Worst Timing Ever

What position is your box at? Mine red rings in 5 minutes when vertical every singe time but horizontal it'll run for days without issue?

Try powering it up in different positions.
 
I've only tried it horizontally and it red rings in a few minutes, but will try vertical. If its no good, ill give it the blanket treatment one more time, then its the oven. Kill or cure!
 
Always used the oven trick and re paste. Never failed me. Used to buy broken consoles, fix them this way then sell them on and never had anyone return one saying it had died
 
Well I put the towel over the box once more, and turned it on.. then forgot about it for nearly an hour. Came back, turned it off and left it until the next day. I played with the console standing vertically and it crashed after 5-10 minutes, I then laid it down horizontally and have been able to play for 2 hours at a time, about 3 times!

I'm trying to play as much in one session as I can, as I feel that the more I turn it on and off, putting it through heat cycles, the more likely it is to RROD again. I'm sure the towel and oven trick only work so many times?
 
I'm guessing you can retry the towel trick, leave it for longer still, then only play while horizontal. You could even try running the thing with the top of the casing missing/cut open for extra ventilation.
 
I would think at some point that wont work anymore? The plus side of this is that I can tell my GF that its imperative for me to play GTA V as much as possible while it still works! :D
 
Benihana said:
Well I put the towel over the box once more, and turned it on.. then forgot about it for nearly an hour. Came back, turned it off and left it until the next day. I played with the console standing vertically and it crashed after 5-10 minutes, I then laid it down horizontally and have been able to play for 2 hours at a time, about 3 times!

I'm trying to play as much in one session as I can, as I feel that the more I turn it on and off, putting it through heat cycles, the more likely it is to RROD again. I'm sure the towel and oven trick only work so many times?
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This is how I did fallout 3 as mentioned above although I would get 3-4 hours at a time. Every time just throw it in the towel. Didn't care if the xbox broke as it was going to be sent for RROD anyway.
 
I spoke too soon. It was playing fine, and now I get the E74 error (something to do with the ANA/HANA chip?) might be time for the oven treatment, I just cant get hold of the right hardware to replace the xclamp...
 
Everything! I have tried the towel trick several more times, and blocking the fans too. I think its time to try the oven before giving up for good. I'm just not sure it will help if I keep using the old xclamp...
 
Yeah its dead :P I've decided to get a used slim for a few months to finish off my old games, then chuck it on ebay. Shouldn't lose too much value.
 
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