No video output - hdd sata connector bad - powers off w/in 60 seconds

Hello all~

I been repairing 3DS’s on ebay for a while and figured I’d venture into other consoles.

When I opened this one up, the hdd sata connection on the motherboard was pulled off the board, the connector was destroyed but there was no visible damage to the board.

I took it to bits and put on new thermal paste - the old stuff was rather stuck on. It didn’t want to come off with just the 99% iso. I’m not too familiar with xbox consoles so I don’t know if they use thicker thermal paste, but I know it was much harder to get off then the stuff I use on my computer and other equipment. I guess it’s also possible the previous owner tried the hair dryer gimmick and turned it into a paperweight! Haha.

After getting it back together, I tried booting it with the original hdd by external usb to no avail. I do have a 7 pin sata connector coming in the mail soon so I can give that a try. I expected something to happen even without the hdd though, nothing on the screen at all. So it’s probably toast, but figured maybe here could provide some insight.

I haven’t tested for shorts or done any tests with the multimeter yet, that’ll be the next thing I check out.

Thanks for looking and hope everyone is having a swell weekend.

Cheers,

Turky