Hardware 360 Slim overheating for no reason

[godreborn]

all slims? I seem to recall that with at least newer ones.

 

[Deleted member 668561]

yep every console after jasper

 

[godreborn]

btw, if it's a slim, I think I can see how it could be one red light. I know slims can't get rrod. the center power light turns red instead. I don't know about the other quadrant errors though, so I can see how one red light could mean overheating with a slim.

 

[Warmo]

It took a while but i did figure out a possible issue with the xbox

I found a video on youtube that mentioned some caps on the board which could fail, so I invested in a multimeter and yep, one of them is giving a bad reading (The xbox doesnt even turn on anymore, no idea what the flashes were though, ive put it in storage)

Only issue now is I dont feel confident enough to fix it because it is too small and im not very experanced. I called the only local console repair shop and he flat out refused to fix 360's as aperently "you cant get the parts" and 2nd had consoles are cheap
I assume he hasnt heard of aliexpress and how the console i had which broke was rarely used and ofcourse is MY xbox

 

[XCOM]

It took a while but i did figure out a possible issue with the xbox

I found a video on youtube that mentioned some caps on the board which could fail, so I invested in a multimeter and yep, one of them is giving a bad reading (The xbox doesnt even turn on anymore, no idea what the flashes were though, ive put it in storage)

Only issue now is I dont feel confident enough to fix it because it is too small and im not very experanced. I called the only local console repair shop and he flat out refused to fix 360's as aperently "you cant get the parts" and 2nd had consoles are cheap
I assume he hasnt heard of aliexpress and how the console i had which broke was rarely used and ofcourse is MY xbox

you could try to find a broken console, take the pieces and replace a few pieces to your console, the broken XBOX 360 consoles are not lacking XD

 

[Warmo]

you could try to find a broken console, take the pieces and replace a few pieces to your console, the broken XBOX 360 consoles are not lacking XD

According to the video I found, you dont even need to do that, just bridging the points together will do the trick

 

[godreborn]

I was selling a few exploited systems a while back on ebay I think it was. someone returned a system claiming it didn't work. it worked fine for me when I got it back. anyway, a friend told me that some groups buy working xbox 360s, then take parts out of them to fix broken systems, then return the system claiming that it was broken. the post above reminded me of that. I didn't notice any of that when I opened it up, and the system worked fine. the guy actually left lego indiana jones iirc in the disc tray, the official game. I offered to send it back, but the guy never responded. I still have it.

 

[Deleted member 435036]

sounds like something that needs a reflow or reball...bad HANA connection/ cold solder joint issue possibly


https://x-ex.com/errorcodes.php

Reflowing is a myth

 

[Deleted member 668561]

Reflowing is a myth

Its just a temp fix, and you don't "need" a full rework station to reflow

If anything reball with high quality solder and flux

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According to the video I found, you dont even need to do that, just bridging the points together will do the trick

You don't want to short a capacitor or a resistor , either it's for decoupling, or for dc bypass, it may work, but it can cause a larger failure down the road....if you don't properly fix it you can't really ask why it broke.....

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I was selling a few exploited systems a while back on ebay I think it was. someone returned a system claiming it didn't work. it worked fine for me when I got it back. anyway, a friend told me that some groups buy working xbox 360s, then take parts out of them to fix broken systems, then return the system claiming that it was broken. the post above reminded me of that. I didn't notice any of that when I opened it up, and the system worked fine. the guy actually left lego indiana jones iirc in the disc tray, the official game. I offered to send it back, but the guy never responded. I still have it.

Thats why you record the part/serial numbers, so if they try to swap out and return you'll know

 

[godreborn]

I was unaware that people could be so unscrupulous, so I didn't bother doing that. everything checked out though.

 

[Deleted member 435036]

Its just a temp fix, and you don't "need" a full rework station to reflow

If anything reball with high quality solder and flux

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You don't want to short a capacitor or a resistor , either it's for decoupling, or for dc bypass, it may work, but it can cause a larger failure down the road....if you don't properly fix it you can't really ask why it broke.....

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Thats why you record the part/serial numbers, so if they try to swap out and return you'll know

Solder balls don't break, it's bullshit. The heating from what ever method is what "revives" the chip.

 

[godreborn]

The problem with both 360 and ps3 is inadequate cooling. When you turn the system off, tha fan abruptly shuts off. The ps4 continues to cool in rest mode only.

 

[Deleted member 668561]

Solder balls don't break, it's bullshit. The heating from what ever method is what "revives" the chip.

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stress fractures, you just need a crack in the joint wide enough to be electrically insulated, heating causes the metal to expand allowing the joint to make electrical contact, until it overheats again

Also have you ever used cheap/low quality solder? I'd use 60/40 lead-tin, never skimp on proper solder