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  • if it does not turn on it means thats something is not correctly plugled i might be the usbport in the front or back check and if the black thingy isnt on one of them then you move the yellow cablesin the usb portsto make them not to touch anything and i will turn on 90% of the time it works

  • well its been like 15 mins and it isnt overheating and i got it blocked off just like u did...

  • Sounds like my xbox id going to explode!!!!!!!!!!

  • my box is getting a little louder and louder as i wait for it to overhet ..

  • I have a problem see if anyone can help..

    My Xbox doesn't get red light but it over heats. The reason I know that is because I can play for around 30 minutes that the screen starts changing colors.. The fans turn on hard. I can keep playing like that but if i turn it off then on again all four lights will turn on and i can here the audio but it wont show. If i overheat it a couple of minutes ill work again -_- Anyone know if this would work for me ? Or is there a different solution ?

  • @heri2heri try ordering a new fan online. or just buy a slim

  • haha, my bad, the tv/av chord wasn't in. it worked great, thanks!

  • okay, so i did everything that you did, but when i turned it on i got 4 red lights... i left it on for about 5 minutes with the fan blocked, turned it back on, and they are all still there... what did i do wrong, or do i need to do...?

  • you never said what washers to use on the back ??

  • My xbox kept on getting 2 rrod now. I fixed the rrod like two years ago so I decided to reappply the thermal paste. At first I was getting 2 red lights, then I decided to tighten the heatsink and now I get three red lights and it wont over heat what do?

  • most of u people are having problems about the fans. make sure u plug the fan wires in tight and dont let the fans ratle around

  • thx

  • What if my x-box turns on screen stays black and then it goes red rings?

  • When I overheat my fans turn off

  • I did the Same! Things as you still failed

  • IM AT THE OVERHEATING PART KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED

    

  • @nola2111 I can help unplug ur power brick and wait 5 hours works good as new but do not put anything infront of the ventilation I suggest doing this at night

  • mine won't heat up and the fan starts and cut off

  • hey, i have been watching thiss a couple of times, will this fix the 3 red rings of death???? I have taken it apart and noticed all the Thermal Paste is all dried up and isnt on the 2 square components

  • yea im not paying fucking $50

  • hey my xbox wont even heat up help

  • when i turn it on the fans go on for a second helppp

  • @iwilldoitquick it means the heatsyncs arent touching, remove the metal washers, keep the nylons. you'll be good.

  • Wat type thermal paste do u recomend silver/graphite or 'thermal gold'?

  • do you really need nylon washers?cause i replaced it with two metal washers instead with nylon and metal washers

    and do i have to take out thoses square things that protects the four chips on the bottom

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  • 7:47 its alive.lol

  • biggrip and firestormerc the reason why the fans wont come on is because one oof the parts that turn s the fan may be shot and prevents one of the fans not to turn well wich where both wont go

  • I did everything u said but when i plugged it back in I got 2 red lights. what does that mean???

  • Hey i did this fix but just when i turn on the xbox it shows 2 red lights and its NOT overheated i tried tighten the screws more but to no avail please help me!

  • now it turns on with a fuzzy screen with sound, fan starts running louder and louder then 2 red lights. its only a matter of seconds as well. please help.

  • So ive finished the over heating part and let it cool down for awhile. now, once i turn it on i get the 360 intro but then shoots to 2 red lights. I understand that means it has been overheated but it continues to do this. any suggestions would be much appreciated.

  • firestormerc im trying to fix another xbox but when ist time to overheat the fan wont come on

  • @biggrip1967 I never seem to figure out what is causing this to happen I have one that does the same thing no fans come on....I might try a Reflow to see if that Repairs it.

  • hey man how long do i overheat the heat sink? thanks

  • @prckartracer Until the 2 Red Lights

  • @firestormerc You don't need to wait until the 2 red lights come on. In fact, I have read this is unwanted as it means you are actually overheating the GPU and is unnecessary. I let mine overheat by blocking the GPU outtake as shown in your video (maybe 15 min or so) and turned it off before the 2 red lights. Let it cool down just to be nice to the GPU and it worked again.

