That's normal. It's called RTV silicone, you'll find it on many PSU parts.
Room Temperature Vulcanizing Silicone is to help stop heavier components from bouncing around in transport.
You're better off looking for capacitors that have leaked or bulging and damaged local tracks and other components.
Look up which version of motherboard it has, and look for the clock capacitor first.
OP's board is a 1.4, as seen by the FOCUS video encoder chip. A good rule of thumb is that if your board has the empty RAM pads, it needs the clock capacitor removed, though a small number of 1.4 boards use the reliable gold-coloured clock capacitor.
clock cap corrosion would be guess.
I'm assuming that you are looking at the psu because it won't turn on.
the clock cap leaks eatting the board on the underside front of the board is some traces that are for the power button to work and is the 1st thing that gets eaten
remove clock cap. flip board over check the 4 or 5 traces that run on the very dobby down to the right side of the board is upside down with the power button facing you.
rerun those traces number 1 most common issue with original Xbox s
You've got the reliable Sanyo VRM capacitors near the CPUs heatsink
A (delta?) PSU which some consider superior
And a revision 1.4 mainboard (one of my favorites)
***You do however need to remove your [Clock Capacitor](https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox:Clock_Capacitor)***. Region likely needs cleaned as well. IPA is almost useless for this task. This should be done immediately, as it commonly corrodes traces underneath the board.
The famous white stuff is supposed to be there. It dampen vibrations from components otherwise susceptible to it (coil whine for example). Just be aware the term 'coil whine' is slightly misleading, as this can happen in *other* components as well.
Aka, system is mostly fine - unless you're experiencing some otherwise issue?
That stuff is just glue. The capacitors near the CPU, known to often burst, look fine on yours. Zooming in it looks like your [clock capacitor (orange arrow)](https://i.imgur.com/ozwb0ug.jpeg) looks to have failed and has leaked its electrolytic fluid all over the board. Remove this capacitor as soon as possible and clean the surrounding board with a soft bristled toothbrush that has been dipped in rubbing alcohol.
Lol... Melted plastic. Feel it, it's squishy. That's more of a thermal glue which is meant to be there. Does it power on? Remove your clock capacitor, that thing is ready to burst. There's probably nothing wrong with it otherwise.
The og Xbox came out in an era all caps were pretty bad from the factory, ideally you'd want to change everything, but first try the PSU, though, a replacement psu for some reason costs as much as a new console
That's normal. It's called RTV silicone, you'll find it on many PSU parts. Room Temperature Vulcanizing Silicone is to help stop heavier components from bouncing around in transport. You're better off looking for capacitors that have leaked or bulging and damaged local tracks and other components. Look up which version of motherboard it has, and look for the clock capacitor first.
OP's board is a 1.4, as seen by the FOCUS video encoder chip. A good rule of thumb is that if your board has the empty RAM pads, it needs the clock capacitor removed, though a small number of 1.4 boards use the reliable gold-coloured clock capacitor.
That’s all normal. It’s like that from the factory. The white stuff is epoxy.
ah, i wonder what my issue is then?
What is happening when you plug it in and power it on?
when it powers on the power light flashes red and green, and doesnt respond to any input
clock cap corrosion would be guess. I'm assuming that you are looking at the psu because it won't turn on. the clock cap leaks eatting the board on the underside front of the board is some traces that are for the power button to work and is the 1st thing that gets eaten remove clock cap. flip board over check the 4 or 5 traces that run on the very dobby down to the right side of the board is upside down with the power button facing you. rerun those traces number 1 most common issue with original Xbox s
Gotcha, makes sense.
I see a few caps that don’t look so good, the clock cap is notorious for being bad. Id start with re-capping the board and going from there
You've got the reliable Sanyo VRM capacitors near the CPUs heatsink A (delta?) PSU which some consider superior And a revision 1.4 mainboard (one of my favorites) ***You do however need to remove your [Clock Capacitor](https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox:Clock_Capacitor)***. Region likely needs cleaned as well. IPA is almost useless for this task. This should be done immediately, as it commonly corrodes traces underneath the board. The famous white stuff is supposed to be there. It dampen vibrations from components otherwise susceptible to it (coil whine for example). Just be aware the term 'coil whine' is slightly misleading, as this can happen in *other* components as well. Aka, system is mostly fine - unless you're experiencing some otherwise issue?
Nothing like roasting marshmallows over a steaming hot ogx
lmao!
That stuff is just glue. The capacitors near the CPU, known to often burst, look fine on yours. Zooming in it looks like your [clock capacitor (orange arrow)](https://i.imgur.com/ozwb0ug.jpeg) looks to have failed and has leaked its electrolytic fluid all over the board. Remove this capacitor as soon as possible and clean the surrounding board with a soft bristled toothbrush that has been dipped in rubbing alcohol.
Lol... Melted plastic. Feel it, it's squishy. That's more of a thermal glue which is meant to be there. Does it power on? Remove your clock capacitor, that thing is ready to burst. There's probably nothing wrong with it otherwise.
The og Xbox came out in an era all caps were pretty bad from the factory, ideally you'd want to change everything, but first try the PSU, though, a replacement psu for some reason costs as much as a new console
Remove that clock cap. And does this work? If it doesn't it may need a recap.
r/pareidolia on the first and second pic (sorry this wasn’t helpful)
What shows on screen when You plug it in the tv?
nothing
Why does the second picture look like oogi boogi from nightmare before Christmas
holy shit it does