slapah0 wrote make sure your power cord is not red!!! unplug everything (even cord from wall) then try again.

i have fixed over 300 consoles and the qtip trick has never hurt a single one.

i have seen many consoles melted from the towl trick.

Damn son, a pro over here....300 consoles and Qtip trick 8)

slapah0 wrote no dude your cpu key is what decripts the nand!!!! that does not change.

its the secret key in the cpu ship so it always needs to be linked to the cpu chip on your mobo!!!!

dont loose it!!!!!!

What happens if I can't get xell to boot Becasue everytime I write xell I get e79

you probably melted your jtag wires or something. double check those

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i always qtip them to see if they are exploitable before i do any repair!!

then i tagg it and get the cpu

then i repair it!

this way if the console breaks a trace or something really bad during repair atleast i have the kv info

i was waiting for your reply how you been?

Unplug everything and leave it for a few hours to sit. Then plug in everything very firmly and make sure it is okay.

the fact that you say you get E79 when you write xell clearly shows that it's your JTAG wiring that was messed up after the qtip thing

unless his jtag wires are touhing the heatsyncs then no way Qtip trick can melt jtag wires. the console turns off at 100 degrees. ( i know this because i have unplugged the fan and let my jtag overheat til i saw 2 red lights and kept watching the temp on FSD)

it doesnt even get hot enuf to melt the solder balls under the chip. all it realy does is warms up the board alittle so the ban connection between the chip and mobo realign for a while til it cools and separates again.

who knows, maybe he soldered weak points on the jtag wires to where when heated up they broke off or something. why else would xell e79

luisdavid wrote who knows, maybe he soldered weak points on the jtag wires to where when heated up they broke off or something. why else would xell e79

you are correct. maybe he has a zephyr, lol

screw zephyrs. mine won't power up after a bad flash and i would recommend a xenon over a zephyr anytime now. lol