocking

Excellent job and amazing pickup for the price! You made me laugh at the point where you said "lets get some thermal paste on so everyone can argue about how much" =D Question - where can I buy "Elbo Grease" from, and how much to apply? :o) Regards that flex ribbon - do you think the problem was at the switch end, or the other side that mates with the motherboard?

That amount of thermal paste, is perfect, don't worry.

That you go about it like a vet trying to diagnose a sick animal is excellent... well done, m8

Nice one Vince, I have never been a fan of put a blob on the cpu, rather i put enough on to spread (An old credit card works well) an even layer of paste. Never had an issue with anything I built or repaired, my Xbox 360s and X box one GOW both stand vericaly and have a plastic bag put over them once finnished and cooled down. Keep up the work.

My son had his Xbox stolen last week so we're on the lookout for another one for him, you've given us hope there might be a cheap enough one out there! Great video as usual. Atb.

When I get those nasty consoles I throw the plastics (and sometimes the metal shielding) in the dishwasher with some citric acid (heated dry off).

I bought one that I'm certain someone pissed on at one time. Was noted "water damage" paid 18$ w/ free shipping. Turned around and sold it after cleaning for 150$. You got a great score on ebay that doesn't happen to often.👍

That was nasty... Looked like someone puked on it... Glad you had gloves.

Vince...trying diagnose the problem AND the food item that caused it. Love it!!

You have excellent troubleshooting skills, great fix!

Thank you for all your videos, they learn me a lot. I Just fixed TV pliot with broken board, and in past couple months two Coffe machines, 3 Phones and some parts in my mtoorbikes (and damaged even more some Xbox and DS Lite 🤣) That was possible mainly thanks to knowlage from your Chanel and tronicsfix.

Another man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

Been building rigs for 23 years and I can honestly say the best thermal paste I've ever used is zalman zmstg1.. The temps on idle or full load always beat arctic silver and the best part is the built in brush to paint it on! You don't have to let it cure over time! I honestly recommend you trying some the next time anyone deals with heat sinks!

Great nice to know there are a few honest people around. Putting fresh thermal paste and cleaning the heatsink stop it overheating I would bet was the fix.

My xbox one started to randomly shut off there was no turn off sound it just went off. It did the first time there was maybe a week of using it fairly hard then it did it again. It did this 4 or 5 more times now it just won't turn on it makes the sound but the nothing. So you need to test this xbox over a prolonged period to be sure it's fixed. Keep doing your amazing videos.

awhile ago, inspired by vince, I bought a faulty xbox one with accessories to repair. after taking it apart, i was able to diagnose why it didn't work. The ribbon cable of the front panel was unplugged. not bad for 40 dollars

This should of been on Kitchen Nightmares instead. Looked good at the end though, great video as always.

See a broken Xbox: “ThErMaL pAsTe TiMe”

OWNER: Xbox hold my plate for a sec Xbox:

puts in a disc he dosent care about gw2: i’m i a joke to you?

Amazing how careless some people are with food and drinks around a, let’s be honest, seriously expensive piece of hardware. My one-x is just next to my tv and no food or drinks are coming near it. What do those people do or where do they place their Xbox to get something like this? Unbelievable. Nice fix Vince.

Great clean up job, as always! There is no such thing as too much thermal paste, but there is such thing as too little. Too much just means you are wasting money, but it won't hurt the system. I giggle because Steve at TronicsFix says "And that's the perfect amount of thermal paste" when he applies it just to poke fun at the people who feel the need to criticize. You paid for it, you say how much is enough! I wouldn't be surprised if there was an overheating problem too with the fan and vent being so packed with gunk! Ugh! People are nasty!

"Is that a raisin?" hahaha

Great video vince and what a bargain ☺.. And how can someone make such a mess on games console

Well what a lucky buy you got there Vince .... A bit of cleaning and a small replacement part and it's like new now ... But what tha f... Was that spilled on it ??? How people are managing to do things like this... Even if they are kids at any age, where are the parents putting the console ?? In the kitchen or anywhere else ground level ?? Damn ... It was like someone puke on that poor thing .....but amazing cleaning job amazing content as always

HOW THE HELL DOES SOMEONE GET A RAISIN INTO THERE XBOX WITHOUT FORCE!?!?!?!?!!

PERFECT thermal paste application. 👌

I saw a demonstration once about proper thermal paste application. The demonstration showed thermal paste applied as a pea sized dot, and an 'X' shape, and also pre-spread across the heatsink surface. The paste was applied to glass, and then the heatsink was placed over it. He used a pane of glass because glass is very flat, and you can see what happens to the paste from underneath. If you have a spare piece of glass, you can try this yourself, just so you see for yourself what happens to the paste when it is squished.

u can expose the wires on the synce cable then solder a tac switch u can take em from say a old tv or controller or if u got some laying and solder around to it and glue it down or run wires to the power boards pins for the synce button either works if u dont wana replace the touch ribbon.

Superb job Vince :o) !!!

Brilliant Vince glad tou got a proper bargain 👍👍

The owner must have thought it was a coffee table rather than a console

You're correct. You want the least amount of thermal paste as you can get. You just want enough for it to make a thin layer across the chip to make complete contact between the heatsink and the cpu

For the ones that say it's to much or not enough why dont u put the paste on lock it down an then take it back off again an show everyone how the paste spreads out thanks an love your videos

You actually used slightly too little thermal paste. Tests have also shown that it's best to use too much than too little paste, as in comparison you'll _generally_ get better thermal performance with too much. It's the safest option because it's always hard to judge the right amount. People *always* say that KZfaqrs like yourself use too much, but just ignore it unless you're actually using an absurd amount. I've built PC's with this in mind since the late 90's and have always had expected or better than expected CPU/GPU temperatures.

