Comments on: Xbox 360 ATX power supply

By: Schmitty

Schmitty — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:22:48 +0000

I want to put my xbox in my car and was hoping to run DC power from the car battery to my Xbox is there a way to do this?

By: Siddy

Siddy — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:33:45 +0000

ATX PSU’s only have 1x 5V thats why he only used 1 rail.
The blue xbox pin can not be used without some extra components and work, therefore the PSU has to be manually turned on.
You should have connected the 3 xbox black pins to 3 different ATX black pins for a better ground.

By: Xtngs

Xtngs — Wed, 11 May 2011 02:18:14 +0000

I try this on my slim,the power supply work 1 month,and now its dead.

By: John

John — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:45:47 +0000

Hi guys first of all I can’t see the diagram
can one off you email to me
I got Xbox 1.0 with 12 pin socket color codes are
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
ylw-red-red-red-org-purp-blk-blk-blk-blk-grn-gry

so I vant to use a ATX power supply but I’m not sure which color wire to use for pin#6-11-12 help me out please

By: Alaska Man

Alaska Man — Fri, 21 May 2010 05:53:41 +0000

During a power outage (quite common where I live) I hooked up my generator to put out 220 (to run my well pump). Testing the board, I had 110 on each side, just like it should, but throwing a load against it, it would push 220 to both sides. In the process of figuring out why the lights were so bright, I fried 3 xbox 360 psus, and a handful of other electronics (2 tv psus and a few peices of stereo equipment)

I replaced the psu in my comp to a 650watt a while back and kept the 250 watt that came in it. Hooking it up purple wire for 5 volts didnt work, looked this up, found out about grounding the green wire, since then, one xbox is back and running. Works flawlessly, as long as you first turn off the power supply before plugging the xbox in.

Now this leaves 2 other xboxs that need power and no extra atx psus laying around. My one question is, using a 12v car battery hooked on a 15amp charger, I could run all three from a central location. How could I get the 5 volt without using the atx psu? (I believe if I did, I would have to ground the psu and the battery together, which wouldn’t work… would it?)

Any input or other ideas for xbox 360 psus would be amazing… crunchyjedi@hotmail.com

By: Abdul Rahman

Abdul Rahman — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:51:46 +0000

hey …..i use a converter tht converts 110 to 220….it does supply power to my console…but the 3 red lights happen to flash…..so any help please …..

By: brax

brax — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:43:22 +0000

oh my god this hack is a life saver thank you very much for the tutorial… im running on a 230 watt supply with a max out put of 120 watts… working just fine so far but the output watts 203 on my original brick and now the power is reduced… taking small steps to reduce energy haha

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:23:15 +0000

hey i bought an american xbox 360 and i’m trying to use it in ireland. i plugged it in using a converter but it tripped the whole room and the psu is definetly fried.

but is my xbox??? i don’t want to mess about with the wires.. can i just buy a psu that’ll work with an irish socket? any suggestions??
thanks!
Irelandsgirl1157@yahoo.com

By: sood

sood — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:09:14 +0000

i am not able to see the picture. can anyone mail me at rohitsood12@yahoo.com

By: Erik

Erik — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:00:21 +0000

yo! I tried this nice little hack and it works perfectly, but wolden’t it make more sense to add like a tyoe of cut off source to the ATX instead of connecting the black and green wire together so you dont waste as much power.

By: NTComputer86

NTComputer86 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:14:39 +0000

im gonna give this a try since im not paying $100 for a 3rd party power cord that will break, i have a voltage tester that i can use to test the voltage of all the pins before i hook the xbox to it, so im gona risk it

By: john

john — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:06:53 +0000

well, i think it is a decent idea, in iraq i bought an xbox with the 110v rating and it never turnd on, it would be easier just to open it and replace the fuse in the psu then put it on a stepdown converter, because like where ever you are, im too am in a 220w world, and it sucks

By: Tinoski

Tinoski — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:09:03 +0000

#128 – Buy an adapter? You should be able to get one from an electronics store.

Or like anywhere, department stores and the like, look around.

By: blipside

blipside — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:03:46 +0000

Thank you for the info on how to do this. A friend smoked a 360 power supply by plugging it into 220v. We took the advice of soldering individual wires together instead of grouping them & it works fine. We did not try the blue wire wire for the power on signal, we were happy with flipping the switch on the power supply. Thanks again for taking the plunge on this & sharing the experience.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:11:01 +0000

btw it actually works with an 100w atx powersupply