THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Bloodwake on April 19, 2007, 02:18:02 AM
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Okay.
Three red ring lights.
The towel trick worked, meaning that the solder between two cables is faulty.
Wouldn't it just be easier and cheaper just to crack the case and have someone resolder it together, rather than have Microsoft fuck me in the ass for $139 dollars. I'm in fucking college. Hell, I will do it myself if someone knows which cables need to be resoldered together.
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explain the towel trick
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explain the towel trick
Basically, people have been wrapping up their 360s in towels for about ten minutes while the system is turned on, and then letting the system cool, which allows for a temporary fix that allows the system to work after getting the red ring of death.
From what I understand, whenever the red ring of death goes off (in most cases) it is because the solder between the GPU and the motherboard has weakened to the point that they can't communicate, therefore prompting the system to send an error message.
What the towel trick does is, through warming up the system and not allowing air to escape, makes the 360 hot enough to resolder these two connections together temporarily. The solder is weak, however, meaning you will probably get the red death ring one or two days later.
Basically, whenever Microsoft gets your system for $140, they open it up, resolder this connection, and close it up. That's it. They charge you $140 for this.
Now, you may be saying that there was a warranty extension. Well, guess what. Since my original 360 was covered by the warranty whenever it screwed up, Microsoft exempted me from the extension. Not only that, but Microsoft also originally sent me back a system with a launch manufacturer's date, meaning that they basically sent me a system that was going to screw up to begin with. The Halo 3 beta is coming up, and I'm broke. Basically, what I'm saying is that if I can just do this myself (I hear it can be done with a heat gun) I'm going to, and if there is anyone on here who knows anyone who's tried this.
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Ok well, if you are willing to open your 360 (void your warranty) you can use the hot air gun/blowdry method which will probably fix it temporarily. I guess it heats up and fixes the small cracks in the solder: http://www.360mods.net/News/article/sid=72.html
Not sure if this fix is related to the cables you speak of.
lots of youtube videos explaining the process in detail
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Ok well, if you are willing to open your 360 (void your warranty) you can use the hot air gun/blowdry method which will probably fix it temporarily. I guess it heats up and fixes the small cracks in the solder: http://www.360mods.net/News/article/sid=72.html
Not sure if this fix is related to the cables you speak of.
lots of youtube videos explaining the process in detail
Yeah, my warranty is up, and I got fucked royally out of the extension by Microsoft's bullshit.
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LOL @ that towel trick, are you kidding me? Who comes up with this crap.
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LOL @ that towel trick, are you kidding me? Who comes up with this crap.
I don't know, but it works. Seriously. The only thing that still fucks up is DVD playback, and believe me, I need that. the 360 is the only DVD player I have right now.
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Should have bought a PStriple
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just open it up. fuck it.
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My launch X360 is still flawless, even after probably 700 hours of dvd playback + all the gaming I do.
I WIN! YOU HEAR ME?!
How can your warantee be up I coulda sworn it was extended even further.
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if you open your 360 might as well flash the firmware while you are at it
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My launch X360 is still flawless, even after probably 700 hours of dvd playback + all the gaming I do.
I WIN! YOU HEAR ME?!
How can your warantee be up I coulda sworn it was extended even further.
only to a full year
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Have you ever soldered anything before?
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I heard they don't check if you open up the 360 before the warranty is up.
Do you know anybody that can solder? You can just stand outside of the computer science class or put a sign up saying you'll pay somebody $50 if they fix it.
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50 bux is a bit much? Just offer like $20 and a big mac combo
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I have a launch 360 that hasn't given me anything that wasn't an obvious software related crash. If it's fine at this point, am I probably safe?
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Should have bought a PStriple
Good advice. A console can't get broken if you don't play it. :lol
Trolling is teh awesome when you don't get banned. Btw, is it trolling when you're talking smack about a system that you own?