How to fix Xbox 360 Slim RROD / Red Dot of Death Reset Solution👍
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A solution to resolving an Xbox 360 Slim ground-fault. Reset your Xbox360 Slim to get rid of the Red Dot Error.. If the red-dot error occurs when you place your hard drive in, you may have a bad SATA cable or bad hard-drive. Solution: Replace the SATA cable or use a computer to backup your data to a new hard-drive and replace the hard-drive.
Check these thing prior to following the repair in this video:
Check to see if the hard drive is at fault is by removing the hard drive and then reboot the Xbox. If the Xbox boots up with a green light and you have an Xbox 360 boot screen and then the dashboard, then you know the hard drive was at fault. If you've removed the hard drive and then rebooted and you see a red dot, then you know the hard drive is not at fault. If you're not getting a green boot you may have to replace the CPU paste. If you've already replaced the heat-sink CPU paste then boot problems may have arisen from a bad Microsoft update or maybe even a bad power brick; check the power bricks light during a boot to see if it turns red; if it does, the power brick may be the culprit. Other things that can cause a red dot are bad cables. Bad HDMI, Bad component cables or even bent HDMI pins in the rear of the Xbox-360 where the HDMI is connected, also bent USB pins inside the USB port, which can also cause a ground fault and a red-dot.
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Things to consider when this video doesn't lead to a successful repair:
1.) Heat Sink paste is a slightly viscous material that comes in a tube that is used to allow efficient even heat transfer from one object to another without burning both objects, just like when one uses cooking oil to fry food. The cooking oil allows efficient even heat transfer between the heated pan & the food in the pan with burning it.
2.) If no thermal paste is used, then heat cannot flow from one metal object to the next metal object efficiently. Excessive heat build-up can occur between the 2 metal objects (heat-sink & CPU) and you can expect a fire to occur inside the Xbox and damage to your CPU/GPU. Heat must flow from one object to the next without a buildup in heat in one particular area, and then blown out of the case to remove the heat from the inside of the Xbox towards the outside environment
3.) If your reset doesn't work and your Xbox still gets the red dot. Is there anything else [you] can try?
3a.) You could try a different power supply or replace yours if it has a red-light. You need to make sure you've replaced the old heat-sink paste with new paste after you've cleaned off the old. You can try running a heat gun over both sides of the board and let cool down before testing. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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Things to consider when you don't have success:
1.) Heat Sink paste is a slightly viscous material that comes in a tube that is used to allow efficient even heat transfer from one object to another without burning both objects, just like when one uses cooking oil to fry food. The cooking oil allows efficient even heat transfer between the heated pan & the food in the pan with burning it.
2.) If no thermal paste is used, then heat cannot flow from one metal object to the next metal object efficiently. Excessive heat build-up can occur between the 2 metal objects (heatsink & CPU) and you can expect a fire to occur inside the xbox and damage to your CPU/GPU. Heat must flow from one object to the next without a buildup in heat in one particular area, and then blown out of the case to remove the heat from the inside of the xbox towards the outside environment
3.) If your reset doesn't work and your xbox still gets the red dot. Is there anything else [you] can try?
3a.)You could try a different power supply or replace yours if it has a red-light. You need to make sure you've replaced the old heat-sink paste with new paste after you've cleaned off the old. You can try running a heat gun over both sides of the board and let cool down before testing.
4. You can check the USB ports front and rear for bent or twisted pins touching the inside of the USB port. Unplug the Xbox and use a small tool to bend the pins away from touching the inside of the USB metal chamber. If the USB port appears unusable you can fill the chamber with hot glue from a hot glue gun ($3 at the dollar store). Only do this after you've confirmed that the pin correction was the problem and that you're Xbox powers up without the red dot.
5. Check the HDMI for bent pins and bend back or just uses AV or Component cables for an alternative video source. Components and HDMI give near identical video quality to the naked eye.
+Donte Beachem (Romerro) You said metal washers? also what kind of thermal paste did you use?
+Jesus Lopez Hello Jesus. The washers do not need to be added. Just place the xclamp back on in its normal position.
+Donte Beachem (Romerro) thank you :)
Donte Beachem I did the paste and upgraded the bolts and it was still running really hot. And today the ring came back on
What if you don't use thermal paste
im gonna go do the overheat reset right now, your insanely good at explaining how to do this i've liked and subscribed
I hope it works for you. When the basic reset solution doesn't work, the heating option usually does. Good Luck
Why does microsoft make these expensive products complete with horrid kinks?
My main business is in IT. One of my clients once told me that I have bad business practice. She said that I do to good of a job and that that behavior doesn't drive business. It may be that Microsoft has good business practice. They make a product that fails so that it will drive industry..
