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[JaredC01]

For those of you who aren't afraid to take your Xbox 360 apart, and are having heat problems, pick up some Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste from your favorite computer parts store (www.newegg.com has some for a good price), and replace the thermal paste that's on both the processor and the GPU.

Most people, by the sound of it, are having GPU issues.  ATi is known for running much hotter than nVidia.  If you look at the new x1800 XT reviews they all say there is so much heat coming out of the card, you don't want to put your hand in front of the exhaust vent for long, as the exhaust temperature can easily reach 190 degrees fahrenheit.  Because of this, I don't doubt that it's the GPU overheating.  I'm not saying the Arctic Silver WILL stop your Xbox from overheating, but it will certainly help.  Arctic Silver itself usually drops temps about 10 to 15 degrees fahrenheit.

[BCfosheezy]

QUOTE(JaredC01 @ Nov 27 2005, 11:37 AM)

For those of you who aren't afraid to take your Xbox 360 apart, and are having heat problems, pick up some Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste from your favorite computer parts store (www.newegg.com has some for a good price), and replace the thermal paste that's on both the processor and the GPU.

Most people, by the sound of it, are having GPU issues.  ATi is known for running much hotter than nVidia.  If you look at the new x1800 XT reviews they all say there is so much heat coming out of the card, you don't want to put your hand in front of the exhaust vent for long, as the exhaust temperature can easily reach 190 degrees fahrenheit.  Because of this, I don't doubt that it's the GPU overheating.  I'm not saying the Arctic Silver WILL stop your Xbox from overheating, but it will certainly help.  Arctic Silver itself usually drops temps about 10 to 15 degrees fahrenheit.

Not that I agree with the 10-15 degree drop comment but I did AS5 my 360. AS5 simply increases the efficiency of the heat transfer from die to heatsink. It's impossible to guess 10-15 degrees when who knows how much the compound will affect the efficiency.

I wasn't having any issues with my 360 to begin with but I went ahead and applied a small amount. The GPU actually uses an aluminum pad. It would be in everyone's best interest to get that pad off there. Clean off the thermal adhesive behind it and AS5 it. That HAS to be a big jump in thermal efficiency.

[JaredC01]

QUOTE(BCfosheezy @ Nov 27 2005, 01:12 PM)

Not that I agree with the 10-15 degree drop comment but I did AS5 my 360. AS5 simply increases the efficiency of the heat transfer from die to heatsink. It's impossible to guess 10-15 degrees when who knows how much the compound will affect the efficiency.

I wasn't having any issues with my 360 to begin with but I went ahead and applied a small amount. The GPU actually uses an aluminum pad. It would be in everyone's best interest to get that pad off there. Clean off the thermal adhesive behind it and AS5 it. That HAS to be a big jump in thermal efficiency.

In my experience, AS5 does indeed drop temps 10-15 degrees.  In that case, though, I was using it on my Athlon 64 3500+.  As I'm sure is the case, there's more material on the CPU heatsink to remove heat, therefore, a higher temperature decrease.  I'm rather surprised M$ didn't choose to go with a copper or alu/copper sink for the GPU core.  I wonder how much it would be to manufacture some copper replacements...  Hmm.