xbox - red ring

[Kasabian]

nope - the towel trick lasts 1/2 days, but when i completely cleaned out my xbox, all the dirt, dust etc blocking the airwaves and the cpu, heatsink etc was removed, i did the towel trick and it's worked for a year now

---------- Post added 05-06-2011 at 03:28 PM ----------

The towel trick is an extremely bad idea, but giving it a good clean solves the majority of problems.

The towel trick 'resolders' the solder, i think.
it's to do with the USA/Japanese market - they can't use solder with led, i think.

or some **** like that.

[redtom]

The towel trick works by heating your xbox to a point where the connections melt and resolder thus restoring broken solders (although it can also break perfectly fine connections)... at the same time as frying your CPU and Graphics card 9 times out of 10 it does more damage then good.

[Recursion]

It wont be in warranty though, Which RROD Segments does it have?

MS extended the warranty on all Xbox consoles because of the RROD, it might be worth checking?

[Jack!]

MS extended the warranty on all Xbox consoles because of the RROD, it might be worth checking?

Only by a year I think? If its a 2007 model it would of ran out in 2009/10.

I feel so lucky at times like these. my xbox is nearly 8 years old now I think. Never had a single problem.

[Oleh]

Pop a ram chip off and say you have E71 error. Free fix ftw.

[redtom]

Pop a ram chip off and say you have E71 error. Free fix ftw.

If you open up your xbox you lose all warranty.

[Oleh]

You lose all warranty if you don't have warranty anyway..

Just use the hairdryer trick