Alright, so I've been doing some work on one of my boxes in preparation for JTAG'ing it. Specifically, I took the board out, gave the case and fans a good clean and replaced the thermal paste. I also repaired the Samsung drive in the machine, as the belt was filthy.
Now, I got the drive working, did the thermal paste/dusting afterwards. Since then, the console no longer works and I'm not entirely sure why. These are the steps I've taken to try and work out what the problem might be.
1) Tried to power on via RF board, console dead.
2) Tried to power on via eject button, console dead.
3) Tried to power on via controller, console dead.
4) Used the power brick on my 360 Elite console, power brick is fine, testing console booted.
5) Swapped the RF board into my 360 Elite console, RF board is fine, testing console booted.
6) Powered up the testing console using the same wired controller, console booted.
Now, with the power brick plugged into this dead console, the light remains orange. I've checked all the ports for possible shorts, found 1 possible issue and fixed it (yay for electrical tape!). The console is still dead. However, I did notice one of the capacitors might be buggered. Here's a couple of pics of it:
(Capacitor in question is at the front with the arrow pointed at it)
(Overhead shot of the same capacitor, circled it to make it stand out more)
So... could -that- be the little bugger causing me power problems??? Every other capacitor seems to be fine. Oh, and if it matters, this is a Xenon motherboard.