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Title: 360 Overheating After Xclamp Performed
Post by: Hodgey on August 26, 2007, 12:43:00 PM

I recently tried an xclamp mod on my 2 red ringed 360's. I did the exact same procedure on both(MKIII) and 1 is working perfectly while the other now boots, but overheats very quickly. Ive tried just about all tweaks, removing/adding washers, loosening/tightening bolts and reapplied artic silver with no luck. Even with a fan directly on it it still overheats and shuts off. The fans come on and gradually get louder and louder until it sounds like an airplane taking off and the reboots. Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks!

Title: 360 Overheating After Xclamp Performed
Post by: Tortuga2112 on August 26, 2007, 02:00:00 PM

I've had his happen to me a few times , every time it was because the cpu heatsink wasn't tightened enough.
I made sure to tighten up the heatsink and it always went away.

This only happened to 3RLOD box's though. since yours was 2rl which is overheating already I don't know if it could be something else.

I would say to tighten the heatsink down more , but you said you already did that.

Title: 360 Overheating After Xclamp Performed
Post by: three_60 on August 26, 2007, 05:38:00 PM

yep same here, but mine atleast worked for 2 months  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
but now 3 red lights..same as you  Hodgey tried tightening bolts/loosing them etc.. but now no luck!!!
but you know when i try tightening them too much..well i get 3 red lights with normal fan speed!!
it seems like it works for only one time, second time no way to fix  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

Title: 360 Overheating After Xclamp Performed
Post by: superbee on August 26, 2007, 05:49:00 PM

I've experimented with just adding the thermal paste to the chip without spreading it and it would overheat 50% of the time. So it's a step that you do not want to skip. Not to say that what you did, just let everyone know not to overlook this simple step.