    Great tutorial, thx.

  • hey man how long do i overheat the heat sink?

  • THANKS BRO YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!

  • @biggrip1967 Your Welcome! Subscribe I will be making somemore videos with more Xbox 360 information.

  • After trying this method mine went from 3 red rings to 2 and the fan would cut off. I figured out that this is because there is too much space between the chips and the heat sinks. I solved this problem by taking out the metal washer between the motherboard and heat sink leaving only the nylon washer which brought the heat sinks closer to the cpu and gpu and fixed my problem. The metal washers are not completely eccesary anyways..My Xbox works great now!

  • @JRich2188 Glad you got it running but you might have not got the right size washers causing that space between the heatsinks and the CHIPS.

  • RROD AGAIN :(

  • @xxaidankjdxx Do the Error Code eject and sync button 4x! If it is the 0102 Error Code it will have to be Reballed.

  • @TheHithere12 It probably needs to be reflowed!!

  • @zCmcD The size is in the description

  • On part 3 don't u have to have xex meanu 1.1? This is to troy

  • @TheAustino78 This is not jtagged!! XexMenu is put on Jtagged Xbox 360s!!

  • WTF! My xbox has an extra heatsink coming out of the one you were overheating, also why the hell would you only need to heat one side, after following your whole tutorial when i get to the point of plugging it in; I INSTANTLY within about 0.25 seconds got 2 RED LIGHTS not 3. before i had 3 now 2 wtf.

  • @legendofsource Check to make sure you have covered the chips with thermal compound Artic Silver 5 from RadioShack or there are 2 other brands that are the same as it!!! Tighten the screws down a little more not too much and if the 2 red lights come back do the code and find out which one is overheating!! Sync+ Eject 4x to get your code!!

  • i got the washers like you said, but the 5mm #10 metal washers overlap and are way to big

  • Why do you need 16 of each washer when you only used 8 of each?

  • @legendofsource I used 16 8 on each side of the motherboard!!! 8 is good on the side with the heatsink!!!

  • yess thank you it work ily now my jtag is good to run

  • @xxaidankjdxx Nice, your welcome!!!! I just made my LPT connector(for Nand and loading Xell) last week using D Sub 25 connector and 30 awg wire I bought from RadioShack!!

  • i did this but when i turn it on it goes for like one second then stops running but the lights still flash. anyone know what i did wrong?

  • ok i did the screwing but now it still gives me the 3 lights

  • @MAIxdVIDEOS Check to make sure you have covered the chips with thermal compound Artic Silver 5 from RadioShack or there are 2 other brands that are the same as it!!! Tighten the screws down a little more not too much and if the 2 red lights come back do the code and find out which one is overheating!! Sync+ Eject 4x to get your code!! :)

  • @firestormerc nice videonalthough mine is a project as im getting an elite 2008 for xmas

  • the inside of my 360 looks diff then urs

  • @DaRAnGedTacO728 Yours is a newer one this was a old one!!

  • i did all the steps and im getting reqdy to overheat it but how long do you have to wait? also, will this fix the xbox if it doesnt get any video?

  • @like50somalians Maybe if you have a loose solder point under the gpu if not you have a loose solder point under your Video Chip(Hana Chip)!!!

  • How long do we let it overheat for?

  • OK so i did everything you told me but when im trying to overheat it the fans arnt on and its just 3 red lights blinking please help.

  • what aluminum arre you talking about and now i have the 0011 error now :(

  • I wonder how many 360 kids have died doing this simple procedure so far, i bet you at least one has.

  • the item number for the pan heads doesnt work?

  • hey please help me,i followed all your steps and when i turn on the xbox it still has the 3 rrod and then i waited and waited nothing happend??then when i turn the consol on the power plug turns greeen then a second later back to orange?and i dont hear the system start up??please help me?

  • This video is more clearer than the others I watched. Now I can fix my three rings of death on my old beaten up xbox that was almost smashed by a baseball bat and I can mod it at the same time YAY!

