Rumor: Xbox One Leaking Liquid? Two Issues Reported

Karam Elahi from SpawnFirst reports: "A couple of users on the Xbox Support forums are complaining about quite an unusual issue with their Xbox Ones. Their Xbox Ones were allegedly leaking a liquid that was leaving a milky-white residue, from inside the console itself."

[Kingthrash360]

dear god! really?!?
lol from green screen to disc grinding to smokeing to...leaking?!?!? lol xbox is truly all in ONE.
lol i kid, i kid.
but thats just nightmarish if true.
this is something i gotta see to beleive.

[gaffyh]

I think this one is BS honestly. Thermal compound that the console manufacturers use is usually very thick, and grey in colour.

Could it just be condensation from the environment thats gone into the console?

[karamsoul]

That could be a possibility as well.

[Insomnia_84]

They should update the page. The guy posted two pictures.

https://31.media.tumblr.com...

https://31.media.tumblr.com...

[Mister_Dawg]

@gaffyh

You're right about the compound. Plus very little is used and it would never 'leak'.
Another bullsh!t Sony fanboy article.

[ajax17]

Definitely. If my console started leaking a liquid the first thing I would do is take pictures/videos. The fact that there are none proves this is bs.

[DEIx15x8]

@Insomnia_84

There is one major problem with those pictures. How does liquid drip up? Does the Xbox One now defy gravity and leak? The vents that have the stain are on the top of the console so those are clearly pictures of someone who spilled something on to their Xbox One, and I do not want to know what.

The Xbox One also says in all of it's documentation that the console should only ever be used in a horizontal position so having it vertical would not be a valid reason behind it and still wouldn't make a mark like that.

That console also looks rather filthy in general. It appears to have a lot of spots and sticky areas on the top of it in general which looks like a rather abusive or careless owner.

[Nafon]

I find it hard to believe that the fan sucked the "capacitor leakage" from the motherboard and deposited it on the plastic vent. Im more inclined to believe that he spilled something on it lol

[trancefreak]

I wonder why the photos we get on these issues are shot from a cellphone camera from 2001.

I always take quality pics of my electronics when I get them. This is usually to protect me in the event of any said issue. Especially a motherboard with bent socket pins just in case.

I can't say one way or another if this guy has a real issue with his Xbox One or not, but crap photos will not cut it in 2013.

I can say this though that people will make up BS stories when the fault is caused by the end user as well. Perhaps an accidental spill landed inside the device and the fan (dunno the directional flow) kicked it out.

A capacitor electrolyte leak would not even come close to that amount. If it was an HVAC compressor capacitor around 5 μF would be believable but this hell no.

http://www.pcstats.com/arti...

I have never seen electrolysis that bad on a computer component.

I don't own an XBOX ONE but this is highly suspicious.

[AndrewLB]

Funny how this "fluid" seems to defy gravity and somehow make its way up, through the fan, and then settle on the top of the Xbone. Even if the fan was powerful enough to create the lift necessary to do such a thing, it would be flung horizontally from the central fan motor.

Btw... there are no "wet" capacitors under that location, only solid caps. It also couldn't be thermal compound because heat dries compounds out, plus you'd need a TON of the anti-gravity type.

Lastly, someone said it's liquid from the APU heatsink's heatpipes. While it's true those heatpipes are filled with a liquid, it's only a liquid while under pressure in the enclosed pipe. Once you rupture a heat pipe, the fluid becomes a gas and disappears.

[nukeitall]

More bad "journalism" (if you can even call it that) from spawnfirst.

This is highly suspicious with low resolution pictures, the fact that nobody else reported it, and the fact that the image leakage makes no sense coming out the top when gravity pulls down!

[GameSpawn]

I don't know about the legitimacy of this issue, but I can speak about exploding capacitors from my experience.

Capacitors CAN explode. Hell I was in the room when I witnessed one go in my power supply in my now ancient desktop. There was a nice loud POP, a flash of light from the power supply, a god awful sickening smell, and obviously a sudden powering down of my computer. I took apart the power supply to see just how bad it was and one of the larger main caps in the power supply popped its "cap" and spewed "ooze" straight out the top into the casing of the power supply -- the "ooze" is the insulating fluid they fill capacitors with that rests between two conductors to make a capacitor actually work -- ain't physics fun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

BTW, this is similar to what blew in my old power supply (big guy, huh?):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

In computer repair I've also seen MANY a computer (laptops and desktops) come in with blown caps -- from motherboards, to graphics cards, and power supplies. I know the symptoms and the smells.

That said -- to anyone with an Xbox One or really any electronics device that uses sizable capacitors, if you smell something that makes you a little sick to your stomach and your device is acting odd or shuts off after short times of use, you probably have had a capacitor go. Capacitors are mainly used to regulate power flow and act as temporary "batteries" in electronics so power issues usually coincide with capacitor problems.

[P0werVR]

As the article has stated, the fact of the matter that this issue is rare simply because it's easy to take pics of these issues and post em' online or through youtube. IF it was as prevalent. With few of these articles the past month I'm always on edge about my console and checking in with family and friends if there's has had any issues. So far fortunately no one has had issues that I know of. Which questions these rare issues that happen.

