What to do with a semi-bricked 360

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Well it looks like my xbox has finally given up after about a month of half working. the 360 actually works fine, I can play games on it, flick through the blades and get sound from it all etc, I just cant....see....what i'm doing. It looks like the video output has died. I've tried repairing it but with no luck

I have previously repaired it from the 3rrod error by ripping it appart and applying AS5 to it and it had been workin fine for over a year. I even sprayed the case

Obviously it is waaaaaaaaay out of warranty so my question is, what can I actually do with it now? recycle it anywhere? sell it as spares etc?
 
Unlucky Cokecan. Your 360 must have sensed the thread for the Wales meet and given up the ghost.

Reminds me of Nokkon's 360 dieing after Justin (slinky) had a go on COD4 on the first day.

If you don't think taking it apart to attempt another fix will be successful then you could always auction it for spares.
 
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yeah, though tbh im suprised its lasted as long as it did with it being one of the original xenon chipsets lol

I've allready had it appart to try and fix it, infact it's still in pieces at the min. I tried a new layer of AS5, i tried gettin the solder to re-flow using a heat gun, but no joy

when connected to my projector it just crashes my projector completly and makes it display random flickering colours. cant turn the pj off or anythin till the 360 is unplugged, but if its connected to my TFT it works for a few mins then i get the flickering random colours. Imagine the loading screen from a Commadore 64 tape drive :) ive tried it with 2 vga cables and a composite cable too :(

If i sold it, all i'd be able to sell is the main shell, mobo, cd drive etc. the case isnt really sell-able unless someone wants a slightly broken CRTL-ALT-DEL case lol
 
You could have a go at fixing it yourself. The problem is around the scaler chip (marked ANA on non-HDMI consoles or HANA on HDMI consoles)/GPU area, so personally I'd try to fix it - if it's knackered now then you're not going to screw it up any more.

I've fixed this issue before. In short what I did was to strip the whole system down, including removing the heatsinks, I covered the ports and capacitors up with tin foil so just the ANA, RAM, GPU and CPU were exposed then blasted the board with a heatgun for 3 or 4 minutes. If you do try the heatgun method it's important to NEVER leave the heatgun still, just keep moving it in a circular motion around the board. This will help to reflow the solder and has a pretty good success rate if done properly. Another last resort could be to again cover the board in tinfoil and stick it in the oven at 225-230 degrees C for 3 or 4 minutes - I have done this in the past and those consoles are still going strong :)

You state you've done the heatgun thing already, how long did you blast the board for? Did you concentrate on the ANA/GPU areas?

Or you could sell the board on (with the DVD drive, or at least a dump of the stock DVD drive firmware so the matching motherboard security key can be retrieved). I'd gladly buy it as I'd try fixing it myself and I have a spare knackered 360 with a board that's way beyond repair :)
 
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i tried the heatgun method after finding a vid on google vids on how to do it. it didnt work unfortunitly :(

I may give it another go though and see how it turns out. your right that it aint gonna break it anymore
 
lol Hmmm, "how would you like your 360 sir?" "medium well please :)"

I'll give them methods another try, thanks for the tip on the oven one. could be interesting :) would it be best to cover the whole board in tin foil or just the parts you listed (same parts I used for the heat gun method)
 
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Just the same as for the heatgun - so leave the RAM/GPU/CPU/ANA chips exposed and have everything else covered. It sounds crazy, but 3 or 4 minutes at 230 degrees C should do the trick :)
 
cokecan72 said:
Well it looks like my xbox has finally given up after about a month of half working. the 360 actually works fine, I can play games on it, flick through the blades and get sound from it all etc, I just cant....see....what i'm doing. It looks like the video output has died. I've tried repairing it but with no luck

I have previously repaired it from the 3rrod error by ripping it appart and applying AS5 to it and it had been workin fine for over a year. I even sprayed the case

Obviously it is waaaaaaaaay out of warranty so my question is, what can I actually do with it now? recycle it anywhere? sell it as spares etc?
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Sounds like you have one hell of a door stop there! :D
 
rtk said:
Sounds like you have one hell of a door stop there! :D
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Not anymore, Phemo is a genius! my xbox lives!!!!

For those who get the same problem, follow this tasty recipe :)

- Preheat oven to 230 degrees C (Gasmark 8)

- Strip the 360 down completly, remove the heat sinks so all you have is the motherboard with all the cores exposed

- Wrap all the capacitors and connectors up in tin foil, leaving the CPU, GPU, RAM and ANA scaler chip exposed

- Put the motherboard in the oven on the middle shelf and wait for 4 minutes

- Remove the motherboard and leave to cool

- Re-apply some Arctic Silver 5 to the CPU and GPU, and re-assemble the xbox
 
Bricking is generally a term used for irreversibly damaging the console due to failed firmware flashing (like on routers, motherboards etc.) so you had me confused for a bit there :p
 
Awesome, glad to see the oven has fixed yet another console :) All of the consoles I've ovened in the past are still going strong, some of them probably being a year or so ago now.
 
cokecan72 said:
Not anymore, Phemo is a genius! my xbox lives!!!!

For those who get the same problem, follow this tasty recipe :)

- Preheat oven to 230 degrees C (Gasmark 8)

- Strip the 360 down completly, remove the heat sinks so all you have is the motherboard with all the cores exposed

- Wrap all the capacitors and connectors up in tin foil, leaving the CPU, GPU, RAM and ANA scaler chip exposed

- Put the motherboard in the oven on the middle shelf and wait for 4 minutes

- Remove the motherboard and leave to cool

- Re-apply some Arctic Silver 5 to the CPU and GPU, and re-assemble the xbox
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Did you pop some oven chips in at the same time? ;)
 
i thought the problem was with the ANA scaler chip as Phemo said? if it is then there isnt an x-clamp or any kind of heatisnk on it and is just exposed?

As an update, since my post saying it worked, I've been usin my xbox all this time (9 hours or so?) playin assassins creed and its been perfect, not a single problem :)
 
Sorry, I didn't read the thread well enough, although if you've voided your warranty you should do it anyway to avoid the 3RQoD error.
 
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