360 RRoD fixed + window + LED

[blk03MitsuES]

i got one of the original launch xbox and it finally gave up on me a few weeks ago. finally had a chance to open it up to clean up and reapply the thermal grease. now it works :banana: while i had it all torn apart, i'd figured i'd do a little modding...

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[slaveofconvention]

Now THAT I like :D Did you do a full x-clamp replacement or just a re-application of thermal grease?

[billygoat333]

haha I like the window. :P

[Loki]

Nice mod! The window is hand cutted or CNC?

[blk03MitsuES]

@Loki- hand carved but the machine shop that does parts for work has a cnc so i might have them do it if i find a shell....

@slaveofconvention- i replaced the x clamps with flat head screws and used a thine coat of arctic silver 5. i used this tutorial http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/263/1/

i figured, nobody is paying me to put their logo/brand on my xbox so i'll just put something i actually like haha.

[odysseus31173]

That's not a bad idea for a 360. Nicely done

[Luke122]

I did the same fix, but I'm now getting a persistent rrod error. Has anyone here tried to reflow the whole board?

[Kayin]

If you try it, I can give you a full walkthrough on a reflow.

[Luke122]

I'm ready to try it.. I want my Xbox to work again!!! !*(&^#@*(!^#!$%@

Xclamp did work for a few months for me, but it's a no go now. Research suggests it might be a bad contact on one of the ram chips, so I might just try the heatgun trick around the ram first to see if that's it.

I'm also going to clean and repaste the cpu and gpu.. there's a bit of overflow on there so that might be an issue.

[Collinstheclown]

You can also reflow it in an oven, which will do the RAM, CPU, and GPU. You have to heavily insulate the rest of the board though, so nothing melts.




-CollinstheClown

[Luke122]

Well, I guess that's my weekend project then.