Topic: Dead 360? No Warranty? Look Here. (Read 443 times)

RBJTech · « **Reply #45 on:** March 07, 2007, 08:53:00 AM »

QUOTE(warlin @ Mar 7 2007, 02:18 PM)

How do you get the video memory cooler? Anybody know of a tutorial for that?

old codger · « **Reply #46 on:** March 08, 2007, 03:47:00 PM »

Wow is that really you Tfizzle, well your pic made the old codger happy!!!!! ok i have a 360 etc etc it died no screen or anything read my thread Help my screen goes reddish and blocky then freezes Mine is just the mobo plus dvd drive and working ok on the table, not pretty but hey it is working now!!

kingroach · « **Reply #47 on:** March 08, 2007, 10:01:00 PM »

My 360 have been fine for about 5 months.. suddenly today 3 gave me three rings of light.. I tried to start the 360 few hours later, and i could get to 360 logo screen and then the screen got messed up and ended up with 3 rings again.. Is it a problem with GPU oveheating?..

masterchief11111 · « **Reply #48 on:** September 24, 2008, 03:24:00 PM »

After toiling with my xbox for days, I was able to get it going using the method from these guys which included a full video tuturial : http://x-box360redlightfix.com/

Got the link from this review
http://x-box360redlightfix.com/

Good Luck!

craz3d · « **Reply #49 on:** November 18, 2008, 11:26:00 PM »

I know this topic is a little old, but for the record, I would NOT recommend using a Brillo pad to clean the 360 for a number at least two reasons:

1. Primarily, a Brillo pad will scratch the bottom of the heat sink. The bottom of a heat sink is polished to a fine tolerance, if there are any air spaces caused by scratches or any other microscopic defects, the thermal efficiency of the heat sink goes down. In a perfect world, your heat sink would make 100% contact with the die and thus have maximum heat transfer. However, this is generally not the case, but you don't need to make matters worse by going at it with steel wool.

2. If any small pieces of steel wool break off from the pad and either get stuck to the bottom of the heat sink or make their way into your 360's case, or worse, the motherboard, you open yourself up to the possibility of shorting a connection and possibly (probably?) frying your 360. This is not good.

Additionally, Brillo pads are impregnated with soap. I don't think soap will cause any harm directly to the system, but why would you want to test that theory.

As was suggested before, use a product specifically designed for removing thermal paste or use something that is less likely to scratch copper, like the edge of a credit card followed by a Q-Tip and rubbing alcohol.

Dragonlance902 · « **Reply #50 on:** January 09, 2010, 10:43:00 PM »

Ok... so, here it is. I did everything mentioned in this thread. I took off the old thermal compound that was on the CPU and GPU + the heatsinks, and put on new stuff (Arctic Silver 5). I then put it all back together, and guess what?

I tried turning it on, and now i get the three red rings of death as soon as i turn it on!!!

Whats going on??? what do i wrong?!?!?

1hotjob · « **Reply #51 on:** January 09, 2010, 11:55:00 PM »

First thing is digging up a 3 year old post and putting your problems in there.

There are many problems that can arise when doing the X-clamp fix. The first thing to realize is that not all 360s can be fixed with the x-clamp repair. Some can be repaired with a professional reflow and some are destined to be DOA.

That being said, the first thing I do with a 360 that doesn't respond to the x-clamp repair is to over heat the GPU. I don't have pictures or a video, but I learned it from here.

Take some cardboard and cut it into pieces about the size of a CD case. It can be smaller, mine is. It needs to fit over the GPU heat sink and cover it completely. I use four pieces of cardboard and three CD cases. That makes the top CD case even with the CPU heat sink. Take out the fan, leaving it plugged in. Remove the wind tunnel and put the cardboard and CD cases over the GPU heat sink. Put the fan on top of this so that one of the fans is blowing down over the CPU heat sink. Make sure the fan is set to blow down. Leave your DVD drive connected with it sitting over the left side of the case.

Run the 360 for as long as you can. You need to do this while you can watch it. I don't recommend you do this over night unless you put it somewhere where there is no risk of fire. It could get hot enough to ignite the cardboard depending on the make up of it. Safety first. I usually try 4-8 hours. After this time shut down the 360 and let it cool a few minutes. Put the fan, shroud and DVD drive back into place. Turn it on and see if it worked.

