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[jc0v]

Hello after much farting about with heat guns having limited success I gave up on that idea. I then tried to work out how i could get greater downward force on the heat sinks as I read in another post a user was able to remove graphical errors after a crash by putting force on the heatsinks. So i removed the motherboard from the casing and placed some folded card inside the metal case over the top of the dents where the x clips fit. I then put the mother board back in over the folder card. I then only used the 8 small black screws that hold the heat sinks to hold the motherboard in place. Once the black screws are fully tightened there is alot of force down on the heat sinks. Anyway my 360 has now been working for 2 days with absolutley no problems. I have left it on for hours on end and all is still good. Worth a try if you are fed up like I was.
Cheers
jc0v

[maxxeh]

hows this going? any joy?

[adamscybot]

Yes I'd like to know too.

[belke]

pictures?

[jc0v]

Yeah all is still going strong. As for photos I would love to post some but I'm not massively keen to open the Xbox again in case something goes wrong. I am also sick to death of opening the thing after doing it about 20 times in a couple of days. I will keep you all posted with how long this fix lasts. Has anyone else tried this or are my instructions not clear enough to do it?
Cheers

[belke]

im confused

[adamscybot]

QUOTE(jc0v @ Feb 26 2007, 01:53 AM)

Yeah all is still going strong. As for photos I would love to post some but I'm not massively keen to open the Xbox again in case something goes wrong. I am also sick to death of opening the thing after doing it about 20 times in a couple of days. I will keep you all posted with how long this fix lasts. Has anyone else tried this or are my instructions not clear enough to do it?
Cheers

Yeh, explain a little more.

[Textbook]

The instructions are fine, people just don't know how to put words into images I suppose.

The clips use leverage to hold the heatsinks down.  The center of the clip pushes against the motherboard, forcing the "ends" of the clips to pull on the heatsink.  If you put something thick under the center part of these clips, you're increasing the leverage, increasing the pull or torque on the ends of the clips, pulling the heatsink more than it normally would.




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[jc0v]

Ha ha cheers Textbook thats great of you. Have you tried this method by the way? Anyone else?
jc0v

[snitchenstein]

QUOTE(jc0v @ Mar 1 2007, 02:59 PM)

Ha ha cheers Textbook thats great of you. Have you tried this method by the way? Anyone else?
jc0v

I have and it works great!!

Never wanted to use the heatgunfix, so I tried the toothpicks for my 0102 error. hey worked for a month but then I got the errors again, opened up my 360 to see that the toothpicks became pressed in (dented?).
So they didn't put ny force on the clamps anymore.

I then read your post and decided to give it a try, but instead of using a card I used hard pieces of plastic (pieces of a CD jewelcase).
I placed them (2 stacked pieces of plastic per X) inside the centre of both the X's on the bottomplate.
Then tightend the 8 screws, the screws were almost too short after adding the plastic  

This way the GPU and CPU are pressed firmly against the motherboard.

My 360 is up and running again for a week after applying this trick, I've been playing GRAW2 a lot and it's still going strong      

[RBJTech]

Worryingly in the above pic of the X-clamps - it doesn't look like they have ANY centre plastic bit to create leverage - maybe it's the pic ?  The clamps should have a plastic bit on them as standard that slots into the centre piece - I guess people are just adding to this to increase the pressure.

QUOTE(snitchenstein @ Mar 8 2007, 12:52 PM)

This way the GPU and CPU are pressed firmly against the motherboard.

Technically speaking, it's the other way around - the clamps are pressing on the back of the motherboard, forcing the GPU/CPU onto the FIXED heatsink ...

[emi_fer]

i've got 2 machines deads  1 die a long time ago, the other its dying with the errors 0103 i had try this but didnt work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) with GRAW2 SP Demo was good but when i inserted GOW it didnt past the titles

[jc0v]

QUOTE(snitchenstein @ Mar 8 2007, 02:52 PM)

I have and it works great!!

Never wanted to use the heatgunfix, so I tried the toothpicks for my 0102 error. hey worked for a month but then I got the errors again, opened up my 360 to see that the toothpicks became pressed in (dented?).
So they didn't put ny force on the clamps anymore.

I then read your post and decided to give it a try, but instead of using a card I used hard pieces of plastic (pieces of a CD jewelcase).
I placed them (2 stacked pieces of plastic per X) inside the centre of both the X's on the bottomplate.
Then tightend the 8 screws, the screws were almost too short after adding the plastic  

This way the GPU and CPU are pressed firmly against the motherboard.

My 360 is up and running again for a week after applying this trick, I've been playing GRAW2 a lot and it's still going strong      

Great stuff I'm really pleased that people are having some success with this. Lets hope all stays well.

[Thelosersinc]

haha. nice find. can it crash by having to much force? (note: I have no errors from my Xbox currently. Everything works good. but id like to put a little bit of kick into it. not to think of it as an upgrade) if no errors have come from too much force im going to put a piece of plastic under each X when I take my Xbox apart to cut the DVD drive. kudos again.

This post has been edited by Thelosersinc: Mar 10 2007, 09:49 AM

[snitchenstein]

QUOTE(jc0v @ Mar 9 2007, 09:29 PM)

Great stuff I'm really pleased that people are having some success with this. Lets hope all stays well.

My 360 is stil OK  
I was about to use a heatgun on mine, but then I read your post an decided to give it a try.
Damn glad I did that!