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Well,
I'll share my experiences with RBJTech's method:
I turned on my console one morning and got the 3 red lights. I hadn't been playing, it wasn't in the middle of a movie or anything, just turned it on a dead. MS wouldn't repair it for free, even though it was a 11/2005 mfg date. I decided to give this method a whirl.
Everything went mostly as planned. I only need two washers between the motherboard and heatsink, with three washers I didn't get good contact between chip and heatsink.
Modifying the GPU heatsink to accommodate the nuts was a pain in my rear end. I didn't have proper tools like a vice and workbench, so it was difficult. If I were doing it again, I would use a small saw file to cut the fins off and make the room I needed.
I've only played for about an hour with the console since I did the fix, but so far, so good. (IMG:
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Question: There were only eight nuts listed on the parts list at the beginning, so I have nothing between the case and motherboard, correct? You have a picture in the tutorial of putting a nut to hold the bolt to the case, but then in the parts list those nuts don't show up.
Thanks,
) So there should be a nut and a single washer inbetween the metal case and the board ... The nylon lock nuts are the only nuts 'above' the board...