I keep waiting for the day when my Xbox 360 throws me the Red Ring of Death, cringing at the thought of having to call Microsoft, wait on hold, box up my console, and wait forever for it to get returned. Even though the above video tutorial likely voids your warranty, I’d much rather fix my Xbox 360 myself and then grunt like Tim Taylor when all is said and done. Or grunt like the girl in the video would. Either way.
Anyway, the fix comes to us from i-Hacked.com and, according to SlashGear, “they tested out their way of fixing the 360 on ten different ones that had gotten the RRoD and were successful with all ten.” Good enough for me.
if she can do that with nails i want no more excuses out of my gf
Why in the hell is she doing this on the floor/carpet?! That’s like the last place you want to work with ‘computer’ parts other than the ocean.
Geeze. Too much work. I’d rather wait the few weeks and get a fresh new box. If it ever does it out of warranty, I’ll just buy another. I ain’t putting that thing back together.
thank you, you rock!!
I have 2 college degrees and wouldn’t attemt this. too many parts.
thats all fine and dandy but how long does this fix actually last?
long but will it work when your all done
fuckk that, i’d break my xbox but then again i only have 1 ring of death not 3.
Really it isn’t that hard guys. your looking at a total of 3 different types of screws at most to take the system apart. I guess you get use to it…I’ve been taking these things apart on the regular now and it does get easier. I also think this video is intended for those who’s warranties have already expired or have been voided for other reasons. Just watch the video and reverse your steps when putting it back together and you should be fine. The only REAL danger in this whole process is removing the x-clamps which you could seriously scratch your motherboard beyond repair. Good luck fellas and fellets :)
Great video, except if a Xbox is anything like a computer (which it sure looks like) then it is VERY susceptible to static electricity which carpet generates. I’d recommend doing this on a wooden table or for extreme safety, a antistatic sheet.
Hey!
Nice tutorial, i will try it out, but please help, how long should the screws be?
The i-hacked.com/360fix (8 M5-.80 x 10 Machine Screws #138433)
Great video, but:
Music sucks so hard I hardly could watch.
Nice, i found out that it should be 10mm screws, and tryed the tutorial out and it fixed the problem!
Really nice and explaining tutorial, the hardest work was to find the bricks and screws ;)
Thanks alot from Sweden! :)
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Nice video (horrible music), BUT how long does this fix last? I’ve seen a lot of reports of the RROD pointing to the motherboard itself being warped from the heat or the solders failing… I’d hate to go to all this trouble and have to send it in anyhow.
When one of my Rock Band guitars died, the “sure-fire” strummer fix I found worked for all of one hour, and I had to RMA it anyhow.
Have you guys had long-term success with this RROD fix?
bsr: Well, for me it worked atleast 4hours, then the rings came back, i reheated and it disapered again – and came back.
I have done it atleast 4 times, and now i dont bother fixing it again :/
simple enough….and to the guy with the 2 college degrees….you have obviously never taken apart a TV or microwave before…..plus this seems like a quick easy fix….
This is ridiculous, you shouldn’t HAVE to go through all this crap. Microsoft should make better hardware, for the love of god.
“Harmonics – January 25th, 2009 at 8:51 pm PST
This is ridiculous, you shouldn’t HAVE to go through all this crap. Microsoft should make better hardware, for the love of god.”
looooool :D thats true
I dont understand why mine automatically goes to the 3rrod still? And now that I think of it, am I missing something to think that simply changing the thermal compound is going to in a sense “reset” the xbox into thinking its new again?
Reply please?
The way i see the fix is not about putting a new thermal compound. Its more to fixing the processor solder joints. If the heat is enough to cause the solder joints to fail in the first place. heating it up again and tightening up the heatsink could do the trick of fixing it. That would explains why she heats up the processor before tightening the heatsink screws. Well that’s the idea i got from watching 4 videos of the same fix and 1 video of the fix but without changing the thermal paste. Anyway I’m still researching more about this method before trying it out on my poor 360.
Anon **** i totally agree
“I dont understand why mine automatically goes to the 3rrod still? And now that I think of it, am I missing something to think that simply changing the thermal compound is going to in a sense “reset” the xbox into thinking its new again?”
