11/30/2022 0 Comments Xbox 360 power supply![]() ![]() Melt your heat shrink around these connections by either bringing your soldering iron close (but not too close) to them or by using a Heat gun or Hair dryer. ![]() (Again see Step 9 for reference) It doesn't matter which wire goes to which pin as long as we can short the pins together for a Power ON status and separate them for an OFF status. Solder the wires on the 5VSB and PWR ENABLE Pins. Heat shrink is important in this case because it will prevent your signal wires from shorting out on the chassis of the connector or from one to the other. Take out your small heat shrink tubing and place a couple centimeters of it on your wires coming from the switch. If you don't want to hurt a XBOX 360 mobo, you could always salvage a female connector off an Intercooler which are going for less than 10 bucks on ebay these days. If you don't know how to get the 360 open check this vid out. And no it wasn't the towel trick!!!! If it is unrepairable like mine (notice the GPU is story) then it's time to Salvage all the useful parts and connectors from the board.like the power connector for instance :). Why not rob the power connector from it and use it for something useful! Or you could always try repairing it (well not permanently in most cases), my friend and I found that after repairing many xbox's the method that lasted the longest was the simplest. I know that everyone has at least one or two friends that have a RROD (Red Ring of Death) 360 Collecting dust in their basement or garage. Item 5 is a XBOX 360 Female Power Connector from a 360 Mobo (motherboard). Item 4 is a switch, if you don't have a spare slider switch in one of your parts drawers or on an old toy that can be salvaged you can always check out Radio Source (aka The Source by Circuit City, or Radio Shack in the US). ![]() Item 3 Small heat shrink tubing for the switch connections which you can also get at Princess Auto. You can probably score some 20 gauge yellow and black wire from any blown ATX power supply or you could buy some from Princess Auto. I used some 16 gauge wire that i had sitting around. ![]() Item 2 Yellow and Black wire that is thicker than most signal wire. Next is the List of needed Materials: Item 0 Obviously you will need a XBOX 360 Power Supply :) Item 1 Needed is a some sort of Socket for a Lighter Plug, I bought a 12V Triple Socket adapter from Canadian Tire for $11.99 CAD. ![]()
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