IT WORKED!!!!!! yes thank you guys so much for all of your help i appreciate it so much. thank you thank you thank you. I cant thank you enough.
Kinda confused.... What route did you end up going? X-clamp fix? And how did you heat the heat sinks? I only did one RROD repair in the past and it was by powering the console w/o fans. I don't want to spend any more $ then I have to, so will my mom's standard hair dryer work? lol....