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Xbox Heating Issues: 360 (DEGREES)
Double_Chris
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I'm having problems with my 360. It's a somewhat older model, one of the white ones. It's the second I've had, the first was replaced after a RROD with this one.
The problem is, I can only play my 360 for around 10 minutes before it shuts itself off due to it getting to hot, or it thinking it is. The only way I can play any longer is to have the air conditioning on in the apartment until it's really cold, point a box fan at the 360, and then I can play for a bit longer, but it's still a crapshoot as it could click off at any second. Needless to say, it's making my attempts at playing through LA Noire a pain in the ass.
What can I possibly do? Am I boned? Do I need to just bite the bullet and buy a newer model 360? Is this a problem that Microsoft is willing to fix for free (doubtful)? Any home mods or suggestions that don't involve voiding anything?
To be specific, after a certain amount of playtime, usually 10 minutes or so, the 360 shuts off, showing 2 red lights on the left side of the power button. Once I power it back on, I'm greeted with a message stating that the 360 features an auto-shutdown feature to prevent overheating that caused the previous RROD issue.
The problem is, I can only play my 360 for around 10 minutes before it shuts itself off due to it getting to hot, or it thinking it is. The only way I can play any longer is to have the air conditioning on in the apartment until it's really cold, point a box fan at the 360, and then I can play for a bit longer, but it's still a crapshoot as it could click off at any second. Needless to say, it's making my attempts at playing through LA Noire a pain in the ass.
What can I possibly do? Am I boned? Do I need to just bite the bullet and buy a newer model 360? Is this a problem that Microsoft is willing to fix for free (doubtful)? Any home mods or suggestions that don't involve voiding anything?
To be specific, after a certain amount of playtime, usually 10 minutes or so, the 360 shuts off, showing 2 red lights on the left side of the power button. Once I power it back on, I'm greeted with a message stating that the 360 features an auto-shutdown feature to prevent overheating that caused the previous RROD issue.
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I can play games from the hard drive all day without problems. Anything like Live Arcade games and what not never over heat. It's the same thing if I'm watching movies on it via my external hard drive. I can watch movies and what not all day on there and never have a problem.
I think the solution is to buy a new one, unfortunately.
In my case it was actually the fan header, not the fan itself... So I hacked one of the fans to use a full 12v from some extra unused header I found. It sounds like a hairdryer, but has worked fine for the past few years.
Also, I tried plugging the console directly into the wall instead of the usual power strip I use, and it ran for a little while longer, but still crapped out after about 15 minutes or so.
After that you could probably do two things. If it is eligible for a warranty you can force a 3 red ring and get it fixed by microsoft, or do a fan mod if it isn't eligible for warranty and hope that it keeps things cool enough to be used.
I wouldn't take it apart if it is eligible for warranty.
I don't think the warranty still applies to a lot of those. I got mine repaired for free twice, and the third time it went bad they told me I was SOL.
Took it to my dad, who is a computer repair guy, and all he had to do was blow out the vents with an air compressor. Tons of dust and shit came blowing out the vents, and it works like new now. Didn't have to take it apart, either. Just blew air into the vents.
So, if you are having heat problems with your 360, maybe try blowing out the dust.
I did Xbox 360 tech support on the phone, it sounds like you're boned unless you're an idiot and you've got all kinds of shit cluttering the vents on your console which it doesn't sound like you do. You get a year warranty for each respective repair (unless it's changed, MS is pretty petty) but outside of that you'll have to pay for the repair (which is NOT worth it given the ridiculous price that's basically equivalent to a NEW and less faulty 360, shipping time and the unlikeliness of the problem getting fixed). If you have an older console I wouldn't bother with a repair since you're just going to get caught in a repair loop. I'd have to deal with irate assholes (and justifiably so I suppose) who'd had 8 or 9 repairs on their xboxes and they were basically shitting blood when I'd give the same old scripting they'd heard before.
Edit: Okay, Haha, it's changed I guess which figures because Microsoft is a shitty company that doesn't bother to back up their equally shitty product. You get 90 days of extra warranty coverage after a repair, whether you paid the fee or not for an in service or out of service repair. Your best bet is to just get a more recent Xbox, save yourself a number of headaches/aneurisms.
Edit: Wow, you fixed it. Good for you. We weren't allowed to tell people to take those sorts of steps (even blowing out dust)
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