Modded Xbox 360 (got bored working on car so modded this)

[TRBOMOFO]

The mod list:

clear lexan glassdesign cut in sidecustom ****ty silver paint jobclear fan shroud40 red LEDsDual Speed Fan Cut CD-ROMS15 Silvia Emblemupgraded heat sinks / added CPU heat sink

[MinisterofDOOM]

That's pretty freaking cool. Does the large Lexan window make the system run any hotter?

[TRBOMOFO]

nope actuially with the metal shield in there gone it helps it breath just a bit more

[OldmanPurdy]

That looks really cool

[bmike818]

I was going to say awesome, but you forgot to paint your wireless dongle

j/k.. That looks freaking awesome.

[TRBOMOFO]

yea i need to do that

i was happy i got this far i will have to try that adventure at a later time

[AZ89two4Tsx]

coolio!

[S13_love]

thats pretty sweet

[Mr.Silvia]

...j/k that looks pretty awesome

[romerider153]

hey buddy you know how to fix a xbox with the red ring of death i tried baking it and that work a couple of times but it stoped working again

[MinisterofDOOM]

Usual approach is to send it in to MS for free warranty repairs. I assume baking your Xbox voids the warranty, though. 3 year warranty from date of purchase for RROD.

[romerider153]

its older then 3 years and i assumed they same thing so i kinda had no options i hear its just bad soilder on the ethernet port but idk

[C-Kwik]

You can either pay the $100 to have it repaired through MS or $199 for a new Arcade unit.

Those are the safe options. Other than that, most RROD's appear to be contributed to the solder on the GPU. There are a few tricks you can find out there to not only fix the problem, but possibly prevent it from occuring again by reducing the stress created on the board when it heats up. For this, I'd refer to one of the xbox related forums (teamxbox or xboxscene).

[MinisterofDOOM]

its older then 3 years and i assumed they same thing so i kinda had no options i hear its just bad soilder on the ethernet port but idk

Are you sure it's older than 3 years? I thought the oldest boxes would only become 3 years old next month...maybe I'm wrong.

[romerider153]

i bought it april 05 i think i may be wrong idk its old maybe it was 06 im goin to have to look into it u think they will do anything tho since i baked it twice

[MinisterofDOOM]

Depends, what's involved in baking it? If you had to open it, the warranty will be void. Otherwise you might be okay.

[romerider153]

all u do is pull all the stuff off like harddrive and component wires and then wrap it in a towel and turn it on then after about 10 minutes it will overheat and shut off so u keep turning it back on for like an hour then let it cool for like 30 minutes and ur good it worked for like a month both times but now it dosn;t work anymore at all

[romerider153]

is the sticker on the front of the xbox behind the face plate the indication if its been opened

[C-Kwik]

i bought it april 05 i think i may be wrong idk its old maybe it was 06 im goin to have to look into it u think they will do anything tho since i baked it twice

From Wikipedia:

"The Xbox 360 was released on November 22, 2005, in the United States and Canada;"

So unless you have some mad connections, it must actually be 4/06.

[romerider153]

yea i deff dont so it must be 06 i know it was april tho i guess it just fells long idk i made an attempt to open it once never actually got it opened decided to just leave it alone and send it out or something but the sticker that says microsoft that goes over the split in the to case halves behind the face plate got a little messed so if thats the indicator im screwed if theres something inside that they go off of i think ill be alright

[MinisterofDOOM]

Yeah, I'm not sure. It probably will kill the warranty unless it's obvious that only the sticker was messed with. I've never opened one (since I've never made it past warranty) so I'm not sure if there are more seals to show it's been opened. I guess if you can bear to be without it for a while, it's worth a try. You might even try calling customer support and asking them if that sticker alone will void it before you send it in.

[romerider153]

iv been with out it for like 3 months now so whats one more but yea ill call them up

[OldmanPurdy]

iv been with out it for like 3 months now so whats one more but yea ill call them up

That sticker will void the warranty if its cut or otherwise looks like it have been removed and re-applied, problem is you don't know if they will accept it or not till you send it off. If you want to repair it your self this is what needs to be done http://copronymous.com/wp-cont...d.pdf , I have personaly done this 3 times for people before the extended warranty came out and it works because it fixes the design flaw at the root its not a band-aid fix.

[romerider153]

thanks that was a extremely helpful link the only thing im worried about is the fact the they sat to over heat it to fix the solders this in is basically what baking it does since iv done that twice now already think there is any kind of permenent damage caused by that i hope not i mean it fed up anyway so im goin to try but just a concern i had

[OldmanPurdy]

Its not as bad as the towel trick because the mobo isn't cased in so the heat dosen't affect other components and the new bolts keeps it from coming loose again but yes there are risks. For example the GPU may not reseat properly if its not torqued down evenly, Of course if you have no warranty and its f***** anyways then there isn't a whole lot to lose but quite a bit to gain

[NSR_s30]

Cool DIY

[romerider153]

ok so i followed it step by step but now i got just 2 left lights and the status light on the plug will turn green at first and then switch to yellow after like 10 seconds the front lights will still blink but the other light is yellow so idk

[ADDirishboy]

Dude that is SO badass!

[OldmanPurdy]

ok so i followed it step by step but now i got just 2 left lights and the status light on the plug will turn green at first and then switch to yellow after like 10 seconds the front lights will still blink but the other light is yellow so idk

Is the system back together or still outside the case?

[romerider153]

still out of the case