With a thermal compound that has no electrical conduction (such as the MX-4 you use) there is no such thing as too much. When the heat sink is put on and tightened down, any excess will just harmlessly squeeze out the sides. Too little can be an issue though. One thing to consider is the fact that the heat sink contacts directly with the die, instead of some form of integrated heat spreader as you would commonly find on relatively new computer CPU's. The whole "too much vs too little" pseudo-debate is more relevant to that as the IHS is a larger area than the die itself, meaning you only need to make sure that a small portion is covered with the TIM. Where bare dies are concerned (such as the example in this video) your best bet is to use a plastic spreader or something similar to achieve an even coating (only really necessary to ensure the entire die is covered in the TIM, you can also just use "way too much" and squish it down and out with the heat sink as I mentioned above) Hope this made any kinda sense, it's 9:30 in the morning and I haven't gone to sleep yet :-D

funny thing with the button, had a notebook come in 2 weeks ago it was stated that the DC connection was loose. So i fixed that but after that fix i couldnt start the notebook on button press... well it worked but as it was the case with you it worked realy inconsistently... So i had to get a new button from china (which in this case was luckily just a normal electrical button) which i found on ebay for 3euros for 50 pieces... great deal, orderd changed and it worked. I opend the "not working" button up and it looked exactly like a working button. So i dont know what breaks in there but something randomly appears to stop work in those buttons. It had this metal membrane in it which gets pressed down by pressing the button down on to the contacts... dont know why it stopped working but yea... changed it and happy owner now :) dont bother wasting time on those they just seem to randomly break.

Nice fix Vince!

That is a good score and thank you very much now I know what to do if I have trouble with my Xbox and how to pull it apart much appreciated I like your channel that's really good thank you

couldve even been a bad/overheating power supply even tho you went ahead and took care of the inside of the machine! great find for 28 euros!

that reminds me the xbox one i bought from cex (discounted version) its working fine minus the hdd was clicking some times and going to change it. but when i disassembly to clean the smokers dust and new thermal paste like yours did suffer a spill but from a drink. clean it very carefully and still works.

That's great! Wish there were deals like that to be had in the U.S.

15:19 hahaha Vince that’s hilarious 😆 but sounds about right when people get mad about thermal paste. Next time spread it with an old card or something flat to have create a thin layer over the chip :)

The amount of thermal compound added in this video seems about right to me. This *does* appear to be a CPU die instead of an IHS over it, so possibly I'm wrong, but you only really need enough to fill the microscopic space between the heatsink and the CPU, too much could indeed affect performance, because thermal paste isnt actually the best at thermal transfer.

One thing you can do if you're uncertain about the amount of thermal paste you're applying is to put a small amount on the CPU and use something like an old credit card cut down, or just buy a thermal paste spreader and spread the paste evenly until you're comfortable with the coverage.

is so a pleasure to listen classic music at beginning of the video

I said WOW! At the same time as you did. How the little things are amusing.

Eww-someone's spew.. :/ Glad yo all cleaned it up Vince.. dropped a like BTW..

What if someone else spilt something on this poor “kids”? Xbox and didn’t tell them so they’ve sold it lol

4 or 5 hours for FH4 Vince 90 minutes. On another note buddy, I like to get a really thin coating of thermal paste over the whole IHS, before reassembly, rather than just leave it to chance that the compound spreads evenly. Don't take that chance that it's all pushed one way, or two. Get that like a nice layer of thin paint, and you can't go wrong mate.

Weren’t there thermal pads somewhere ? I remember when I took apart my Xbox there were thermal pads on the top and bottom of the main board ? It seems like they are missing?

this is why i tell everyone to always keep all electronics clean inside and out. keeping it clean goes along way to making it work right and for a long time. i hate having to rebuy stuff and waste moeny on something so i keep it clean so i dont have to buy it again.

Another great video my friend..

wish i could find an xbox 1 for 28 quid , nice one as always Vince , just as a side note do you still do the ethernet cables Vince ? , i bought a rj11 to rj45 off you ages ago on ebay and the wires are starting to show , could have done with a longer one really , if you do id like to purchase another , sorry for the hijack on yer video buddy ..... and keep up the good work i love your fix it videos !!!!

Cheap Xbox also came with food as well for snacks wile playing Xbox

Great job vince love your videos

Gotta love that vince is taking comment advice.

My friend had the same problem that it would randomly turn off. We found out that it was the cable and not the xbox. Could it have been this mans cable?

Vince I like your content so much I watch the commercials.

What is all this stuff, Is that a raisin? 😂😂😂😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm literally crying.. So funny! Love these videos

Any thoughts about getting a work bench for yourself? or just not in the budget?

I saw one where a guy had roaches in it and he returned it

Good stuff. I'm rubbish at electronics but i find your vids interesting

Maybe the residue became conductive and shorted things under high humidity conditions?

The general guide for thermal paste is that you should use an amount the size of a pea. What I saw in the video looked about right but it is hard to tell from a camera because you can't easily tell how much the picture is zoomed in. Having said that for some modern CPU's (AMD Threadripper and Epic chips as examples) you need to use a lot more.

If you are ever wondering about thermal paste go for a pea size blob, but as the Xbox die seems small I would say what you done or slightly bigger like just smaller than a pea would be an alright size