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[matty0]

ok guys, so earlier today my 360 had its first ever RROD (i was indeed gutted) but i left it totally unplugged to cool off, then 1 hour later plugged it back in and it works it booted up and loaded my game just fine.

so then the problem i am currently facing occurs... the games boot up fine, play for about... 5-10 mins, then totally freeze then the screen checkerboards and then the xbox turns itself off...

it will then boot up again absolutely fine and the process will repeat... im currently doing another unplugged hour, but is there anything i should be doing to it?

any advice would be appreciated.

thanks in advance

[Curtis]

First off overheating your xbox is VERY hard on it!, sounds like your gpu is losing connection, thus your losing your connection with grpahics and it freezes.

Id seriously just try the the eraser mod, my step brother does it and it works good with no damage or overheating.

[matty0]

First off overheating your xbox is VERY hard on it!, sounds like your gpu is losing connection, thus your losing your connection with grpahics and it freezes.

Id seriously just try the the eraser mod, my step brother does it and it works good with no damage or overheating.

i dont have any tools 2 open it tho

[matty0]

TOWEL METHOLD FTW!!!!!

EDIT:

mods can close this now if they want. seems to be working after a toweling

Edited by matty0, 26 August 2010 - 11:25 AM.

[jmdalmighty]

Omg never towel it and it will break again what you need is a reflow as your gpu has colder solder points if you take it to a laptop reaper shop they will be able to reflow it or towel trick it and trade in in add some cash and buy a new xbox.

[matty0]

Omg never towel it and it will break again what you need is a reflow as your gpu has colder solder points if you take it to a laptop reaper shop they will be able to reflow it or towel trick it and trade in in add some cash and buy a new xbox.

i towled it... seems fine

[Obama]

xbox360smartrepair.com rrod is caused by heat, the problem is now the connections with the solderballs under probably the gpu and/or cpu, so cooling it down isn't going to fix it

[matty0]

ffs its fixed, and obama, i will not hire you to fix my xbox.

[iBotPeaches]

The towel prolongs the inevitable. How long it prolongs it though, nobody knows. Some people get a few days, others entire months.

If it is an E74 error, you can almost always get a free repair from MS. No matter how far your warranty is out of date.

[matty0]

The towel prolongs the inevitable. How long it prolongs it though, nobody knows. Some people get a few days, others entire months.

If it is an E74 error, you can almost always get a free repair from MS. No matter how far your warranty is out of date.

rly? i didnt know that... how do i go about geting it repaired if/when it comes back?

(update btw, played perfectly for 2 hours last night, still perfect this morning )

[gruntmods]

rly? i didnt know that... how do i go about geting it repaired if/when it comes back?

(update btw, played perfectly for 2 hours last night, still perfect this morning )

call 1800-4myxbox

[Quinn]

I get a similar experience when I let my GPU (calm down connorss, not your 460) heat up to 90'C+. Just sayin.