Donte Beachem You're quite wise
My client is wiser :)
Planned obsolescence
Donte Beachem Can’t fix my 360 Microsoft don’t even know how to fix their crappy console lousy pieces of crap making me so mad how do you not know how to fix what you created SOMEONE PLS FUCKING HELP ME
Very well explained;just got to do it now! Thanks Donte.
My first time taking apart an Xbox. I can fix just about anything Thanx to You Tube. I will keep you informed on my progress.
By Far the best presentation so far i have seen on fixing RROD.. i am plannng to pull apart my XBOX 360 250GB and fix it myself.
Thanks for the comment jaikishen, I hope you have good results on your repair. You can also look through the comments for other possible solutions to repair your xbox, even instructions on how to replace the heat sink paste. Also there's no need to replace the x-clamp. It's a pretty good idea to add it back, instead of replacing with washers and screws. Good Luck..!
+jaikishen Baliga Thanks for the comment Jaikishen and I hope you get your xbox back up and running so that gaming can continue for you all day, every day.
Video was very useful. Especially resetting the Xbox. It works good as new better than spending money on a new one worth the investment to fix it
Happy Gaming.
Thanks for this video, helped my fix my 360S!
I had this same problem with my sons 360. This was the only thing that worked. You really helped us... Thank you!!
You're Welcome Gary.. Glad I could help..
Thanks a lot!!! That was my last chance and YES, it really works for me :)
You're welcome Radovan Rosa. I'm glad it worked for you
This video saved my gaming life, it worked for my old 360 slim when I did every step. I own a One X for 2 years already, I'm glad to see this back again, glory days.
Awesome Alberto. Happy Gaming.
1 year later
I am hyped waiting for my new series X that arrives today! This vid is the only reason why I still buy from Microsoft hehehe
Thank you a thousand fold. Had no idea what had happened nor how to fix it. Thank again
Dude you just revived a Star Wars edition 360 that was sold to me as RRoD. Thanks so much.
Awesome Chris but you did all the work. I just led the way. Happy Gaming.
Thank man all I had to do was take the hard drive out and pt it back in. GREAT VID👍
Many years later and im here, just found your video, and bought some new good thermal paste for it, if it works im gonna come back here for feedback, thanks a lot👍
So?
@@ZRobertZ3 didnt work at all
@@micaelmarcos4323 Same for me. After pulling it all apart, cleaning everything thoroughly, reapplying thermal paste and making the necessary connections, it won't power on at all.
Thanks for the video. It worked for me.
Donte, thank you for posing this. I had the red dot of death on my Xbox 360 slim and EVERYONE told me to toss it and buy another one. I figured I'd at least TRY to fix it before kicking it to the curb. I did EXACTLY what you suggested and it works like a charm now. I did, however, had to refer to another tutorial to find out exactly where and how to apply the heat sync paste. But, other than that, your video blessed me and my kiddos. My only hope is that this fix is a long term one. Thanks again sir!
Xavier Barron Im glad that the fix worked for you Xavier and I'm glad your kids are happy gaming.. I do not know if the fix is long term but so far each Slim I've performed this method on has only had to be completed once. If yours turns out to be short term please post your comments into how long it did last and weather you did it once more or decided to toss it..
Will do Donte. Thanks again!
Donte Beachem
I have a Slim that I think has two separate issues.
When I first got it, it wasn't reading disks. After going through the troubleshooting steps, I diagnosed that it had to do with my Wired controller being plugged into the usb port. After unplugging it, and rebooting the system, it read games normally.
Now I have another problem. I can get it to turn on, and boot up, but it's difficult, it keeps flashing off and on, and if I keep it powered, it'll just keep cycling indefinitely.
The touch power button on the front isn't immediately responsive, it's either delayed in responding to my commands, or ignoring me completely and just doing what it wants.
There isn't stray air hitting the censor, and after turning off virtually all of my other electronics, I don't think it's interference.
I know it's not the power supply, as I've tried three.
I did recently install a new fan, as the one it came with sounded noisy, but I don't see how it could force the censor on the face plate to fail. What's more, the censor was finicky even before I installed it, so at worst I think it's only exacerbated a pre-existing issue.
Also, it's not reading discs again, even without anything plugged into the USB ports.
In regards to the power issue, can you figure what's going on?
Lol. I can try. As for the power on issue. There is a ribbon that plugs into the frontal board behind the front plate. At times it can become damaged/Ripped if your not careful. Check it for damage. Replacement cables can be purchased on Amazon. As for the other power on issues, check all the USB ports for bent in pins. Check the video ports for bent pins.