[stellarock420]

sounds like it could be battery acid but i don't think that could be being that the only battery would be the bios like you find in common pc's

[Deeke]

Yeah Thermal Compound seems the most likely culprit in this case....

[Funantic1]

2 out of 2.5 million consoles ain't bad at all.

[ZombieKiller]

Haha yeah not bad until it leaks all over your PS4....

[LKHGFDSA]

I imagine most people wouldn't report it online.

[lolCHILLbro]

Me and my 5 friends all have Xbox Ones, not 1 issue we had, sorry to inform everyone but the hardware is pretty good so far

[ZombieKiller]

Then why are you sorry to inform everyone?

That's a good thing right?

[AceBlazer13]

Didn't know you and your friend were the world.Someone call NASA.

Not saying the hardware isn't good, but don't just dismiss issues cause they don't affect you.

The issues with the xbone may not be widespread but they sure do vary. Each one is like a mystery box.

[Kingthrash360]

@zombie
well effing said *tips hat

[Magicite]

No, its crap. There, I have said it.

[creatchee]

@AceBlazer13

"Not saying the hardware isn't good, but don't just dismiss issues cause they don't affect you.

Here's what you said in a PS4 hardware issues thread.

"you take the number of ppl complaining about failed ps4s to the ones saying it's working fine you sure as hell won't come to 40%. so put that figure back up your ass, where it came from. #1.1.4

42d ago by AceBlazer13 | View comment"

Ohhhhhhhhhh the hypocrisy

[calis]

lol, how far did you have to troll his comments to make that desperately loose connection.

One is talking about dismissing the issue, the other is dismissing the percentage.

[SLUG]

my xbox one is doing very good it has no problems

[lifeisgamesok]

Yeah I bet most of these issues are from people that don't even own One

The only issue I had was the Blu-Ray audio synching and that has only happened once

[karamsoul]

Yeah, my Xbox One has been flawless as well, ever since I purchased it at launch. But please don't downplay issues that other Xbox One owners might be having.

[awi5951]

@AceBlazer13

Its a bigger sample that this article has so its more important.

[Magicite]

RROD will be a dream compared to what this marvel might show us in time.

[mrpsychoticstalker]

So this is news? Lol, sony fanboys should just get a new game and play instead of dig and write this kind of articles.

This is hilarious!

Better yet, get an xbox one .... they have a vast variety of games to play.

[Whymii]

Vast? I agree with you, but we obviously have different definitions of vast.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

How would this not be news? There are consoles leaking for crying out loud. I agree to the "let's not bllow this out of proportion" stance, but seriously, if you think it's not news worth when something like that happens than you are the kind of guy that wouldn't care about a particular plane crash because all the other planes are flying just right.

[AndrewLB]

Bishop- Please explain what fluid is present inside the Xbox one that defies gravity?

Hint: There are no "wet" caps below that location on the motherboard, and the fluid in the heatsink's heat-pipes immediately turns into gas when the pipe is ruptured because it's only a liquid due to high pressure. That only leaves thermal compound... which in my 25 years of building computers, never once have I seen thermal compound of any type run around the sides of the heatsink, up through the fins, then magically float through the spinning fan blades, to then stop floating and stay on the top of the box.

Even a 260cfm Delta fan, the type that will fly across the table if not secured, would never have the power to lift thermal compound that far.

This whole thing is BS. Made up by trolls or some kid trying to make a good excuse to avoid admitting his cat took a pi$$ on his xbone.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

@Andrew

You mean beyond capacitors oils (i.e. isoquinoline compounds, which is compatible with "smoking" consoles making popping sounds, that's typical with a capacitor blowing up, you usually end up with that shit condensing everywhere as it's "liquid" at 28ºC) that could had been vaporized and condensed there as it's garthered by the giant air intake on top, or that could simply go up through capilarity (you know, the same way trees get water to defy gravity and go from the roots to the leafs without moving at all) or, even better, some idiot could have the system on vertical despite being warned to use it horizontally and it simply leaked, got to the fan and get slowly spilled there... Who the hell knows. I'm not even saying this is true. But guess what? When the first RROD or YLOD articles appeared they were also discredited and those are problems that became overwhelming throughout the years.

If we simply dismiss every problem claim, we would have no problem claims at all and things would never get fixed. That's exactly what I was saying with "let's not blow stuff out of proportion", this is the kind of thing that needs investigation, not automatic panic nor automatic dismissal.

It could be an important clue about what can be going wrong there. It's good for MS people report this stuff, they can discover if they have something simple like a bad batch of capacitors (which mean they can identify a falty lot to resolve the issue) or a bigger design/power fault that may require a better warrant plan to avoid legal headaches and to know how to implement a future fix. It even can be a good indicative if the system is simply too vulnerable to power surges, which can be easily prevented by owners themselves with UPS or surge protection...

But you know what? Yeah, let's pretend this kind of crap is impossible and trow out stupid comments about gravity that have nothing to do with it and only show you completelly lack of understand on what you're talking about... I really hope your console breaks down out of warrant and no one gives a flying f*ck (been there and it sucks).

