pc power supply swap?

Discussion in 'Xbox - Hardware boot discussion' started by justagame, May 3, 2006.

  1. justagame

    justagame Member

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    does anybody know if you can use a pc power supply on your xbox v1.6 mobo? im trying to diagnose weather my mobo or power supply is bad and i dont want to try using the pc power supply on it if its going to ruin a good mobo...
     
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    theridges Guest

    i dunno exactly but i dont think so i believe a pc power supply is much stronger than the xbox one.....
     
  3. justagame

    justagame Member

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    how about any tips on how to diagnose weather my problem is with the power supply or with the board...
     
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    what is the system mobo doing is it even booting on????
     
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    no, its just dead, no action at all.... it happened while i was trying to install the spider gx chip with the xbox turned on (so i could see the led indicators) ... i touched something wrong, and it turned off and never turned back on again...
     
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    what version xbox do you have because they sell power supply's on ebay...because you definately shorted something...
     
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