+Donte Beachem (Romerro) Donte, the "red dot" fix you suggested still works to this day. Although I now have a new problem I hope you can help me with. I tried to connect my xbox to xbox live. I turns out that that was a grave mistake. After I connected to my home wifi, it said that I needed an update in order to connect to xbox live. When I clicked for the update it gave me an error status code. Here's what it reads. "System Update Stopped. Can't read the update fro your storage device. Please reinsert it to continue the update. If the problem persists, visit www.xbox.com/support. Status Code: 43C5-445E-2780-0F00-C000-0034". I've restarted this thing several times. And each time I get the Xbox intro, the update status bar (which doesn't go very far), then the status code page. All of this by just turning on the console. I can't get to the home page or dashboard or anything. The confusing part is that I don't have a storage device. My xbox is the cheapest of the chickens with no storage. Maybe it comes with a few gig but nothing more than that. I called xbox support and I've tried all their tricks. Nothing works. They suggest I send in my xbox 360 slim for them to fix it, but I don't want to do that. At this point I'm guessing that I need to take it apart again and somehow reboot this thing. Can you tell me how to reboot this? Do you have any suggestions?
You are a genius. I’m a repair tech at a repair shop and had this exact issue. Found your video and your solution seems to do the trick. Thanks 🙏
Glad I could help.
unplugging the fan and letting it overheat worked for me. Except I didn't wait 30 mins for it to cool down and I just stuck a small desk fan over it for 5 mins or so. I did replaced the thermal grease with arctic silver while I was at it. Thanks for the video.
Awesome job Keith1212.
To send it out is more expensive then to buy a unit. I loved the video, very thorough. I just pulled my SSD 4gb flash and just bought a new one for the kids.
thank u so much Donte I will now be able to repair my Xboxes on my own God bless you so much keep up the good work I enjoy your videos
Thanx Becca
No problem I am doing this now
OMG Thank you so much bro I'm not believing it worked thanks a lot
Awesome job AyMen
The steps in the video only work for those that have had a ground fault occur to the XBOX 360 SLIM or even the Xbox 360, of which the Xbox didn't self correct after the ground fault was removed (metal on the board or incorrect placement of the hard-drive) or the conditions changed, such as you removed the Xbox from an outlet that has over-current. Your Red-Dot error may be caused by another factor such as hard-drive placement or hardware malfunction; usually parts on the board, such as capacitors or chips. Keep in mind that ground-faults are suppose to be a good thing. It removes current to vital sections so that the entire Xbox doesn't become damaged, but just until the damaged area is repaired; then current is supplied to the rest of the board making your Xbox function once again..
I haven't yet tried this because I don't know what's the cause of the red ring of death, the day before it happened it slipped from my hands and hit the ground but it worked fine. Then day after I played assasin's creed , 30 minutes later the game crashed and I turned it off and on and the red dot appeared. I don't know if i should try this because I don't know what problems may occur.
Btw English isn't my native language and first reply 5 yers later :D
What is the error code for this? I'm getting the error 64 code
Would that also be the same way with the Xbox one even though it doesn't show the red light of death
@@josephsimon5697 I have no clue.
this man is the smartest I woke trying to play and the ring poped up I did this and it worked
+random gamer Hey Rgamer, Im glad you got it up and running so quickly. Keep in mind that some possible over heating my be occurring, so make sure the vents on your power supply are clear, make sure the vents on your xbox are clear and be sure that the internal fans on both the Xbox and the power supply are functioning. Happy Gaming and please subscribe.
I'm trying this now thanks!
it's OK no problem buddy I may have to keep trying till I figure it out or sell them.
I done everything you explained, But unfortunately have still got the same issue!
At least i know my way around the box now though!!!
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I'm trying this later, thank-you good sir for a brilliant informative video 👍
Hey Celsius, turn the Xbox around and look in the slot where u plug in the cable and check for bent pins in the HDMI and video Xbox standard port. Also check for debris.
God bless you i wish i wasnt so dam stupid its hard to understand its not you its me!!!
Hey man, great video! Thank you for explaining clearly and carefully; I'm happy to have found your video!
My question is this: what exactly are the symptoms that point directly to a bad SATA cable? I ran my 320 HD on my buddy's slim and it works fine; I tried his HD on my system and its gives me a red dot or freezes on the Xbox startup screen (all distorted and messed up). Sometimes my HD will work, but then it goes super SLOW when navigating through my Xbox menu (system settings especially) and then eventually freezes.
I now ordered a new SATA cable since I found that the red wire that goes from the hard drive to the mother board fits pretty loosely.
I have yet to receive the new SATA cable, but should it not work, what's my next step to diagnose the issue? The receiving connector that takes the red cable from the HD to the MB looks like it's a tad loose But all the solder looks solid.
The Xbox runs PERFECT during regular gameplay without the HD, but it only acts up with my HD.
Thank you kindly for any help or anyone else experience in this area.
