BC2G

4 years later, my first Gen Xbox 360 has the red ring of death

which begs the question, to buy a premium system or not to buy a premium system.

so many things to buy, so little money....

RMATIC09

no more warranty?

sho_nuff1997

iTrader: (2)

I thought the red ring qualified for a replacement, no matter what?

SwervinCL

Did for me..

STL+3.0CL

It does. 1st gen or not, MS bumped up the full coverage for RROD. Have you called it in yet?

Silver™

I think the upgraded warranty is only for three years, not for the lifetime of the system.

Eoanou

My friend said his first gen system was covered, he got the box last week. Best bet is to call the xbox people and see what's up.

BC2G

the warranty for RRoD is 3 years, i'm at year 4!!! =screwed....

question is buy a new one or get it fixed for 100$

SRK85

go on xbox.com go under support. Then click the link the for problems relating to the xbox, put in your serial number.It should tell you if your eligible for a free repair. Then they will send you a box and everything to send it in.

STL+3.0CL

I thought it was 3 years from their announcement to cover all consoles. Not 3 years from man. date. If not, sorry. I would buy a PS3

Myxomatosis

it's not worth the $100. Are you mechanically inclined? because the repair is a leisurely 2hr job, that costs roughly $20. I personally wouldn't ever buy one brand new again, unless I had the money readily available and had exhausted all my ideas. The damn things are pretty resilient. You just have to modify a few things and that's it, you dont need to makes yours into a freak like mine. It's pretty simple.

as you can see I went overboard, but I went for completely bulletproof, and it's an 06' first gen model. I probably wont throw it out unless it explodes or kills one of my pets, either isn't likely.

endo022

iTrader: (1)

a little overboard? that's an understatement!

stangg172004

nice try MS....

Myxomatosis

What can I say, once you get your hands on a flawless motherboard for close to free, it it a good idea to make sure it can't red ring, since it never had before. I'll have to post some pics sometime of this new board compared to my old board. Looks like I was frying eggs on it. MS definitely f'ed this console up time and time again, and dont believe for a second that they've now fixed the problems.

Kikaida

Are you using that brown water with crap floating in it from the tub on the right to cool the system?

Myxomatosis

um no buddy, I assure you it's quite crystal clear, it just also an aquarium. Extra filtration 100% oxygen saturation and no algae and three happy fish.

I could hook it up to my toilet, that would seem more fitting for an xbox. Ah yes it's shit cooled, it runs like shit and was designed like shit so, I figured..

Kikaida

Ah, my bad. Upon closer inspection, I see that there are rocks in there that made the water look brown.

Also, for some reason before, I thought there was blue, red and yellow stuff floating in the water. Now when I look at it I realize the blue gravel is on the bottom and the red and yellow stuff is behind the container.

I think it must be my LCD on my laptop...

Myxomatosis

It's ok, you actually spurred on a bit of a makeover. For the longest time, the 360 was a work in progress, which kept me from finishing it off better. Now seeing as it has been working great for 3months now, it's safe to go and make it look nicer.

First thing, I just got sand, so I am replacing that gravel, and then I'm either lifting the tank up on a stand or building a false floor, to make the tank really look like a goldfish pond. Either way even though false criticism, it did get me to think about the setup a bit.

Since this setup is new to some folks I'll mention I do have a radiator as well in case the tank gets too warm for the fish. Kind of gives the reservoir a dual purpose keeping fish as well. Instead of just having this giant res sitting around. I'll post some more pics when I finish or come close to finishing the makeover.

Kikaida

Good to hear! I was going to ask you if you ever worry about making Fish Soup! Haha

TS_eXpeed

I was hoping that if a system made it past a certain point, the RRoD was almost a non-issue.

I've had mine for right at 3 years. Crossing my fingers I never have to deal with the RRoD.

BC2G

Please enlighten me....

what do i need to do to make mine work? Screw the $100 repair, teach me the $25 im ready !

Myxomatosis

ask and ye shall receive
http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/repair...-clamp_fix.htm

It is the actually rrod right? quadrants 1,3 and 4 should be lit, no audio/video, completely dead? If so use that tutorial.
The exact hardware required can be found at Lowes. The thermal paste can be found at Radioshack. Lastly you don't need special tools to open up the case as they show. An ice pic will work fine for the clips. Only other thing is the torx bits, but you only need two bits, also found at Lowes.


Oh, and an update, it's starting to look like a cleaner setup. If anyone's wondering why things look the way they do. I used two CPU heat sinks for both the GPU and CPU, which required the DVD drive to be external. I also found putting the water block on top of the heat sinks provided the best cooling, so hence the hole in the top. I've also heard of many power brick failures, so I went ahead and slapped a heat sink on the that as well.