Xbox 360 X-clamp replacement worked initially but now ....

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Ok so here is my situation.

I took a broken xbox 360 elite off a friend (with no HDD) because it had the no picture but sound problem. I wanted to look into how easy an xbox was to repair (after reading many threads and things online) and see if i could get it up and running again so i could give it to my girlfriend (as she ((and her mum)) loves playing lips)

I bought an x-clamp replacement kit off of bay and got to work. Within 30 mins or so the xbox was rebuilt and working with no issues at all.

I was over the moon. tested the machine for hours on end (playing DVD's and a little SF4) as i didnt want it to fail again before giving it to the GF.

All seemed well and i didnt have 1 issue with the machine what so ever. So i popped the machine over the GF's house fitted a spare 20GB hard drive and off they went playing lips for about 3 weeks with no problems.

However, last weekend the machine decided to reproduce the problem of no picture but sound.

Now I;m going to have another look at the machine to see if i can get it up and running again but my questions i would like some advise on are as follows:

1. Would them sitting the machine upright cause much of a problem if the x-clamp fix screws where not tight enough? As I have a feeling the heat sinks might have either come loose and caused GPU overheating again?

2. Do you think a simple re bake/screw tighten will sort the problem out?

3. Do you recon the chip is just to far gone and is going to keep causing problems? Because if thats the case I will bin it and just buy one from new.

(Oh and btw the GF knew it was one i fixed, I didnt try and pull a fast one and pretend i bought her an xbox from new to score brownie points :p)
 
well as far as im aware (information from a friend) it was not RROD i was a sound but no picture which Xbox claimed was not warranty and that he would have to pay for a fix.
 
Yeah that is a possibility, but would still like to see (more for personal triumph then anything else) if i can squeeze some more life out of the dog yet.
 
I x-clamped my launch day 360 about 1 year ago and it's not skipped a beat since. It's vital that you tighten the bolts the right amount from my experience however.
 
Oven bake and x-clamp again. You might get 12-months or more out of it, you might get a week.

I've done literally 100's of them, all using the same screws and washers etc. and all screws done up to the same tightness. Lots have lasted well over a year, some have lasted a week.

How long it lasts is purely down to luck (assuming it's done right).
 
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Yeah ive got some time set aside for tomorrow now so im going to retry the fix again. I just hope it holds out .....

Why would i want to play with her lips .... Now her mum on the other hand .... ROFL
 
Ive fixed mine about 5times now and tonight it started locking up with a red chequerpattern on the screen. im gonna try to bake and xclamp it again:(
 
Helped A Friend do his a year back now, been working fine since.

Think mine might be on the way out, got the evil chequer board pattern last night playing cod4 :mad:
 
Didnt bake mine again as ive done it twice. so i 12v'd the rear fans and added a fan to the top. It sounds like a hoover now but its cool:)



 
Lol nice. Im currently waiting for mine to bake and cool down before i try it again, The nuts i used where a little loose so im guessing this was the problem. Hope i can get it working again. I dont want to have to buy a new one for her. Shes a nice GF n' all but shes not worth that much :D
 
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