Old original xbox very likely has leaking clock capacitor?

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So I just got my first original Xbox in the mail today. I don’t know a lot about them yet. Took it out of the box. Looked sharp. Then I took a look at the manufacturing date, and got a bad feeling. December 20th, 2001. Immediately, my mind turned to the clock capacitor, but I pushed the thought aside and continued. Found it kind of odd that it turned on as soon as I plugged it in. Is this normal? Anyways, I set up the date and time and it seemed to be working great. Awesome. Then I tried to turn it off. Nope. Pressed the button again. Nothing. Pressed it harder. Nothing once again. I had to unplug it to turn it off. Did some research and I found out it’s likely one of my worst fears about this thing: a leaking clock capacitor. I have ZERO technical know-how when it comes to opening stuff up. Do you guys think it’s the clock capacitor, and if so, what do I do? Take it out?

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