Fixing Red Rings of Death
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Well do I have to have my hard-drive or anything plugged in? I took everything out.xMP44x said:
how to fix the RROD
Step 1: destroy offending X-box
Step 2: Get a Ps3
Step 3: never get a RROD again
Step 1: destroy offending X-box
Step 2: Get a Ps3
Step 3: never get a RROD again
Hahaha yes it is connected. Maybe my Xbox is just completely dead then. Maybe I just have to connect the hard-drive.xMP44x said:
What model did you have?
Oh yeah I must have it then. Well thanks for the help! I'm going to try to find this error code.xMP44x said:
To answer the questions that were posed to me-
Permanent meaning that I fixed mine about a year ago, and friends boxes roughly six, five, and one month ago. All different boxes, none of them have had problems since.
Tools-Pretty much household tools, yeah. All you need is some small screwdrivers and some torque drivers(those little screwdrivers that are shaped like *). Those you might not have lying around, but theyre cheap and everywhere. Home Depot, Sears, Radioshack, etc.
And no, you don't need to be an engineer, just be careful, try not to force things too much, at you'll be good. Common sense is the prevailing rule.
I actually skipped the clamp replacement altogether, and just replaced the heat paste, and added washers to the X-clamps. No muss, no drilling, a lot easier.
Permanent meaning that I fixed mine about a year ago, and friends boxes roughly six, five, and one month ago. All different boxes, none of them have had problems since.
Tools-Pretty much household tools, yeah. All you need is some small screwdrivers and some torque drivers(those little screwdrivers that are shaped like *). Those you might not have lying around, but theyre cheap and everywhere. Home Depot, Sears, Radioshack, etc.
And no, you don't need to be an engineer, just be careful, try not to force things too much, at you'll be good. Common sense is the prevailing rule.
I actually skipped the clamp replacement altogether, and just replaced the heat paste, and added washers to the X-clamps. No muss, no drilling, a lot easier.
Oh ok. I should try that Llama site. It actually looks pretty neat. And good for me because I have a lot of tools. My dad gets excessive amounts.
It is not in anyway hard to get rid of the red ring. You're going to have to research the subject on the internet and you're also going to have to buy some things. I repaired my own Xbox 360 and now it's also Red Ring proof. I'm going to recommend the whisper max fan. It's a replacement for the old fan. You should also get rid of the original heat paste. It's most likely melted all over the CPU and GPU chips. Clean that out and apply new paste. I bought silver paste which is ten times more expensive than the original paste.
First off, warranty expiring didn't stop me from getting it fixed, I just sent it in and got a fixed console back, it was nice.
Second, my friend tried the towel trick and it worked for like a week. This is just the risk you take when you buy a 360.
Second, my friend tried the towel trick and it worked for like a week. This is just the risk you take when you buy a 360.
Yeah I was considering that.SendMeNoodz84 said:
I would send it in but I also opened it up before, too. I wanted to do an extended cleaning because the disk tray wasnt working. I did that a while ago.theshadavid said: