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[EternalXgameR]

I actually had the same problem.  All I did was basically repeat the procedure, minus the baking.  I cleaned both chips and reapplied the thermal compound and reattached both heat sinks.  Like I said, I didn't bake this time, I just hooked everything back up.  

After all that, the system seems to be working ok, for now.  I have been keeping a tally of my game time and have logged in 12 hours so far without any problems.  I would just try cleaning everything again and applying the thermal paste and see if that works for you.  I was afraid to bake it again, but you might try that again as well.  Hope this helps.  Good luck!

[MadMaxGR]

Try to adjust the screws tightness to remove some pressure on the heatsinks.

[Heart Skull Kid]

Let it re-heat again and wait at least 2 minutes with the 2 red lights blinking before turning it off.

[jbapinoy]

Went back to 3 ROD after playing for 30 minutes today. I let it cool down and went to green again. The case is open the fan is hitting directly to the GPU but I still get the 3 ROD.


Back to the drawing board .... Any suggestions guys???

[vb_encryption_vb]

Heat gun trick along with hybrid xclamp fix...I hate doing repairs and recommend everyone to just cut their losses and sell the system off and put it towards a new jasper arcade.  Anyways you need to reflow the CPU/GPU and the ram chips all 4 of them. Check through the forum for the heatgun tutorial.

[EternalXgameR]

QUOTE(shwayKATT @ Jun 26 2009, 01:23 PM)

IMO, the clamp fix just doesnt work. It may work for a bit, but it will die soon enough (usually within 3 months). I did the whole x clamp replacement thing... twice. In both cases, the errors changed from one code to the next before and after replacement, and based on the particular set of errors I got, it was something to do with the GPU.

What it call came down to was that the board ultmately needed to be reflowed. But the process for this was undeniably risky. To do it properly, you really need to set up some way to keep the underside hot as well while using the heat gun. Also, too much heat, too little heat, and you're toast. Has to be just right.

I've seen a few setups where people converted electric flat griddles to do this. But all in all, there was no guarantee that it would work, and I refused to invest any more money into the affair. I had already invested about $30 for the opening tool, the new bolts, the heat sink paste, and the torx screwdriver set. I wasn't about to invest more money in a heat gun and griddle. Again even with the fix, I'd eventually have to buy another 360 anyway.

The bottom line is that 360's are basically paired down super cheap computers. They were built shoddily, and weren't meant to last very long in the first place. My first 360 lasted nearly 4 years. Honestly, from opeining up the thing and seeing the components they put in there, I'm surpised it lasted past 2. If you invested twice the cost of a 360 into a small desktop box PC, cutting corners on cooling and motherboard, it'd last 2-3 years. So 360's I expect less from.

So to summarize, invest the money in a new one, and get the warranty card in.

Agree 100%  I've done the x-clamp fix with 14 hours of game time so far (fingers crossed).  However, I don't expect this to be a permanent fix.  I'm hoping it will last long enough to save the money to buy a new one (elite version), but Micro$oft better get off their lazy ass on the next console.