Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:51 pm Post subject: XBox 360 GPU Overheat
My Xbox 360 Xenon JTAG is overheating, I have reflowed it and applied some new thermal paste, the Talismoon Whisper fans, the 12v Fan Patch Flasher (JTAG Only), the new heatsink's and I am still experiencing overheating issues. I have recently ran into the error E74, right when that hit, I knew something needs to be repaired ASAP. I repaired that, then after about 3 minutes of gameplay, again, E74. So I managed to get it running on the 4th heatgun attemp and now I am stuck here will a overheating Xenon JTAG. I would replace the GPU and ANA-HANA but I am for sure not sending my JTAG to anyone, or paying 3,000 dollars for a decent BGA Reballing station. No High Definition, XeLLous is Black/White and scrambled. _________________________________________________________
You can contact me at: LegendaryFire -at- 360-HQ.com
It's not a matter of keeping it cool. Something is wrong with it, as in the hardware. About 1 minute and it is at abnormal temperatures. _________________________________________________________
You can contact me at: LegendaryFire -at- 360-HQ.com
sjohn Moderator
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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:16 am Post subject:
sounds almost as if your connection between the gpu/cpu and the heatsink isn't good enough, you said you reapplied thermal paste and all? did you make sure to clean each (the heatsink and the chip) with alcohol before reapplying? did you put too much thermal paste on thus creating insulation instead of connectivity? lots can go wrong with heatsinks if it's not properly done. _________________________________________________________
sounds almost as if your connection between the gpu/cpu and the heatsink isn't good enough, you said you reapplied thermal paste and all? did you make sure to clean each (the heatsink and the chip) with alcohol before reapplying? did you put too much thermal paste on thus creating insulation instead of connectivity? lots can go wrong with heatsinks if it's not properly done.
Yup, I know its all good for there. It's a hardware failure. Belive me. No High Definition, XeLLous is Black and White and Scrambled aswell. _________________________________________________________
You can contact me at: LegendaryFire -at- 360-HQ.com
I've heard sometimes the south bridge can go bad on the mobo from heat.
Yeah, because what I am thinking is that the GPU is failing me as it often shows sign of faiure. The odd time some textures dont get rendered. _________________________________________________________
You can contact me at: LegendaryFire -at- 360-HQ.com
If I was you at this point I'd send it somewhere and get it professionally reflowed. There is just a point where all xboxes die no matter what. _________________________________________________________
crackface47 360-HQ Elite Member
Joined: Jan 30, 2007 Posts: 344 Location: GA, United States XP: 222
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:04 am Post subject:
how do you reflow a xbox?
SCARFACE Administrator
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:57 am Post subject:
no good bud e74's are a biatch imo and pretty much mean death you might find a shop loco that has a true rework station and should only charge about 40-50 around there if they can fix it and if they are the good ones like the one by me they can do any of the chips from gpu cpu and the memory and hana all them . _________________________________________________________ The one the only Scarface!!
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