Topic: Xbox 360 Problems Might Be Due To Manufacturing Issues (Read 1274 times)

cramesta · « **Reply #105 on:** November 10, 2006, 03:47:00 PM »

It worked! I used the heat gun technique as well as some Arctic Silver 5 on my GPU and CPU. I tried it without the case, and it worked. I played Call of Duty 3 for about 15 minutes before I decided I'd get the case back on as well as my hard drive, not because it quit working.

This trick really does work, guys, and if you put some new thermal paste on it as well as keep your 360 in a well-ventilated area, your Xbox 360 will come back to life!

Jagsfan6116 · « **Reply #106 on:** November 11, 2006, 08:51:00 PM »

anyone else try the covering up the back vent for 5 minutes then restarting technique? Did it work?

jtrip · « **Reply #107 on:** November 13, 2006, 03:32:00 PM »

QUOTE(cramesta @ Nov 10 2006, 05:47 PM)

This trick really does work, guys, and if you put some new thermal paste on it as well as keep your 360 in a well-ventilated area, your Xbox 360 will come back to life!

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But for how long?

cramesta · « **Reply #108 on:** November 13, 2006, 05:28:00 PM »

QUOTE(jtrip @ Nov 13 2006, 11:32 PM)

But for how long?

Unfortunately, it only worked over the weekend. Now I'm beginning to have problems again, mainly freezing after it being on for a few seconds.

Does anyone know how I could fix this?

0db · « **Reply #109 on:** November 14, 2006, 08:25:00 AM »

What I'm seeing here is a VERY high success rate for the "pros" using this method and pretty hit-or-miss from "the rest of us."

Almost makes me think it might have little to do with heat and more to do with how well the 360 is reassembled afterward. Maybe the more experienced repairmen here are just doing a better job applying even and sufficient torque to the reassembly process? I dunno, just thinking out loud.

0db · « **Reply #110 on:** November 15, 2006, 11:20:00 AM »

I'm just going to throw this in the mix:

I tried the heat gun trick and arctic silver on the heatsinks to no avail. Continued three-red-lights for hours after completion and a 0102 code.

When I was trying to fix it I plugged it into another TV for testing and noticed the composite video cable was slightly crushed (so the tip and sleeve of the yellow RCA connector were in contact). I pried the sleeve apart so I could plug it in, attached it to my other TV, and powered up. Green light. Go.

Played NFS:Carbon and Gears of War for probably 5 hours last night without another problem.

This proves nothing but it suggests that an 0102 could also be related to damaged cable issues (protecting the video output stage from shorts is reasonable cause for an error)

Just one more thing to check out... I've had cable assemblies fail in much less obvious ways, so if you've got an "unfixable" 0102, it might be worth trying another AV cable assembly.

This post has been edited by 0db: Nov 15 2006, 07:21 PM

Lastrite · « **Reply #111 on:** November 16, 2006, 04:30:00 AM »

I have a launch machine which gave in a week ago and started giving me 3 red lights and a 0200 error code. The machine would boot 1/3 times and freeze after about 10 mins prior to me using the 'hot air gun trick'.

I didn't have a proper hot air gun so I just used a hair dryer and I also didn't remove the heatsink (lacked the correct screwdriver). After heating the heatsink for 20 mins I let it cool down tested it and immediately it booted perfectly and it's been working fine for the past two weeks

cramesta · « **Reply #112 on:** November 16, 2006, 04:15:00 PM »

QUOTE(Lastrite @ Nov 16 2006, 12:30 PM)

I have a launch machine which gave in a week ago and started giving me 3 red lights and a 0200 error code. The machine would boot 1/3 times and freeze after about 10 mins prior to me using the 'hot air gun trick'.

I didn't have a proper hot air gun so I just used a hair dryer and I also didn't remove the heatsink (lacked the correct screwdriver). After heating the heatsink for 20 mins I let it cool down tested it and immediately it booted perfectly and it's been working fine for the past two weeks

You must have been having a slightly different problem than the rest of us, especially if your error code was 0200.

Well guys, I think I'm going to return it to the store I bought it from and just get a new one. I pray it doesn't give me the same problem.

X-hacker · « **Reply #113 on:** November 17, 2006, 12:25:00 PM »

Just bought an xbox 360 premium package off a friend of mine for £30!

Completely dead - Solid 0102 error from cold and warm boot.

Stripped it, cleaned it, Heat-gunned it, then "re-greased" the CPU & GPU with Arctic Silver.
Works fine now, been playing GOW for over 6 hours on co-op, and not even a splutter. Rebooted it 10-12 times just to make sure, ran it with GRAW (playing demo and title screen for around 2 hours) and all is still fine.