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

Also, 25 years building PC and you don't realize what a true solid capacitor is to notice Xbox One (as most consumer electronics) have none of those.

[Juangie3]

Why does it always have to be Sony Fan boys that attack Microsoft? Did it ever occur to anyone that a person that purchased an xbox one (or a PS4) could be dissatisfied with it because of something happening to it?

[rambi80]

Reduced to tears already? JK!

[solid_snake3656]

"A milky white residue" could it be that when you bring the Xbone near the ps4 it has a orgasm.

[Concertoine]

woah man, put that solid snake of yours down

[Evilsnuggle]

Again in m$ l has a faulty game console . The RROD was the 360 Achilles heel. IM personally Now my 3 x360 .The x1 is having its own defects. This is New leaking milky liquid. But there's numerous reports of malfunction. a report came out that 10 percent of X1 are faulty That's 200000 Faulty x1. Like that wasn't bad enough m$ is replacing brand new game consoles with a used refurbished ones. It's obviously as before m$ cares nothing for its customers http://au.ibtimes.com/artic...

[shorty74a]

Where did you get 10% of XBone'S are faulty? From Spawnfirst website? If that was the case, then it would be on every gaming website. I have actually have an Xbox One and it does not leak white fluid. It does not make airplane noises when playing a disc. It has not spewed Grey smoke ever. Voice commands work amazingly well. RYSE looks next gen. The controller fits like a dream in your hands. You Sony Fan boys like yourself should cut out the middleman and go directly to Spawnfirst to feed your appetite for negative MS stories and hardware disasters.

[Linwelin]

If you have bought 3 x 360's after them failing from the same thing, then that's your own damm fault lol what's that old saying, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, but you went and done it again hahaha

[kayoss]

Power of the cloud is now starting to rain.

[otherZinc]

LMAO! SONY fans will you stfu with this stupid sh*t!

[Kingthrash360]

oh, no ..pics are up...smh

[kayoss]

I honestly think he accidentally spilled something on the Xbox one. Now he's trying spin it so his warranty covers it.

[Buff1044]

Agreed....these stories are ridiculous.

[dale_denton]

the power of the cloudz must be raining or on it's period

[Bhuahahaha]

Their Xbox Ones were allegedly leaking a liquid that was leaving a milky-white residue...

hmm let me ask those guys. 'do u watch porn in front of your xbone?'

[Automatic79]

I have had this system for a month and some days. Never had these issues this article is flame bait. For those interested just finished RYSE and DeadRising awesome games. Go out and pick up xboxone if you don't have the system is awesome.

[neogeo]

It's da wader fromz the powerz of de clouuuuudzzzzz

[daboosa]

Lets face it reliabilty was never microsofts strong point!

[Mosiac77]

I didn't know liquid would rise like that. It sounds to me like they need to fix the ceiling or stop putting their drinks on top of the console.

[ovnipc]

Some one drop cola in top of it. Stop looking for any stupid reason to trash the xbox. Maybe heat of the system with cold temp jn a room. Xone kicks ass loving it.

[Docknoss]

Two cases just two! It's probably just some kid who spilt coke. This site blows with trolls

[94jdh94]

This must be that "secret sauce" everyone was talking about!

[kenshiro100]

Wow...just wow.
Just when I thought I heard everything...

[s8anicslayer]

It had a "Gamegasim" once it saw how beautiful the PS4 is in person.

[Ron_Danger]

You were warned not to install the PornHub app...

[shorty74a]

That was funny.

[xDHAV0K24x]

Lol....no

[ziggurcat]

Weird. Are there pictures of this milky liquid?

Edit: it can't possibly be the thermal compound because it's a thick paste...

[karamsoul]

Nope. Kinda fishy, actually. Rumor material unless any photographic evidence posted

[karamsoul]

Could be thermal compound if it's sub-standard.

[NeoTribe]

Yes, somebody posted two pictures in the comments above.

[OverPaperSkies]

Thermal compound doesn't leak in the sense of how water does. It's very thick and dense. You would need to apply an insane amount to the Cpu to even be able too see it. That's after not fitting the heatsink right so it's able to heat up enough to escape. Lmao.

It's very rare it happens on ATX motherboards with common cpus and even then, 95% of companys these days use non conductive compound so if it does run on to the pcb it doesn't cause damage.

Seems like more FUD from the Sony crowd.

To the disagrees. Prove me wrong about thermal compound. I've built more Pc's than you've had hot dinners.

[ZombieKiller]

...and I've had more hot dinner's than you have bubbles. Does that mean I win this argument?

[Xsilver]

"it seems that it (Could Be) the thermal compound leaking out"
your acting like they said it was a thermal compound leak when clearly they didn't it was just an assumption so calm down before you pop a blood vessel.

[Belking]

From inside the console, huh."lol

"As always, take these reports with a grain of salt, especially when there’s a lack of evidence."

We all know why these so called reports exist.

[FITgamer]

Maybe because it actually happened. Did you read his post? He has a pretty legit gamerscore and didn't make out to seem like a trolling attempt. http://forums.xbox.com/xbox...

