You can try this: http://www.clevermod.com/index.php?article=24
I don't know if you are a lazy person at heart though.
You can try this: http://www.clevermod.com/index.php?article=24Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Bah!
My launch day 360 just crapped out on me... No red lights or anything, but when playing a game it will just lock up and the screen goes all goofy (pixelated, lines all across it, etc.) still plays DVD's fine, and can play Live Arcade, but it seems like it's overheating or something when the real 3D kicks in...
Went to Walmart and bought one of those "Nyko Intercoolers" and plugged it in the back... it will play for 3-4 minutes and then it does the same thing... so - better then it was, but still crapping out...
I wonder if it's just a dusty fan or something inside that's clogged up or something? The thing is out of warranty anyway - anyone know if it's hard to open one of these bad boys up?
Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Bah!
My launch day 360 just crapped out on me... No red lights or anything, but when playing a game it will just lock up and the screen goes all goofy (pixelated, lines all across it, etc.) still plays DVD's fine, and can play Live Arcade, but it seems like it's overheating or something when the real 3D kicks in...
Went to Walmart and bought one of those "Nyko Intercoolers" and plugged it in the back... it will play for 3-4 minutes and then it does the same thing... so - better then it was, but still crapping out...
I wonder if it's just a dusty fan or something inside that's clogged up or something? The thing is out of warranty anyway - anyone know if it's hard to open one of these bad boys up?
Originally posted by: chrisg22
Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Bah!
My launch day 360 just crapped out on me... No red lights or anything, but when playing a game it will just lock up and the screen goes all goofy (pixelated, lines all across it, etc.) still plays DVD's fine, and can play Live Arcade, but it seems like it's overheating or something when the real 3D kicks in...
Went to Walmart and bought one of those "Nyko Intercoolers" and plugged it in the back... it will play for 3-4 minutes and then it does the same thing... so - better then it was, but still crapping out...
I wonder if it's just a dusty fan or something inside that's clogged up or something? The thing is out of warranty anyway - anyone know if it's hard to open one of these bad boys up?
Have you tried calling MS? I thought all 360's bought in 2005 would be fixed for free..... try that.
Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Originally posted by: chrisg22
Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Bah!
My launch day 360 just crapped out on me... No red lights or anything, but when playing a game it will just lock up and the screen goes all goofy (pixelated, lines all across it, etc.) still plays DVD's fine, and can play Live Arcade, but it seems like it's overheating or something when the real 3D kicks in...
Went to Walmart and bought one of those "Nyko Intercoolers" and plugged it in the back... it will play for 3-4 minutes and then it does the same thing... so - better then it was, but still crapping out...
I wonder if it's just a dusty fan or something inside that's clogged up or something? The thing is out of warranty anyway - anyone know if it's hard to open one of these bad boys up?
Have you tried calling MS? I thought all 360's bought in 2005 would be fixed for free..... try that.
Warrenty is no longer valid on the box...
Consequently, on September 29, 2006, Microsoft released a statement saying that they will waive the cost for repairs on all Xbox 360 consoles made before January 1, 2006, and refund any fees already paid
Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Update on my 360 that was locking up...
It turns out that the unit was overheating... A buddy of mine and myself ripped it apart and narrowed it down to the GPU being the problem, getting VERY hot. We tried a bunch of things, but what we ended up doing to fix it was to cut the positive power connectors to the fans at the back, and soldering them to a 12v source on the motherboard... We then took some tin foil and placed it over the heatsinks ont he GPU and used electrical tape to hold it down... this makes a vacuum over the heatsinks.
Since the fans on the back push out at double the speed now everything inside is cool to the touch. We compared his XBOX (stock) and it's much hotter than mine, and mine was overheating bad. Even while playing Gears of War for 10 minutes the GPU was still very very cool... works awesome, and the XBOX is fixed.
The only bad thing is that the XBOX is a bit louder now... sounds just like a PC running (12v fans in computers too) but it saved me $500 on buying a new unit.
If anyone is having problems with locking up, red lights, etc. and they are out of warranty this is the mod to do... little extra noise is barely noticeable while playing a game.
Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Update on my 360 that was locking up...
It turns out that the unit was overheating... A buddy of mine and myself ripped it apart and narrowed it down to the GPU being the problem, getting VERY hot. We tried a bunch of things, but what we ended up doing to fix it was to cut the positive power connectors to the fans at the back, and soldering them to a 12v source on the motherboard... We then took some tin foil and placed it over the heatsinks ont he GPU and used electrical tape to hold it down... this makes a vacuum over the heatsinks.
Since the fans on the back push out at double the speed now everything inside is cool to the touch. We compared his XBOX (stock) and it's much hotter than mine, and mine was overheating bad. Even while playing Gears of War for 10 minutes the GPU was still very very cool... works awesome, and the XBOX is fixed.
The only bad thing is that the XBOX is a bit louder now... sounds just like a PC running (12v fans in computers too) but it saved me $500 on buying a new unit.
If anyone is having problems with locking up, red lights, etc. and they are out of warranty this is the mod to do... little extra noise is barely noticeable while playing a game.
Originally posted by: Pastore
Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Update on my 360 that was locking up...
