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Repair troubles

  • 09-03-2010 12:20am
    #1
    papajimsmooth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 779 ✭✭✭


    So i got an E74 error around christmas and had to send my xbox away to be fixed, then i was in college until now so havent had a chance to play it. So i decided to fire up the old xbox for the midterm only to discover that they changed the port for my transformer so i cant actually power on the xbox. Anyone experience this before and any suggestions on what to do?


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  • #2
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    You mean the power supply has a different connection? Yeah the old ones had a different bigger one compared to the new consoles. You can't mix and match. If this is the case. You have to use the old PSUs with the old consoles and the new ones with the new. If you could plug an new PSU into an old 360 it would not have enough power to turn on.

    The old 360s use the 203W PSUs and newer ones use, I think 180W or there abouts.


  • #3
    Evolute
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭Evolute


    Captain Chaos wrote: »
    You mean the power supply has a different connection? Yeah the old ones had a different bigger one compared to the new consoles. You can't mix and match. If this is the case. You have to use the old PSUs with the old consoles and the new ones with the new. If you could plug an new PSU into an old 360 it would not have enough power to turn on.

    The old 360s use the 203W PSUs and newer ones use, I think 180W or there abouts.

    Actually your wrong thats only the max power it can draw not the amount it does the only reason you can't use some power supply is because one type of the connecters has a plastic sqaure in the middle.


  • #4
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    And that plastic square is there so you can't mix them up like I said above. Otherwise you will have a ton of xbox support numbers asking why their 360s won't turn on or function proper when working flat out. Clearly this is the reason otherwise why change the PSU design and connection?


  • #5
    Evolute
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭Evolute


    There are three types of Psu and the two that dont have the plastic square in the middle are interchangable as proof by my new xbox working on my old power plug


  • #6
    papajimsmooth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 779 ✭✭✭papajimsmooth


    Rang them today and they tried to tell me i was wrong. Took ages to get it sorted and am now waiting on a call back tomorrow. Really poor customer service.


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