Cheers!
Mark Henry Cooney You could have just purchased it in the store at GameStop. There are no other solutions to this problem, except an Xbox firmware update which requires you to be connected to Xbox Live silver or gold account. Maybe the power cable. Hopefully you ordered this thing here, --> www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Drive-Caddy-Power-Cable/dp/B00GDU1OLK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1439831704&sr=8-2&keywords=Xbox+360+Slim+Hard+Drive+Caddy+Sata+Data+Power+Cable
Donte Beachem GameStop doesn't have it. I actually ended up ordering from gamersrepairshop.com.
Thanks for the reply though.
Man you saved my xbox, working like a charm again! Thanks dude!
Aaaand now its dead again. False alarm!
+V Vermuyten Hey V. If your Xbox started to work it may just need a few checks and possibly an extra step. Check that your power supply is not turning red when u power on your Xbox. Also remove your hard drive, if you have one, and try booting the Xbox. If none of these are working, be sure to change the CPU paste, if you already, haven't. Replacing the CPU paste is one of the most important steps to the reset. If your reset works, you need the CPU to have proper heat transfer to your heatsink in order to maintain proper cooling of the processor dies. If at the end of this and your Xbox reddots again, your final step will be to run a heat gun over both sides of the board. Don't skip any of the things I've mentioned here or things will not work. Good luck.
+Donte Beachem (Romerro) Thanks for your reply! I'm going to buy thermal paste this week and see if it works. I'll let you know how it worked out. Thanks for the help!
+V Vermuyten Ok, so I replaced the thermal paste and put the heatsink + x clamp back on the motherboard (no screws). After that I connected the power cable + hdmi and tried to let it overheat but it shuts down after 5 minutes and I get the "Your xbox is shutting down to prevent overheating" message. Do you think that was enough to let it reset?
Thanks for the video, reset idea worked for me
Awesome Alex I'm glad it worked and thanks for the feedback and positive comment..
How do you know when it has reset? My red light went from solid, to blinking. I plugged my fan back in, and nothing. Still as solid red light. I am not sure that it fully reset. Also, how long should I expect it to take? Thanks for all your great info and help. You are the only one I have found addressing RROD on a slim.
i tried it and mine did the exact same thing....
Thank you for this video, it helped. A lot.
You're Welcome Rav
+Rav Box I'm glad this video worked for you Rav. Happy gaming..
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
I'm sorry to hear that Te Roe.. If it did not work then your ground fault still exist. You may need to have someone determine what your ground-fault is and repair it. Sometimes there can be debris on the board, dried solution containing ionic material, from a spill, which may allow charges to jump or bridge contact points. Try cleaning the board with 90% alcohol with a soft toothbrush. Inspect the entire board top and bottom with a magnifying glass with the heat sink removed. (you don't want to miss anything because its covering the problem). After you clean repeat again as it was instructed in the video. Also, my apologies for taking so long to respond.
If your xbox-slim did not power back on after the reset, you will require a heat gun to go over the top and bottom of the board and then reset. Watch the video for some brief instructions referencing how long to apply the heat to both sides, including the cool down requirement..
Donte Beachem Yes..! You shouldn't expect to see anything on your TV.
Donte Beachem What is a CPU paste remover? Kindly explain to me that please...
It's a medium that goes between the CPU and heat sink. It allows for sufficient heat transfer from the CPU to the heat sink then out if the Xbox case via the fan. The paste is added so that during the heat exchange the 2 metals do not burn. It's like when u cook a steak. If u add heat without a medium, such as water, grease or butter the steak will burn the outer skin before heat will have the time to flow through the entire steak and cook it. Add grease, water or butter and heat flows evenly throughout the entire steak and cooks the meat. Without CPU paste most if the heat would stay in the CPU and damage it. You don't want that.
Do I have to buy the CPU paste remover?
My sons xbox360 had this issue so I did all the steps listed in forums to fix it. No good. Still had the Solid red light. So I turned it on and left it on for about 30 minutes then turned it off and back on no more red light. Xbox is working fine again.
Great job Cameron. Glad you're back gaming again.
Cameron Lakeland Did you do this with this Method or did you nothing?
Thank you so much for posting this reply. This was my answer!!
I had a controller with a short in the cord, then I got the dot. I was set on having to open it up or buy another one. I left it on for about an hour, and now it's back! Thank you so much, this technique wasn't listed anywhere else!!
