Topic: The End Of The 3 Red Lights! (Read 1415 times)

Metaka · « **Reply #195 on:** April 16, 2007, 02:00:00 PM »

Hi

I live in the UK, and my xbox360 started crashing and had flickering boxes on screen etc.. then now and again 3rlod

looked into alot of the answers on these forums then saw this one and admitadly laughed at rubbers on the memory chips, but as i read through all the posts i gradually thought what have i got to loose my xbox360 isnt working so what the hell, made all my rubber slices 4mm thick covering the chips completely and yes hey presto its been played all day by my son and i had a few hours on it last night and no problems so far!

I kept it out of the casing and turned it off to check the rubbers and tbh they werent as hot as i thought they would be after it had been on practically all day! so make of that what you will but i have to say im not worried about them being there or getting too hot.

Just thought i would post to add to the success stories and to thank the guy who figured out something so simple yet effective, tbh i just think the techys are just jealous they didnt think of it first

Thanks again.

nuke888 · « **Reply #196 on:** April 20, 2007, 08:49:00 AM »

QUOTE(william di mase @ Mar 14 2007, 03:31 AM)

You say that because a brazilian discover this. We are accustomed. Walk-man its brazilian invetion; the airplane was invented by Santos Dumon't, and not for the Wright brothers. But, all good. In a little time an American goes to test and you goes to believe. Later, you go speak that who discovered was an American. But, all good.

You did invented the X360 too and look, its more the days it stays serviced, then the ones you are playing with it.

gasclown · « **Reply #197 on:** April 22, 2007, 05:21:00 PM »

Just an update... My version of this fix (with heatsinks and the original gum, page 12) is still working flawlessly after 3 weeks of gaming. The only thing i added was taller rubber feet (about 8mm) so that the box breathes from all vents properly.

booker · « **Reply #198 on:** April 22, 2007, 05:01:00 PM »

QUOTE(gasclown @ Apr 22 2007, 11:52 PM)

Just an update... My version of this fix (with heatsinks and the original gum, page 12) is still working flawlessly after 3 weeks of gaming. The only thing i added was taller rubber feet (about 8mm) so that the box breathes from all vents properly.

oh now.. i was in the fence and how this... i´m not sure what to do first. the X clamo or this mod...
I found that this mod is a lot easier, but on the other hand the X clamp is more active with great results from peoeple.

I´m also getting the 0102 error code.

vitorp07 · « **Reply #199 on:** April 23, 2007, 02:31:00 AM »

i did this trick and now my xbox 360 is completely working
many thanks to Mr.Chiaroscuro
plus its easy to do and dont cost nothing

booker · « **Reply #200 on:** April 23, 2007, 08:05:00 AM »

I´m wondering for those who did this mod. How many of you have the 360 still running? And for how long?

Bravoexo · « **Reply #201 on:** April 23, 2007, 08:14:00 AM »

I did a variation of this fix. My Xbox froze for the first time on a Tues. Still 3RL'd and back to working with a couple of resets on Wed. Couldn't shake off the 3RL on Thursday anymore so I decided to crack it open for the first time, noticed the mem underneed had pressure pads. (too thick to be thermal pads), so I reinforced it with a strip of carboard (1-2mm thick), 1 for each pair of mem chips. Reassembled everything, and 3RL's never came back. Stressed it quite a bit over the weekend, and it still works.

(I noticed how the front of the mobo would be flexing a bit down when I screwed it back to the metal case, so I guess that solved it.) So that's 5 days straight it has worked and booted up fine. (even got a electrical power trip, and a temporary 3RL, but a reset fixed that)

I will still observe this one.

fewtile · « **Reply #202 on:** April 27, 2007, 12:42:00 PM »

Good evening everybody,i just did the rubber fix and it worked.

The thing is though that after a couple of seconds (tested with Gears of War) the 1st and 3rd light start blinking (overheating).

