Seriously pissed..

I kind of brought this on myself.. My xbox got the red ring a while ago and ive been dreading sending it in cuz i heard it takes 6 weeks or something (its still under warranty).. andI wanted to get some games that come out b4 then, so my brother suggestedi takeit appart and do it myself.. anyways.. i heard that replacing the thermal compound can solve the problem, and i had some arctic silver(good thermal compound)left over from my computer.. Long story short, i took it apart, cleaned off the old compound, put new compound on and put the 360 back together, "reset" the 360 and its still giving me the red rings... only now i cant send it to MS :( and this is my 3rd 360.... I have wii, but i hate it, and i have ps3 but i use that primarily for movies... im a much bigger 360 fan.. What to do..? are there any other "fixes" ppl know about? i want to play with my 360..

DO NOT TAKE IT APART YOURSELF it voids the warranty, and if you messes up, youre screwed and have to buy a new xbox. just send it in, seriously 1 month is not a long time, just find something else to do besides play games all day dude... seriously theres more to life. but i hope you take my advice. otherwise youre out 200++ bucksPlayLykUStoleIt

I rarely play video games.. im just an impatient person..

oh nvm lol youre screwed out of an xbox. read up about warranties before you take anything apart next time. have fun with ur wii lolPlayLykUStoleIt

[QUOTE="PlayLykUStoleIt"]oh nvm lol youre screwed out of an xbox. read up about warranties before you take anything apart next time. have fun with ur wii lolskatatay

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[QUOTE="PlayLykUStoleIt"]oh nvm lol youre screwed out of an xbox. read up about warranties before you take anything apart next time. have fun with ur wii lolPlayLykUStoleIt

Its the fact that ive been through the process 2 times prior to this. And that i read up on fixing it and alot of pplhad success...It was a gamble that i took and lost...

You cracked the case so the RROD warranty is void. There are resources out there to fix it yourself and most game shops will do it for $50 by adding heatsyncs and such. What happens, the solder connections break due to the expansion and contraction from heat. You can temporarily fix it with the towel trick but this could end up breaking it. Get the new heatsync and use a heat gun to melt the solder back into place is your best bet for a do it yourself.

You cracked the case so the RROD warranty is void. There are resources out there to fix it yourself and most game shops will do it for $50 by adding heatsyncs and such. What happens, the solder connections break due to the expansion and contraction from heat. You can temporarily fix it with the towel trick but this could end up breaking it. Get the new heatsync and use a heat gun to melt the solder back into place is your best bet for a do it yourself.

KreepLX

Yea, i knew i was voiding the warranty prior to taking it appart.. Figured i could fix it.. What connections do i need to heat and where do i get a new heatsync?

I kind of brought this on myself.. My xbox got the red ring a while ago and ive been dreading sending it in cuz i heard it takes 6 weeks or something (its still under warranty).. andI wanted to get some games that come out b4 then, so my brother suggestedi takeit appart and do it myself.. anyways.. i heard that replacing the thermal compound can solve the problem, and i had some arctic silver(good thermal compound)left over from my computer.. Long story short, i took it apart, cleaned off the old compound, put new compound on and put the 360 back together, "reset" the 360 and its still giving me the red rings... only now i cant send it to MS :( and this is my 3rd 360.... I have wii, but i hate it, and i have ps3 but i use that primarily for movies... im a much bigger 360 fan.. What to do..? are there any other "fixes" ppl know about? i want to play with my 360..

dcno07

Add me and I can help you. I can't say more because i don't wanna get modded.

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You cracked the case so the RROD warranty is void. There are resources out there to fix it yourself and most game shops will do it for $50 by adding heatsyncs and such. What happens, the solder connections break due to the expansion and contraction from heat. You can temporarily fix it with the towel trick but this could end up breaking it. Get the new heatsync and use a heat gun to melt the solder back into place is your best bet for a do it yourself.

dcno07

Yea, i knew i was voiding the warranty prior to taking it appart.. Figured i could fix it.. What connections do i need to heat and where do i get a new heatsync?

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[QUOTE="KreepLX"]

You cracked the case so the RROD warranty is void. There are resources out there to fix it yourself and most game shops will do it for $50 by adding heatsyncs and such. What happens, the solder connections break due to the expansion and contraction from heat. You can temporarily fix it with the towel trick but this could end up breaking it. Get the new heatsync and use a heat gun to melt the solder back into place is your best bet for a do it yourself.

KreepLX

Yea, i knew i was voiding the warranty prior to taking it appart.. Figured i could fix it.. What connections do i need to heat and where do i get a new heatsync?

Thanks bud

It's heatsink*Hotwire246

Follow the instruction exactly as I told you and hopefully you'll see green lights again.

You should have researched that online more. That fix only works half the time and only for a short time.Your out of an Xbox and theres nothing you can do but buy another one. BTW it took my system two weeks to come back from repairs not six.

[QUOTE="Hotwire246"]It's heatsink*KreepLX

"I rarely play video games.. im just an impatient person." ... This is an oxymoron. I don't play much but I couldn't wait to play... That doesn't make any sense especially since it would have been fixed for free. I guess you like wasting money, or you didn't dish out the doe for it in the first place???YoungSinatra25

How is that an oxymoron? I play video games maybe 5hours max a week.. and I dont like waiting for something to be fixed... clear enough for you?

"I rarely play video games.. im just an impatient person." ... This is an oxymoron. I don't play much but I couldn't wait to play... That doesn't make any sense especially since it would have been fixed for free. I guess you like wasting money, or you didn't dish out the doe for it in the first place???YoungSinatra25

No need to start sounding rude. The guy just wants to play his game system and hates sending it off and waiting for the ups truck. It sucks bad as I went through it five times before I said enough and fix my own.

Yes anything that has to do with taking your 360 apart voids the warranty.

What ring of death? There's 4 of them, just watch a video on youtube or google it. If those don't work then go to the xbox site on customer support, because they have some solution that might have a slight that it may work. If it's a overheat then next get a fan (don't use it too much or it'll freeze), but another question is what xbox do you have? For me I have an elite so I really don't need worry about freezing or overheat, if nothing works at all. Then try going to gamestop or a person that fixes video game systems, I used to remember that my uncle fixed my game cube when it broke but he lives too far lol. If they can't fix it then just get $200 (if you have the money) and take it to microsoft if the situation is taht bad then they'll give you a better version of the xbox like an elite.

Tip: Never take your xbox apart, you'll make it worse or you'll break it even more. I tried that to my playstation 2 and it doesn't work anymore (until I took it to sony).

Sucks... :\ Wait till The New Xbox and buy it (end of the year) Pancakespank

What are you talking about?

not very smart indeed...