xbox 360 towel trick

sajtion · 6 Jun 2008 at 22:17

if i do a towel trick on my broken xbox 360 will that void my warranty? i'm sending it to microsoft next week anyway but i want to be able to play this weekend

Neoni · 6 Jun 2008 at 22:18

they will know you have done it.

sajtion · 6 Jun 2008 at 22:31

Neoni said:
they will know you have done it.

i don't know how but will they refuse to fix the console?

Neoni · 6 Jun 2008 at 22:36

sajtion said:
i don't know how but will they refuse to fix the console?

im not entirely sure but ive heard they can find out.

Klytus · 6 Jun 2008 at 23:17

Neoni said:
they will know you have done it.

Well I did it to mine twice before I sent it off to MS to get it fixed. They repaired it and sent it back in 4 weeks (all under warranty) with no problems at all.

the_dead_parrot · 6 Jun 2008 at 23:29

There is no way for them to tell you've tried the towel trick... Unless you send it to them in the towel obviously

RoachycaL · 6 Jun 2008 at 23:36

the_dead_parrot said:
There is no way for them to tell you've tried the towel trick... Unless you send it to them in the towel obviously

Isn't the idea of it to melt the solder? So they will be able to see if it has been melted all over the place

Neoni · 6 Jun 2008 at 23:46

the_dead_parrot said:
There is no way for them to tell you've tried the towel trick... Unless you send it to them in the towel obviously

You're so wrong, the trick is to melt the solder, so once opened they can blatantly tell, there not idiots.

Worthy · 6 Jun 2008 at 23:49

It doesn't melt the solder, that would break it! It just softens it slightly so that the chip in question seats itself nicely. They can't tell. There's no difference between that and it overheating itself due to the crappy cooling.

Memphis · 6 Jun 2008 at 23:52

Neoni said:
You're so wrong

Hmm, how ironic.

wiltonson · 6 Jun 2008 at 23:52

they will know if you forgot to take away the towel

Neoni · 6 Jun 2008 at 23:56

Memphis said:
Hmm, how ironic.

Explain.

Kyle009 · 7 Jun 2008 at 00:02

Like Mr. Nike said....Just Do It!

NightSt@lk3r · 7 Jun 2008 at 00:05

Do it, it's buggered anyway so what you got to loose?

dbmzk1 · 7 Jun 2008 at 00:22

There is no way they can tell you have done it.

Neoni · 7 Jun 2008 at 00:30

dbmzk1 said:
There is no way they can tell you have done it.

i beg to differ, there must be someway they know, im sure they see it all the time.

Logsi · 7 Jun 2008 at 00:46

Neoni said:
they will know you have done it.

How?

I have towel tricked my old launch many a time and opened it up and it doesnt look any different?!

Josh

Phemo · 7 Jun 2008 at 01:11

Towel trick cannot melt the solder - the melting point of the solder in the 360 is around 220 degrees C. There's absolutely no way wrapping the thing up in a damn towel could cause it to get that hot. It just marginally softens the solder which is why the fix is very temporary at best. I doubt MS can tell it's been done, but I just wouldn't bother. The 'fix' won't hold up for long so it's a waste of time.

james.miller · 7 Jun 2008 at 01:22

lol imagine the temperature the rest of the console would have to reach for the solder to reach melting point

Phemo · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:10

james.miller said:
lol imagine the temperature the rest of the console would have to reach for the solder to reach melting point

Well I have chucked my NTSC 360's motherboard in the oven at 230 degrees C for 3 or 4 minutes before now

Fixed the damn problem though and it still works like a champ

Just had to insulate all the plastic ports and capacitors to make sure they didn't get torched.

xbox 360 towel trick

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