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[xboxexpert]

QUOTE(Tim H. C. @ Jun 18 2006, 03:32 AM)

How do I remove the paste from the GPU and CPU itself? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/uhh.gif)

Arctic Silver® ArctiClean™ Thermal Material Remover / Surface Purifier - 60ml Kit

[burgemaster]

QUOTE(xboxexpert @ Jun 18 2006, 08:40 AM)

Arctic Silver® ArctiClean™ Thermal Material Remover / Surface Purifier - 60ml Kit

I did this months ago.. it lasted a week then red lights all the time
Think the GPU gets damaged when it overheats
Good luck

[Xfab29]

i'm so angry  

i succeed in correcting my 2 red lights (overheating), when getting of the foil and changing thermal paste.
All be ok but today I've got 3 red light of death, with 0102 error no video on screen.
The GPU radiator is so damn hot!
When i get the radiator of, i get 2 red light error (overheating)

wtf could this error be?

[neoed30]

QUOTE(burgemaster @ Jun 18 2006, 09:42 AM)

I did this months ago.. it lasted a week then red lights all the time
Think the GPU gets damaged when it overheats
Good luck

I did this last month as well. It worked for about a week and then back to the flashing again and freezing up.
Messed around with it and have found that it is actually the video memory that is overheating. For me anyways. I cut the GPU heatsink back just enough to uncover the to modules that are underneath the heatsink and mounted a fan over top of the 4 modules. It has been working as good as it did when I first got it. Not 1 Crash or the Flashing Red Ring Of Death. Now all I have to do is take the remaining piece of the GPU heatsink that I cutoff and cut it into 4 pieces and get some thermal tape and place it on top of the memory modules. Then I'll modify the case so I can get my DVD drive back in and close it up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

This post has been edited by neoed30: Jun 19 2006, 06:33 PM

[TSOPrano]

I'm in exactly the same boat you were Ben. I got it at launch and have not really been playing it too much, but around the six month mark it started with the graphical artifacting and freezing. It would be sporadic and get to dashboard sometimes and even run flawlessly for hours, now it does not even boot. Has anyone reported that 360's which do not boot to dash come back? Or do you think my chip(s) are toast?

[robivy64]

Can't say I didn't warn you . I posted a thread a while back about how the video memory is to blame, and how cooling those rectifies most issues.

-R

[pbkill]

It saved my ass...... To bad my wireless controller (the only one I have) decided to stop working correctly 3 hours after I fixed my console lol!

[Onetrack]

Hey guys I just did this fix too, my 360 started seriously wigging out with the flashing lights and locking up. The noise that came out of my speakers was ear shattering..

Anyways, I wanted to let you know that I didn't have a small pair of plyers, but I found that a very small screwdriver, a 1.4mm flathead worked great at popping off the brackets holding the heatsinks. I just slid it as far as it would go before the arc would touch the motherboard and popped them off.

Mine also had the silver pad and my gpu was totally clean (got it on launch day) I scraped off the old stuff with a solid sharpened peice of plastic used for cleaning pots and applied the AS, its been running for a few hours now without a glitch and those damn red flashing lights have gone away.

I was wondering if anyone has added additional fans to the copper CPU heatsink, i have a spare 40mm fan that would just sit perfectly on the side under the air shroud, maybe i'll link it off the fans plug and see what it does for additional airflow.

Thanks alot for the info BenS.

Cheers,
One

[TSOPrano]

QUOTE(Onetrack @ Jun 22 2006, 02:35 AM)

Hey guys I just did this fix too, my 360 started seriously wigging out with the flashing lights and locking up. The noise that came out of my speakers was ear shattering..

Anyways, I wanted to let you know that I didn't have a small pair of plyers, but I found that a very small screwdriver, a 1.4mm flathead worked great at popping off the brackets holding the heatsinks. I just slid it as far as it would go before the arc would touch the motherboard and popped them off....

I must ask, was your 360 starting at all? Or was it completely sporadic?

