Xbox 360 hardware woes

[satoshi_matrix]

Anyone have any experience repairing Xbox 360s? I hope so, because I need some help.

My 360 is red ringing again. When this first happened, I tried the towel trick, which made the thing work for a time then crap out again. I later read that the towel trick is potentially a really bad thing to do but its too late now I guess. I then bought the x-clamp fix for both the GPU and CPU and installed it according to http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/repair/ring_of_light_x-clamp_fix.htm.

I followed the procedure and I let it cool and now it still gives me the 3 lights. Is there anything you guys can suggest I try next? Sending it to M$ is out of the question, I've opened it countless times as well as flashed the drive.

is there anything more I can do or is my 360 essentially bricked?

[133MHz]

Heat gun.

[manuel]

Heat gun?
... wouldn't that be ... weird... and quite bad for the console again? 

Perhaps the best thing you can do is getting a new console.

[wolf9545]

I know a lot of people were stating that the heatsinks did not have enought thermal grease (helps transfer the heat from the processor to the heatsink).  One website I found, http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/6/16/4353, seems to have some directions.  Someone else might want to double check the directions the guy has posted because I have not done this.

[Lorfarius]

The towel trick should really only be used to get all your stuff off the system Its dodgy because it melts all the solder inside.

[satoshi_matrix]

Yeah. but I did do it, and it worked.......for a while. Various places say it kills your system. The 360 repair scene has more myths than the ancient Greeks did, so I'm not sure what advice I should follow and which I should steer clear from.

[133MHz]

[Lorfarius]

Yeah. but I did do it, and it worked.......for a while. Various places say it kills your system. The 360 repair scene has more myths than the ancient Greeks did, so I'm not sure what advice I should follow and which I should steer clear from.

All the trick does is melt the solder so the contacts etc inside are more exposed. The reason it doesnt do the job for good is because theres no controlling what it melts. Everything goes with it.

[manuel]

Good old German brand...

[satoshi_matrix]

Well I tried it, and guess what? IT WORKS! My 360 has now offically risen from the dead. I shall call it, Undead Xbox!

[manuel]

Undead XBOX 360

I hope for you it stays alive for some time.

So 133MHz, how much do you charge for the repair tip? 

[satoshi_matrix]

Eh? I wasn't aware there was a fee 

[manuel]

That's the secret of successful money making.  jk

[Romeo]

Satoshi, when did you get your 360?
Microsoft added 3 year warranty for RROD specifically no?

Anyway, good to hear it has been resurrected.

[133MHz]

He modded his 360 so he couldn't reclaim warranty anymore.