Therefore your Xbox 360 has given up the ghost and you would like to fix it. First see if; Is it under guaranty? If it is, then send it back to Microsoft to get it fixed. If you open the case and break the seal your warranty is voided. Now if it’s not under warranty then the upcoming information will give you your cheapest and best chance for your Xbox 360 repair.
The following steps temporarily explain how to perform the X-Clamp fix. The only costs you’ll have are the screws, washers and thermal paste. You can go down to your local hardware store and get the parts, but you may likely spend more than the average repair kit price of $7.99 USD. The explanation why you would spend more is the price of the thermal paste.
Most of the kits sold have a blister pack of thermal paste which is sufficient to do 2 or 3 CPUs. While the thermal paste you buy in a store comes in a tube and is far more than you want. So the increased cost. Hence you really are better off purchasing a mend kit off eBay. In the end it will continue to be way less expensive than purchasing another guide, which typically cost $24.95 or more and then you still need to buy the parts.
Sometimes the eBay kits come with a guide but some of the kits include free videos so take care you do a comparison before purchasing the kit. The nice thing about videos is you can watch them and see whether this is something you would like to attempt, all before you purchase anything. The instructions you get with the kits are typically in pdf format and are down loadable with links to the videos. There are also websites that have mistake code information so that you can confirm precisely what problem your Xbox 360 could be having before you decide what you need to do.
So what are the basic steps to fixing the RROD. In brief here they’re :
1. Open the case
2. Take away the DVD player, cooling fans and power button
3. Remove the X-clamps, CPU & GPU
4. Clean off old thermal paste and replace with new thermal paste
5. Re-install the CPU & GPU using the screws and washers contained in the kit
6. Re-install the DVD player, cooling fans and overheat
7. Let the Xbox 360 cool down and power it back up.
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