QUOTE(kidman64 @ Mar 15 2007, 01:57 PM)
I can't seem to find it, would you mind posting a link? Thanks in advance:)
My apologies, here's the link to that topic:
http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=588032Now, I can't speak from experience, but I believe the GENERAL idea being espoused over there is to
First, do the heat gun reflow "fix" very carefully. Like Chancer said, heat guns aren't toys and they aren't professional tools to fix video game consoles, they're primarily made to strip paint. Be careful with them, and mind your xbox motherboard. A few too many seconds of a heat gun can permanently can your Xbox for good (so find a GOOD guide on how to PROPERLY perform the heat gun fix!)
Then, use the trick outlined in that thread above ("
Red Lights = Design Flaw" by dokworm). Right now, the theory in my head is that the solders on the chips aren't being melted by the heat of the Xbox - I believe it was RBJTech provided some research that suggests that it never gets very hot (only 74 degrees celsius - way cooler than the temp needed to melt solder!), but rather, I believe the heat is high enough to allow the board to flex (or bow) one way or the other, thus putting stress on the solders of the chips, eventually breaking them. I'd imagine that even if its not hot enough to melt solder, getting it as warm as the internal temperature of the 360 would be enough to let it slowly break or lose a quality connection. (Hence maybe this is why it takes a lot of time for the problem to develop).
My friend's first 360 (the friend who gave me the bricked, yet manageable 360 I have now, that generous bugger) actually had problems that would fit with my theory above. At first, his video started going funky - we found out that it was the GREEN in his video display. When we took the GREEN plug out (component RED GREEN BLUE), the picture was fine as long as you didn't miss the green. For us, playing RS:Vegas, the funky green all over the screen being gone was better than crappy colors.
Then, after that occurred, his 360 stopped booting altogether. He never thought that he was lumped together with the 3RL group because he never got them - it just never got to the startup screen. However, after he did the heat gun trick out of desperation, it worked - for a few weeks.
Luckily to say now, my friend got a new core system and also slapped on an additional two-year warranty on top of MS's 1-year. He should be set from most grief now.
As I've said before, I really don't know if this is the case, and I'm not saying that it is. I do, however, feel that with the evidence provided to us thanks to modders like RBJTech and the rest, and the collective experience brought here to the boards, we're able to formulate some great theories as to why this is happening. My box itself has fallen victim to it, and the next time it bites the dust what I outlined to you above is what I will do (I'd say that's a decent determiner regarding how much a person truly believes what they say, wouldn't you?).
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