Topic: Xbox 360 Overheating Still (Read 591 times)

xXvdubXx · « **Reply #30 on:** July 22, 2008, 09:34:00 PM »

Well on a different note, Wilhelm, there is about a 95% chance that you are going to get to see pictures and possibly video of my friend and I completely destroying my xbox 360 with rifles and other weapons.

My dad and I, after Sunday's failure, decided that we were going to do things differently. We took it all apart, cleaned off the heat sinks and the dies, we heated the board according to probably every single tutorial known to man, reapplied arctic silver, removed the 2 washers on the bottom of the board, put the heat sinks back on, reassembled and re-tried. It took it all but, literally, 5 seconds to overheat.

Excuse this but these were my dad's exact words, "Something is fucked up."

We took it apart, did it again, and got the same result. I don't know what we could have possibly done differently other than take out the bottom washers. But he is going to get me a new one for my birthday which is on thursday so we are going to run train on this one unless you have any last ideas on how to save it.

Havok · « **Reply #31 on:** July 22, 2008, 10:23:00 PM »

The $100 isn't looking so bad now is it??

I'm sorry I honestly don't mean to make fun of your troubles.. I've been there myself. Even when you get the problem fixed it would probably only be temporary. Mine lasted another 3 months before dying.

xXvdubXx · « **Reply #32 on:** July 22, 2008, 11:01:00 PM »

that is why i'm going to get a new xbox 360, one with the falcon chipset

michael196 · « **Reply #33 on:** July 23, 2008, 12:19:00 AM »

@Wilhelm_I, I will try doing what you said and report back here.
oh btw, the falcon chipset is the elite 360?
Thamks

Wilhelm_I · « **Reply #34 on:** July 23, 2008, 05:51:00 AM »

@dub:
Am really looking forward to your video lol, put it on youtube or so and send [email protected] an email with the link^^

QUOTE(michael196 @ Jul 23 2008, 08:55 AM)

@Wilhelm_I, I will try doing what you said and report back here.
oh btw, the falcon chipset is the elite 360?
Thamks

The Falcon chipset is in all recent 360s(Arcade, Premium and Elite)
The only thing that matters is the date(later than sept 2007) an the Lot-Nr(higher than 0734)
Falcons still ROD though if you want some hope that your 360 will last forever you should wait for the Jasper which will have the new 65nm GPU...(according to rumors it is coming in Aug/Sept I guess?)
I doubt that this one will be fixed though because the mainboard will still be flexing unless they finally decided to get rid of the X-Clamps

bosnia_9 · « **Reply #35 on:** July 23, 2008, 09:09:00 AM »

dude if its simply overheating that is such an easy one to fix.. like all you have to is play around with is the washer setup/ tightness of your screws..

i had that too, once i adjusted the washer setup/screw tightness it all runs fine.. lol if I was you i'd sell that xbox cause I KNOW someone is going to buy it and fix it up and make money of it!

but if youd rather trash it and have money to throw away go right to it my friend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

xXvdubXx · « **Reply #36 on:** July 23, 2008, 09:52:00 AM »

I'm much more fond of the idea of blowing it to pieces with rifles and explosives rather than selling it to someone else to make profits. I managed like 2 hours out of it though yesterday. I just kept turning it on. It would turn off and flash two red lights and I would just turn it off and turn it back on. It worked for a while then I was tired and turned it off so as long as I can abuse it and have it work, whatever. is that bad?

bosnia_9 · « **Reply #37 on:** July 23, 2008, 11:10:00 AM »

on the smashing then

Man ohh man if you said you had it working for 2 hours your seriously soo close its unreal.. when i got my xbox i did everything got the 2 red lights instantly wouldnt even last 5seconds..

so i did mess around with screws, washers and xbox runs solid now

if i was you id keep messing with it cause im sure you could get it going

michael196 · « **Reply #38 on:** July 23, 2008, 12:20:00 PM »

Alright then, ill keep messing with that, you think it will also work without AS5?
today I was at the mall and went to ask about the elite 360, good thing you told me the arcade also has the falcon chipset, I might get that instead, though, I doubt it, ill probably get elite if I cant get this one going.
just need to remember to check the version.
btw, if I will end up selling it, what will be better sell part by part, or the whole box itself?
Thanks

bosnia_9 · « **Reply #39 on:** July 23, 2008, 02:00:00 PM »

QUOTE(michael196 @ Jul 23 2008, 02:56 PM)

Alright then, ill keep messing with that, you think it will also work without AS5?
today I was at the mall and went to ask about the elite 360, good thing you told me the arcade also has the falcon chipset, I might get that instead, though, I doubt it, ill probably get elite if I cant get this one going.
just need to remember to check the version.
btw, if I will end up selling it, what will be better sell part by part, or the whole box itself?
Thanks

Lol even think about trying it without AS5 thats a big NO NO!!

Some sort of thermal compound is a MUST to transfer the heat

for selling id, if its broke i think part by part is better to be honest with you, i see you getting more, depend on the drive on its own you can get anywhere between 40-70$. plus cables, the actual case, and then the motherboard on its own is worth prob around 50$ id say. plus you got the fanshroud some ppl are in desperate need of

best of luck!

michael196 · « **Reply #40 on:** July 23, 2008, 03:21:00 PM »

hey there, thanks for the replay.
I will try it with AS5, is it goes, GREAT.
if not, then ill sell for parts (oh and with broke you mean 3RLOD?)
Thanks

michael196 · « **Reply #41 on:** August 09, 2008, 04:25:00 AM »

hey there, sorry about the late update.
I got AS5, put it on the gpu and cpu, screwed everything really tight, and it didnt work (0020).
then I let the screws a bit loose, still no go...
but then, I let it loose even more and voila!!! it works

played most wanted demo so far - 1 race, thats what I had handy.
so yea, you do have to use AS5 in order to succeed with the x-clamp fix, and not tight the screws too hard.
Thanks everyone who have helped and thanks to the great people who wrote all the tutorials.

Wilhelm_I · « **Reply #42 on:** August 09, 2008, 04:40:00 AM »

Ye if you tighten the screws too much you always get 0020
The thermal compound you use doesnt matter that much, the better it conducts the heat the cooler the chip will be in the end yo you have to decide if you need AS5 or not.
It is worth the money though imo, you can do like 20 360s with 1 tube thats like 20 cents for each..

michael196 · « **Reply #43 on:** August 09, 2008, 07:45:00 AM »

I see, I just heared AS5 is the best, that why I used it.
yea, and it does worth the money.
also, if I was just smart enough to update my firmware in time... I have really old one. does it worth updaing now that im banned?
If I could just access Live, eh, too bad you cant unban yourself.
Thanks

This post has been edited by michael196: Aug 9 2008, 02:48 PM

Wilhelm_I · « **Reply #44 on:** August 10, 2008, 02:11:00 AM »

QUOTE(michael196 @ Aug 9 2008, 04:21 PM)

I see, I just heared AS5 is the best, that why I used it.
yea, and it does worth the money.
also, if I was just smart enough to update my firmware in time... I have really old one. does it worth updaing now that im banned?
If I could just access Live, eh, too bad you cant unban yourself.
Thanks

You can but you will need the key vault of another 360...

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