This can DESTROY your Series S

After completely frying my series S it has become clear that there are some things you are going to want to make sure you DONT do with this thing.

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[stansmith]

I bought the cheaper 512gb expansion card for only 120 dollars on sale for my series s, and they accidentally sent me the 1TB one 🙏😂

[sepehrtmsy]

I got the series S on the back of watching your videos. And I don’t regret it ONE BIT. Thank you for guiding us towards this hidden gem of consoles.

[mcgritty]

You should never unplug any electronic device for a good 10 seconds after shutdown. A lot of devices have fans that run until the units are completely cooled and unplugging it will cause the fan to stop the cooling process… especially true for toaster ovens!

[nieqmam]

Good tips! One more thing to add- the free space should be at least 10-15cm from each side (not only from the top vent) according to MS.

[WoowoahSr]

You can buy external fans as well, and plug the fan into a wall outlet and the fan will suck the hot air out faster and keep your series S alive so much longer.

[ekjay]

Can’t believe someone even thought that it can’t play AAA titles 😂 it’s been designed to play everything the series x can, also people don’t cover up the exhaust area which looks like a big speaker yes the console gets hot would be weird if it stayed cool 😂

[melindaboomer]

Even when I bought my 2TB SSD I made sure it was certified by Xbox. I’m aware of how tricky these things can be. I’m sorry about your Series S. :( hopefully you get it fixed or get a new one soon. I love your content. It made me feel better about my choice to get a series S, instead of a series X. Keep up the good work. :)

[japxicano]

Airflow was probably the main problem. Many people think that the console is able to breathe in a tight space. I've seen countless amounts of people place their consoles in tight spaces without any airflow and they wonder why their console doesn;t last that long of their fans are ramping up.

[kavorka]

If you think your series S died because of powering external devices directly from it, then the console has indeed design issues. Driving or powering anything, regardless of how much power it draws, should not cause any problems, because modern electronics detect such cases and simply don't allow it. The external device should not start.

[willhutton]

You probably had a monitor that went over the recommended max for power draw from the USB port. I think for the Xbox it’s like 4.5 W/5V at 900MAH. Your monitor was probably pulling more than that and overheated/blew a fuse/burned out the contacts on that USB port, sending a signal to the power supply, saying it needs to shutdown to protect itself.

[bovinepro]

if you plugged it directly into the wall there is a good chance that a brown out or black out (e.g. a power surge) from the grid is what killed your xbox, not the peripherals. A good quality surge protector from a reputable company is a great way to prevent power surges from zapping your console to death. that being said i agree with the idea of limiting peripheral usage for example get a monitor that uses its own external power cord to power itself and use a external hard drive with its own dedicated power cord is a good idea because There is a good chance Microsoft didn't test the new xbox with power-drawing peripherals that use lots of energy that might cause a problem on some models better not to find out the hard way which one it is. Treat your xbox gently

[squidbait]

Said video dude. YouTube could not have recommended your channel to me at a better time ! Going on two months with my series S could not be happier !

[sevenfacedsin]

My only gripe with the Series S is that fan under the black vent doesn't seem to spin fast enough to vent the hot air fast enough. It's like this on all the Series S consoles I have seen. That fan acts like a 900rpm non-PWM fan. Doesn't move enough air.

[enterdedsec]

I had my series a for almost a year and I never knew about these tips. Thanks for showing us what we should do.

[Nappylox]

I’m curious with the monitor thing. One, where do you plug it into the Series S to power it up? And two, that is probably what happened. If you had one of those like 120hz, 4k, 60 fps high fidelity type monitors, those need a lot of power. Just curious because unless you’re out in the woods or something, definitely plug that into a regular outlet. Interesting 🤔

[SlurpYogurt]

2:08 I have my series S standing on my desk and I’d had drink next to it WITH ICE and after a little gaming my drinks would be room temperature if not warm

[desireefoster]

Thank you for clear and concise information. I confess I started gaming just a few short years ago when my daughters friend gave me his old Xbox 360 and a stack of games. I recently bought an Xbox S you helped greatly in my decision to do so! Thanks again!

[Duckfisher]

You need to leave the system plugged in after it's fully shut down. The fan will keep spinning, this is probably for a good reason. I took this system to my buddy, almost on a weekly bases for over a year now. Before you put it in the backpack, just make sure not to unplug until the fan stopped running. I think that's safe :)

[bobbydazzle]

No my friend. The problem was not drawing to much power from the series S.. If you used a simple hdmi cable to the laptop not a problem.... You used USB... USB output roughly 5v.. You were pushing voltage ⚡ into the series S. That's what fried it. You had the 3rd party out putting roughly 5v. Your series S was outputting 5v... Both devices sending voltage ⚡ into each other. Unfortunately the series S lost the fight... Youtube the coder. He will fix it. A mobile phone takes power. It doesn't output power. So charging with USB is OK. Cool. You connected two devices outputting voltage!!

[lerigan]

It boggles my mind that Microsoft makes it so hard to fully power down the Xbox. The normal shutdown just makes it go into rest mode, so to fully power it down you need to go into Settings. It’s so unnecessarily cumbersome!