Wish i had of seen the dont snap the plastic face grill part before i got to to your video ha ha. Thanks for your help ill give it a go and hope it works
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Thx when I followed these steps It worked again thank you so much
You're welcome Angel.
hi i have a black xbox 360 slim when i turn it on it goes from green to red dot. the fan starts for like 5 seconds then stops and nothing happens. red dot just stay thers and i took it apart and diconnected the fan pluged power cord in to let overheat and it never overheated it went on for over a hour sitting on the red light what should i do? o and i dont have a harddrive for it either
Check to see if your power brick is working and that it doesn't have a red dot as well
Took apart 2 slims to the T, and both didn't even reset.. 1 was fine until I got the red dot. Followed instructions and nothing. Disappointed why shit don't work for me but everybody else it works.. Plus mine doesn't even overheat. Its cold when the red dot appears...
Adrian Edwards if yours does not over heat then there's possibly a problem with your power brick or non-functioning CPU. Check to see if you have a red light on your power brick. Try a different power brick.
Donte Beachem nah there isn't a red light on the brick.. Its amber when on standby and green when on. Any how I threw the slims at the wall.. Lol #frustration.
But such a great video and very helpful..
Well I'm sorry that it wasn't enough to help you repair your Slims. So many others have used this solution to fix or repair otherwise dead or just non-functioning Slims. I've even heard from some that have used this method to repair their 360's. I have heard that there's a possibility, that because of this video, Microsoft put out a Slim patch to keep the 360 slims from even operating or supplying power to the CPU when the fan is disconnected. I don't know of any truth behind it but it's a possibility. Someone else stated that they left the fan plugged in, since there was hot glue placed over the fan plug to prevent unplugging and they stuck a pencil in the fan to keep it from moving, which allowed over heating of the processor. I am not suggesting this at all, since it would could possibly damage the fan. Anyway, I hope you find a used Xbox Slim or an Xbox one so that you can continue to indulge in the gaming experience like the rest of us enjoy.
Donte Beachem its OK, thanks for the feedback and the videos. It was my first time anyways.. But now that I'm more familiar with the process of taking apart, cleaning and hopefully factory resetting.. Thanks again Donte
Adrian Edwards same
Seems my harddrive had become dislodged, took it out and putnit back, no problems, thanks a heep man :).
You're welcome Ross
you sir, are a genius.
Hello I have tried doing this, unplugging the fan and I even applied thermal compound.the Xbox still shows a solid red dot with nothing on the screen. Please what else can it be?
Check to make sure ur power brick is not turning red.
I cringed when I heard to intentionally overheat the cpu :x
Hi thanks your reply, I fixed my Xbox. I found the reason. It was over heading. I reflow cpu , clean properly, add thermal compounds. Working perfectly now. I got some idea from your video.
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Thank you. Your video was super helpful.
It work thanks man
You're Welcome Rewalos. Great job.
@@yungdre3078 Awesome job 2k mega mind. Happy Gaming
I don't like the term "reset" used in this context. This is nothing more than overheating the Xbox with the hope the solder beneath the problem component reflows itself. What's happening in this scenario is the solder has cracked due to the heating up and cooling down over time. Newer lead free solder is less tolerant to this. The original fat Xboxes were horrible in this regard, but as the newer 360 consoles are more reliable than the originals, it shows improvements in manufacturing and engineering can happen. The clamp modifications are similar in that it's a hope of a fix. You're just applying more pressure on a component like the cpu/gpu to try and close gaps or cracks in the failed solder hoping the connection will be fixed.
These fixes may help you, but they're more like bandaids and how long they last is always a question. If after trying this you still have trouble, locate a knowledgeable person with proper solder reflow services. That's your best bet for a lasting repair and likely what MS does.
I came to this video expecting a reset similar to resetting the check engine light in a car. This is not "resetting" anything.
Does this work to reset the board? I am scared to try it so I need to know first
+OmegaKnightGTX Well that's odd. you want me to tell you twice that it works to reset the board? Once in the video and once in the forum.? Well go through all the comments and find someone who said thanks or said it worked or said I got my xbox working again. Hopefully they'll be able to answer this question for you.
+Donte Beachem (Romerro) Lol major derp I mean that what are the chances this damages any of the components
+OmegaKnightGTX None..
+IllmaticAngel Correct.. Human error is the potential danger to do harm. Thanks for additional thoughts to this question.!
What if mine instantly red dots as soon as I power it up?
happens to me too, any fix?
Follow the video to repair or 1st check that your power brick doesn't have a red light. It may need to be replaced if it does or there are voltage problems. The red Dot can also be caused by USB pins touching each other or touching the metal housing. The red Dot can also occur if the HDMI pins are bent and touching the housing or another pin
The other thing you can try is the optional part of this video if the reset doesn't work which is heating the main board with the heat gun on both sides. Refer to the video for instructions.
