Topic: I'm Running Out Of Options Here..audio/no Video (Read 48 times)

ToBbErT · « **on:** April 20, 2009, 12:54:00 PM »

You cant really get good results with overheating the system and it isnt a smart thing to do, it can damage your system. You need to reflow the solder joints under the gpu by using a heatgun or the overfix. Use this guide for the heatgun fix. You can also protect the motherboard like its showen in the guide and put it in a oven on 220c and let it bake for 10 min. Once the 10 minutes are past let the motherboard cool down slowly by opening the door of the oven.
DONT TOUCH OR MOVE THE MOTHERBOARD let it cool down for 10 min. I think the ovenfix is more newb friendly and it gives better results but the choice is yours goodluck!

ToBbErT · « **Reply #1 on:** April 21, 2009, 12:09:00 PM »

As far as i know there are no good tutorials for the oven fix. You can find some video's on youtube but most of them are useless. You can use a t-shirt instead of the plastic folie but the effect stays teh same. Maybe a t-shirt doesnt smell as bad as the plastic. Anyway using a heatgun requires a steady hand and you must know when its been reflowed. And that point is a bit hard to tell couse it depends what heatgun you use and what distance you hold the heatgun. It all comes to expierence and reading alot. Imo the ovenfix is much safer and if you protect your motherboard well there's no chance you can screw up. Atleast if you have a good oven that stays 220c and doesnt get any warmer. So prepare your motherboard and heat your oven up to 220c and put it in the oven then let it bake for 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes have past open the door so it can cool down slowly. Let it cool down for 10 minutes and dont move or touch the mobo. Reassemble and its game time!

The solder points are ideed broken and you have to reflow them. The solder points are getting screwed up becouse the nasty x clamps are putting pressure on the motherboard. The motherboard gets hot everytime you play on it and when you shut it down it will cool down. This procedure will bend the motherboard and it will eventually leads to broken solder points. You can also switch your fans to 12v instead of 5v. This will make your system run cooler and prevent problems in the future.

ToBbErT · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2009, 09:51:00 AM »

Sorry for the late reply i have been working

You should first use a t-shirt and then use the aluminium foil. So that makes two layers. Example All you change in the tutorial is using a t-shirt instead of the plastic foil. Remove everything so all you have left is the motherboard. And you will need to clean the cpu and gpu im sorry

R0st3r · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2009, 04:49:00 PM »

While reading a tutorial on XS Filter - 043008s.com I found that you MUST remove both heatsinks or you can damage the board... I don't know why.. but i guess i'm going to have to buy more parts to do the other half of the xclamp fix on the CPU!! After I get those parts i'll initiate the cooking of my xbox in an oven... so exciting!! I'll let you know how it turns out!

MMmmmmm xbox 360.. its whats for dinner!!!

Vauxfan · « **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2009, 09:11:00 PM »

Yes! you must remove the heatsinks. I dont know why either but it sounds right

The way I do it is..

Insert mobo into tshirt, arrange it so that either open ends leave some of the motherboard showing but cover up all the capacators. (leave areas like GPU/CPU Hana Ram exposed)

Tape the Tshirt into place, then wrap tinfoil round it. Then turn the motherboard 90 degrees and wrap more tinfoil the other way so it closes up the gaps at the sides.

Pad it all down gently so its not flapping about then make a big hole in the foil in the same areas that you left exposed before. Top and bottom.

Stick it on a baking tray sideways so that there is a gap underneath and put it in the oven with the Eject and Sync buttons toward the front of the door. They tend to melt if they are at the rear.

Leave for 15 mins gas mark 7 ( I used to do 10 but extended it to 15) Then once it's done I take it out very carefully and put it down and leave it to cool down.

I ususally do something like clean heatsinks or flash and clean the dvd drive while im waiting.

Hopefully after all that it should last more than a few hours, HTH.

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ToBbErT · « **Reply #5 on:** April 23, 2009, 10:27:00 AM »

I would also leave the h/ana chip exposed to the heat. And i think that the heatsinks must be removed becouse the pressure can cause bridges of the solder points underneat the processors. Let me know what results you get after you cooked your meal

Ps last i got a free 360 that people had tried to fix but they were never able to fix it. I used the ovenfix and it has been running for 6 weeks now. I also added 1 fan on the bottom of the 360 thats aimed at the 4 memory chips and i attached fans on top of the gpu and cpu. Its the oldest 360 version XENON!

R0st3r · « **Reply #6 on:** April 29, 2009, 12:26:00 PM »

4 days since doing the oven fix... still working flawlessly! Longest fix yet!

ps2moduk · « **Reply #7 on:** May 22, 2009, 01:18:00 PM »

Just had a box in that had the same symptoms, No Video and occasional audio but no rrod.

I did the heatgun to the base of the board (after removing heat sinks etc) i then cleaned and applied new thermal paste to cpu/gpu replaced xclamp with wachine screws and washers and hey presto one fully working box.

Not sure how long it will last but should be good for a while.

pyongftw · « **Reply #8 on:** May 24, 2009, 09:32:00 AM »

Which is safer, ovenfix or heatgun fix?

rick19011 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 24, 2009, 01:56:00 PM »

Ovenfix

ToBbErT · « **Reply #10 on:** May 25, 2009, 02:59:00 AM »

I would also add some cooling and switch your stock fans to 12v so the problem doesnt come back. Nice to see the results now lets hope it will last for a few months or longer!

TK-101 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 12, 2009, 07:01:00 AM »

Can i do this in a fan assissted oven?
Noooooobie Question. lol

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