[Tfizzle]

i also have a 360 that gets the 3 red ROL.  Sometimes i dont even get the lights and it just locks up and freezes.  

i went ahead and pulled the heatsinks off and replaced the thermal compound with artic silver 5.  i put everything back together and powered it up.  started up a game of GRAW and set the server for 60 minutes, unlimited respawns, and let it go.  bout 5 mins went by and the 360 locked up.  restarted multiple times and each time it played for a different amount of time.  

so i went ahead and took the heatsinks off again and redid the thermal compound for a 2nd time.  put everything back together and it played for an hour or so with no freezing or red lights.  turned it on about 2 hours later and played halo 2 for about 2 1/2 hours with no problems.  

turned it on this morning and not more than 5 mins into a game of COD2, the thing locked up.  and its been locking up all day.  right now i got a small fan blasting onto it and the 360 has been running for about 30 mins now.

basically at this point idk if its worth it.  i mean in order to keep it running, im gonna have to buy some sort of fan to place ontop of the gpu heatsink and then the dvd drive wont fit.  

who is MS kidding with their less than average defect rate?


EDIT:  Just turned the fan off and was able to play for about 3 mins before the thing froze up.

This post has been edited by Tfizzle: Jun 24 2006, 01:40 AM

[raven1221]

Am I supposed to add the thermal compound directly to the cpu and gpu on the motherboard or just on the heatsinks?

[neoed30]

QUOTE(raven1221 @ Jun 24 2006, 02:13 AM)

Am I supposed to add the thermal compound directly to the cpu and gpu on the motherboard or just on the heatsinks?

CPU\GPU. Once you place the Heatsinks back on it will spread itself onto the Heatsinks. I placed some onto each one to equal about a grain of rice. I then smoothed it out over them with a Credit Card.

This post has been edited by neoed30: Jun 25 2006, 03:46 AM

[Tfizzle]

just wanted to update you guys on my 360 woes.

earlier today i powered on my 360 and went straight to red lights with no video.  finally i decided to replace the thermal compound again and after replacing the heatsinks, the console fired up and has been running for the last hour or so with no locks ups or anything.

but im sure after i shut it down and try and start it later, i will run into problems.

[Tfizzle]

almost 5 hours later and the 360 is still running.  hasnt locked up yet.  might leave it on all night to see what happens.

[Virtucon]

QUOTE(Tfizzle @ Jun 24 2006, 01:04 AM)

i also have a 360 that gets the 3 red ROL.  Sometimes i dont even get the lights and it just locks up and freezes.  

i went ahead and pulled the heatsinks off and replaced the thermal compound with artic silver 5.  i put everything back together and powered it up.  started up a game of GRAW and set the server for 60 minutes, unlimited respawns, and let it go.  bout 5 mins went by and the 360 locked up.  restarted multiple times and each time it played for a different amount of time.  

so i went ahead and took the heatsinks off again and redid the thermal compound for a 2nd time.  put everything back together and it played for an hour or so with no freezing or red lights.  turned it on about 2 hours later and played halo 2 for about 2 1/2 hours with no problems.  

turned it on this morning and not more than 5 mins into a game of COD2, the thing locked up.  and its been locking up all day.  right now i got a small fan blasting onto it and the 360 has been running for about 30 mins now.

basically at this point idk if its worth it.  i mean in order to keep it running, im gonna have to buy some sort of fan to place ontop of the gpu heatsink and then the dvd drive wont fit.  

who is MS kidding with their less than average defect rate?
EDIT:  Just turned the fan off and was able to play for about 3 mins before the thing froze up.

It's like you wrote my story for me.  have had mine since jan 1st.  no problems. even played 160 hours of oblivion...many were 4-8 hrs strait!  no problems.  the just 4 days ago got the 3 red lights after it froze and I rebooted(froze after 2 min of being on).  after a few finding out it was a 0102 error (unknown) I cracked it open.  ran a small box fan over it and tried to play a game and it worked.  so I knew it was a heat problem.  so I cleaned up the CPU/GPU and put ceramic paste on it, put it all back together and played GRAW for an 1.5 hrs.  next day 2min after loading a game it freezes again.

right now I have the 360 out of its white shell, sitting vertical, with the dvd-rom sitting on a small box fan that is aimed at the CPU/GPU.  now I can play all I want...looks like ass

there were 2 mem chips under the smaller heatsink, and 2 more just an inch or so from the sink itself.  why are two touching the heatsink and two are not?