Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death Best method fix
Well After weeks of having this broken RROD (Red Ring of Death) Xbox 360 kicking about the house, It was time that i took a moment to try out a few of these fixes which can be found on most 360 sites…
after all, I already had another xbox 360 which was really reliabble (fingers crossed).
FIX 1: Penny Fix
The first fix for the Red Ring of Death was to try the so called penny fix, were taking 8 to 12 pennies(GBP) securing them together and placing them on the bottom side of the console on-top of the memory chips, which i suppose was to push the board up a bit making better contact between the motherboard and the chips CPU & GPU,
giving the memory chips better heat protection, much like the heatsinks already in the xbox,
this i thought might work after a few bits of tinckering. After various tries gluing un-gluing, I thought it best to move onto somthing else cause this was going nowhere fast…
feel free to chek out the video i followed from You-tube
FIX 2: X-Clamp Fix
This fix was about replacing the mounting screws which holds the X-clamp onto the motherboard and in return puts better pressure on the CPU - GPU, i followed the guide from Llamm’s page using basicly the same materials they had..
- 4 12mm Cheese Head Screws
- 8 M5 Nylon Washers - 1 mm thick
- 16 M5 Steel Washers - 1 mm thick
with this fix i followed the guide to replacing the mounting screws, adding new thermal ompound, adjusting the screw tightness, again & again & again & again…
but still had the three Red lights, so after much playing about with this fix I gave up.
FIX 3: Heat Gun Fix
This fix was about trying to heat up the motherboard sections around were the CPU & GPU where, along with the memory modules, this was to combat any broken solder joints on the board (or Dry Solder points) this could be caused with overheating inside the xbox console, causing the solder points to basicly melt under the heat, were the points get so hot they melt and break apart.
to fix this get your self a good strong heat gun, heat the solder back up with a heat gun.
Please do keep in mind that if your Xbox 360 is getting an error and is still under warranty, getting it replaced is the easiest and best option.
But, if you have no warranty, and you have a heat gun, try this out.
Follow the guide and remember to cover all the sections that ARNT supposted to get heat to them… you dont want to cause further damage to the system by melting say the SATA connection to the DVD Drive, (cough oops)
So im my opinon the Best method to getting your Xbox 360 Back up and running is to get a nice heat gun cover the motherboard in foil and heat it up to a crazy temperature, but also please dont move the board one you get going, remember your trying to melt the solder not make it run down the board, unlikly but never the less try to keep it still and dont move it….
It worked for me, if only i tried that method first, i wouldnt be here writting this post other wise..
November 8th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Must say never heard of using a heat gun but sounds like a viable method.