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[Darth Darius]

Still running its been 5 weeks, the weekend is gone , and my 360 its still running, play alot , i start prey, i report if the system crash.

[modchipper]

Big props to who figured this one out. Worked for my 0102 first shot. Very sweet! Still can't believe it.

[davidrose9]

QUOTE(modchipper @ Jan 30 2007, 12:47 PM)

Big props to who figured this one out. Worked for my 0102 first shot. Very sweet! Still can't believe it.

Modchipper please explain what worked the first shot which fix are you talking about?

[stantheman]

Work great for me,cooked motherboar until got some strange smells.been running for 2 weeks now.cheers for the advice on forum

[badassmofonz]

Hey all,
I'd like to quick report about my Xbox 360 (New Zealand Launch Console, so around April Last Year, Hitachi Drive) so people can read my experience with the box, and with my breakage/repair.

My console was used daily (4 Hours+) for about 3 Months before I decided to crack it open and rewrite the drive firmware. At the same time I replaced the thermal paste with arctic silver. The 360 then functioned perfectly for another 5 Months before I downloaded the January 6 update. After about 2 Days, I was playing topspin, and the box froze. 3 Red lights.

Now I read anything and everything I could find on the net about this problem (This thread being the best resource!) I've seen the toothpick trick, the towel trick, and the heatgun trick. I decided I'd go for the least lethal first.

I then opened it up, disconnected the fans, and let it melt itself for a bit (aka, the towel trick, just without the towel). It started back up, but was inconstant and wasn't stable.

Tried the toothpicks, no change, so biffed the toothpicks.

I then added a 12v fan header to the motherboard and added an 80mm fan to the top of the GPU Heatsink, sucking the air off it. It got a little more stable, but wasn't really functional.

I then pulled the heatsinks off again, and came to the conclusion the clamps provided are rubbish. The Clamping force is shit.

I then heatgunned the GPU Only. Not very long, a couple of minutes, While it was hot (But after I had heatgunned it), I used a piece of wood and put a bit of pressure on the GPU Core, pushing it down.

I then removed the clamp mounts off the heatsinks and replaced them with nuts and bolts that go through the heatsink and motherboard with Washers on each end (To keep the pressure even). You will need to bend the fins on the GPU Heatsink.
You need to make sure the bolts are tightened properly, and evenly, you wouldnt want to overtighten one and crack a core!

I then put the 80mm Fan back onto the GPU Heatsink, Connected the 360 back up, and it's been running great since!

While it doesn't fit in the case anymore, mainly due to the DVD drive having to be moved, I'm not complaining!

So for those of us who are having issues, I think alot of it can be down to crappy heatsink clamp design as well.

[Darth Darius]

Well , after 5 weeks past, with the aluminium can fix , i decide to turn off the nyko intercooler (cause this is the one have on-off switch) without take it from xbox, just for test,i play GOW friday and saturday with no problems, i notice that the fans speed up in no time of play, on sunday after an hour playing, begin to apear a line in the game, but no red lights, after another hour the line still appear, and the fans at full speed, just for do so, i start the nyko cooler and the line still in the game, let it cool 2 hours, and back to play and the line still there, my guess is,it will get the 3 ROL soon, i will open 360 again and add another piece of aluminium can, without do the heat gun , and see what happend, ill report this next week.

[xdude335]

Where was the Xbox 360 made?

[Darth Darius]

Mine on Malasya

[henmill]

here comes a testimony:

last week my 360 started freezing for the first time since i've had it (dec. 2005).  over the next few days, it started freezing more and more often, and in the last couple of days it would fail to start up.  my box is modded, and i didn't bother to put in error leds on the rofl, but after looking over the symptoms for the 0102 error, i assumed i would be seeing that if i had error lights.  my box has NO reason to overheat (fans running at full 12v at all times and as5 under the heatsinks).  so i decided to go for the heat gun fix.  i watched the video, and went by the instructions very carefully.  after letting it cool and re-assembling it, my 360 booted just fine the first time, and is currently in use.  it's only been about 30 minutes since i completed the fix, so i can't say this is a complete repair.  however, i will keep updating, probably next week sometime and let you guys know how it's going.  