[donnieboy]

Doubt it....

[mydyingparadiselost]

Reports claim Xbox One users notice white substance leaking from consoles after saying 'Xbox: milk' into their kinect. Microsofts advice is to buy your dairy goods in jugs until a patch is released in early 2016.

[Pinkdolphinyfg]

Do you guys thinks its just a coincidence that all these sensational click bait articles are from Spawnfirst? After the Mariahelsfutura article about Microsoft charging 50 cents for a child account k would take everything from this website with a massive grain of salt especially when theres been multiple occasions of their journalistic integrity being exposed. Has FUD written all over it.

[mhunterjr]

It's no coincidence

[shorty74a]

We should STOP clicking the link to Spawnfirst and giving their website hits that it doesn't deserve.

[Dehnus]

For that we have Ad-Block and noScript ;). Making sure I only use their traffic and not their ads :). I only add websites that deserve it to the whitelist ;)

[Aleithian]

Rhetoric aside, are there any solid numbers on failure rates and these sorts of issues yet? Because a couple of people experiencing odd problems is meaningless.

[snookiegamer]

More lies! I don't believe it. I am PS all the way, but even i'm not blinded by this nonsense. I'll eat my slippers if it's true tho lool

@pinkdolphinyfg and certain others...

What's with the negativity against Mariahelsfutura? ..I like her. It's good to see 'Approved' contributors on N4G. There's always going to be misinformation. It's like a newspaper isn't it, you don't believe everything you read, do you?

[shorty74a]

Then Maria shouldn't be submitting misinformation. N4G used to be less volatile back in the day. I used to go here and get actual news about upcoming games, or release dates and such. But contributers like Maria are submitting their hate for MS agenda like this story from Spawnfirst. With 2 new consoles, there has to be more news than 2 leaking XBone'S.

[IRetrouk]

This site has always been volatile, only diff is that now the xbox is getting all the crap, also I cant believe how many people in this thread are so quick to dismiss this problem, reminds me of the days of rrod to be honest, when it comes out that this person has been telling the truth a lot of peps will be eating crow, if it was fake why would he be posting on the official forums? Hes contacted micro for a fix so im sure we will hear more about it in the coming weeks.

[shorty74a]

@ IRetrouk You may be right about this website always being like this, because I do not read PS4 articles or PS3 ones. I just read what I am going to purchase or actual news about things I am interested in. And I don't remember the hate for Xbox running rampant like it is now. And Xbox has been out for over a month now, sold 2 mil+, but 2 XBone'S possibly leaking liquid upward is news?

[IRetrouk]

No the hate was for the ps3, not micro, but consoles failing or having other problems is news, weather its one or one million, I have a problem with my ps4 disc drive, can only find one other person with the same problem, doesnt make it any less likely, and certainly does not make me a troll or someone lookjng attention, my main point was that people are trying to deny this could happen, just like rrod.

[Max-Zorin]

Pics or it didn't happen.

[inf3cted1]

The source is a support forum thread? So if I said my PS4 exploded in the community forums, would it be worthy to put it as news on N4G?

[calis]

Compared to some of the other tripe that is considered newsworthy here, I would say so.

[rainslacker]

If it actually exploded then I'd find that extremely newsworthy. Much more so than this article....and I'm a pretty hardcore Sony fan.

Of course, depending on the size of the explosion, a forum post may not be the best course of action. Seeking medical attention(if necessary) and calling a lawyer would probably be better. But be sure you take a video of your PS4 exploding, or else it didn't happen.

These kinds of failures are why we should have a 24/7 camera tuned in on our system while playing, or while not for that matter, recording everything on a 12 hour loop.

[Dehnus]

HOLY FUCK! I just saw my Wii U riding a pig, flying in circles then blast off into space while saluting me! Apearantly it wants to plant a Reggie flag on the moon! I tell you It's true! I can't play my Wii U anymore! I'll make a support ticket right now and demand that N4G treats me seriously.

Stupid Nintendo and their Space Program. ;)

[mydyingparadiselost]

In other news, Nintendo's Wii U sales quadruple in all the moon territories. Nintendo says the sales increase is partially due to increased stock of WiiU moon units....

[whoyouwit04]

Sony fans are so disappointed that the PS4 is barley beating xbox one in sales, and so desperate for it do so they just keep spreading propaganda. How the hell can a electronic device leak fluid?

[Ron_Danger]

It's so cute when mindless MS sheep just look at the headline and assume it's all Sony fanboy BS.

Read the article... It's an MS fanboy having the issue.

[LogicStomper]

It's funny when mindless people automatically assume people who have Xbox's to be a MS fanboy.

[ZombieKiller]

@whoyouwit:

Same way the PS4 is BARELY beating the Xbox one.

Proof or we call bullshit.

The numbers are 2, if not, 3 to 1 in sales favoring the PS4. Barely? Gimme your proof or GTFO. Same goes for this xbox issue. Honestly, I don't believe this one. With all the rumors going around and all the crappy gaming journalism, not to mention damage control, it's hard to tell whats what. I'm going with what the majority of you guys are saying. Pics or GTFO but it's a tough call. God knows what it could be if it's true. Regardless, no xbox will be shooting it's load in my living room. No spank you.

