Broken xbox

Ok so one day there was a pretty bad storm and my power went out. well i went to play my xbox the day after and it wouldnt turn on... i have no clue what to do. by the way it was obviously plugged in during the storm directly to an outlet. Well I was wondering a few things

1) What do you think is wrong???

2) if I proceed to open it and find a problem, will it be cheap to replace??

any help is greatly appreciated

 

Power surge will have blown the Varistor on the front of the power supply, you need a new PSU!

 

ok that all sounds good... Is that replacable??? And is it expensive???

 

You can get a second hand one pretty easy, eBay would be your best bet! If all else fails, buy a broken xbox that still powers on! You'll need to get the correct version of your xbox though as they have different connectors!

 

ok thank you....well taking the xbox apart was a lot easier than i thought...but now i am confused by which version i have?? can anyone help

 

If your connector looks like this you have a v1.0\1.1


Then...

If it looks like this then you have a v1.2-1.5

 

ok i have a version 1.2 to 1.5....does that mean i can get any psu from that range

 

Yep, but make sure you don't get a 1.6 PSU, they are missing a few connections in it...

 

does anyone kno where i can find a cheap psu...i looked on ebay and they are all like $30 and i kinda want it for cheaper