  • "wap thad fits da rind raud ou dead.."

    i can't understand what you say.. MODULATE! :P

    Great tutorial BTW

  • hey thanks for the vid. I did the fix, there's no more red ring. But now its says no signal on the tv. What can i do please, why is there no signal after doing the fix?

    p.s it has always worked and i have the right input selected, and the lights are green. Please help, why is it doing this

  • you should realy dust it befor you pout the paste on

  • I did everything that you did but I have no video or sound. The 3 red lights are still flashing. What does that mean? What a nightmare! Please email me when you get a chance dude.

  • why u use screws insted

  • Put tape over the heads of the screws to hold them on. Also, if you do this repair and it still red rings adjust the tension on the screws and power it back on. Ive done a few of these and when it doesnt work the first time it always seems to be the screws. I also use Loctite on the threads to make sure they dont come loose. Just a tiny drop using a tooth pick will do.

  • as soon as i turn it on, the fans start going faster and faster until they just stop going, which doesnt allow me to overheat anything. and it even shows 2 red rings

  • do you need to buy the washers nd screws

    or is it in the xbox 360 already ??

  • No, you have to get them at home depot for like $8

  • Buy a RROD repair kit off eBay.

  • i just did all the steps in this video and plugged it in got the 3 red lights then got 2 red lights on the left side very quickly after i turned it on and they are flashing what did i do wrong?

  • u dont play it after it over heats u let it sit for 15 to 30 mins then u turn it back on and it would be fixed

  • Hey does it have to be arctic silver 5 cause I got arctic silver premium high density thermal compound is it the same

  • buy a ps3

  • @Zuneowner Hell yeah PS3's rule. I got one.

  • I think know he learned this from YouTube, This fix will last about three weeks, 95% of the time. If you allow your box to go to 2 red lights you risk killing the box! If you did your job right it will take 4 to 5 minutes to heat up enough to reset its self without hitting too 2 red lights any sooner and your heat sink is not making good contact. If you want to know why your fix is not lasting I will explain that in my next Video. For now watch my video response about the lights

  • Ive done this repair on several machines and they are all still working. 1 is working fine more than a year later. The key to making this last is to not let it over heat again. Cut a hole in the top and slap a fan on it if you have to. Who gives a shit how it looks if it works. ;)

  • Why you dont protect the Ram on the backsite the motherboard this can make the RROD too because there is it very hot and the fans doenst cool this (I mean the 4 black things unter the gpu^^ or so ) BAD ENGLISH :D

  • i have a problem, (just to note i havnt changed the thermal compound or even taken off the old one) i took everything apart cleaned it up and put it together only now instead of rrod i get 3 red lights which turns to 2 red lights which turns to one red light, and also i get no display does anyone no what my problem is?

    Note: sometimes it only goes 2 lights to one light, all cables are plugged in

  • @GinjaNinja1990 I would try again, replace the thermal compound with new thermal compound, the processors can sense this. After constructing everything back together, let it run for a couple minutes, turn it off, and let it sit for a while. Replacing the paste for both the GPU and the CPU should be good enough for it to run smoothly.

  • just replaced the thermal compound on cpu and gpu and gave the heat sinks a arctic wash, used xclamp mod aswell to keep heatsinks positioned.

    problems, when i turn it on lying down, bottom two lights flash. turned on standing up i get red ring of death. also in both position the fan doesnt even turn on and disk tray wont open.

  • I have the rod. Do i have to dry the xbox with a hotairdryer ( i dont know how its calle, you know what i mean) before I put the Arctiv Silver 5 Cream on gpu and cpu?

    Thanks for answer :)

  • @playyin Nope, just clean it up, and replace it properly.

  • x360evolution. blogspot. com

    Free complete xbox 360 rrod tutorial. No ebook or purchasing.

  • Ive only gotten the no video problem, not the red rings. Do I still need to do the X clamp thing or only the thermal paste replacement?