[Shepdog]

What is a good temp to run heat the board to?  The heat gun im planning on getting goes up to 1030 F.

[henmill]

well, it's been a little over a week since i first posted, and she's still going strong, so i'm happy.  however, i am skeptical on the longevity of this fix after reading this thread.  it shows the REAL solution to this problem, and i suggest that everyone reads it

@shepdog, i don't actually know the temp my heat gun goes to, but the model number is wagner 0503145 heat gun, so if you can find the specs on it, maybe that'll give you a good idea on what gun to use

[Ashiato]

i have a question and sorry if it has been asked before but there are too many pages for me to read back on!! (yes 12 is too many!) anyway while on youtube i found a different video of this same process but for the error code i have which i belive is 0101 and when they opened their's there was foil present and the compound was on the little itty bitty guys however when i opened mine there was no foil and the compound was only present on the central square peice. sooo where does the compound actualy belong? should i just put it everywhere? i am completly new to this if you couldnt tell XD

the 360 is completly dismantled right now..i took both heat sinks off ^^;; but its clean and ready to go...i bought one compound but it isnt artic silver 5 which all 3 of the places i went to were sold out! i got this cheaper one at radio shack will it work just as good or should i go out there and get the artic silver cuz its that much better? i know for one thing i do not want to go through this again!!! ~.~

also what do you think of these little mini heat sinks for everything else? will those help or is it just something i dont need?

oh!! i was told to set the heat gun to 350! they said it works and thats the temp im planning on useing but i think i need a better heat gun so i will look tomorrow.

This post has been edited by Ashiato: Feb 22 2007, 03:48 AM

[flipsorry169]

so the toothpick trick worked for maybe 2 days for me, then i tried the heatgun trick which made the xbox turn on for probably 10 seconds then froze. I don't know if i'm doing this wrong or my problem is just not the same. My heat gun only goes up to 400' fahrenheit/204' Celcius...but it doesn't even feel like it gets that hot, so could the heat gun be my problem

Is there anybody who has fixed many of the 0102 problems willing to fix mine? i'll pay for shipping both ways + some extra cash if they can get the job done.

[henmill]

QUOTE(Ashiato @ Feb 21 2007, 08:52 PM)

i have a question and sorry if it has been asked before but there are too many pages for me to read back on!! (yes 12 is too many!) anyway while on youtube i found a different video of this same process but for the error code i have which i belive is 0101 and when they opened their's there was foil present and the compound was on the little itty bitty guys however when i opened mine there was no foil and the compound was only present on the central square peice. sooo where does the compound actualy belong? should i just put it everywhere? i am completly new to this if you couldnt tell XD

the 360 is completly dismantled right now..i took both heat sinks off ^^;; but its clean and ready to go...i bought one compound but it isnt artic silver 5 which all 3 of the places i went to were sold out! i got this cheaper one at radio shack will it work just as good or should i go out there and get the artic silver cuz its that much better? i know for one thing i do not want to go through this again!!! ~.~

also what do you think of these little mini heat sinks for everything else? will those help or is it just something i dont need?

oh!! i was told to set the heat gun to 350! they said it works and thats the temp im planning on useing but i think i need a better heat gun so i will look tomorrow.

dude, whatever you do, DO NOT USE RADIOSHACK THERMAL PASTE!  it really is worth it to get artic silver 5, so don't put your 360 back together until you have some.  here is some for $5 + shipping from newegg.  when applying the paste, put it on the two main dies of the gpu (big and little squares).  the little heatsinks on the ram chips and chipset are helpful and will probably prolong the life of your console, but they aren't as important as the rest of the cooling.  hope that helps

oh yeah, my 360 is still going strong

[Ashiato]

i didnt i finaly got some artic silver 5 but im finding it REALLY hard to put the Xs back on! i cant seem to do it!! (they look alittle bent from when i removed them...) any tips? i wish i didnt have to put them back on!  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)  i just stuck my finger in the paste and now i have to clean it and do it over again! i give up for the night...

This post has been edited by Ashiato: Feb 26 2007, 05:12 AM