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[DrHi2u]

Can someone please help me?!?! Anyone?!?!

[DrHi2u]

I am sorry to ask again, but has anybody experienced this problem before or am i the only one? Is there a solution? or is my xbox dead? Someone please help me!!!

[Cold|Fusion]

Have you ever messed with the advanced video settings in Avalaunch? Check for dry joints on your video encoder chip, and the AV input/output connections pins on the mobo. If you see any, touch them up and give it another try.
Another thing it may be is defective crystals, I think there is only one in the Xbox, and i'm not sure if it is related to video in this case. (I remember back in the day of analouge decoder repairs they were). You could get some electronic freeze spray, and try it on the video encoder chip, the surrounding area, and this crystal, you'd have to have your dvd drive out to test this though, and spray it on these areas once the video goes crappy, if the spray brings back video, then it's a defective component, you can pin-point it, and replace. These tests can be tricky, so try to keep the blasts concentrated and remember the area(s) you've tried. Other than that, I wouldn't know what/how else to test. Good luck.

[Jameson42]

Sounds like the easiest option for you would be to replace the motherboard.  It's not incredibly cheap, but it is the easiest.

In any case, give us more information!  We can't help you much if all you tell us is that it doesn't work.  What kind of A/V cable are you using? Is the box modded at all?  Did anything happen to your box before this problem occured?

[DrHi2u]

has anyone ever experienced a problem like this? is ther something wrong with the video chip? is there any way to fix this problem? any help would be greatly appreciated.

[NeuroChemist]

as for cooling....i bought a cheap hard drive fan from comp usa.....and just took both the fans of the metal thing that fits the hard drive....and instead mounted one on each side of the xbox.......***also you will need a power splitter.....worked for me

[Cold|Fusion]

Are you 100% sure it is dying? To be honest if that's the case, you are better off buying a new mobo for your machine, short of trying >> http://www.llamma.co...ox_locks_up.htm

It would be a tremendous waste of effort to purchase an MCPX ic and install it unless you have the proper tools to do it with, which I would doubt you, or a lot of us here would have, as they are not cheap. Whatever you decide to do, I wish you the best of luck with it.