[DigitalRaptor]

Awww. Xbox fanboy can't deal with a potentially legit problem, so resorts to sales argument even though that's a no-go, especially once February 22nd comes around.

However, let's discuss the article. It CLEARLY says rumour. Where did the rumour come from? An Xbox Live user (with 38875 gamerscore) posted on the official Xbox support forums about a problem. What reason would an avid XBL subscriber/Xbox enthusiast have to justify lying about his purchase on the official forums?

Then let's take a look at the author of the article: read his bio at the bottom of the article. Karam Elahi: "By night he transforms into Aye Karamba (Live) or Aaqiloon (PSN)". Take a look at his Gamerscore (53358): https://live.xbox.com/en-US...

So another, Xbox Live subscriber/Xbox enthusiast is writing about and posting anti-Xbox propaganda?

Get real, son. Get real.

[rainslacker]

Capacitors, melted solder, grease used on any mechanical parts, etc could cause liquid in a system. Leaking I've never seen though, and most of the things I mention aren't in enough abundance to make a stain like that. Nor would liquid likely go from the motherboard, raise up over an inch, and make it's way through the vents like this.

However, it could be condensation if the room is cold and damp, and if the system gets hot enough. It's over the fan, which is where condensation would form due to that's where the heat is directed to. Not unlike when you breathe in cold weather. If the room was damp, it's entirely possible that moisture could form causing a stain like this. A leak though may be the wrong word to use.

I have seen something similar before on an old laptop I had, but I often used it outside when the condensation would form. There would be actual beads of water on the venting at the back.

However. To put things in perspective, it is reported that the X1 doesn't run particularly hot, so it's either BS, or speculation until more information comes out.

[bromtown]

I have a PS4, I don't really want an XBox One, but I have to say - this is ridiculous. The only thing I can think of in a games console that remotely resembles liquid is thermal paste as the article says, and that's not a leaky substance more of a sticky gloop.

£10 says some pillock spilt milk in his vent.

[Manic2014]

I don't know it just look's like a self made rumour. The dudes Xbox profile lists only 360 games and he has been online on the 26th december, which would of updated information if he had logged on to an xbox one. Same goes for the 2nd guy.

[TIER1xWOLFPACKx]

This could be a capacitor on the motherboard they can leak fluid. Thermal paste won't do that as it's to thick and is more likely to dry up than run across the motherboard etc

[karamsoul]

TIER1xWOLFPACKx, actually I didn't even think about that. It could be a capacitor as well. Do you mind if I add your suggestion to the article?

[TIER1xWOLFPACKx]

Sorry for taking so long to reply yeah sure go for it

[frostypants]

Unless the compound was mixed wrong by the manufacturer. Never heard of it happening before though...

[TIER1xWOLFPACKx]

Capacitors leak it's just hard to identify if they have or not, many factors can cause them to leak not just a wrongly mixed compound

[karamsoul]

Done. Thanks for the input, bud.

[rainslacker]

The capacitors in these systems wouldn't have nearly that much liquid in them though would they? I've seen blown and leaking capacitors, and the liquid is pretty minimal.

Maybe a power supply capacitor, but I doubt those would be placed right next to the CPU area of the motherboard where the pictures show the stain.

My money would be on condensation. But even that I'm skeptical of given that it requires just the right conditions, and the X1 doesn't run terribly hot. It's the best theory I have though since it's right over the fan and if the heat meets cold air, condensation could definitely form. Water in this area is a bad thing around these kinds of electronics, and if it is condensation, it could be a glaring design flaw, albeit probably unintentional. If that water were to drip onto the motherboard it could cause the whole thing to short out, or at the very least cause several fuses to blow.

A blown/leaking capacitor would likely render the system inoperable. That's been my experience with most closed consoles. They aren't an uncommon repair from any manufacturer.

[mos6142]

what FUD, what does spawnfirst have against ms? like geeze

[SegaGamer]

Fanboys will do anything to make consoles sound worse than they really are.

Leaking my ass, they haven't even got any evidence.

[ZombieKiller]

Your ass is leaking? Not good.

@below me: Yeah me too, those consoles are so leaky at launch!

Lol jokes aside, I call bullshit on this article.

[Sarcasm]

Ouch you should probably see a doctor

[TheEnigma313]

that's why i dont buy launch consoles.

[cesuf]

If it's a negative MS rumor on these forums, it must be 99% true. If it's a negative Sony rumor, it's 1% chance of being true. Just how it's goes around here.

[jessupj]

There we go again. Another whiny MS apologist complaining about all the sony fanboys. Do you manage to get any game time in with all that bitching?

If it's a negative MS rumor MS fanboys immediately blindly deny it without any kind of rational thought or analysis.

[cesuf]

Nope Im a "pc elitest" not a msbot. Nice insult attempt, but it was ultimately a swing and a miss sir.

[Imalwaysright]

Milky-white liquid you say? I just finished watching Prometheus 2 minutes ago... we can talk to the box and it understands us... conspiracy theories?

