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wellmodded

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How Long Does The X-clamp Replacement Work?
« on: May 29, 2007, 05:27:00 PM »
well 1st of all if u do a bit of searching on the forum u would find what you are looking for very easy
the replcaement of xclamps basically stop the board from flexing which in turn stops the connection under the GPU from breaking if it alreayd broken doing the xclamps just pressed thm back together
i have done 2 xbox360 like ths and they are both stil working mine i did it like 1 month ago a frind i did it like 2 months ago u would fine ppl have done it over 3 months and still working
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wellmodded

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How Long Does The X-clamp Replacement Work?
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2007, 05:47:00 PM »
dude if u can load the image that just means tht the link has gone dead u would have to ask ppl for the image i won;t recommend lawdawg i would say do RBJ more sucess on that method i play everyday for about 6-4hours
after u do th mod no one can't garnatee it won't happen again it depends on how well its done basically and how mad the connection are broken
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Boddah

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How Long Does The X-clamp Replacement Work?
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2007, 07:07:00 PM »
I used RBJTech's method, and mine has been working perfectly (no freezes, glitches, etc.) for the past month or so.
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DrJeckyll

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How Long Does The X-clamp Replacement Work?
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2007, 10:52:00 AM »
It'll last as long as it doesn't overheat. Preventing it from overheating will prevent it from flexing too much.
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DrJeckyll

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How Long Does The X-clamp Replacement Work?
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2007, 07:05:00 AM »
No, leave it on for the rest of the machines life...or when you get 3rol in the future.


From the AS5 manual:
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Break-In Period
Due to the unique shape and sizes of the particles in Arctic Silver 5 conductive matrix, it will take a up to 200 hours and several thermal cycles to achieve maximum particle to particle thermal conduction and for the heatsink to CPU interface to reach maximum conductivity. (This period will be longer in a system without a fan on the heatsink or with a low speed fan on the heatsink.) On systems measuring actual internal core temperatures via the CPU's internal diode, the measured temperature will often drop 2C to 5C over this "break-in" period. This break-in will occur during the normal use of the computer as long as the computer is turned off from time to time and the interface is allowed to cool to room temperature. Once the break-in is complete, the computer can be left on if desired.
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