360 Overheating Help

[Mike...]

So my xbox kept over heating (2 red lights), even stood up, next to an open window!

I read that changing the thermal paste for some newer cleaner stuff will help, so off I went to do it, all went fine, but everything back together again and then got 3 red lights.. RROD, anything I can do? What did i do wrong?


Any ideas?

​Cheers!

 

[Oggy997]

Aside from reballing the GPU on a BGA rework station, it's as good as toast. Any fix you do will be temporary.

 

[The Fatty]

you can get kits to fix them without reballing with a resonable sucess rate. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-ULTIM...G_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3a6d1690db

Failing that, I put my PCB in the oven and it did the trick!

 

[Mike...]

Am I having a brain fart here fatty... You being serious?

Might order the kit, can't see how it will work though! Consoles themselves are quite cheap on ebay so might just get a second hand one.

 

[realnumber 1]

you can get kits to fix them without reballing with a resonable sucess rate. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-ULTIM...G_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3a6d1690db

Failing that, I put my PCB in the oven and it did the trick!

I just wrapped my 360 in a towel and left it switched on for a while to do the same thing. Worked for a year or so!

 

[Mike...]

Just googled it and now it makes alot more sense than when I first read the original comment haha, I'll do the towel trick see how that goes!

 

[Oggy997]

IT overheats the console and 'reflows' the lead free solder, it also damages the GPU.

 

[Mike...]

Didn't work, looks like a new console is the way to go.

 

[realnumber 1]

Do it for longer then

 

[Marc.]

That xclamp thing worked on my first 360, it still works too. I have replaced it since then though!

 

[The Fatty]

you can also use a hair dryer over the GPU chip if the oven dosnt take you fancy. Works like a charm. Sometime syou can actually hear them falling back into place. its safer than the towel trick as the GPU is not powered on.

 

[conneh]

I wrapped mine in a towel for 20 minutes, then done used an x clamp fix kit and it hasn't stopped working since. It's an original release Xbox, so i have had my moneys worth.