Ok I have gotten an xbox 360 from a friend. it originally had RROD and when I fixed that apparently also had a ba dupdate on it, So I cleared system cache once I got it to load to system blade and then updated with newest dashboard as it was already NXE.
Now everytime I play a game, it plays fine for like 5 minutes and then just simply freezes up, or stops loading.
What I have tried:
Installing game on Hard drive (install 100%) still freezes
Putting a 12v fan directly on CPU
Putting 12v fan directly on GPU
Last night after installing game and having fan on what I believe is the CPU (the tall heat sink) I did manage to ge tit to work for like 10 minutes or so... I have not been able to try any other game as Civilization (original disk) is the only game I currently have here (will go to brother;s tonight to get a different one to test). But CIvilization works on at least 3 other Xboxs I have tried it on very recently, without freezing.
It could possibly be a DVD drive issue as it does sound a little dead but I figured by installing the game it would either fail to install or work without the DVD drive for 99% of all activity.
This is a Samsung Drive with the updated Heatsinks.
Thanks,
Adam