I Bought the FIRST BROKEN Xbox Series X Controller - Can I Fix It?

I Bought the FIRST BROKEN Xbox Series X Controller - Can I Fix It? When I plugged the controller in it had no power and didn't respond at all. While diagnosing the issue I discovered some gunk on some of the motherboard components. I decided to reflow the main chip on the motherboard in case this BGA chip wasn't fully connected. And that got it to work...until I put it all back together. So it was back to doing more testing to see what was causing the problem.
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[@Tronicsfix]

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[@angelangelov2354]

If one can easily get piles of broken PS5 controllers, but finding a single broken Series X controller is noteworthy, that definitely speaks a lot on their respective quality.

[@nintendork07]

kind of odd that folks sell them on ebay instead of getting a warranty replacement, it's only been like 4 months since the consoles came out

[@borsodi23]

The man who is always so happy to buy broken stuff. 😂

[@herrakaarme]

This was actually really interesting because it was a novel problem you couldn't fix so easily. You were able to figure out the limits of the problem and you basically have a really good idea about the culprit, but could also be still wrong. Intriguing indeed. If it was just a totally unknown situation of not even able to turn the controller on, it would be far less interesting.

[@jaysonlauko376]

I hope a bunch of broken Xbox series X controllers break so we can get the “I bought 15 broken Xbox series x controllers” video can be a thing, great video man

[@d3adkamikaz3]

Did you ever find a solution to this? I have the same issue. If I disconnect the wire it works for up to 20 feet though. It’s not a huge deal, just curious.

[@jonathan_calixto]

I just got an iFixit Kit and it comes today, I also bought a cheap xbox controller that has sticky buttons icant wait to get it apart and fix it! :D

[@albin9297]

When u r so fast even the “who’s been a true fan for over a year”aren’t here

[@XiledMarcus]

If it smelled like a perfume, they probably had sticky buttons on their controller as that's what I used to do. Now saying my old controller smell.

[@AliHassan-mb8iv]

Who is here after Junaid akram and Ali akbar show?

[@TheNeoMassacre]

Today we have no perfect amount of Thermalpaste... but we still learn A Lot. THUMBS UP Steve 😊😊😊

[@downesg]

Those appear to be two patch antennas by design (can't see other side of the board to confirm). What you have may be a 1T2R configuration: 1 transmit, 2 receive. So the faulty path is one of the receives which would explain why your reception suffers. Wireless reception is influenced by the square of the distance you are from the source (electrical engineers are taught this in first year). You were on the right track looking at the components in the receive chain.

[@dietwaffles5907]

Great content! I love seeing inside of expensive things. I've also been inspired to try and fix some of my own devices!

[@kingdonnie1932]

been watching your channel for years and everything i know about fixing game consoles is thanks to you man, keep it up!

[@glbernini0]

Nice to see troubleshooting in action!

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[@SK-dq4ee]

this was especially interesting since it was a very unique problem, the first of its kind, really enjoyed this one dude

[@alexmercyfire2209]

Hey man, i gotta tell you, iwatched nearly 8Hours of your Videos in the past 3 days after first discovering you. Your Videos are so good and so damn interesting, that i really want to start repair stuff. Love you and your vids :)

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

How weird is that. I'm looking forward to see you fixing this in the future.