Hey anons, I opened up my old fat 360 to replace the thermal paste and now I’m getting 3 red rings with error code 0110.From what I found online, it’s usually GPU or RAM around the GPU. I circled some empty spots on the board in the pic, but people told me that’s normal for this revision.Question is: how do I save this thing at home? Is a heatgun reflow actually worth trying, or is it just a temporary bandaid and a full reball is the only real fix?Anyone here had success reviving an 0110 without professional BGA equipment?tl;dr: how do I resurrect my fatbox, don’t wanna bury it just because of a few cracked solder joints.
You're unlikely to find much help here but i vaguely remember the phat motherboard revisionsFalcon and jasper are the only two possibly worth fixing but even then, what's a 360 going for these days? $20? Maybe $50?
>>2948171Did it work before you changed the paste?
Yes, everything worked before I changed the thermal paste, maybe I'm an idiot and ruined everything.
>>2948184I think your x-clamps aren't seated properly which overheated the GPU. Redo the x-clamps and power it on for a while.
>>2948171i used to fix these things as a side hustle back in 2011. normally if i did the classic penny trick and it didnt fix it meant either the power cable is fucked up, the disc drive wasnt in correctly or the x clamps were on wrong. clean your contact points for literally everything double check your screws and make sure the heat sinks are all solid. good luck OP
>>2948658>>2948171Another thing you might consider is getting some double sided thermal tape and some little heatsinks and attaching them to the chips circled in pic related. I don't think it will fix your problem but I heard somewhere that they were often the cause of RRD failures. So if you do fix it, it probably wouldn't hurt to attach a few little heatsinks while your at it. Just dont go overboard and block/disrupt airflow off of the main heatsinks. I suppose while your at it putting the same quick and dirty but better than nothing supplemental cooling on any other chips just sitting around wouldn't hurt either.
>>2948171It looks like a falcon or Jasper revision, you probably knocked a component off removing or reinstalling the x-clamps.
>>2948171Top-right, HDD port shielding is laying on the PCB. Might be shorting something.
>change thermal paste>fuck up xclamps>RRODevery time
The real fucking answer is this: most hardware failures up to Xenon have GPU defects. Most of the time even a reball won't completely fix it, though it WILL need a reball with a newer GPU.Properly diagnose your own console or give it to someone who can.
>>2949353>>2948658>>2948188x-clamps is the only thing I remember about fixing mine back in the day. consider a pawn shop these have to be cheap as shit these days outside of the niche faggots.
>>2948171Just throw a wet towel over the vent bro.