  • why did you say to get 16 of each kind of washer? i only saw you use 8 of each. do you put a nylon and metal washer on the screw before you put it in the mother board and then two more on the other side?

    thanks

  • i fixed my red ring of death. but when i turn my on, it goes to the dashboard then a green screen comes up and i cant do anything. please help me. i wanna play mw2 already !!!!!

  • where do we put the aluminum foil at ???

  • people he used 8 on top and 8 on bottom.

  • does it matter what thermal paste u have

    i have premium high density thermal compound

  • hey i was trying to get the xclamps off the back of the motherboard and i scraped off like a peace of the motherboard . i want to make sure my shit isn't gonna blow up can you help?

  • why do u need 16 nylon washers and 16 metal washers

    u only used 8 of each??

  • hey does the cpu come out of the unit i want to know cause if it can i will use the cpu for a computer with my own motherboard

  • Thanks man, I just fixed 2 rrod's! I had them go to the 2 red lights and had to remove the washers between the mb and heatsinks because there was too much space for the heatsink to contact the cpu and gpu. After that, 1 had to be "baked" and the other worked right away. Fixed for about 10 bucks each!

  • hi um how do u stablize the gpu

    please tell

  • Wat Does The Alluminum Foil Do? Sumbody PLEEZ answer.

  • is this a permanent fix

  • some 1 help i got mine all back 2gether and it turns on but then after just a few seconds of it working (its goes 2 the dash bored) but then it gets 2 red lights help

  • Hey, i did this yesterday and the same thing happened to me, it would turn on and then the fan would kick on way too high..and id get 2 red lights

    so i went and got 8 metal and 8 nylon washers and replaced them all (i only used 6 wasers and screws the first time).

    the other thing i did was went back and completely cleaned the CPU and GPU again until they shined. i reassembled and there was no more problem. also make sure you put the heat sync's back on, facing the proper direction. Great video!

  • same here. i turn it on and the two red lights come on right away.

  • i did everthing but when i turn it out it becomes really loud then 5 seconds later 2 red lights start blinking. I don't think it can over heat after turning it on for 5 seconds

  • hey bro does your 360 still work from this fix please message me back

  • it worked it really really worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yessss I fixed my 360 thanx to you man you're great thanx sooooooooooooooooooooooo much I followed it step by step by step and it actually worked I'm back on xbox live yaaaaaayyyyyyyyy I'm so fricking happy!!!!!!!!!!

  • I'm curious though I've only seen you use 8 nylon washers and 8 flat washers how come you need a total of 32 of them where will the other 16 be used?

  • im wondering this too..

  • well on the bottem u put the flat wash on first then the nylon then after putting it on the mother bored u do wat he sayed and put on the nylon then the flat 1

  • will this solove the prolem for 2 rings#/

  • ok so i plugged it back in and got the 3 red lights but now there is no video or sound at all.. help pleaseee

  • Thats not good you might want to loosen your screws don't tighten to hard

  • how long do we over heat it for?. thanks

  • 5-7 mins

  • Your Welcome

  • i fukn love you man !!!!! thnks a lot i finally fixed it and everything works great!!!!!!

    is this permanent??

  • It should be if you did things right, as the ones i have fixed are still running good

  • hey man , you know the part where you put in the heat sinks back on......well my heat sinks go directly into the screws no into the screw holders coming out of yours......well imy question is....do i still use the same size screws? and washers

  • Yes, the sizes for anything you need is in the description

  • ok well i already tried it with the foil off and it worked but then i forgot to put the gaurd i soo i took it apart again and now it wont eventurn on!! but anyways i give up on this. at least i learned something. i think.

  • You might have fried it, what are you going to do with it? You could send it to me and see if can get it up and running

  • should just try to put more artic silver on the cpu and gpu?

  • Yes

  • that didn't work...i think it might be fried cuz i've done everything i can do short of sending it to microsoft (which by now is way out of the question lol)...when I turn it on, i get the three rings for a couple of seconds, the fan starts to speed up (which I assume means the xbox is heating up), then everything suddenly shuts off except for the two rings (instead of three)...PLEEEEEASE tell me there's still hope for my 360!

  • Does the fans run?

