Originally Posted by
e3NiNe
I think I mentioned to some that I recently found a very first generation Xbox 360 (Zephyr) at the GoodWill Store for $12. I powered it up to find out that it was RRoD'd. Here's my next XBox adventure ...
Arctic Silver thermal paste + component cleaner + new hardware
2nd generation VPU heatsink
YouTube- Xbox 360 RROD repair
5. Arcade - 90nm, 90nm - needs repair
The Zephyr $12 Xbox LIVES. I can't believe this $15 fix works.
The updated heatsink arrived today and I was able to execute this guide:
http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/repair...-clamp_fix.htm
The RROD is caused by 2 things:
1. The "X-Clamp" that holds the heatsinks to the chips are overly tight. With the heat generated, the clamp pressure causes the GPU's solder tracks to sever.
2. The OEM thermal paste is applied way too thick. Because it's so caked on, it traps more heat than dispensing it.
3. General cooling issues.
Pressure + bad cooling + bad connections to the bad cooling = rrod.