Topic: Startup Then 2 Lights? (Read 85 times)

ABC-King · « **on:** March 02, 2009, 03:21:00 PM »

did you use heat sink paste? if so than try to tighten the x-clamp replacement a little

Chickan · « **Reply #1 on:** March 02, 2009, 04:44:00 PM »

I've had a few consoles that would do that, one was fixed by heat gunning the CPU/GPU, but then gave a ram error. How did you intentionally overheat the console?

ilovemyfbm · « **Reply #2 on:** March 02, 2009, 09:14:00 PM »

That menas that the dvd drive isn't connected to the 360, or a problem dealing with the dvd drive.

Robotboy1 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 03, 2009, 12:01:00 AM »

You might want to try heatgunning it or even cutting the CPU temp trace

tfatcobra · « **Reply #4 on:** March 03, 2009, 12:43:00 PM »

I am using the bolts and rubber washer mod.

tfatcobra · « **Reply #5 on:** March 03, 2009, 03:06:00 PM »

Yes Fresh thermal paste was applied, now I saw that you can mount the motherboard and heatsinks on the case itself! I was mounting the heatsinks to the motherboard like lawdawg0931 theory. I also didn't apply the credit cards peices on the ends either. I will try that. Also, do you wait 2 minutes after the 2 lights start blinking because I have been disconnecting the power after 2 minutes when the lights turn from 3 to 2 lights should i wait for another 2 minutes after the system is overheating.

MarkieT · « **Reply #6 on:** March 03, 2009, 06:07:00 PM »

QUOTE(tfatcobra @ Mar 3 2009, 10:42 PM)

Yes Fresh thermal paste was applied, now I saw that you can mount the motherboard and heatsinks on the case itself! I was mounting the heatsinks to the motherboard like lawdawg0931 theory. I also didn't apply the credit cards peices on the ends either. I will try that. Also, do you wait 2 minutes after the 2 lights start blinking because I have been disconnecting the power after 2 minutes when the lights turn from 3 to 2 lights should i wait for another 2 minutes after the system is overheating.

How much Thermal Paste are you putting on? (I'm sure you already know) but the best way to apply it is to put around a grain of rice amount on the die, and then using your finger (inside a plastic bag) rub it all over the surface. Also, I never disconnected the Fan but just positioned it over the DVD Drive and Processor and then leave with the RROD for around 10 mins, possibly a few mins longer if needed. Then put the Fan back where it should be, try booting it to see if it boots ok and then alow it to cool down for 20 mins or so!!!

If you've already done then another question is, with the X-Clamp fitted, is there any play/movement with the Heatsinks? If there is a little movement, then the problem maybe be that when the Motherboards back in the case the bolts are slightly pushing the Heatsinks up and causing the Overheating issue.

Hope that helps.

Mark.

tfatcobra · « **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2009, 01:02:00 AM »

I placed the credit card peices on the die and re-tightn the screws and got the same result nothing.It's turn on fine and in about 30secs you can hear the fans getting louder and spinning faster then it shuts off with the left 2 flashing red lights.I really want to fix this any suggestions would be great

icustom · « **Reply #8 on:** March 04, 2009, 09:20:00 AM »

I had the same problem on an Elite. It already had the X-Clamp mod applied, but after redoing it, it was booting with green lights, but within 30 sec it got 2 RROD.

After fooling around with it, it started getting 0102, and not 2 RROD. In the end I just tossed it.

Hopefully you figure something out !

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