F**k!!

[hellmett]

Re

lol another one bites the dust...

How ever there is a trick to get it working again, it may be worth a shot.

Known as "the towel trick" , you basically wrap the xbox in towels and purposely let it over heat.

turn it off let it cool down then start it up, my mate done it to his and trust me i was amazed when i seen it, don't be alarmed when you can smell burning it is said to reset the CPU...

edit: here's a video of the trick in action http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=31tvXu...eature=related

Disclaimer: if you atempt this trick and it goes horribly wrong, it has nowt to do with me xD

If you do this you will fry the console and make it totally unfixable!

[Apache]

Overheating a processor to 'reset' it sounds like a wind-up in the extreme!

Heat is almost always bad for electronics* so heating a processor until you smell burning WILL NOT fix it.


*Some crystal timing circuits are heated for stability.

[darkdezigns]

lolololololololol
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GLOPW1...eature=related

[darkdezigns]

lol another one bites the dust...

How ever there is a trick to get it working again, it may be worth a shot.

Known as "the towel trick" , you basically wrap the xbox in towels and purposely let it over heat.

turn it off let it cool down then start it up, my mate done it to his and trust me i was amazed when i seen it, don't be alarmed when you can smell burning it is said to reset the CPU...

edit: here's a video of the trick in action http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=31tvXu...eature=related

Disclaimer: if you atempt this trick and it goes horribly wrong, it has nowt to do with me xD

id watch this aswell,gives u wot really happens
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u1RpWK...eature=related

[mousey]

lol another one bites the dust...

How ever there is a trick to get it working again, it may be worth a shot.

Known as "the towel trick" , you basically wrap the xbox in towels and purposely let it over heat.

turn it off let it cool down then start it up, my mate done it to his and trust me i was amazed when i seen it, don't be alarmed when you can smell burning it is said to reset the CPU...

edit: here's a video of the trick in action http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=31tvXu...eature=related

Disclaimer: if you atempt this trick and it goes horribly wrong, it has nowt to do with me xD

[Chillitt]

I went an met a girl the other night actually... just down the road in sholing! Cost £15 in friggin diesel!!


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Wouldn't it be cheaper to get her beer, instead?

[Sancho]

whilst your here.... Chicken Tikka Masala, Is its natural colour, Brown or red?!

I say red.. cuz red it looks horrible!

Dark red. It's curry with tomato soup in.

[POPEYE]

I'll be suffering from that tomorrow morning. Ruby night tonight

know that one!!!! and the pi$$ing napalm bit

[RodLeach]

Red ring of death??? is that the 240v section or are you not telling us something

Its just the name given to the problem.

On the front the circle of light is in 4 sections. If one of them lights up it indicates a fault with x. two is fault x, four is fault x and three is "your console needs to be sent back for repair"

Sucks!!

Maybe that's why he's not out chasing girls.....

I went an met a girl the other night actually... just down the road in sholing! Cost £15 in friggin diesel!!

I'll be suffering from that tomorrow morning. Ruby night tonight

whilst your here.... Chicken Tikka Masala, Is its natural colour, Brown or red?!

I say red.. cuz red it looks horrible!

[Apache]

the red ring of death

I'll be suffering from that tomorrow morning. Ruby night tonight

[Sancho]

Red ring of death??? is that the 240v section or are you not telling us something

Maybe that's why he's not out chasing girls.....

[POPEYE]

got quite a few games on it now. Just Fable 2 is 360 only an i got far cry in a snazzy tin!!
Still, Motorstorm 2 soon!!

Cheers mate! I've booked it in for Microsoft to repair! sh!t my pants when it said it was £59 to repair it!! But if its the red ring of death then its free.
I cant believe all the faults and problems from the consoles is linked to something to minor!


Go out and meet some what?!?!

Red ring of death??? is that the 240v section or are you not telling us something

[POPEYE]

Chuck it in the bin Rod. Then go out and meet some girls

they are even more expensive to play with than Xboxes

[RodLeach]

rod u bought a ps3,surely u wud have seen the light and bought the games for that

got quite a few games on it now. Just Fable 2 is 360 only an i got far cry in a snazzy tin!!
Still, Motorstorm 2 soon!!

Send it to me mate.

I'll fix it for you.

I have done loads, you can even do it yourself.

Costs about 3.99 or so for the new parts.

The hardest thing is getting the bugger apart!

It's a fault with them.

They used X Clamps to hold the 2 heatsinks onto the mainboard.

These clamps, over time, bend the boards and break the solder on the heatsinks.

You can replace the clamps with normal screws and the solder will reset after a controlled overheat.

Repair kit here:-

REPAIR 360

Gary

Cheers mate! I've booked it in for Microsoft to repair! sh!t my pants when it said it was £59 to repair it!! But if its the red ring of death then its free.
I cant believe all the faults and problems from the consoles is linked to something to minor!

Chuck it in the bin Rod. Then go out and meet some girls

Go out and meet some what?!?!

[Sancho]

Chuck it in the bin Rod. Then go out and meet some girls