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Apologies for the state of this guide, it was created in minutes, though I hope it can be of help, please feel free to improve it!
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The LED should be green when it is connected, here it is completely off.
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The device does not show up at all in the device manager and windows does not react in any way when connected.
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This involves prying and will probably scratch the shell.
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Start at the cable side using a sharp prying tool or similar
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When the lid has been removed, there are two tiny Phillips #0 screws that need to be removed.
The case is glued (you can see the grey / black contrast on the edge of the case in the picture). Just clipping it back could be enough. We do not need to have something waterproof.
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At the side facing down, close to the cable connector there is a fuse (located by the red arrow)
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The blue lines shows the circuit that is usually closed if the fuse hasn't blown.
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Measure the resistance of the fuse, if it is higher than 1000 ohm ( in my case 20 kOhms) consider it to be faulty
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I used a piece of LED - leg and bent it properly to create a perfect short-wire.
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Be careful when you solder, you do not want lead anywhere else!
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I used double sided molding tape (red), in the upper and lower part of the chassi.
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Put the screws back and align the board properly.
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Using glue is an alternative, though troublesome if you would ever want to reopen it.
I don’t know much about debugging circuits, but I checked the connection on the shown locations, and there was no connection, and once soldered it now works perfectly again. Thanks a lot for the guide, you just spared me 30€. <3
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This worked for me, thank you! I must have blown the fuse plugging it into my USB hub port that provides 2.4Amps. Although I never used a short wire, just enough solder to bridge the gap.
What type of fuse is it however? Because now its working but no more fuse, so I’m worried if I plug it into a high amp port again it will fry the device.
Thanks! I would have preferred to replace the fuse, but since I didn’t have a replacement fuse or a setup in which to work on such a small board I just soldered over the blown fuse to short it and it worked.
Worked perfectly. Any wire suffices for this.
This worked for me too ! I also used the soldiering itself to bridge the gap. Thank you so much !
hey someone can tell what fuse i need to buy spec thanks :)
the fuse is rated for 250 mA
i had luck just soldering over the fuse, its working great and not hot at all . Also, thanks for a straightforward and well done guide
This worked perfectly for me. Thanks a lot for that great tutorial.
Soldering was a bit difficult but I managed to do it taking my time.
Can anyone explain to me the point of that fuse ? The fuse must be protecting something ? If it’s protecting the receiver by destroying the fuse, what’s exactly the point ? Is fuse replacement supposed to be covered by warranty ?
I guess I don’t understand the whole point of this fuse that is clearly not user replaceable and apparently a fairly common defect.
Just bypassing that fuse works. Thanks so much! My hero!
Thank you so much! Worked for me, did it exactly as you have explained.
Mate, I cannot thank you enough. My little boy can enjoy his driving games again.
Worked like a charm! And it’s really not that hard. However, bear in mind that screws are extremelly small, smaller than tiny, so you’ll need a special screwdriver, because they are also quite tight. Big thanks to THE Author of this method, you saved my day :^)
Thanks for posting this. I have successfully revived my receiver. I just tried soldering over the fuse. My poor soldering skills resulted in the fuse exploding, but regardless of that it still worked.
You're a lifesaver. Turns out these things are impossible to find to buy now, so the only other option was to buy a new controller, instead of using the 5-ish Xbox 360 controllers I still have sitting around collecting dust.
I may have gotten lucky as I kinda globbed solder all over the area but the thing still worked somehow. Thanks a bunch.
Done by replacing the fuse by a simple wire soldered.
Thank you very much! Im not soo good at repairing things, was just about to give up and put that thing to thrash, but when Ive found your guide I thought: "ehh. what the hell, what worse could hapen, it aint working anyway... Lets give it a shot."And its working like charm now ;)
I noticed my Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver was dead (for no apparent reason), and found this iFixit article. Sure enough this turned out to be the problem. All I did was scrape the fuse off with a small jeweler's screwdriver, and solder across the area where the fuse used to sit. Works like new again. No need to use a wire.
Made it about 12 years ago) still works!
