Fixing the RRoD (w/Towels!)

[RobertGraham]

Seriously, No joke, you will need towels.

I did this just last night, AND IT WORKS.

This is the guide I followed
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But if you want straight up instructions, read this.


Step 1.
-Get at least 3 THICK towels and wrap them around the Xbox (While it's ON). You will want to make sure NO AIR get's through the vents. So wrap away.

Step 2.
-Set a timer for about 20 minutes. Leave the 360 inside of the Towels. This will cause it to overheat, and reseal the X-clamp.

Step 3.
-Unplug the Xbox from the wall after the timer goes off. Take it out of the towels. CAUTION, THE XBOX WILL BE HOT! You will now need to put it under a fan, air conditioner, or inside and Ice Cream truck for about 10 Minutes for it to cool off.

Step 4.
-ENJOY! The Xbox now has green lights!

[teh lag]

Ugh, are the youtube tags seriously so hard to figure out?

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Nvm, see you fixed it.

I've heard about this - especially from Masterz, who used it more than once. Never had the RROD but this is good to know.

[Saggy]

Be aware that this is only a temporary fix though. If I'm not mistaken, the only reason it works is because when the Xbox overheats, the solder on something is melted down and then when you let the Xbox cool, the solder hardens reforming a temporary circut or something. I think that's the general idea of it, but I barely know anything about the inside of an Xbox 360. All I know is how to take one apart.

[Heathen]

Seriously, No joke, you will need towels.

I did this just last night, AND IT WORKS.

This is the guide I followed
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But if you want straight up instructions, read this.


Step 1.
-Get at least 3 THICK towels and wrap them around the Xbox (While it's ON). You will want to make sure NO AIR get's through the vents. So wrap away.

Step 2.
-Set a timer for about 20 minutes. Leave the 360 inside of the Towels. This will cause it to overheat, and reseal the X-clamp.

Step 3.
-Unplug the Xbox from the wall after the timer goes off. Take it out of the towels. CAUTION, THE XBOX WILL BE HOT! You will now need to put it under a fan, air conditioner, or inside and Ice Cream truck for about 10 Minutes for it to cool off.

Step 4.
-ENJOY! The Xbox now has green lights!
Yes, this is temporary

[randreach454]

and makes things worse in the long run usually.
I repair rrod boxes, and save yourself the hassle when it doesnt work anymore after you towel it to death, if its out of warranty, do it the right way, take the xclamps off and replace with bolts, washers and thermal paste..

[StankBacon]

yah my cousin did it a few times, and every time he did it, it didn't last as long, until one day it didn't work at all anymore.

[Phopojijo]

A shame it wasn't a PC so that you could fix it yourself or from a small business without voiding your warranty (unless your manufacturer gives you a piece of crap warranty).

That's one thing that annoys me. "Best Buy honours their warranties! You should buy it from them"

I'd damn hope they would honour their 400$ 3-year warranty... because chances are (especially for things like harddrives) -- they're just going to bill the manufacturer for the replacement anyway. So you didn't spend 400$ for an extended warranty... you spent 400$ for someone to claim a warranty you should have already had o.O

[RobertGraham]

and makes things worse in the long run usually.
I repair rrod boxes, and save yourself the hassle when it doesnt work anymore after you towel it to death, if its out of warranty, do it the right way, take the xclamps off and replace with bolts, washers and thermal paste..
Hmmm.. Is there a tutorial on how to do that? I might do that instead of Smothering my Xbox everytime I get an RRoD

[Cortexian]

Hmmm.. Is there a tutorial on how to do that? I might do that instead of Smothering my Xbox everytime I get an RRoD
You have to disassemble the entire unit down to the bare motherboard and solder on a clamp that holds the bent shit back into place as I understand it.

[legionaire45]

Not sure whether it was my dad's fault or whether this just didn't work, but his xbox never came back to life after trying this.

[RobertGraham]

Not sure whether it was my dad's fault or whether this just didn't work, but his xbox never came back to life after trying this.
Are you sure that it was the Xclamp? If not, then its not going to work.

[legionaire45]

Are you sure that it was the Xclamp? If not, then its not going to work.
Well, he did ask for a soldering iron and some thermal paste, so IDK.

Either way, it's still probably more effective to just send the damn thing back to MS or try and return it to the store you got it from if you still have the warranty.

[sevlag]

I got RRoD and I sent it away to MS to get repaired, hopefully it does, if not I'll have to void the warranty and go in and fix it using the washers and shit