Hardware I finally dug out my 360's

Biskii · 2026-10-10T21:13:42+0100

I finally popped out of a bad depression and have been getting around to projects I wasn't feeling up to. I dug around and got all of my 360's out. The 2 on the left are RRoD, and I can't get a controller working so far. I guess my next move is finding a controller and getting parts for repair. If anyone has any advice or tips I'm all ears. I admittedly haven't done the most research since I didn't even know if I had a working console yet

BigOnYa · 2026-10-10T21:33:31+0100

Most likely if they are RROD, then simply "ordering parts" won't help. Most likely they will need motherboard/CPU/GPU Reflowed with a reflow machine. You can buy a reflow machine and try it yourself, but for the price, it'd be cheaper to just buy another used working X360 unit. Good luck.

SylverReZ · 2026-10-10T21:35:40+0100

BigOnYa said:
Most likely if they are RROD, then simply "ordering parts" won't help. Most likely they will need motherboard/CPU/GPU Reflowed with a reflow machine. You can buy a reflow machine and try it yourself, but for the price, it'd be cheaper to just buy another used working X360 unit. Good luck.

Or send it in to a console modding/repair service to get it reballed, however, it will cost you money. You'll likely be better off getting another used unit.

ConsoleMods has a buying guide: https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox_360:Buying_Guide

Biskii · 2026-10-10T21:38:02+0100

BigOnYa said:
Most likely if they are RROD, then simply "ordering parts" won't help. Most likely they will need motherboard/CPU/GPU Reflowed with a reflow machine. You can buy a reflow machine and try it yourself, but for the price, it'd be cheaper to just buy another used working X360 unit. Good luck.

SylverReZ said:
Or send it in to a console modding/repair service to get it reballed, however, it will cost you money. You'll likely be better off getting another used unit.

ConsoleMods has a buying guide: https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox_360:Buying_Guide

Thanks for the responses! I'm probably confusing some of the old "quick-fixes" for an actual repair. I'll just take those apart and play with them for fun, see what I can salvage or practice my soldering. Maybe try to find a cheap lot of broken stuff on ebay.

The two that are working boot to one of the more modern dashboards that I remember, but I haven't touched them in probably 15 years. As soon as I manage to get a controller to them and get an exact firmware I'll start doing my real research

eta: the elite is on dashboard 2.0.17526.0. I'm gonna look into this before checking the other one. Thanks again!

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