Post by: aj23 on April 05, 2009, 01:19:00 AM
Right now, my xbox flashes the green middle light for about 30 seconds, and then goes to RROD, no boot/audio/video though.
Post by: boganath on April 05, 2009, 03:56:00 AM
Post by: Chickan on April 05, 2009, 03:27:00 PM
Post by: sean01 on April 05, 2009, 09:05:00 PM
the unit first displayed the 0013 error and after the reflow it moved to the 0022 error.
its starting to look like a need for reballing.
its ready to go in the scrap pile with the rest
cheers
Post by: Chickan on April 05, 2009, 11:40:00 PM
QUOTE(sean01 @ Apr 5 2009, 10:41 PM) 
its ready to go in the scrap pile with the rest
cheers
Sounds like my apartment, have 6 now ;(
Post by: sean01 on April 06, 2009, 12:58:00 AM
QUOTE(Chickan @ Apr 6 2009, 07:16 AM)
Sounds like my apartment, have 6 now ;(
yep it doesnt take much to kill them good and proper with poor tools...ie.cheap heatgun..
im looking at buying a rework station as we speak...hopefully that will slow the deaths done (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
This post has been edited by sean01: Apr 6 2009, 07:59 AM
Post by: praowolf on June 15, 2009, 07:55:00 PM
I've been messing with it for 3 days now. I've taken the whole thing apart, so I know what EVERYTHING does hahahaha At first it E74 visually on me and 0020. Did the fixes and stuff, wasn't working, decided to use the old x-clamp system and give it a go, well it loaded the welcome screen but anything that required GPU instantly sent it into overheat. So I thought maybe since I didn't arctic silver 5, it's not cooling enough, took it apart and put the arctic silver 5 on it, now it won't even give me a welcome screen.
Turns on for 30 seconds, green on power brick, and green PSU light, but after those initial 30 seconds, it gives 3 rrod, no visual, no sound, nothing anymore.
Is it a lost cause at this point? I didn't realize it, but apparently MS will fix them for free, even if it is out of warranty but still under the warranty period, I'd rather fix it myself, so I won't have to worry about it again, I must be close to the fix but can't get it up and running. It's off the floor, lying on it's side with a small fan next to it for extra cooling. Other than shoving ice in the machine, I can't think of another way to cool. Could it be too much thermal paste?? I put a penny sized layer covering the top of the 3 processors. I've never had such a problem with a piece of electronic equipment. I've dismantled my PS2 hundreds of times to fix problems, and ALWAYS got it working. XBox really dropped the ball on design on this one.......
Anyways, would the x-clamp replacement solve my problem? The heat sinks are a bit loose, and it was manufactured in July of 2006.
My next plan is to call MS up tell them how I traded ALLLL my PS2 games and system for games and controllers for the new xbox and I have all these problems. I jumped into the next gen with both feet and I'm getting shafted by Microsoft (which I shouldn't be surprised, considering the reputation they have for QUALITY software and hardware)
I got it, hard drive on the way, 2 controllers, and 8 new games. All that and I still can't get a working xbox 360 =(
Any help would be appreciated!!!!!
Post by: MadMaxGR on June 16, 2009, 02:45:00 AM
1. Apply a thin layer of Arctic Silver 5, you have put too much. If I am right you put allmost triple as supposed to be
2. Do the x-clamp replacement trick. I find llama's tutorial quite helpfull for beginners. try it (no need to drill if the bolts are not big and the board is in place in the case)
3. A can of beer while you wait to heat it up and reflow (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
cheers!
P.S. you will need more than one can of beer when it is up and running.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pop.gif)