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| Grumbleduke:
The heatgun method is a new one on me, might give that a try. Many thanks. :) |
| Beastman1975:
if your 360 is less than 3 years old microsoft should fix it for free about a year or so ago they extended the warranty to cover RROD cant hurt to call them 1st |
| satoshi_matrix:
except that you have to wait around 3-4 weeks total from start to finish, and you might not even get back the 360 you sent in. Heatgunning your system if done properly totally negates the need to send your 360 anywhere, and I have a suspicion that Microsoft themselves fixes 360s this way. The problem is that overtime, the CPU and GPU's solder balls loose connection to the motherboard, and the 360's automatic diagnostic problem direction program indicates there is a severe hardware failure and stops the system from booting up. The heatgun applies tremendous heat to the board and allows the solder to remelt. If you apply the heat evenly and make sure you don't MOVE the 360 at any cost, then all the solder will melt evenly and then left to cool for about an hour, the system will boot up good as new because you have just solved the problem at the root of the problem. Way back when, I tried the towel trick. The reason why this has any success at all is because its like applying a heatgun, only to absolutely everything and is thus very inefficient. I've fixed both mine and a friend's 360 this way. I highly recommend a heatgun. (use the lower settings btw, you don't want to exceed 500 degrees F) |
| TheValeman:
Geez ....that sounds awful. I'm glad that I never got a XBox 3-fixy ..... I'll stick with my Atari 800XL ..... way less problems and twice as powerful!!! |
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