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So my friend got the red rings of death on his xbox after painting his case and so he decided to bake it...then it didn't work. He gave the xbox to me after he bought a new one because he is not real tech savvy.
So I turned it on and I got 2 rings of death. I looked it up and it means the xbox is overheating. After opening it up and looking inside it looked fine. So I figured that there must be no thermal paste or something along those lines.
I take off the heatsinks and see this
(by the way this is after cleaning it to its fullest extent with isopropyl alcohol)
What is that? My guess, melted thermal paste. It's disgusting. So how should I try and clean this off? I'm thinking heatgun, any suggestions? Also notice the dent on one of the chips...I hope it still works.




So I turned it on and I got 2 rings of death. I looked it up and it means the xbox is overheating. After opening it up and looking inside it looked fine. So I figured that there must be no thermal paste or something along those lines.
I take off the heatsinks and see this
(by the way this is after cleaning it to its fullest extent with isopropyl alcohol)
What is that? My guess, melted thermal paste. It's disgusting. So how should I try and clean this off? I'm thinking heatgun, any suggestions? Also notice the dent on one of the chips...I hope it still works.