Topic: The "official" X-clamp Replacement Success Thread (Read 2329 times)

sternobread · « **Reply #60 on:** December 18, 2007, 11:02:00 PM »

Had RROD, Secondary code was a GPU related. Unfortunately had opened the console already... so no warranty repair. This saved my xbox. Running for a week now, no issues at all. Huge thanks to everyone involved in putting this information together.

champ91 · « **Reply #61 on:** December 19, 2007, 01:34:00 AM »

had intially 2 rings of death
then 1 ring of death
then 3 rings of death
then back to 2 ring of death

now......

a complete x-clamp replacement did not work. So I replaced only one x-clamp and left the other one on. Now it works fine. Havn't had any problems since.

adrian089 · « **Reply #62 on:** December 19, 2007, 04:51:00 PM »

RBJ mkIII works flawlessly

HiddenSniper · « **Reply #63 on:** December 19, 2007, 05:43:00 PM »

Used Lawdawg0931's guide and it worked the first time around. No problems with 360 now... some misc notes. The owner before me tried the towel trick before giving up and selling it to me for $40. Spent the $4.88 for the screws and washers at Home Depot and fixed it the next day. While burning in, I never got the two orange lights that indicate the 360 is overheating. I decided to wait 5 minutes to turn it off rather than the 2 suggested minutes (was hot to the touch and smelled a bit like something was burning). I allowed one hour for it to cool down with a fan blowing on it. Worked the first time; however, I forgot the power to the fans when I tested it. That is when I got the two orange lights telling me the 360 was overheating (doh!). So, I decided to let it cool off again for 30 minutes before I reassembled it all back together. I let it sit for 24 hours before giving it a proper test. I wanted to make sure I allowed time for everything to settle. It's been a few months now and not one problem. CHEERS!

slipknotcc · « **Reply #64 on:** December 20, 2007, 05:05:00 PM »

Had the RLOD replaced the clamps and for a 1+weeks all has been great, will report back if it stops working. Thank You So Much, didn't want to have to buy a new one.

col_klink · « **Reply #65 on:** December 21, 2007, 08:30:00 AM »

I had limited success using lawdawgs method. The xbox probably worked a couple months afterwards, then rrod again. Just loosening, overheating, and retightening didnt help after that. So, I took a heat gun, and an infrared thermometer and with the heatsink removed, heated up the gpu to 270ish degrees. I did it very slowly, taking care to use a circular pattern . Put the heatsink back on, did the overheating trick, but this time I blew the heatgun directly on the gpu heatsink as it was overheating, and being careful with my thermometer not to get it too hot. After that, it seems fixed again, but who knows for how long.

I think part of the problem with letting the xbox overheat itself, is that it doesnt get the gpu hot enough. It seems as though the cpu overheats first, and throws the overheat lights. So if you have a heatgun, you can help the gpu along, or if you can isolate the fan to only blow on the cpu, you could ensure that only the gpu is overheating.

Also, its a good idea to cut out the metal tray to give clearance to your bolts. If you dont, then when you bolt it all back together, it will put your xbox on a bind, which is probably not good for solder joints either. Also, the thermal pads on the memory may not touch the tray properly if they are spaced more by the bolt heads.

Good luck all

SphtKr76 · « **Reply #66 on:** December 21, 2007, 01:12:00 PM »

I did 3 consoles yesterday. All were showing 0020.

Box #1---result #1-worked perfectly on the first boot

Box #2---result #1-Needed to heat the board for 2 minutes with fans unplugged, boots and runs perfectly after the cool down

Box #3---result #4-Can't get this one to work for the life of me.

Murderface · « **Reply #67 on:** December 22, 2007, 08:59:00 PM »

I didn't get the 3RLOD but the video was getting messed up colors. The extended warranty only covers the 3RLOD so I used RBJTech's MK3 method. I had to fiddle with the bolt tightness on the gpu, but now works flawlessly.

Hardware · « **Reply #68 on:** December 24, 2007, 09:50:00 AM »

QUOTE(SphtKr76 @ Dec 21 2007, 08:12 PM)

I did 3 consoles yesterday. All were showing 0020.

Box #1---result #1-worked perfectly on the first boot

Box #2---result #1-Needed to heat the board for 2 minutes with fans unplugged, boots and runs perfectly after the cool down

Box #3---result #4-Can't get this one to work for the life of me.

If you don't mind me asking. What did you do to fix the first 2 consoles? I have the same error right now. Did you do the X-Clamp replacement?

SonicPower · « **Reply #69 on:** December 24, 2007, 09:16:00 PM »

Update: Used Lawdawg on 3 Xbox 360s.

Xbox #1: After 2 months, completely dead. Always 3ROL (0102). Worked sometimes applying heat. Eventually died. Gave it to xbox360-pros, which I don't know what they did, but they couldn't fix it. Threw it away to them.

Xbox #2: After 8 months, 3ROL (0102) came back. WIP. Now switching over to RBJTech MKIII with Arctic Cooling MX-2 paste (since AS5 sucks because of longevity. MX-2 is the new king. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)) and adding two ramsinks with shroud mod.

Xbox #3: After 8 months, still going. However, I think it will end up like Xbox #2 soon because I used AS5.

This post has been edited by SonicPower: Dec 25 2007, 05:17 AM

bobz9 · « **Reply #70 on:** December 25, 2007, 08:09:00 PM »

Im surprised to say it works. I used the MkIII and throughly cleaned the chips with GoofOff and rubing alcohol before applying Arctic Silver 5.

I had to use the baking method though even though MkIII says not to, works great now.

sowa99 · « **Reply #71 on:** December 27, 2007, 03:18:00 AM »

Another two boxes are still alive

:

1. Fixed the 3RLOD. No issues at all now, no freezing, works fine
2. Fixed the 3RLOD. No issues at all now, no freezing, works fine

cellblockfour · « **Reply #72 on:** December 27, 2007, 01:04:00 PM »

Success!!!

Had error code 0020

Used mix of the methods, i used 5 x 10 mm bolts and secured the heatsinks to the motherboard not the board and caseing. This was because i did not have a drill bit handy.

First attempt it did not work so i removed the heatsinks and replaced the thermal compund. Put back together and works.

Then did the bake method for good measures.

Only played for about 5 mins but working fine so far and before wouldnt boot at all.

Thanks

Leyart · « **Reply #73 on:** December 27, 2007, 05:47:00 PM »

SUCCESS.

I had a console with 0102 error code (3ROD), no use when i tried to boot up, completely dead.
After XCLAMP replacement everything went fine, it has been on for 6 hours up to now without a freeze, continuos load playing. Thanks a lot.

cheechandchong · « **Reply #74 on:** December 28, 2007, 03:25:00 AM »

Just did mine using Lawdawg0931's Tutorial . Worked like a charm, just finished watching The Kingdom on it..=o)

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