Tutorial to fix your Xbox 360 RROD using Soldering kit!
Have you encountered the dreaded RROD that every Xbox 360 users gets nightmares just thinking about it. If you ever came across a RROD, it typically means that your Xbox 360 is completely done for and needs to go to Microsoft for repairs. Microsoft have officially recognized this as designs flaws and not enough quality assurances tests done on their part so they decided to extend the warranty of the console to 3years. Some of you might even tried the infamous “towel fix” but this time lets do some real stuff that will last.
Still there is a debate on what actually causes the RRoD, but according to the folks at iHacked they believe its is just a soldering issue.
“Generally, the 3rrod error is caused by a solder problem, where points on the GPU/CPU have worked loose – or a temperature problem causing the same result. Following this guide, you should be able to fix these joints, quickly and easily! We have used this process to repair over 10 Xbox360s successfully.”
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Just take a look at the video and i’m sure if you bricked your 360 and screwed your warrenty opening it before the Microsoft tech staffs, I’m sure a new wave of hope will hit your head and that dusty 360 might have a chance. Apparently they tested this method on 10 different 360’s and fixed each of the ten different ones that had gotten the RRoD.
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This Tutorial works!
I repaired my Xbox360 today. I’m so happy =)
Thank you for everything!!!
you could also try the x-clamp or towel method, ive linked to relevant tutorials on how to get that done, this method i haven’t really tried.
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Towel-Trick-Explained-to-Fix-the-Xbox-RROD&id=2728185
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-X-Clamp-Modification-Method-to-Fix-Your-360s-Red-Ring-of-Death&id=2728036
Worked now the question is for how long? excellent video with the essential details included. didn’t think it would work but now I’m getting requests to fix others. thanks
This is the type of design problem that typically comes about by a rush to market.
Worked for me as well, second time I’ve needed to do it and used the ‘heat up and re-seat’ approach as per video and now works a treat.
Didnt work for me.
I used RROD FIX PRO and it helped. The main thing is fully attaching new screws.
when i plug in my cord and turn it on the fan wont even work
I’ve done this and still have issues with my E74 error reaccuring…
why would this happen? is there any way i can fix this perminately :((
great job on fixing a fixed 360….I dont think it was even broken to begin with
This worked great, but I noticed when I was cleaning the thermal paste off of the chips that an excessive amount of thermal paste was used and it looked like it had ran off the heatsink during a extended gameplay session and shorted out on the surface mount resistors and diodes.
I know that arctic silver 5 is conductive and the material I cleaned off seemed to be very similar. I used acetone and my old sonic toothbrush head and lots of cuetips to remove all the old thermal paste before using just enough arctic silver to ice the top of the chips. I followed the instructions to the heatup phase when I powered it on to heat it up it worked again! So I quickly shut it down and tightened the screws, checked again, fine! So I reassembled and have ran it nonstop for 2+ hours not a single glitch or freeze and no RROD! Be careful with the thermal paste just use enough to coat the top of the cores.
Thanks again for the help.
To Fix the RROD on 360, just try this. Seriously. In less than an hour you’ll have it fixed, for good.
http://fixredring360.blogspot.com/
After that, you can charge to fix everyone else’s! lol