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**beun** · Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 650

I just managed to fix our XBOX 360 from the red ring of death. I took the motherboard out, removed all the heat sinks, protected the other components around the video chip with aluminum foil and then put the heat gun on it. It works now although I wonder how long it will last. It actually didn't take that long. only a few hours yesterday.

akajester · Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 927 Location: Wisconsin

I've done this to my first gen 360 as well. It lasted for about 20 hours of play, then bit the dust again. After repairing it 6 times I gave up on it. You just can't permanently repair these things... they have faulty solder joints under the gpu and cpu.

dale

bbfarmht · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:38 pm Post subject:

Yeah I did the same until the video chip bit the dust. So I waited till the new xbox came out and bought that one. No problems since.

**beun** · Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 650

I know, the GPU gets too damn hot and the lead free solder isn't as good as the old stuff.

akajester · Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 927 Location: Wisconsin

I even did the fan mod to up them from 5v to 12v. sounds like a jet engine and is cool as heck. the thing STILL died.

anyways, bought a newer falcon chipset one last year and it's flawless.

Dale

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:16 pm Post subject:

I repaired about 50 of them before giving up, all but one came back within 2 months. FUn while it lasted, and I did all the mods, fan speed regulator bypass, etc. Don't kid yourselves, the Elite model with the 1.5X bigger heatsink on the GPU does the RRoD as well, just not as often.

JustGreg · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 4:22 am Post subject:

**beun** · Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 650

It is actually remarkable when you think about it, they have been making zillions of PC motherboards for years without any serious problems (crappy caps excepted) and the 360 is just a complete reliability disaster.