[parentsbasement]

Liquid in , liquid out? Maybe it is milk, they got kids? somebody spilled something on the assembly line maybe?.....strange it would work with liquid in there, unless it's a solid and melting......

[pyramidshead]

WLOD

[Setzer007]

The issues with this console are beginning to become entertaining. Nothing will surprise me now.

[Angerfist]

Everyone knows that clouds create rain so there you have it, leakage on xbox one. Microsoft should send a few thousand to Africa for charity

[Sy_Wolf]

There's nothing inside the console that would cause it to leak....

[Mac420]

Are you sure about that, or another mindless N4G drone that spews non sense.

[Sy_Wolf]

I work with and build computers for a living so yes I'm sure. The only thing that could potentially leak is thermal paste but you would have to empty several tubes of it to get a leak that you could see. Plus it wouldn't leak up.

[HurtfulTimez]

capacitators can swell, burst and leak its happened to me once on a pc and on one of my samsung TVs.

[jmtstan]

its just 2nd month and I've read so many Xbox One problems on this site. Sigh....

[xBraiNshOcK]

Pics

https://31.media.tumblr.com...

https://31.media.tumblr.com...

[ajax17]

A milky liquid. I immediately thought of Alien

[Bonerboy]

I could write something rather tasteless regarding certain "liquids" MS is "giving" to clients but I'll save you all the terrible mental image and will refrain from tainting your innocent minds with such filth.

[byeldell34]

wheres the pictures or video

[coolcal]

This is Game Journalism at it's best"lol"

[urwifeminder]

Awesome sauce leak confirmed.

[strigoi814]

i didnt know the xb1 is like my old fridge and airconditioner running with freon lmao

[Xyconaut]

this happened to a best buy display unit,tried to record it with my phone but the clerk confiscated my phone - they won't five it back,the manager is refusing to speak to me on the issue

[testerg35]

Right.. didn't know BB could do that.

[rainslacker]

Maybe call the police then? Pretty sure that's theft. If you're gonna make stuff up, at least make it sound reasonable.

[zme-ul]

that "milky liquid" can't be capacitor dielectric
to leak that much dielectric, the BX1 mobo should have blown a lot of capacitors
but, if you look at the mobo the aren't that many, and vast majority of capacitors on the mobo are solid state with a very few electrolytic types

solid state capacitors use tantalum and ceramic, compared to electrolytic capacitors that use fluid electrolyte

[LGM313]

" it only does everything"

[Demoa]

i'm getting sick in tired of these bullshit rumors made by fanboys trying to start flame wars

[Duke19]

It's leaking out of the top of the unit? Looks like something was spilled on it. This is ridiculous

[hellrazor]

Have not looked into it 100% yet,but could be a heat sink break down on the x1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[Haki1112]

so wait you telling me Liquid is filling the machine and coming out the vent on top?...Then why hasn't the "liquid" coming out the back or the sides? This guy is full of crap and you guys are gullible as hell if you believe this. also how the hell is the machine still working?!

[quaneylfc]

leaking liquid, don't be so stupid. it's not a fucking snail!

[quaneylfc]

He came on it and needed an excuse to tell his mum when she seen it, she reported it because she believed him

[palaeomerus]

xbox! Stop leaking fluid!

There, I fixed it.

[palaeomerus]

This is a stupidity test and the internet is really ace-ing it.

[Good-Smurf]

It glowing it grinding it smoking now it's cumming!?
Damn it "X"box,stop being such a dirty ass bitch!

[BakaBlue2032]

Eeewwwwww

[xBraiNshOcK]

Cant he use his kinnect 2.0 to take better pictures? smh.

[worldwidegaming]

The truth is the paltry selection of games(some ARE good) have run their course. Nothing to play? how about we troll the internet making BS stories? This will go on until we have enough games to shut people up...

[busytoad]

Good thing i didnt buy shyt box one.

[inf3cted1]

God that was awful sir.

[DivineAssault]

that sucks

[kornbeaner]

It's the a acid rain from the clouds :p

[hazelamy]

i'd love to hear the call to support for this one.

"my Xbox just wet itself". ^_^

i'm not makinga statement about the validity of the story.
i just can't resist a joke opportunity like that.

[MasterCornholio]

This looks strange.

Here's my theory. These pictures were not posted by a sony fanboy trying to ruin the image of the console. Instead it was posted by someone who didn't buy extended warranty for his system and the story goes something like this. Somehow this person spilled something on his console and broke it. Since its his fault and not the fault of the manufacturer he has to pay for the repairs. In order to avoid paying he posts this on the internet in order to make people think he has an issue with it. Then he contacts Microsoft and trys to get it repaired for free with the support of social media behind him. Microsoft doesn't pay for the repairs (we know why) and he used his followers to spread bad PR on the system.

Thats my theory.

[cabbitwithscissors]

Does extended warranty support spillage of liquids on the box ? If not, your theory is out the window.

Anyway, it could be one of those rare incidents that just happens. Most likely, it's a busted capacitor or a leaking battery.

[MasterCornholio]

My warranty does. I can dump my PS4 into my swimming pool and with my warranty I can exchange it for another.

[KakashiHotake]

First smoke and now liquid? I don't care much for Xbox One but I hope this isn't true. Enough's enough already lol

[OSIRUSSS]

Xbone is lactating? Maybe in 9 months this dude will come home there will be a Xbone Mini there also?

[coopman300]

Only way this would be possible would be if there was a liquid cooling unit in there which there isnt. Obviously something was spilled on it either accidentally or on purpose.

[mitford]

looks like it's liquid defying gravity, basically someone has spilled something on it and wants to claim its a faulty console

[Nivalis]

Spawnfirst, yet another site being added to my list of sites to avoid because of utterly bullshit hit baiting articles.

[SynestheticRoar]

Damn First green screen, then Kinect can't hear you, power brick locking your system, the scariest your X1 smoking, now it's leaking like it that time of the month. Im going to turn on this site and the next X1 story I hear is that it just blew up. You heard it here first.

[saggysack79]

looks like a wank stain to me lol

[pumpkin9300]

I can add powdered sugar too, and it would produce the same result. This story is so much BS

[Si-Fly]

Nothing to worry about, the two Xbox's in question were stood next to PS4's ... Simply weeping in the face of adversity, poor little buggers.

[Darkfist]

oh my god! its alive

[TheKayle1]

Its spawnfirst article... Clearly a bs.. Dobt lose ur timr clicking

[Mister_G]

Shocking; if true.

[Mkai28]

Most ppl seen inside the Xbox One and PS4, the Xbox has nothing inside it to produce this. The cheap thermal paste is baked on after awhile.. So there is no way that amount of liquid( glue?) Unless this guy used something else to put on his APU..

[NoLongerHereCBA]

I guess it is official. The Xbox One defies gravity and leaks upwards. Great article yet again from none other than Spawnfirst.

I don't see how the device is able to leak upwards or have so much condense in those areas. It is spread across the complete open area. Seems more like someone spilled stuff over it than that it is an error done by the Xbox One.

I could be wrong though. In case it is true I feel bad for the owner of this device and I'm sure he'll get it fixed.

[heisenberguk]

Looks like he forgot to pull out

[NeloAnjelo]

Sad if true. Hopefully not

[Goku781]

If you know someone has contracted STDs repeatedly would, you be risky with that person? MS has shown so many problems last gen, and this year alone, why even take that risk buying one in the first place.

[supraking951]

sad n pathetic

[MegaRay]

Maybe that xbox saw the beauty of the PS4? Its a possibility tho

[Manic2014]

i don't understand how i is leaking upwards on the console's vent.

[kainslayer]

It could be the paint job luquidifing from the heat

[notyobizhwispndmymny]

Let's assume for a second that liquid spilled over somewhere on the motherboard as some folks would like us to believe. How does said liquid proceed to stain the vents in some sort of uniformity? So the fan while rotating seemingly blew liquid that is beneath it upwards? Sure the Xbox might have a legit problem but defying the laws of gravity can't be that problem, can it? Have MS really figured out how to defeat Newton in a black box?

[OC_MurphysLaw]

I am all for keeping our eyes open but it's a bit nutty how every little issue reported in forums for the xbox one seems to become a full article for a few particular sites that post on N4G.

[vikingland1]

Hard to believe .

[GhostPanther]

It says " take these reports with a grain of salt, especially when there’s a lack of evidence." So that is either a fake report or It actually happened to 2 people. I'm pretty sure it's fake.

[MCTJim]

Sigh, must be something wrong the earths gravity. Someone spilled something, be it on the table where the controller was and then the controller was placed on top of the console like the person says or something was spilled on the console. Its a work of art I guess just like my favorite Escher.

[McErono]

this is no fake. looks like a leaking vapor chamber. no way this is a broken capacitor or thermal paste. shit happens.

[Malacath]

Notice how the leakage stains are on the top of the console.

As there is such a thing called gravity there is no way the liquid could come out of the top vents.

To me it looks like a liquid has been spilt on top of the console.

[McErono]

vapor chamber liquid is vaporizing and the xbox one fan is sucking not blowing onto the cooling block. so this is exactly possible.

[MCTJim]

its not an exhaust fan its a CPU fan and it sucks air from outside the case and blows it onto the heat sink and CPU to dissipate the heat which isnt that much to begin with since they dont run that hot even at full tilt. They are not i7's overclocked.

[McErono]

no it is not blowing air into the console, it is sucking air out. not like a normal cpu fan. just hold a cigarette over the fan and you will see...

[MCTJim]

Sorry dude, I'll still have to disagree. Its a cooling fan, go look at the polygon breakdown. Its on the CPU..exhaust fans on the 360 in the back..if it were an active fan, I would agree, but its not it blows air onto the heatsink and thus that is your venting. This whole article smells of bologna.

[Azzanation]

Don't believe everything you read on the net. People will try anything to make a company look bad. Just like the XB1 blowing smoke, yet MS didn't have any reports on it happening. I could do stuff to my system and make people believe it.

