How I fix RRoD 360s (video)

1 red light, is it e74/1022? Sounds like perhaps the hana chip has been damaged from all the overheating and bad x-clamp fix. It's possible too the overheating has caused warping in the board or even the chip itself so you should try the oven method as I've described to BoRGoUSh

 

Hey guys, hey w00ly,

today I did the oven stuff w00ly told me (I gave it three hours and approx 70C), there was still 0102 error, then I did the heatgun trick, I made it with the heatgun closer and voila, I have error 0110
So the trouble is now in the RAMs, perhaps I didnt gave them proper heating time... I´m too worried that I´ll blow the components next to them... As well I don`t know, how long should I heat the RAMs, if I want to perform the heatgun fix for just the RAMs.

TO @LL OF YOU GUYS: BE SURE TO DO THE HEATGUN FIX ON THE METALLIC CASE OF THE XBOX... I MADE IT ON THE TABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT MELT SATA CONNECTOR AND SYNCH BUTTON.

 

Guuuuys I´m kind of confused

I did the heatgun ram reheating and now I have 0022 error Gonna be playing with it for more Hope I´m gonna get it to work

 

err you should have heat gunned it as soon as you took it out of the oven as well as NOT doing the ram only but heat gunning everything just like in the video so you can evenly spread the heat around and not melt anything!

 

okay okay, I´ve learned from my mistake So what to do next...? Should I unmount the coolers again and try the whole heatgun fix with GPU, CPU, HANA and RAMs again?

If you´d like I can take a pic of capacitators, I´m not sure if they´re blown or not... But they looked like this also when I got the 0102... would the damage status change when capacitators would be damaged? Or did I fix some stuff on the board and now the 0022 are the capacitators problem?

edit: I have to tell you I heated the bottom side of the board by 350C before heating the RAMs...

edit2: Here´s the picture of the capacitators (red circled) I guess could lead to the 0022 problem... Maybe they´re alrite, maybe it´s just the "black skin" on them... I really don´t know how to reckognize if they´re ok/ko

 

Yea might as well show us a pic...if they're bulging or leaking they're blown. I cant say for sure which error message it will give you though since I've never popped any of them. 0022 is a short so it's not looking good http://xbox-experts.com/errorcode/E10/0022/ You may as well try heat gunning again exactly like in the video

 

Yup I´ve seen this hyperlink while I was googling the 0022 fault... I hoped I won´t have to do the heatgun fix again Well but why not, I´ve already lost all hopes repairing the board yesterday One more try doesn´t mind at all...
But tell ya what... When I turn the xbox on, the green light shines in the middle for approx. 40 seconds, then there appears the 0022... I have edited my last post and put the picture there... could u take a look?

 

It's kinda hard to tell from the picture but it looks like they're leaking the electrolyte from the bottom on the ones you circled. The big one in between those looks like it may be bulging on the sides and on top too. It's possible they're not, like i said it's kinda hard to see from the pic. If they're not it seems likely that the short is underneath one (or several) of the chips and really not much can be done (cost efficiently).

On the bright side, now that you have a heatgun you can go onto sites like craigslist and get a rrod system for like $20-40 and repair them the proper way...definitely a lot cheaper than buying a new one. That's what I did when my previous systems were banned

Can I ask why you heated only one area? I mean I know you knew it may be a ram issue but as I mentioned in my first post I've fixed ram issues (0110) doing it exactly how I did in the vid.

 

Well I didnt read through this whole thread backwards and I thought that heating the rams for a while will do the trick... I thought that the other components are being heated just to be sure other problem will not come...

Yup I found some other xboxes, those are pretty cheap and have those errors, so Im gonna buy few of em and test my experiences again...

It´s a pity that I did the heatgun fix properly the first time and screwed it for the second time... But faults make man smarter

Could I ask you what´s the approximate height you are using the heatgun from the top of the board? Maybe the last few times I´ve had it pretty close to the board (about 2 inches)

 

I mentioned about a fist length away from the board in the video but the heat gun was on so you might not have heard, but about 3-3.5 inches and constantly keeping it moving! Now that you've got the trial and error part out of the way, hopefully the next one will work out better for you =P

 

My first few heatgun fixes were trial and error (unfortunetly w00ly wasnt around then), some of them had caps looking just like yours and would work. Depending on how good your soldering skills are, can you not just replace the cap's in question?

 

Yea well I guess I´ve melted the GPU too hard so I messed up the solders. The fifth reflowing I´ve made was pretty close to the GPU, approx. 1 inch from the GPU, so this will be the problem, but another xbox 360 is on its way...
Well at least I have to tell you that the first reflowing I´ve made was succesful... Perhaps I was too unpatient

 

Ah, well. Its happened to me too, so your not alone. Good luck with your next xbox.

 

My first attempt at heat gun fix was not as successful as I thought. Everything seemed to be running fine after using the heat gun method but I didn't have a working drive at the time so I could only play the 2d games available on the Xbox. Today I got a drive, did the spoof ,and everything seemed to be working but not even a minute into gameplay it froze. After attempting to reset it a couple of times I got hit with the 3 rings again. I've already attempted to make sure everything is set in correctly, and I also made sure there was enough thermal paste also but still no luck. At this point I really don't know what to do. Is it being stubborn or have I cooked the GPU?

 

I did another heat gun yesterday and it was working fine didn't really get a chance to test it. I tried to play it again today and it's still freezing I guess I'm flexing the board but I don't understand how. The first person who did the fix to this machine did not use nylon washers instead he used this thick rubberband type of thing that fits around the screws which keeps them attached to the board. I'm starting to think they may be the culprit because I've exhausted the heat gun this is like my third time doing it to that board. I'll try the nylon washers and see what happens.

 

ok so i have blown a couple of capacitors when heatgunning tonight!

I have a soldering iron and could prob have a go at putting new ones in, but what kind do i need and where on earth would i get them?

 

Can you tell us exactly what you did and if you differed any from the video?

As far as replacing them, if you're good with a soldering iron it shouldn't be *too* hard. The capacitance and voltage is written directly on them, so someone correct me if I'm wrong but you should be able to swap them out for ones of the same ratings. Best bet for finding them would be either radio shack or online.

 

I am at my wit's end. I got the "3" rings a month or so ago. I tried every which way but loose to fix this thing. I took out the M/b, tried the x-clamp fix, screwed it back in through the bottom of the case, and re-seated the heatsinks from the bottom of the m/b without the case. I re-seated them about 12 times, and then I re-flowed with a heat gun. Finally I got only "1" red light lower right corner, and the tv said "error 73". So, i put q-tips through the back like all the youtubes said, and after a few minutes I got 2 red lights on the left side. I shut it off for an hour, turned it back on, and the 1 red light came back on. I don't know what else to do.
Anyone have a suggestion?