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[Case Mod] Xbox 360 MicroATX Case Mod Watercooled

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Okay enough with the delay... I present my real Xbox 360 MicroATX mod. Couple of weeks ago I did the Hello Kitty Mod. Today I present my real representation of putting a 360 inside a PC Case. Reason for doing this: No Lian Li Xbox Case, Display, Cooling and getting rid of RROD forever. Woohaha... Cough... Cough.

Things left to do if I get to it.
  • Work on the lights.
  • Add internal lighting.
  • Buy a SATA/Power Extension Cable and move the hard drive

Before the mod:
700

Final Product:
359

Case Prep:
The case is the cheapest case I could find at Microcenter when they had the $15 off coupon. I think I got the case for $5 or so.
700

359

700

Remove the hard drive bracket by drilling out the rivets
700

700

For the spots where you can't drill, use the dremel to cut it out.
700

700

700
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I've never seen a water cooled 360 much less a water cooled 360 inside a PC case. Pretty awesome. I'm curious if you know what 360 version you have in there? Jasper or one of the older ones? It'd be kind of cool if it was one of the older ones and you saved it from death.

I'm pretty sure the failure rate on the initial 360s was literally like 90%+. And even like 50+ on the later falcon model.
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Hmm, i have 2-3 old white Xbox 360's laying around. I may just try this. /sub
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me too, I think I"m gonna give it a go
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Originally Posted by jtom320 View Post

I'm curious if you know what 360 version you have in there? Jasper or one of the older ones?
This one is a falcon. Someone gave this to me which was in a house fire. It had RROD with a code of 0020 (i think). I preheated this on a electric griddle and when I saw the board snap back into shape, I used my heat gun to re-seat the GPU, CPU, Memory, and Hana Chips. Afterwards it works. I tend to buy broke 360s off Craigslist that still power on. As long as it turns on and I get some lights, I can usually can fix it.

I haven't got my hands on a jasper yet but I just got one off CL 3 days ago with 1 red light bottom right with a code of 1022. I took it apart, cleaned it up very good, put 4 socket cap screws (M5-.8x10mm) on the gpu, and threw in the oven at 170F for 90 minutes. Afterward I cracked open the oven door, turn off the oven and let it cool down over night. Works fine. I will change the gpu heatsin later this weekend and I find that as long as you change the heatsink to the gpu, the Red light errors don't show back up.

Now some more pics...
Edited by ghettosuperstar - 5/24/12 at 2:30pm
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please just one question. WHY?! eh-smiley.gif

the water cooling setup is probably more expansive than that 7 years old 360.
    
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post #7 of 13
I like
post #8 of 13
i have 3 of these waiting around for water cooling kits...im sooooo going to have to try this now thumb.gif VERY NICE
paint and LEDS lol and call it EPIC
post #9 of 13
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I used an existing fan as a template to mark the screw holes after I cut a 110mm hole in the bottom using a hole saw.
700

Xbox Metal Case Prep:
In the ATX case, You need something to mount the motherboard on. So why not just use the metal case the Xbox 360 comes in to keep things simple. At the time I didn't realize there wasn't a need to cut the metal case. But oh well.
700

359

359

359

To mount the steel case in the PC case, I use the backside to drill holes into the Xbox case.
700

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post #10 of 13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fantasy View Post

please just one question. WHY?! eh-smiley.gif
the water cooling setup is probably more expansive than that 7 years old 360.
I just used parts from my old computer so the cost was minimal. Plus I like fixing and modding stuff on the cheap. Hint my name. This breathes life into a aging system. A 360 is a 360 no matter the age. thumb.gif
Edited by ghettosuperstar - 5/24/12 at 3:18pm
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