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Xbox One Console Reportedly Leaking Oil
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Reports have surfaced on the Xbox One support forums of Xbox One consoles allegedly leaking an oily liquid through the air vent on the top right hand side on the console.
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My xbox one is leaking out some kind of oil out of the vent, and there is these white milk like stains in the center of the vents. And by milk like, i mean if you leave a glass without rinsing it off after you drank milk and it drys on. But yeah it isnt causing any problem yet but i wanna figure what it is, and maybe get it fixed, before my warrenty runs out. I havent set anything on the xbox besides the controller, the mic, or a game case so i doubt there is anything in vent besides a bit of dust. Anyone getting this or have any advice?
The gamer that reported the issue (CynicalAnarchy) says that he waited almost a fortnight before reporting the issue to Microsoft, which was met with cries of fake, especially since at the time of the report CynicalAnarchy didn't have any photographic evidence to substantiate the claim. The Xbox One owner has since added some pictures of the leaky Next Gen console, all be it low quality, but you can make out the oily substance on the top vent.
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This issue is still unresolved at the time of writing this article, so we stil do not know the root cause of this issue. Anybody that owned an Original Xbox will remember that they suffered with leaking clock capacitors. Later V1.6 versions of the original Xbox had an updated cap for the clock which didn't leak, as it was determined as an issue by Microsoft. This could be a similar issue with the Xbox One consoles.
What do you think people?
Updated: If it is coming from inside the console then the only thing with an oily liquid inside is the Capacitors. If you also lift up the heatsink and take a look there are 8 of them under there.
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If those did leak then when the fan spins up it could suck the oil up and throw it out via the vent.
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My xbox one is leaking out some kind of oil out of the vent, and there is these white milk like stains in the center of the vents. And by milk like, i mean if you leave a glass without rinsing it off after you drank milk and it drys on. But yeah it isnt causing any problem yet but i wanna figure what it is, and maybe get it fixed, before my warrenty runs out. I havent set anything on the xbox besides the controller, the mic, or a game case so i doubt there is anything in vent besides a bit of dust. Anyone getting this or have any advice?
The gamer that reported the issue (CynicalAnarchy) says that he waited almost a fortnight before reporting the issue to Microsoft, which was met with cries of fake, especially since at the time of the report CynicalAnarchy didn't have any photographic evidence to substantiate the claim. The Xbox One owner has since added some pictures of the leaky Next Gen console, all be it low quality, but you can make out the oily substance on the top vent.
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This issue is still unresolved at the time of writing this article, so we stil do not know the root cause of this issue. Anybody that owned an Original Xbox will remember that they suffered with leaking clock capacitors. Later V1.6 versions of the original Xbox had an updated cap for the clock which didn't leak, as it was determined as an issue by Microsoft. This could be a similar issue with the Xbox One consoles.
What do you think people?
Updated: If it is coming from inside the console then the only thing with an oily liquid inside is the Capacitors. If you also lift up the heatsink and take a look there are 8 of them under there.
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If those did leak then when the fan spins up it could suck the oil up and throw it out via the vent.
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That is kind of Strange. I don't see it being Oil, but it could be something Else.
My xbox hasn't started doing it thank goodness. I would cry if I spent $600 on a console and it broke a week later.
My xbox hasn't started doing it thank goodness. I would cry if I spent $600 on a console and it broke a week later.
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DTY wrote That is kind of Strange. I don't see it being Oil, but it could be something Else.
My xbox hasn't started doing it thank goodness. I would cry if I spent $600 on a console and it broke a week later.
I know ive updated the post too its very strange indeed
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