  • Yeah...when I first turn it on they run at a normal speed, then a couple seconds later they speed up (that's when it goes from 3 rings to 2), and finally the whole console, including the fans, shuts down (but the rings keep blinking)

  • dude that happened to me... then i fixed it.. hmm dude whenver it gets to 3 just turon off the 360. let it cool down for a couple of mintues. butremeber dont let it go to 2 rings !

  • ...seriously?

  • hey i got the clamps off but before putting the heat stuff on do i take the aluminum foil offf?

  • You put the Artic Silver 5 on the cpu and gpu, then you put aluminum foil 3 layers pushed together on top of the Artic Silver 5. No you don't take anything off

  • Good tut, I know you have had a lot of questions about the aluminum, but on the gpu chip, does it cover both the large and small one or just the larger of the two?

  • speaking of the aluminum...how does that benefit the system?

  • The aluminum will hold heat so its not going all around in the console

  • @firestormerc what is that gray thing you apply and did u apply new screw please help

  • Both of them

  • Dear firestormerc, i noticed that you removed the four sponge like strips from above and beside one of the x clamps. May i know why that is necessary and do you have to put them back on later on or replace it with something else or just let it go naked like that? By the way, do you need any drilling to make the new screws and washers fit? finally, is alcohol all i need to remove the old thermal compound from the cpu and gpu?

  • This console didn't have the 4 sponge strips your talking about, just leave them on there. No drilling needed. Yes, rubbing alcohol is what you need

  • hey firestormerc, how long should i leave it to overheat? and do i leave the fan on?

  • 5-7 mins yes put the fans in back like you took them out and just block the side to the gpu so air can't get to the gpu, thats the heatsink under the dvdrom

  • k that worked then when i put it all together again and tried to turned it on it turns on for a second then shuts off...am i doing something wrong?

  • tightening the heatsinks down too much and you need more Artic Silver 5

  • omg i have to open the damn thing again...

  • Yes, you always run test before you put it back together and each step as your putting it back to make sure it runs so this doesn't happen

  • k thx

  • Your Welcome

  • hey now i tried to put it back together again and it has two rings instead of three...what went wrong now?

  • o wait but how come it worked before I put the plastic part back on?

  • Not enough artic silver 5 on the cpu and gpu, also put a game in and see how it runs, let it run a while with a game in

  • btw thanks a lot!

  • Your Welcome

  • nvm i cleaned the heat sinks and it started up fine just like it did in your video here. If it does mess up i will reopen it and i guess apply some more silver on the heat sink IF something happens

  • although i guess you dont put the silver on the heat sink, but you want to clean the heat sink right, or is that not important?

  • Maybe you have to run it awhile and play a game and see what happens

  • Well mine was freezing (not rrod) and I did this fix. It works without freezing for the most part, but i have to have the intercooler ts on it or it will freeze. Also when I play a game for more than 90 minutes or so (even with the intercooler on) it freezes up and I have to wait a while to play again. Since it didn't red ring, i for some reason didnt overheat the gpu should i go back and do this?

  • Yes side under the dvdrom and listen don't use that intercooler it doesn't help it will just ruin your xbox 360. Don't know where you read about the intercooler but its not worth having on the back of your Xbox 360, the xbox 360 can run better and longer without a piece of junk fan you put behind the console

  • Its the inter cooler ts it does not run off of 360 power it plugs into the wall. just adds 3 extra fans. I have one and if i leave it off of the xbox, the xbox freezes.

  • Oh like a stand intercooler?

  • No its like the old models from nyko but it clips over the fan vent holes. The only thing is instead of having the pass through plug(where you connect power cord to the intercooler and plug the intercooler into the 360), it draws power from an outlet

  • Does it work on e 74 ?

  • It might fix it and you might have to blow dry a certain part of the motherboard to solder somethings back together

  • If you are fixing the rrod make sure you don't put it back together until it is fully fixed chances are if you didn't do something right could cause you to get the rrod again or overheat really fast so in that case you have to go back and check something or put more Artic Silver 5 Thermal Compound on