I alos performmed this for a friend and the attempt was uncessful, i let it overheat till i got the 2 rings…..then when i put everything back together, plugged it in with high hopes…there were still 3 red rings….. The only thing that I can think that would possibly be a flaw is that we cleaned the three shiny cpus really good, but on the chipset there was still some thermal compound that was covering up other parts of the chipset…. were we suppose to clean EVERYTHING?!? r just the shinny things like in the video, pls reply back
Jeff
Jeff, you are fucking stupid. Go fix a toaster in your bath tub for the sake of humanity’s future.
Thank you and have a nice day.
Just finish reviving my 3RRoDed 360. This video helps a lot. But some of the parts i wasnt able to obtain. So i improvise using Cooler Master Thermal Paste, 8 – 3/16″ X 1/2″ machine screw, 16 – 3/16″ Flat Metal Washer, 16 Homemade Paper Washer. Total cost of parts RM 21.30 which is about 5.80 USD. I followed the video every step of the way. after 2 hours of hassle my xbox was revived.
Looks as though the clamp system from the factory xbox was faulty causing a break in the thermal paste. Thanks for the good do it yourself advice! Keep up the good work.
This is a great guide and my brother was looking at it because apparently we got the ring of death tonight. but if you have never attempted to assemble and or disassemble any sort of computer then DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS even if you have this is very risky as others have stated due to the fact that if your steady hand shakes out of place you may make one hell of a scratch on your mother board. So if your warrant has completely run out and you are going to attempt this be damn sure your not gonna do anything stupid like set your motherboard down on the place you think in clear and i sudgest having some pretty good experience, other than my warnings GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY GAMING!
yea forgot to mention and this may happen to a lot of you, if the light on your power supply is not green Ex.(Red, Orange, Not Illuminated) EVEN WHEN OFF then i HIGHLY SUDGEST CLICKING THIS LINK. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907534
-THIS IS SO YOU MAKE SURE YOUR 360 IS BROKEN BEFORE YOU ALMOST SEND IT IT LIKE MY DUMB SHIT OF A BROTHER.
I did all that and i still have the red ring of death
I followed the video until the part were I turn it on and let it overheat. When I turn it on it goes to the 3 rings instead of the two for overheating. Do I need to leave it on? Will it go from 3 to 2?
You have to leave it on for about 3 minutes and then it will turn from the 3 red rings to only 2….then you unplug it.
Will this fix the e 74 error or is it just for the 3rrod??Because i tried this method once replacing all with screws and all that n it didnt seem to work and im on my 2nd box and it didnt even work.
So…I tried it due to lack of warranty…and it worked for maybe a day…then I got the no video/only audio problem…and I tried the process again only to go back to the 3 rings of death!! What did I do wrong? Instead of arctic silver I tried thermal paste due to other videos and now I’m about to smash the thing…any ideas?
should u really be doing that on the carpet, and while your not grounded?
I had found if red ring of death, its bit technical but finally you can over come it.
http://www.squidoo.com/xbox_360_red_ring_of_death_fix-how_to_guide123
nice video shared thanks!
You guys are a buncha n00bs this shit works.
I used this method to fix my 360 about 4 months ago and it fixed the issue. Last week it decided to return to the RROD to my dismay. I then decided to try it again and of course it has fixed the issue again. It seems to me that this is only a temporary fix, but it’s better than buying a new unit every year since the total repair cost is less than 6 bucks. Not to mention the fact that this is one of the easiest computer repairs I have ever seen.
iv had the Rrod 3 FRIKIN TIMES and i was stupid and bought 2new ones… WELL i got it again and used this, IT DOES NOT WORK!!! i spent atleast 2or3 hrs on this for nothing… id rather take it to a computer repair shop for 10bucks or send it to microsoft and wait rather than waste my time trying to use this guide… (BTW EVERYONE THIS ONLY TEMPORARYELY FIXES IT, NOT PERMANENTLY!!)
how do u find the nails u need when u put them in the mother board
I had a new xbox with RROD and sent it in for repairs.. Now 1 year later its doing it again. So it doesnt matter if you do the repair or xbox does… It still will fail..
Thank you so much for this video. My old 360 got the RROD this past weekend and after watching this twice, I was able to fix it for under $6 of parts