Quoting didnt work somehow so I just copied it...
1) Well try to use the thin tape I used the next time, I havent tested the thermal compound method, it was this jasonel dude who told me it worked for him...
Also make sure it got the same height as the die, just hold the card beside it it should be exactly as high as the die.
I dont know what a caliper is and I dont think I have got one I would know otherwise so I could only measure it by comparing it with a metal washer.
I bet on the thermal compound though...
2) Well this confirms pretty much what I thought.
What I found out about this one so far is that it can be caused by a lifted up CPU, so a cold or bridged solder joint.
And it can also be power related, probably when the CPU isnt getting clean power because a cap is missing or bridged like you showed here.
The fact that 0102 is a cold solder joint under the GPU give me more reason to believe that 0002 is a cold and not a bridged solder joint though
The very last thing that makes me sure that it is rather a cold than a bridged is though what I experienced with the tampered 360 I got from Ebay.
This 360 used to have 0102 I fixed it by heatgunning.
Afterwards I figured out the RAMs were flat and the error code changed to 0020(some retard obviously tried to fix it with a heatgun
)...
However I used this one for tests instead of selling it on Ebay for parts.
What I did was cutting the temperature traces of the CPU because some guy was having weird overheating problems.
After that the system didnt show the 2 red lights for CPU overheating anymore.
Like you might guess the thing became literally burning hot.
I noticed though that the thing did a click after approximately 30 seconds which I found weird.
After having some fun cooking my CPU a few more time and hearing this click noise I decided to check the error code after this clicking noise.
Right after this click the error code always changed from 0020 to 0002.
Because of the high temperature some of the solder joints probably lost contact and became cold.
After turning it off and back on the error code was 0020 again...
As I said before already I also got someone to reball his CPU to fix this error and I hope he will be able to solve this little quest definitely...
It is like 99% sure that this error is a CPU related cold solder joint or if what M2X said is true it can also be a problem with the way the CPU is powered.
Since the CPU usually throws the error code(if I remember right, correct me if I am wrong) it might just be an error code that is caused when the CPU doesnt know whats wrong like with 0001 it is not powered then, so might be the same with 0002...
3) Have you got MSN maybe?
If so add me communication is much easier then...
As recommended before already try the tape method...
The fact that it overheated might also be somehow related to the cold solder joint under the CPU probably it shortened the temp sensor or so...
1) I'm sure my problem with zero contact is coming from the card pieces.
I even tested that without any tape or thermal paste but still I had some problems.
Damn! I don't know why everything here is different from the rest of the world. I mean these phone cards have different thickness compared to each other too!!! WTF?
2)If reballing did fix the issue then please inform us.
But I'm sure my problem was coming from the solder points in the picture (as the horrible smell in there already confirmed that.
3)MSN?? Well I used to have but it has been deactivated for some time now (like 2 years).
Buy I use Yahoo and GTalk instead if you have one.
Since my problem is coming from the card pieces themselves what else to you recommend?
How about using rubber pieces like said in the other tutorial that Tortuga2112 said?
BTW a caliper is a tool for measuring length, radius, height, etc.
Now it's really handy for fixing an xbox (measuring the size of the washers and its thickness etc)
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