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 Posted: Mon, 17th May 2010 12:48 Post subject: [XBOX360] Overheating Xbox 360 - Advice Please |
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I got the RROD with 3 lights so after doing the X Clamp fix it boots up fine but freezes after about 10 minutes gameplay and gives me 3 red lights and a 0022 code when I power it back up, which is apparently GPU overheating. I figured it could be the cheap thermal paste I used so I dismantle it and apply Arctic Silver. Thinking this might fix the problem, the exact same thing occurs. Both the CPU and GPU heatsinks are very hot. From a cold boot the console powers up fine and it's only after 10 minutes that it overheats. Before it freezes the fans get significantly faster and noisier. This is highly frustrating as I want to play Red Dead Redemption lol. Is there anything I can do to resolve the situation without having to get another Xbox 360? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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| Posted: Mon, 17th May 2010 15:31 Post subject: |
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You might've done something wrong with the X-Clamp fix. It should definitely last longer than 10 minutes. Maybe the screws aren't tight enough? Or the plastic airflow thing isnt positioned correctly? I guess it could just be FUBARed from the first RROD so X-Clamp might not help.
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| Posted: Mon, 17th May 2010 15:36 Post subject: |
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When I was testing it, it wasn't in the housing and so there was no shroud either. I didn't see the point of reassembling it just in case it didn't work. Turns out I was right lol.
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| Posted: Tue, 18th May 2010 15:02 Post subject: |
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it will really help and/or prevent any more problems if you wire your fans to a 12v lead. it will make more noise but you shouldn't have anymore problems from it either.
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| Posted: Tue, 18th May 2010 18:51 Post subject: |
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By shroud do you mean the plastic thing that redirects the airflow? I'd strongly suggest you don't start the xbox without it, otherwise the GPU heatsink will barely be cooled.
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| Posted: Tue, 18th May 2010 20:02 Post subject: |
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i put a laptop cooler under mine. that helped a lot.
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| Posted: Tue, 18th May 2010 21:29 Post subject: |
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| Fabs wrote: | | By shroud do you mean the plastic thing that redirects the airflow? I'd strongly suggest you don't start the xbox without it, otherwise the GPU heatsink will barely be cooled. |
Yeah I think its official name is a shroud. I wasnt aware it redirects the airflow and I never thought of it helping to cool the heatsinks. Hmmm.
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| Posted: Tue, 18th May 2010 23:27 Post subject: Re: [XBOX360] Overheating Xbox 360 - Advice Please |
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| headshot wrote: | | I got the RROD with 3 lights so after doing the X Clamp fix it boots up fine but freezes after about 10 minutes gameplay and gives me 3 red lights and a 0022 code when I power it back up, which is apparently GPU overheating. I figured it could be the cheap thermal paste I used so I dismantle it and apply Arctic Silver. Thinking this might fix the problem, the exact same thing occurs. Both the CPU and GPU heatsinks are very hot. From a cold boot the console powers up fine and it's only after 10 minutes that it overheats. Before it freezes the fans get significantly faster and noisier. This is highly frustrating as I want to play Red Dead Redemption lol. Is there anything I can do to resolve the situation without having to get another Xbox 360? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks. |
Buy a ps3 noob, I've had 3 360's, all messed up.
Ps3 s are better imo anyway.
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