Comments on: Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death Best method fix

By: Kris

Kris — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:03:57 +0000

“As quoted on Llammas xclamp fix tutorial”

Now for the most important part and most likely the point where the majority of people who were unsuccessful completing this fix failed.

This step requires you to overheat your GPU. Many tutorials tell you to unplug your fan and turn it on until it overheats. There is one major flaw with this approach. The thermosistor for the overheating protection of the 360 is contained within the CPU. The problem is that the CPU overheats without any airflow before the GPU is able to get sufficiently hot to “reflow” the BGA solder connection that has failed

By: Kris

Kris — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:57:57 +0000

You say you gave up on the fix on Llammas website after doing all that stuff….but did you remember to overheat the GPU for 30-45 minutes like that fix states??? It states on Llammas site that if you don’t Overheat the GPU to allow the solder to reposition itself then the fix WILL Fail and you will still get RROD!! Sounds to me like you skipped that part….considering the Heat-Gun method seemed to work for you…..hense why the fix on Llammas page FAILED for you!!! Read the guide again……it clearly states when you’ve replaced the xclamps with the Screws/washers you MUST place the fan ontop of the DVD drive so 1 fan is directly over the CPU to keep it cool while the system overheats the GPU….and this part of the guide is the part that will make the fix Successful!!! Missing this 1 important step = Failure in fixing the RROD!

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:03:27 +0000

Many people have suggested the heat gun and also the towel tick (where you cover the assembled XBOX in towels and run it for an hour). Having opened my XBOX to fix it, I noticed that the square heat-sink pads that are on the chips seem to be quite “wet” with some type of fluid that keeps them pliable and helps them transfer heat. The pads likely get compressed and thus no longer make contact with the metal casing, so that drops their efficiency. But there’s something else: the mother board has got this sticky fluid on it and I wonder if that fluid is conductive. If so, using the heat gun or towel trick might cause the fluid to evaporate and that may be what’s solving the problems. If the fluid is conductive, then it would be shorting those exposed points near or at the chips. The penny trick may work for some people if it’s one of the square pads themselves that is touching the chip legs (and now the pads are gone) or if the board has fluid on it, then the heat gun may do it. But this theory depends on whether the pads or their fluid is conductive. I don’t know yet but I’ll post again what I find-out.

By: lex

lex — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 01:31:57 +0000

Take any scratched disk to family vid or blockbuster and theyll clean it for $1

By: cross trainer

cross trainer — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:16:41 +0000

Any fool-proof method to repair an xbox 360 disk which has a circular scratch around the middle?

By: Seanml89

Seanml89 — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:07:07 +0000

Had someone do the heat gun on mine, worked like a dream! Thing is, he didn’t even open the box he just hit the xbox on the side with a heatgun !! So, the seal is still intact. Didnt burn the plastic but test first if ur gunny try anything.

By: pops in with crazy ideas

pops in with crazy ideas — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:21:15 +0000

Managed to fix my 360 with the Heat-gun trick.
3 lights RROD
error code was 0020
confirmed error source was CPU.
ezpower heatgun (thing is older than I am) [im 24]

words of warning:
Solder balls are $!%&ING SHARP!
I cut my self several times trying to get the X clamps off so I could replace the cooling compounds.
(I guess it just needed some blood XD)

to try to prevent this from happening again, I have mounted 2 12V fans on the back of my 360 powered by a 100W power supply pulled from an old comp, and spliced into a breaker to short the power check wire (green) to ground (black) thus allowing it to operate without being connected to a comp…

other notes:
immediately after doing this, a friend wants me to do this to theirs…
….I told him I’d do it for a soda….with no guarantees what may happen.

By: Edox

Edox — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:05:19 +0000

ok, so i have actually ended up fixing numerous 360s by combining the pennyfix, x-clamp fix, and the heat gun fix. On a side note, the heatgun that i got was for 20 dollars at Home Depot :p
I call this fix the Ultimate RROD Fix, By Edox. I usually replact the shitty compound with artic silver 5 thermal compound. I recommend this fix definetly… :D

By: lee

lee — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:41:32 +0000

the heat gun works thanks. for the red ring of death .thanks thanks and more thanks. i love my xbox

By: Mariko Kliment

Mariko Kliment — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:04:33 +0000

Well I have been looking for some xbox insight on the web for a couple days as mine has stopped operating. Have not had the red ring of death but it seems to freeze at critical moments. I don’t know if I have a problem other people have or whether I have a particular problem all of my own, I hope not. Anyhow thank you for the information.