[Lionel_Hait]

smileyandzoloftgetalongfine.tu mblr.com/

No Xbox One pics shown on his Tumblr.

[SpinalRemains138]

If it bleeds, we can kill it

[wannabe gamer]

heatsinks in these units have liquiid inside them to help disapate heat. i dont see how it could leak out tho unless it was like seriously defectiove. the heatsink metal should not have any holes in it to let this happen. i would imagine if it did happen this is what it would look like tho. heatsink gets very hot liquid inside gets hotter since its meant to absorb all that heat and dissapate it. a hole forms somehow and the pressure and heat along with the fan blowing upward thru those vents would cause a stain like this. might be pretty toxic too maybe

[SegaGamer]

I still think it's rubbish even with the pictures.

[Master-Tonberry]

There are some possible explanations for the staining being visible on top of the vents. It could be that there's a manufacturing fault in the plastic and that the heat is causing something within it to rise to the surface, or it could be that the vapour that we have seen coming from a very small number of units contains something that is collecting around the vents as it rises.

[Johnny_Cojones]

Complete horse****.

[TheKayle1]

Delete this stupid article... Is embarassing

[lnfiniteLoop]

just think its some over excited XBone owners….

[Fu_Fanboys]

I liked Xbox360, but the Xbox1 didn't focus on games. For all of you xbox1 fans, you know that Xbox1 is horrible. Ps4 is better for gaming. I still play my 360, but STOP being fanboys!!! I play ps4. It's a lot better. The playstation's ai is a lot better also. Sorry microsoft, you led me all the way to Xbox360, but now, Ps4 is the way to go.

[wannabe gamer]

lol ai is not a part of the system its part of the game. its software not hard coded part of the system.
what you said is like saying that movies on dvd have better acting that movies on bluray.

[parentsbasement]

Just for fun, if I had I PS4, I would make it poop a little then post pics of it here to see if it got this much attention......2 consoles out of how many?

[snookiegamer]

Next they'll be calling it the Sweat Box One....

Why only 2 consoles in the entire World are having this issue. Unless some have not come forward?

Still don't believe it's true.

[TheGrimReaper0011]

I gues the xbox one is crying because it's not as popular as the ps4 XD
Just a joke people

[LogicStomper]

Didn't disagree but, not really a good joke if you have to tell people it's one...

[TheGrimReaper0011]

because people will take it too seriously and say
"Sony fanboy! Blablabla"

[windblowsagain]

It's eggnog.

[Juangie3]

What I want to know is why an article like this turns into a flame war? What is the point? Why are people so inclined to blame the other camp when any negative article about a console they purchased has an issue (and is reported). I would not spend $500.00 on a system to bash it or try to make people get the other system. And yes while there are some priveledged people who can do this, why is it assumed that this applies to everyone who just so happens to have the opposing system? I have a PS4, I don't feel the need to turn every comment into an attack. Get over it already.

[LogicStomper]

Cause insecurity.

[djdavidvaux]

Those pictures being fucking small as shit discredit this whole thread. How you got a $500 XBOX ONE and have photo quality of a $25 flip phone. You all are gullible as shit.

[wannabe gamer]

yea doesnt everyones xbone come with a 10mp camera oh wait i know they must have forgot to ask this guy if he had a good camera when they sold him his xbone. i saw a guy come into best buy yesterday and he tried to buy a ps4 and when they asked him if he had a good quality camera he said no...can you beleive that..he said no. they threw him out on his ass and told him not to come back until he has a respectable gadget collection.

[tweet75]

last gen was the red ring of death, this gen is the white leak of death

[Kingoftherodeo]

I remember when i had to lie to my mother on how my super nintendo got broken. Idk mom i came in my room and it wet it self

[acustomer]

xbox go porn... enough said!

[Flames76]

Got to love the childish sony fanboys.Damn i knew they was scared after what the Xbox 360 did to the PS3 but damn this is crazy.Guess they know since the PS3 lost over 5 billion,PSvita wiht a lose of over 2 billion playstation brand is in trouble.Now with the PS4 losing $60 every console sold this could be the end.So they are bringing out all the stops.Its easy to see something has been spilled on it.What a childish moron.Just another reason why to stay away from the PS4

[RetroGamezer]

And I thought my jokes were bad !!

[MrZweistein]

What a bullshit! That site has no cred!

[kidhero99]

Xbox nation yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah

[Dorwrath]

Sorry with todays mentality I won't and can't believe this. People will do stupid shit and then when they know they screwed or done something stupid will cry and lie and publicize their stupidity in hope they get their device or devices replaced out of sympathy.

[kidhero99]

for a moment taking in her appearance.

[EazyDuz22]

How has this painfully fake event got so much heat?

[EazyDuz22]

Also noticed a bad design on the xbone. Having vents on the top, if you were to spill a drink the console would basically be toast. With the ps4 the liquid would remain on the case so it can't short anything out. Just some food for thought.
But yea, jacking off all over your console then taking pics of it is clearly a quick way to get some attention.

[Nintenja]

How does it leak up?

Probably something that was in the air that the Xbox sucked up.

i.e. Air spray, potpourri oil, bug spray, etc.