I done everything you explained,and also cleaned the connection between the heat sink and the CPU and put new paste, But now the light turn red right when i turn it on when i have the fan connected
this may or may not be seen but its worth a shot
Donte, I tried to do everything the way you suggested, but unfortunately the reset method does not work for my 360 slim, as it does not shut off on its own. I noticed that in a couple of comments below you mention that there is an alternative method that will be described in your next video. What is he method? When do you think your video will be up? Thank you.
Help me please
How can I help you Philip..
After being a 360 owner for years I can only think of one solution to 360s breaking. Just get a PS3 and be done with it...
PS3 also get yellow light errors which require solder repair.
Never heard of anyone I know having that error
That does not mean that it doesn't exist. Do a Google or TH-cam search and you'll find plenty of repair videos and forums with suggestions for repair.
Sure, I still don't like my xbox honestly. Too many shooters and most games I want to play are for PS3
Ok well that's under. I'll put up no argument that PS3's are great consoles, especially when it comes to the free online service, if that still exist, but I've gain to many in my gaming community to go anywhere else, so I guess I'm stuck. Lol.
thx it work I wad worried after reading the comments they should try it be for they talk carp about it
It's mostly that psycho guy from HGC who's making the bad comments on my page and everyone else's that has an Xbox repair video. I'm glad you manage to get it up and running.
I had my for a year and one day this. Im going to attempt this and see if i can getting it working for the kids
If you go through this forum, which is extensive, you'll find that a large percentage of people have repaired their Xboxs over the years and some have failed and some didn't do everything I suggested in the video and them claimed it didn't work. I know because I've asked them specifically to lay out all their completed steps. They usually all leave out the heat gun board heating, otherwise just called heating of the PCB. Although this is an optional step, it is necessary if the processor reset doesn't work. So good luck with your reset.
UGHHHHHH NOBODY FEELS LIKE TAKING IT APART!!!! 😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣
Amazing, it works!!! But just a few hours, the best way tu fix it is reflowing or reballing it. But as a temporary fix, it work for me
Great glad you have it working. This video is for people who do not know how to reball or reflow the board and for those who don't want to or don't want to pay to have it done. Happy Gaming.
Cool drink fell in my fan
thanks brotha
You're Welcome. I hope you got some usage from the content and that you were able to repair your xbox
Thanks!
You're Welcome Sage
Great video, very informative, I had no hope after I got he red dot on my 360 slim but now after watching your video that has all changed lol, ima try cleaning and reseing mines and see what happens, I had a lot of baby roach debris in my xbox.. it was disgusting..
Samuel Talavera Did you ever get this xbox working.
nope, gone forever lol
damn. Sorry to hear that..
Dude. Your a fucking life saver. Literally it wouldn’t work for like two years and now it works like magic I’ve been trying it ever since and it works holy shit. I haven’t seen that green button for a longgggghg time. XD
YO MY NIGGA BIG SMOKE STILL ALIVE!!!
Thx man I got it working
That's great Curtis Allison. Happy Gaming
Wow the inside of an xbox looks so awesome...
It truly is. It's basically a desktop PC.
Thanked bro we are on a tight budget so we didn't have the money to buy another one I went through 4 xboxes
+Seth Allen Did you manage to get any of them working.?
You just saved my 7 year old console that I loved
Well that's awesome. I'm glad you were able to fix it
Tnx boss it worked for me.
Glad to hear it Ravio4ss.
OK, so here is my deal.. I turned it on one morning to play, and my account was not there. So I went to download the account, and it said some type of error. Then all of a sudden it shut my xbox on and showed a red dot. I unplugged and plugged back in, but it wouldn't turn on. When I try to turn it on, it makes the "beep", but doesn't power on. This is two months later, and I watched your video, and tore it all down, but I don't know exactly what the problem is.. Can you help me?
So solid red light with no flash mean I can save my xbox🥺 oms I was stressing and my fiance said we will get the paste, etc as we took it apart to clean today but that did not work🤦♀️ we tried everything, including the power supply 🙆♀️ but thank you so much I've been hunting and hunting for the exact Xbox that I have.
Hey, Nice and Helping Video! But how do i get the Cross under the Cpu away?
I fixed a bunch of Xbox Xbox 360 arcade and Xbox 360 slim consoles I clean the dust out of the power brick for the xbox 360 arcade and slim that screw MOD messes up Xbox 360 systems the motherboard will Warp and crack always use the 4 black screws the hold the X clamp I changed the thermal paste on Xbox Xbox 360 arcade and Xbox 360 slim and all 3 of my consoles work fine with no problems
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!! You just saved me from buying my kid a new XBox!! Worked Perfect and he's been playing all day! If I could reach through the screen and kiss you I would !!! THANKS!!!!
+Kristen Donovan I'm glad this worked for you Kristen. Is this xbox still operational.?
