Best xbox 360 fixes?

[SgtM]

So, I traded in those two xbox cases that I painted today. The guy runs a video game store, and he gave me five cases complete with the innards. I'm sure that with the 5 cases and guts that I have, I might be able to put together a working system. What are some of the better xbox repair sites out there?

[diluzio91]

DIY? I'd say figure out what each one is suffering from... RROD is fixable by reflow alone usually. google 360 repair or 360 reflow and a list of symptoms and fixes will pop right up.

[SgtM]

Definitely DIY. The one case is marked E74 error.. It looks like a reflow on the GPU might be an easy fix. I need to find a cheap (read: free) power source.

[farlo]

the psu's are Forward compatable, make sure to get one of the first generation ones. original one is 203watts, but you can identify them easily with this link: http://www.360-hq.com/xbox-tutorials-91.html

actually have alot of good info on their main tutorial page :http://www.360-hq.com/xbox-tutorials.html

[CorsePerVita]

What about open tray errors? I never could fix mine, I ended up killing my box with a shotgun (literally) out of frustration. Learning to fix open tray would be cool.

[TheMainMan]

Another good site for tutorials and sometimes parts (read: can be pricey) is llamma.com. I've used it a lot when chipping my original Xbox for a NAS project and I've read through a lot of their 360 guides and they seem comprehensive. I'm not doing anything to my 360 as I can't afford to replace it if I kill it. Good luck on fixing some of those!

[Ichbin]

I used to fix a lot of Xbox 360s when I ran a store.

Reflow fix works, so does the "Xclamp" fix.

I prefer the Xclamp fix because it solves the problem at the source.

http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/repair/ring_of_light_x-clamp_fix.htm

It surprsingly fixes some e74 errors too.

[SgtM]

Thanks for the info guys. Once I get a psu I'll try some of these.

[HackSore]

A reflow will fix e74, but in my experience it doesnt last very long.