MadMaxGR · « **Reply #52 on:** January 11, 2010, 01:47:00 AM »

QUOTE(Dragonlance902 @ Jan 10 2010, 07:43 AM)

Ok... so, here it is. I did everything mentioned in this thread. I took off the old thermal compound that was on the CPU and GPU + the heatsinks, and put on new stuff (Arctic Silver 5). I then put it all back together, and guess what?

I tried turning it on, and now i get the three red rings of death as soon as i turn it on!!!

Whats going on??? what do i wrong?!?!?

Can you tell us the secondary code?

MadMaxGR · « **Reply #53 on:** January 25, 2010, 05:46:00 AM »

Recently I had a console that had exact this issue but was turning on after few tries. I figured out that it was the mainboard slightly bending. So I put it in the home's oven for around 4 hours at 75C and now it works perfect. by the way I did GPU reflow as precaution after the oven. I don't recommend to do anything else with the oven. I just use to to bring the mainboard back straight and nothing else. I hope it will work for you too.

citabria94 · « **Reply #54 on:** August 05, 2010, 09:07:00 PM »

BenS,

I want to thank you (and so does my wife, she just doesn't want to acknowledge it yet) for saving me TONS of $$$ CASH $$$$. Using some info from www.Llama.com and their solution for the RROD with three lights I have SUCCESSFULLY saved my Xbox 360!!!!!!! As you can see I AM VERY HAPPY!!!!

This is how it is done people...

First

I tore the system down all the way to the chipsets for the GPU and the CPU and cleaned them with goo gone on just one end of the Qtip at a time (VERY LITTLE). I also cleaned the heatsinks with goo gone then soap and water to rinse (remove them from the motherboard first).

Second

I went to RadioShack and bought some Arctic Silver (Yeah $10.00 USD)

Third

I made a small pile of Arctic Silver in the middle of each chipset (about half a centimeter in diameter) just enough so when the heatsink squished it together it would spread out to cover the chip but not leave too much excess.

Fourth

I somewhat reassembled the system just enough to be able to get everything running and then fired it up.
To my disappointment I STILL had the RROD...so thinking about what Llama said about the "reflow" of the chip set I let it run for just under an hour. I briefly turned the xbox off and turned it back on...spash screen...game loading and presto ONE FIXED XBOX 360!!! I played for only a half hour but it was long enough to know the Xbox was no longer overheating.

Thanks BenS your info was invaluable

Syn201 · « **Reply #55 on:** August 06, 2010, 12:32:00 PM »

QUOTE(bennos @ Jan 25 2010, 05:08 PM)

Really... Put it in the oven? I'm not game for this. I don't even know what a GPU reflow is. Can someone explain please?

Are there any other suggestions to start with first before the oven trick? I had to be a little strong handed when putting the x clamps back on and may have loosened something. How can I check this?

Thanks for the reply MadMaxGR

reapply x fix dont tighten all way over heat tighten the amount guide says to leave off 30 mins check
if it dosnt u prob over tighten xclamp or it will need reball or reflow ..

JordanQ · « **Reply #56 on:** August 06, 2010, 12:48:00 PM »

QUOTE(Syn201 @ Aug 6 2010, 07:32 PM)

reapply x fix dont tighten all way over heat tighten the amount guide says to leave off 30 mins check
if it dosnt u prob over tighten xclamp or it will need reball or reflow ..

your signature is so valid its crazy

citabria94 · « **Reply #57 on:** August 06, 2010, 08:44:00 PM »

Syn201 · « **Reply #58 on:** January 22, 2011, 08:49:00 PM »

QUOTE(JordanQ @ Aug 6 2010, 08:48 PM)

your signature is so valid its crazy

Well no shit Sherlock how dare me try and help someone and yes im aware of how old this thread is
I hardly visit this site mainly due to asshats like YOU
Next time you have some creative input to add fuck off onto aol teen chat and put it ther where you belong you
Idiotic troll
Ignore thread..

sara135 · « **Reply #59 on:** July 11, 2011, 05:34:00 AM »

I am debating on doing the whole switch thing, but I have $59 bucks into this warrenty I bought from M$... I also don't want to loose. I am hoping I can get something from the letter I send them! We will see, I will keep you all posted. I am also looking into taking legal actions! The only problem is even if I win the layers will end up with all the money. I wonder if I can take MICROSOFT TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT??? Doubt it.

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