Console powers on, fan spins, but the TV shows nothing? It's almost always the HDMI port. We replace it under microscope, soldered directly to the motherboard the way it should be.
The Xbox HDMI port takes mechanical stress every time a cable moves while the console is powered. Most damaged ports we see got that way from something pretty ordinary: tripping over a hanging cable, knocking the console while it's plugged in, pulling the cable out sideways instead of straight. The port is rigid, the cable is flexible, and the motherboard solder joints are what end up taking the load.
The visible damage is usually inside the connector itself, bent pins, a cracked port body, or the port shoved at a slight angle. Sometimes there's nothing visible from outside and the damage is on the solder joints under the connector. Both are repairable.
The console comes apart down to the motherboard. The damaged HDMI port is removed under microscope with a hot-air rework station, keeping temperature controlled so adjacent components stay safe. The motherboard pads where the port was soldered get cleaned and inspected. If the previous port came off with damage to the pads (lifted traces, missing pads), that gets repaired before the new port goes on.
The new port is then soldered to the board, ground tabs first, then the signal pins, all under microscope with fine-tip work. Once the port is on, the console gets reassembled and the signal is tested on a TV before final closure.
When a port gets damaged badly enough, the damage can extend past the connector to adjacent components. Common collateral damage on Xbox boards includes the small ESD filtering components near the port and occasionally the HDMI driver IC further inside the board. We check these as part of the repair. Fixing only the port when something else is also damaged means you'd come back with the same fault soon after, which isn't an outcome anyone wants.
The two consoles use the same HDMI connector but the motherboards and the surrounding cooling are different. Series X has more board real estate and a heatsink that needs to come off for access. Series S is more compact and the access path is different. The repair is the same kind of work either way and the price isn't usually different between the two.
We do this exact kind of repair on PS5, PS4, and the Switch's HDMI dock. Same approach, same level of care.
Removal and replacement of the HDMI port on Xbox Series X consoles under microscope, using a hot-air station and fine-tip work.
Same repair for the smaller all-digital Xbox Series S. The port itself is the same connector type, the board layout is different.
Component-level check of the HDMI driver and filtering circuitry around the port, since collateral damage to nearby components is common.
Book your repair online or visit us at our Orleans location. Walk-ins welcome 6 days a week.