I read about the arctic silver paste and putting the fans at 12V.
I will try the AS paste tomorrow but how do you put the fans at 12V? (it must be done manually or it's automatic?)

If this doesn't work i'll try the X-clamp mod.

Great community guys,keep up the good work...

out4it · « **Reply #203 on:** April 27, 2007, 08:08:00 PM »

I was also getting the 0102 error code. Did the towel trick and it lasted a few hours. So,couldn't decide which fix to try next; the X clamp or the eraser. Figured on the eraser because I had one laying around. I used a Stadler Mars vinyl eraser. Installed all the erasers and put everything back together. Wrapped the box in a towel and let it heat up for 20 min. Then removed the towel and let it cool for 1 hour. Then fired it up. It WORKS. Now I've been reading up on this and everyone is concerned with heat. I have a XCM fan and LCD and the 3rd fan installed. So I can see the temps of both the cpu and gpu. I put in Crackdown and played for an hour...128 degrees F. Same as stock(without mod.) So I noticed no temp changes. I've only had about 2 hours on this mod,and everything seems fine. Hey if it goes South,I can always do the X clamp trick. Will keep everyone posted.

pricemeista33 · « **Reply #204 on:** April 28, 2007, 04:56:00 PM »

That towel trick is indeed temporary and will only tic you off. I've managed to pull off the XCR trick posted by Lawdogg and RBJ. They are truely great geniuses that have given us all hope in preventing this overheating nightmare. Just be sure to tighten those screws mentioned in one of the steps when performing the replacement. It really works and has been working for me for a couple of weks now. I just had to tighten up the screws a bit more to ensure the heatsink made great contact with the chips core(s).

out4it · « **Reply #205 on:** April 28, 2007, 07:06:00 PM »

QUOTE(out4it @ Apr 27 2007, 10:08 PM)

I was also getting the 0102 error code. Did the towel trick and it lasted a few hours. So,couldn't decide which fix to try next; the X clamp or the eraser. Figured on the eraser because I had one laying around. I used a Stadler Mars vinyl eraser. Installed all the erasers and put everything back together. Wrapped the box in a towel and let it heat up for 20 min. Then removed the towel and let it cool for 1 hour. Then fired it up. It WORKS. Now I've been reading up on this and everyone is concerned with heat. I have a XCM fan and LCD and the 3rd fan installed. So I can see the temps of both the cpu and gpu. I put in Crackdown and played for an hour...128 degrees F. Same as stock(without mod.) So I noticed no temp changes. I've only had about 2 hours on this mod,and everything seems fine. Hey if it goes South,I can always do the X clamp trick. Will keep everyone posted.

I did the eraser mod. But used the towel trick to heat everything up so the chip was properly seated.

masterofp · « **Reply #206 on:** May 07, 2007, 07:53:00 AM »

Worked for me too. I'm shocked. Thanks for this thread!

G3iST · « **Reply #207 on:** May 08, 2007, 02:12:00 PM »

add me to the list

it works for me too. after searching the right pressure to the rams my 360 runs now better than new

tolien · « **Reply #208 on:** May 09, 2007, 05:54:00 AM »

can someone tell me what to buy in the UK and where from? so i can ty this method. i have the 3 red lights, its strange thou cos i left the case open all night and turned it on this morn and it worked for 40 mins, i then turned it off to put it back together and guess what, 3 red lights!! this is the only thing im willing to try as the xclamp method seems compicated. thanks guys.

ExiZ · « **Reply #209 on:** May 09, 2007, 02:58:00 PM »

This has worked for me too, me and a friend both had 360's with 3 red lights, one was working for a few minutes and one was red lights straight away, after putting th rubbers in both worked straight away and have continued to work on soak test for a few hours now.

So thats two dead consoles revived with 30p worth of rubber and an hours work, im amazed but it worked.

Author Topic: The End Of The 3 Red Lights! (Read 1415 times)