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re: Red Circle of Death - XBox 360
Posted on 11/10/10 at 9:13 am to bubbaprohn
Posted on 11/10/10 at 9:13 am to bubbaprohn
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The RROD is caused when the heat sinks seperated from the processors. They seperate and then the thermal paste between the heat sinks and processors get fissures/cracks in them and you dont have a good connection and you get the RROD. The x-clamps are what hold the heat sinks onto the processors and they are shitty pieces of flimsy metal that bend when the xbox gets real hot. The x-clamp fix basically replaces the x-clamps with screws and nylon washers and you put new paste down. I've fixed several 360's with this and its worked every time.
Did one the other day.. Pretty easy.. it lasted about 2 weeks of playing every night, then red ring again... Any suggestions? Too much thermal? Too little thermal? Screws too tight? Screws too loose?
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Posted on 11/11/10 at 5:34 pm to chadg
Eh as far as it happening again. It's probably one of two things. Either you didn't get the screws tightened down tight enough (probably not it) or you didn't get enough of the old thermal paste off. Make sure when you clean the paste of the processors you get every bit of it off you can. I used a Q-tip and alcohol to get most of it off then used a sharp piece of plastic to scratch off all the paste stuck on there I couldn't get off with alcohol.
You still have cracks in the paste between the processors and the heat sinks. Put down new thermal paste and get all the old off and you should be fine.
You still have cracks in the paste between the processors and the heat sinks. Put down new thermal paste and get all the old off and you should be fine.
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