Recurring Error after X-clamp fix (sound, no video)

[alexporter1992]

I applied the x-clamp fix to my xbox, but it won't turn on!!
what the hell is happening?! everything is connected correctly and my power cable is fine.

i need to turn my xbox on to overheat it. bad times guys.

so if anyone knows what might be up, can you message me??

[sk801]

Has anyone tried re-balling the gpu?

I bought a broken system online with the same problem and am tempted to try it. It seems fairly difficult though.

[petkwa]

any more updates to your situation? Since I'm going through exact same thing, I want to know what other things I can try.

thanks

[xbox360man]

You could also try sanding down high points on the metal chassis to try and get the motherboard to sit as perfectly straight as possible. The goal is that the chassis and motherboard should be lined up before even screwing anything in. You could also try heat gunning it. Here is a good video on how to do that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO03w...e=channel_page

[petkwa]

i've bought the heat gun and will be testing it out soon, but I don't know about sanding down the high points, if what you say is true than instead of using the button type screws couldn't I try to use similar screw with flat head?

[techytype]

ya gotta ket ALL the gnk off to make the srfaces surgically clean, tiniest bit left wil cause problems.

you possibly need to have less paste on the heat sinks, you only need a very thin smear about as thick as a skid mark in you girlfreinds kaks (excluding curry nights that is lol).

as you seat the heat-sinks give them a wiggle while applying even pressure to spread out the paste.

the paste is meant to fill the microscopic voids between the machined metal surfaces so conducting more heat away from the chips.

[Luke]

Have you used a heat gun on it yet? If not, tightening the screws ain't going to do jack

[petkwa]

I'm in the process of reviewing the entire procedure carefully, not wanting to damage any other components. How many minutes is good enough at what heat settings? 200F 500F 800F 1100F ?

[Luke]

I would only do the back first, the front is bit of a minefield... literally! Concentrate around the ANA chip area.

Make sure you remove the heatsinks before doing any of this otherwise your board is going to DIE!!!

Put your heat gun on low/300C and heat the board in small circular motions, always keep the gun moving otherwise things will pop off! Then put the gun on medium/400C-500C and do the same for 3 minutes... you may see a little smoke, at this point stop as the solder has melted (which is what we are trying to achieve). Let the board cool for around 45 minutes before testing it out, also, make sure there isn't too much thermal paste on the heat sinks.

If it still fails, all is not lost. Do the top of the board but this requires a lot of preping so we'll come on to that later if need be.

Hope that helps

I can't fret enough how important it is you read up on how to do the top before even thinking about it, if done wrong you can pop a capacitor and believe me, you don't want to be around when those things go off!!!!! (even the small ones)

[petkwa]

okie i'm gonna give it a go on the back side 200F for first minute and 500 for next 3 mins. Will get back to you with the results.

okie I've did the heat gun and it's on the cool process will keep posting the updates.

quick question: was I suppose to take the heatsink off the cpu too? cus I only took the gpu heat sink off and mainly concentrated on the gpu section with ana chip.

possible do over?

well I've put it together and ran the system for about an hour playing call of juarez bib and its all good. So resoldering the lead balls worked just fine. After the game I checked the bottom of the system and it is hot. next mod will be how to keep the system cooled especially for the gpu unit. Even if I have to put it in a different box or put a gpu unit fan, cus the fan that I'm using to cool the extension heatsink is having a little effect.