Topic: Tutorial : X-clamp Replacement - Lawdawg0931's Method (Read 17552 times)

Vauxfan · « **Reply #1035 on:** May 03, 2009, 05:05:00 PM »

I have noticed alot of differences with the thickness of washers lately, One of my fixes overheated to 2rl very quickly and it turned out to be a fat washer knocking evenness off and causing overheating!

Check the washers people!

slimjim604 · « **Reply #1036 on:** May 11, 2009, 10:42:00 PM »

Need input on my 360.

My 360 was fixed about a 1.5 years ago using the x-clamp fix.

worked fine for about 1 years. no problems.

.5 year mark -> started acting up, did the xclamp fix -> worked flawlessly for 6 months.

now(6 months later) it has begun to act up again.

it shows e74 sometimes( bottom right red light only) and 3 rrod sometimes.

I can fix it and the lights turn green again, but the problem is... it freezes. after about 5 minutes on. and turns back to rrod.

rrod
fix
green for 5 minutes ->freeze --> rrod.
fix
green for 5 minutes ->freeze --> rrod.

any suggestions?

This post has been edited by slimjim604: May 12 2009, 05:58 AM

ToBbErT · « **Reply #1037 on:** May 12, 2009, 09:59:00 AM »

Oven fix or heatgun fix.

xXRyan95Xx · « **Reply #1038 on:** May 14, 2009, 07:11:00 PM »

hi there. i have done this mod but my motherboard dosent fit into the metal chassis with all the ports lining up. i even drilled hole so that the bolts heads could fit through but it still wont fit with all the ports in their right spots. please reply back ASAP.

nagamin · « **Reply #1039 on:** May 14, 2009, 08:09:00 PM »

I had success several 3RROD fix, using Wilhelm's Improved X-Clamp Fix/replacement method.
But I had apply heat gun to isolated area, using cardboard wall arround it with MOB secure in metal casing.
Then apply thermal compound, secure heat sink with M5x10 mmx0.8 Hex nut, 2x 1mm thick metal washer ( between MOB and heat sink, 1 nylon washer on buttonof MOB and hex nut head.
Hex nut was reduced the thickness to 2/3 of it.

But I bust first MOB, cause of high temp overheating and without secure in metal casing.

MOB was become hogging and I can't recover it.

So far I had been successfully fix 25 of 3RROD.

Thanks for all persons who contribute those all of Xbox 360 knowledges.

d2shadowman · « **Reply #1040 on:** May 31, 2009, 11:48:00 PM »

thanks for the tutorial lawdawg i got my sons xbox back up and running with no 3 rings of death

sublemon · « **Reply #1041 on:** June 03, 2009, 01:48:00 AM »

Did this fix and worked for two days.
After trying the fix again i get rrod or graphics freezing every so 5 minutes.

SK4DJ · « **Reply #1042 on:** June 30, 2009, 09:51:00 PM »

Hey, do you guys recommend to do the x-clamp fix only on the GPU x-clamp when you get the 3 red lights and E-74 or both the GPU and the CPU?

buzz1130 · « **Reply #1043 on:** July 05, 2009, 07:33:00 PM »

hey im obviously a noob but i was wondering what the problem may be when my xbox plays for about 20-30 minutes no problem then the screen just goes black..ive done the xclamp replacement mod several times,changed the AS5 compound several times,im just dumb founded..any help or suggestions would be much appreciated

Xavez · « **Reply #1044 on:** July 06, 2009, 04:32:00 AM »

I encountered freezing problems weeks after the x-clamp fix too. I suspect it could be due to the motherboard warping again so I loosened the screws of the heatsinks and voila! No more freezing.

Make sure that the screws you use have heads that are not too thick too. Otherwise the motherboard will bend when you screw it back to the metal case.

Oh and btw I fixed my X360 using the overheating method. No need for a heat gun

buzz1130 · « **Reply #1045 on:** July 06, 2009, 06:11:00 AM »

So I should loosen the screws..I was also thinking bout doing lawdawg's method with the little pieces of credit card..and when u do the overheating trick is it supposed to switch to 2 red lights at 2:30 or in that range?

buzz1130 · « **Reply #1046 on:** July 06, 2009, 09:57:00 PM »

also i noticed today while i was "overheating" my gpu with loosened screws that it started up as normal without getting the 3 red lights..does that mean it is fixed or should i tighten the screws and try my luck

scorpionrecords · « **Reply #1047 on:** July 08, 2009, 11:48:00 AM »

QUOTE(WyldRyce @ Apr 21 2007, 10:23 PM)

Went ahead and tried this seeing how I didn't want to pay for repairs. Unfortunately, it just gave me a new error code. Went from a 0102 to a 0020. Going to try messing with the washers and stuff and see if that works. If not, looks like I'll be buying a Elite. =(

that wouldn't be the problem! it is a capacitor loose under the GPU!

QUOTE(SK4DJ @ Jun 30 2009, 10:51 PM)

Hey, do you guys recommend to do the x-clamp fix only on the GPU x-clamp when you get the 3 red lights and E-74 or both the GPU and the CPU?

I would recommend to do it on the CPU... because after all YOU WILL HAVE TO SCREW DOWN THE CPU AS WELL! unless you want it to flex...

nagamin · « **Reply #1048 on:** July 08, 2009, 12:43:00 PM »

buzz1130, if you think you are lucky guy, do it. Fro me, I will leave it alone until next RROD.
Men, you just fixed that. Enjoy your play time.

itdoesntmatter · « **Reply #1049 on:** July 09, 2009, 04:54:00 PM »

Xclamp fix here.
On an old 2006 360 warranty just out.

Worked a treat, ran into problems with over tightening but after a bit of loosening it has worked for two 1 1/2 hour stretches.

May put some pads in the dvd player while it is out but thanks a lot to the people that made this fix available to you and I.

I used 4x 5M x 20mm and
4x 5M x 12mm

Took a bit of logic to get the gpu going on flush but it worked well.

Had a freeze on Oblivion so installed the game to the HD and it works well now. Thinking a replacement fan for cooling is a plan but serious thanks for the fix.
Table tennis works with DVD drive running.

Doing another on tomorrow.

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