Xbox power cord recall w/free replacement cord

bubba966 · « **on:** 18 Feb 2005, 03:20 am »

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050217-4624.html

Apparently some of the early cords have been melting down/catching fire!

Mine deck is certainly old enough to be one of the effected. Guess I'll be filling out the form to get a non-flamable replacement sent to me...

mcrespo71 · « **Reply #1 on:** 18 Feb 2005, 03:33 am »

I had to sell my original Xbox because it's DVD player stopped working- the dreaded Thomson drive. I replaced it with a newer Xbox last year, so hopefully I'm OK with the power cord.

Michael

Marbles · « **Reply #2 on:** 18 Feb 2005, 04:04 am »

I filled out the form and they will be sending me a new PC...

drunkonjack · « **Reply #3 on:** 18 Feb 2005, 04:23 am »

I've been wanting to upgrade my power cord anyway to improve audio/video qualities . Any recommendations ?

bubba966 · « **Reply #4 on:** 18 Feb 2005, 09:47 am »

The AudioQuest NRG-1 or NRG-1.5 would be nice. I forget exactly who else makes a cord that would fit, but I want to say PS Audio makes one.

bubba966 · « **Reply #5 on:** 22 Feb 2005, 12:44 am »

Finally got off my ass and ordered the replacement cord.

Wonder how long it'll take to get here?...

Rob Babcock · « **Reply #6 on:** 22 Feb 2005, 03:46 am »

I'll have to check my Xbox over, too. It's several years old, so maybe it's got one of the cords o' fire.

bubba966 · « **Reply #7 on:** 26 Feb 2005, 12:39 am »

The replacement cord showed up today! Damn that was fast.

Kinda looks like a GFCI has been built into the power cord. Wonder what design problem the Xbox has to require that type of cord?...

WerTicus · « **Reply #8 on:** 18 Mar 2005, 06:51 am »

did you guys read about the real story behind the cord?

the actual fault is within the xbox where the socket joins the motherboard - dry joints

so instead of recalling xboxes which would be expensive they just put out a power cord that has a breaker of some sort in it. so that fires dont start.

newer xboxes have a different power supply and dont suffer from the problem.