It turns out that the unit was overheating... A buddy of mine and myself ripped it apart and narrowed it down to the GPU being the problem, getting VERY hot. We tried a bunch of things, but what we ended up doing to fix it was to cut the positive power connectors to the fans at the back, and soldering them to a 12v source on the motherboard... We then took some tin foil and placed it over the heatsinks ont he GPU and used electrical tape to hold it down... this makes a vacuum over the heatsinks.
Since the fans on the back push out at double the speed now everything inside is cool to the touch. We compared his XBOX (stock) and it's much hotter than mine, and mine was overheating bad. Even while playing Gears of War for 10 minutes the GPU was still very very cool... works awesome, and the XBOX is fixed.
The only bad thing is that the XBOX is a bit louder now... sounds just like a PC running (12v fans in computers too) but it saved me $500 on buying a new unit.
If anyone is having problems with locking up, red lights, etc. and they are out of warranty this is the mod to do... little extra noise is barely noticeable while playing a game.
You were told multiple times Microsoft would fix it for free. Now, you've completely destroyed any chance of them touching it with a ten foot poll. You should pray it doesn't die on you.
Originally posted by: chrisg22
oh my god it's 4:00 am and I have to pry myself away from R6. Dude when you get the game you should love it. It's a hell of a lot of fun!
I couldn't hardly do voice chat tonight because my wife was sleeping right beside me on the couch. If I woke her up she'd try to make me stop playing
I'm glad I can hear you now though big sexy asian, it's about time.. and it looks like you and your roomie are still playing, have you ranked up yet today?
raystorm: those screaming wretches are AWESOME! I love getting the shotgun and takin it to them.. but I prefer the ones in the train on act 5 though. unfortunately I haven't touched GoW in like 2 weeks it seems.
anyways off to bed.
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Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Originally posted by: chrisg22
oh my god it's 4:00 am and I have to pry myself away from R6. Dude when you get the game you should love it. It's a hell of a lot of fun!
I couldn't hardly do voice chat tonight because my wife was sleeping right beside me on the couch. If I woke her up she'd try to make me stop playing
I'm glad I can hear you now though big sexy asian, it's about time.. and it looks like you and your roomie are still playing, have you ranked up yet today?
raystorm: those screaming wretches are AWESOME! I love getting the shotgun and takin it to them.. but I prefer the ones in the train on act 5 though. unfortunately I haven't touched GoW in like 2 weeks it seems.
anyways off to bed.
Good playing with ya. My roomie ended up getting a 360 also, so we have 2 360's in the living room + 2 TV's setup. It's funny. I haven't played much in the past 2 days. Oh - our NAT is back on strict now. I don't know what the hell happens to make it change.
Originally posted by: chrisg22
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Originally posted by: chrisg22
oh my god it's 4:00 am and I have to pry myself away from R6. Dude when you get the game you should love it. It's a hell of a lot of fun!
I couldn't hardly do voice chat tonight because my wife was sleeping right beside me on the couch. If I woke her up she'd try to make me stop playing
I'm glad I can hear you now though big sexy asian, it's about time.. and it looks like you and your roomie are still playing, have you ranked up yet today?
raystorm: those screaming wretches are AWESOME! I love getting the shotgun and takin it to them.. but I prefer the ones in the train on act 5 though. unfortunately I haven't touched GoW in like 2 weeks it seems.
anyways off to bed.
Good playing with ya. My roomie ended up getting a 360 also, so we have 2 360's in the living room + 2 TV's setup. It's funny. I haven't played much in the past 2 days. Oh - our NAT is back on strict now. I don't know what the hell happens to make it change.
Sounds like fun, your roomie was saying some pretty funny stuff the other day. (Either that or I had too much jack daniels and everything was funny. He just kept saying something like "I'm big, I'm an asian, and I"m sexy", lol. Was funny to me at least I was just mad the other night because I couldn't do much voice chatting with the wife sleeping, but still fun. I haven't played much, either. Probably will some tonight.
I don't know what would make it switch to strict, either. I never did anything to mine except for a normal setup, and I don't run wireless to my 360.
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Yea same here. Except having our wireless router wired to our FIOS router. I did switch lan cables, but that shouldn't make a difference.
Yea, Jerry's a pretty funny guy. His handle is "ll cool jerry" if you want to add him. I probably won't be able to play much until maybe Thursday or Friday at the earliest, gonna be a busy week. :| I'm off Friday so I know I'll be on then
Originally posted by: Queasy
Well, I rented R6: Vegas. Look me up later tonight so you can completely pwn me and make me wait. :laugh: I've got to start wrapping gifts tonight but I hope I can get some gaming in.
Originally posted by: chrisg22
Originally posted by: Queasy
Well, I rented R6: Vegas. Look me up later tonight so you can completely pwn me and make me wait. :laugh: I've got to start wrapping gifts tonight but I hope I can get some gaming in.
about time maybe I'll see you on
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Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: chrisg22
Originally posted by: Queasy
Well, I rented R6: Vegas. Look me up later tonight so you can completely pwn me and make me wait. :laugh: I've got to start wrapping gifts tonight but I hope I can get some gaming in.
about time maybe I'll see you on
I played that night and got my ass totally owned. Between not knowing the maps and trying to unlearn GoW, I was getting popped left and right the first couple of matches. I slowly worked my way up to holding my own.
Originally posted by: RedStar
xbox 360 now has a 1 year warranty (retroactive even)