Yep :)
+Kristen Donovan that's great Kristen. That was almost a year ago. Im glad this video was a solution for you. I hope you liked my video and be sure to subscribe, incase you haven't already. Happy Gaming.!
I could manage to solve the red dot. 1 the overheating itself did not helped for me. Then i cleaned with alcohol the whole motherboard and cleaned the processor too. I warmed up the processor with heatgun with 300°C for 80 secunds. After new pasta to the processor put back and connected the went. Test and the result was successful. Thanks for all of the hints.
Awesome..! Glad I could be of some help. Happy Gaming..!
thanks for the info. I'm not sure where u are in the world. I've looked online and can get a second hand refurbished one for cheap.
Well good luck. Im in the states, local is PA.
How come when I got the red dot, it went away by unplugging and plugging back in the power cord from the xb360?
Hey there, I did everything you do, with new arctic silver 5 paste, unplug fan to reset, not working, so i tried the hot gun with hair dyer and shoot it up till it hot and then try reset again, seems not working... thought has it to be the power adaptar line? the box says GREEN when its on and XBOX slim 360 is on RED dot..... any ideas what should i do? when i test it i disconnect the hard drive and memory everything and reconnect the FAN and still red?
Ok thanks
hello i have a problem with my 250gb hard drive, it keeps making this small ringing sound from time to time, it started to happen 3 days ago. i dont exactly know what happend, as i was at work at the time and my wife was watching netflix on it, and out of no where it started making this small ringing noise. it did end up getting the Red ring of death a few times along with the E 68 error code on the black screen, i read on a few websites it could be a defective hard drive but im not sure why since i have had my xbox 360 slim for about 2 years and had no problem with it untill 3 days ago when it started making the small ringing noise. i took my xbox 360 slim apart and checked everything and cleaned it out, and determined that its coming directly from the hard drive. i have no idea what the small ringing noise means, the hard drive works from time to time, but the small ringing noise starts up when the home screen appears, when im playing a game, watching movies on netflix, pretty much doing anything on it. im not sure if the hard drive is defective or if the connectors for it are defective. please help
I have a question, I've had my xbox for a couple years then it got red ring and I fixed it my re pasting the gpu/co to their heat sinks and it works just fine for awhile, then I quit playing do almost a year and I just plugged in my xbox. And it red ring which was weird, so I took apart my xbox and reposted it because the past wasn't there anymore and it worked for about 10 or so mins and I get this glitch checkerboard on my screen whenever I try to do anything on it, any ideas on how to fix it?
no haven't got one. think it might be easier to just buy a new one lol. Dnt get me wrong your video was very helpful
Its actually what usually gets the Slim working when the badic reset doesnt work. I've had to use the heat gun quite a few times and it worked each time. You can always check apps like offer up or wallipop to purchase use items from people near you or even purchase a new one, then return it later if your funds are short.
Thanks bro!
Sure Ernest, Anytime..
Donte Beachem Hey, I can't figure out how to take the Heat Sync off the back of the motherboard.. Can you help?
Once you have the metal case removed from the plastic case, you need to remove all the screws from the bottom of the metal case containing the main circuit board, aka the motherboard, then remove the wife antenna; it has a screw holding it down. Grab the heat sink and fan with one hand and pull it up and out of the case. Next you need to Remove the x-clamp from the bottom of the board holding down the heat sink. After x-clamp removal, you'll need to try and pry the heat sink off of the processor. It can be of there pretty tight from the hardened paste or it might just come right off with ease.
Donte Beachem Awesome thank you! Also did you read the other comment I posted on your video? This is it.. "OK, so here is my deal.. I turned it on one morning to play, and my account was not there. So I went to download the account, and it said some type of error. Then all of a sudden it shut my xbox on and showed a red dot. I unplugged and plugged back in, but it wouldn't turn on. When I try to turn it on, it makes the "beep", but doesn't power on. This is two months later, and I watched your video, and tore it all down, but I don't know exactly what the problem is.. Can you help me?"
Donte Beachem ?
hello Donte thank you for the informative videos, they are very much appreciated. I have a 4gb slim and i downloaded the update for minecraft and played it for about 20 minutes then i shut it down. 4 days later i went to start it up (during a bad storm) and i signed in, and got the usual "having trouble connecting to xbox live" message, so i went to run the diagnostics and got half way through the tests and the screen went all grey black checkered and made a horrible static sound and i shut it off. i waited about 5 minutes and started it, it went to the sign in screen and it did the same thing accompanied by a red dot, i shut it off waited about a half hour tried it again and this time, no screen no sound and the green dot turned red after about 8 seconds. i went through all the suggestions on the xbox site with no avail. i took it into my brother and we tried his cords with no result. One odd thing is when my brother went to remove and reinstall the hard drive there wasn't one, is this odd? i plan to do the re-paste, but i was wondering if you had any thoughts or suggestions on my specific situation? thank you very much, Rhonda
Disassembled the thing, cleaned it thoroughly (including the old thermal paste from the CPU and heat sink), applied new paste, now the console won't power on at all, so I have no idea if I can even reset the board.
