Buggered Xbox360

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Hi guys,

Nabbed my brothers xbox360 off him at Christmas (as it had 3 red lights, and told its yours with games (get in there!!!)), secondary code of 0022, I've tried tried the xclamp mod, but to no avail.

Anyone know of any reputable repairers in the Southampton area that have facilities to reball the gpu or southbridge if needed?
 
You need to strip it down and oven bake it, then xclamp fix it then increase the cooling.

I've done that by wiring the fans the a 12v source, it makes it a lot noisier but keeps it around 20'c cooler.
 
you can rap in a towel to block the vents , let it over heat(you will hear the fans get faster n faster) i left it like it for about 10mins, then let it cool for 20mins
worked on my old 360
 
No its less than 3 yrs old, but my brother had it apart before I did, so warrenty void. he thought 1 yr warrenty. Was like oh $£%£ when I told him 3 years.

Wrapping towels allows the cpu to overheat, thus the box shutting power to the cpu and gpu down, I've had the GPU very toasty already.

I havn't tried Oven baking, can you elaborate please AHarvey?
 
you can rap in a towel to block the vents , let it over heat(you will hear the fans get faster n faster) i left it like it for about 10mins, then let it cool for 20mins
worked on my old 360

It's considered a temp fix that can do more harm than good. Also, because you aren't upgrading the cooling it'll rrod again. I've not known one last more than about 6 weeks.
 
I havn't tried Oven baking, can you elaborate please AHarvey?

Oven baking consists of stripping it down to the motherboard only, wrapping it in cloth, silver foil and then putting it in the oven.

I've tried it a few times now and it works every time.

Try local charity shops, buy old oven gloves and towels that can be cut up. You then need to cover the motherboard in them. You need to cover everything but the top and the bottom of the mobo where the cpu and gfx chips are. once you have a nice thick covering, around an inch I find, you then need to cover the entire thing with silver foil, again, leaving the cpu and gfx chip open to the air top and bottom. You need to make sure the silver foil goes down in the gap and is tucked under the towels.

You can use electrical tape or masking tape to hold it all in place, however it's supposed to melt slightly or singe and make a horrid smell. Some Americans use aluminium tape as it is resistant to the heat but I can't find it here. I use normal selotape to hold the towels in place as its protected by the foil.

Then, put it in a pre heated oven on top of a baking tray as it allows the air to get underneath. I use gas mark 9 for 9-10 minutes. Once it's been in for its time, remove and leave on the side to cool down to room temp, I usually leave it for a minimum of 4 hours to be safe :)

There are youtube vids on it that may help but I find they lack great detail, but it will allow you to see what it should look like. I'd link to some tutorials, but last time I did they were removed!

Once cooled, xclamp fix, increase cooling and rebuild it :)

I've said I would write a guide for a website when I next do one, hopefully this weekend :)
 
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