Just a note, when I heated the PCB, it really did bend! I could see the curvature of the board compared with my worktop, is was pretty worrying! When it cooled tho, the board was straight again.

After all this, It's been working since, not bad for £30!

cramesta · « **Reply #114 on:** November 17, 2006, 09:25:00 PM »

QUOTE(X-hacker @ Nov 17 2006, 08:25 PM)

Just bought an xbox 360 premium package off a friend of mine for £30!

Completely dead - Solid 0102 error from cold and warm boot.

Stripped it, cleaned it, Heat-gunned it, then "re-greased" the CPU & GPU with Arctic Silver.
Works fine now, been playing GOW for over 6 hours on co-op, and not even a splutter. Rebooted it 10-12 times just to make sure, ran it with GRAW (playing demo and title screen for around 2 hours) and all is still fine.

Just a note, when I heated the PCB, it really did bend! I could see the curvature of the board compared with my worktop, is was pretty worrying! When it cooled tho, the board was straight again.

After all this, It's been working since, not bad for £30!

I hope it continues to work like that!

gli7ch · « **Reply #115 on:** November 19, 2006, 10:36:00 PM »

I have tried the hot gun method and various others to try to fix my 0021 error code Xbox 360 and nothing seems to work. Any suggestions?

This post has been edited by gli7ch: Nov 20 2006, 06:37 AM

defective xbox360 · « **Reply #116 on:** November 19, 2006, 11:27:00 PM »

I purchased a Premium Xbox 360 bundle at Walmart.com on May 28, 2006. I received my Premium XBOX 360 bundle on June 8, 2006. My XBOX 360 manufactured date is 4/28/2006 and the product I purchased is defective. I have only used the XBOX 360 a total of 20 times since purchasing it or a total of about 60 hours playing time. The problem began on November 16, 2006. The XBOX 360 when powered on only displays 3 flashing red lights and does not display a picture. I contacted a customer service representative at 1-800-4MY-XBOX, who stated the 3 flashing red lights indicates that there is a hardware failure and that because my 90-day warranty is over, I would have to pay $130 to have it repaired. He also stated very rudely I should have purchased an extended warranty and I would not have to now pay for the repairs.

File your complaints here:

http://www.callforaction.org/
http://www.bbb.org/
Your state Attonery General
Your local on your side news team

The more complaints made maybe Microsoft will do the right thing and fix all the defective XBOX 360's!

Specter · « **Reply #117 on:** November 22, 2006, 02:38:00 PM »

Hi guys, I need your advice.

I have a 360 here with the 3 red light problems.

I stripped the 360 I looked at the board, everything seem to be correct, I cleaned the gpu/cpu, I added some artic silver 5. I tested the 360 like that (board outside of the case) everything was fine.. I played for half hour and no more 3 red light. I put back the part in the case, tested again and now the 3 red light are back !?!?...

So I was tired, I said I will try again tomorrow.. and today when I came back from work, I pushed the Power buttom and tada!! it works ?!?! How come.. I didn't touch it.

I know the problem is might due to the bad internal solder something like that and we need to use the heat gun bla bla bla.. but if that was the case, How come the 360 work between two days without touching the 360 ?

The only thing that I can think is.. today it`s very humid and cold.. and yesterday it was hot and dry... so do you think it might be the moisiture on the 360 ? (I saw someone was talking about that on another post but I don't know what he's talking about) If yes how can I clean the board ?

thanks for your advice and sorry for my bad english (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

This post has been edited by Specter: Nov 22 2006, 10:39 PM

LeeWatkins · « **Reply #118 on:** November 22, 2006, 05:06:00 PM »

The Modfreakz heatgun method worked 100% for me. Turned a Red ring of Death into a perfect console. The only extra I did was to remove all traces of gummy/semi hard MS compound. Polished heatsinks where they sit on GPU/CPU with a dremel and used Antec silver compound £7 locally !! I am currently trying varoius Fan positions to lower the ludicrous temperature that the 360 runs at. Will post any positive results. I will say that between the 360 and my PC these cold nights aren`t nearly so cold as they used to be !!!! A long session of call of duty 3 keeps any food placed on top of 360 lovely and warm

neveti · « **Reply #119 on:** November 22, 2006, 11:03:00 PM »

Hello I'm new here. I bought my xbox premium today, and today I've got this 3 red lights flash, after I played 30 min. in Gears of Wars. Console now don't even boot.

I'm one lucky men

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