Thanks Donte, i had to roost my cpu, after clean the Xbox 360 slim whit a heatgun voor two minuts before it was working again.
Marlon Heijerman Good job Marlon. That usually gets the job done when the basic reset solution doesn't solve your total problem.
It worked for me. Cleaned the Xbox disconnected the fan and switched on the console for 20 min, switched it off and plugged in the fan and it came on. Been playing Tomb raider for an hour now. Hopefully it'll come on tomorrow again.
Did you cleaned the processor or did you skip this part.
Thanks man
You're Welcome David.
So it resets both chips on the old Xbox 360
No. It just resets the CPU. You have to force that to go.
Dang I am going to try the same method u did but with another Xbox I get
Thanks
it works thanks after overheating please check the console setting resolution must be minimum 1080I! haleluyahhhh
Marlon Sabado Awesome Marion.
Dude, some pretty good info but did I hear you suggest using alcohol to clean the motherboard? Bad advice bro' because all motherboards and graphics cards are manufactured with a thin protective coating that is meant to help avoid deep scratche4s. A deep scratch can possibly break a circuit and then you'd be screwed. Using alcohol causes the coating to falter. The very best method is using a compressed can of air or an air compressor .Years of computer servicing is my reference.
thank you my nigga much love you saved mt pockets
Hi Dante: while i was checking my xbox, i told that i realized that red light turns on when i switch from tv to xbox mode on hdmi usage. But i try with ac regular xbox cables and also happens the same thing. On hdmi i try different cables and on different tvs but still red light. What you recommemd? Thanks for your advice
so my xbox isnt working even after I followed your instuctions also do you need to add cpu paste to the xbox clamp?
been happening for over a week now :( gonna have to try this out
Good luck..
HELP PLEASE? When I turn mine on after like 5 seconds it gets the red dot and nothing shows on the tv. The other day I left it unplugged 8 hours, went to work came back plugged it in and it worked. While I was playing it, it kept making the beep noise it makes when you open the tray (still kept playing FIFA with no problems just that beep noise every 2 min). When I finish playing after like 40 minutes I turned it off and didn't play until the next day. Well the next day I turned it on and the same problem again (red dot after 5 seconds/nothing on TV. Tried the whole "leave it unplug for a few hours and plug it back in process", and it work one time again but it only took me to the xbox intro before going to the dashboard and it froze there but the dot stayed green. Since it froze I turned it off and on again and BAMM red dot again. Any help would be greatly appreciate it. My power brick's light is orange but goes green when I power xbox on. It's a 250gb xbox slim. I can hear hear the fan turning even though it's has the red dot.
Don't know what make the fan loud . And the power block it's goes from Amber to green so believe is good. But like I said before I opened it up. It stay on with red dot. But now it turns on and off.
Ok took my Xbox slim completely apart. Does not look to have anything wrong with it. Tried ur steps and all it does is the same red dot as before I even took I apart. Can not get it to heat up to reset. What am I doing wrong? The fan is unconnected. Help please!!
How do you remove the metal x bracket that holds heat synk the metal piece to get to CPU on the opposite side of my mother board there's a metal x bracket preventing me from getting to the under side of my heat synk. I'm having the red ring I think partly due to needs cleaning and I modder in a game did something to my Xbox or hard drive, trying to repair myself its not within warranty and don't have much money to get a new one.
Jonathan Rawls Ok Jonathan, I don't really give out instructions on removing X-Clamps because of the users (you) potential to scrape and damage the board. Microsoft has specialized tools in order to remove the clamp. But fear not.! Just do a TH-cam search on "how to remove an X-Clamp" and you will find plenty of videos on how to complete this task. Good Luck..
Awesome and informative video on how the process works. But... I currently have one of mine taken apart because of the red dot and I cleaned off the dry thermal paste from the processor and heatsink. I just ran the heat gun over the CPU (then let it cool off) and applied new thermal paste and reattached the heatsink and xclamp. I powered up the console without the fan being plugged in and it gave me a green dot for a few seconds and then it turned red. How long should I wait to hook up the fan and the other peripherals? (In hindsight I know I should've waited on the thermal paste. But will it still work?)
My Lord it should still work but the wait time is about 30mins.
Donte Beachem Thanks for getting back. I was able to reflow the whole board with the heat gun and it's worked fine ever since.
what if it has a delayed red dot some times it red dot off the jump. and sometimes i can get to the loading screen of a game and it artifacts and locks up