Today.... i fixed my xbox :)

dextersaurus · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Karma :

started it up the other day and it had the RROD.

Did the towel trick, and it worked till this morning...

So i took it to bits Smile

MonkeyKnuckle · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jan 2009 Karma :

So what actually causes it to RROD?
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dextersaurus · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Karma :

The x clamps aint tight enough to hold the heatsink onto the processors, and the processors onto the motherboard.

So when it heats up, the motherboard bends by a tiny fraction, and the cold welds on the GPU break...

If this don't fix it, it's a microsoft job.

you can buy new screws for the board, mines should be here tomorrow.

Dunc

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How about you stop fucking about and get online on cod 4 ...
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Alexio · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Karma :

Nice one, that's far more effort than I could be bothered to put in to fixing an xbox. The day I don't have to fix PC's even will be a very happy day for me.

I wonder if using the xbox without the plastic case on, and possibly an extra fan on the heat sinks would solve the overheating issue. I've run several computers for several years without a case... just a PSU and a mess of cables. Without a case I've never ever had an overheating issue.
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lllN30lll · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Karma :

What the hell are the bits of card for?

did you try the llama bake method first?
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lllN30lll · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Karma :

Cardboard??

You're meant to use headpads.
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TUG · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2007 Karma :

Shhhh dont tell him, i want to hear his disappointment when the mobo bends! Laughing

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lol the dreaded rrod Mad

dextersaurus · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Karma :

The cardboard was actually for under the x-clamps, just to see if it worked.

nothing happened, so i'm waiting on the new screws coming now Thumbs Up

When i got the xbox, it had coins glued to the ram chips...

Peeled that off and it worked fine for a whole night Laughing

Dunc

TUG · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2007 Karma :

Have you got some AS5 compund for your chips? and if those coins where in their its been repaired like shit and wouldnt surprise me that after you've rebaked your box it wont work propperly but you never know, could well work... if you repair it the propper way and mod the cooling.
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lllN30lll · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Karma :

When your board is screwed into the case, the case actually push's the Xclamp points which in turn takes pressure off the GPU/CPU.

They need to be removed and replaced with bolts with a very slim head on them so the same thing doesn't happen again, I always go bolt, spring washer, board, nylon washer, metal washer, heatsink.
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TUG · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2007 Karma :

I just went bolt, nylon washer, washer heatsink till it was uber tight, my brother still hasnt killed it with constant xbl and offline play.
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dextersaurus · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Karma :

That's what i'm waiting on.

heat gun, screws&washers, and some paste...

Dunc

TUG · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2007 Karma :

Heat gun? What? your makin this very complexed you know lol.
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dextersaurus · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Karma :

TUG · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2007 Karma :

Card over the heat sinks, 12v fans, screw fix with the heat pads like N30 posted i got in a big kit, set me back £15 for the RROD kit but fuck it i got it the next day and had to wait for my fans lol.
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JakeyR · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Karma :

I'm gonna be asking u guys how to do this soon because mine started overheating tonight and freezing, so im pretty sure the RROD is on the way lol.

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JakeyR · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Karma :

Pre owned jobby job...

dextersaurus · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Karma :

Yeah, the only reason i'm doing this is because when i took the faceplate off, the warranty sticker had already been peeled off...

otherwise it'd be shipped off to germany.

Dunc

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