use a blow dryer or heat gun to make them hot ??
xbox 360 xclamp fix e74 not overheating
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You're confused. The CPU, the taller heatsink needs to stay COOL for 15-20 minutes. The GPU, the small heatsink that is almost flat needs to be hot. Hot like burning hot. Putting two CDs makes the backwards L which keeps the cool air from blowing onto the GPU. After 15 minutes, remove the cool air dryer from the CPU and let it run with no air blowing onto it for 2-5 minutes. That will overheat the CPU enough to make it go to two red lights.
As soon as it's at two lights, unplug the power and let it cool for 20 minutes. You can speed this up by setting the cool air blower in the area blowing onto both heatsinks.
So, if you're still confused, you have to heat up the GPU, but keep the CPU cool. If they are both hot, you will not fix it, and if you have them both cool, then it will not go to two red lights.
So, cover GPU (The small heatsink), and then blow cool air onto the CPU for 15 minutes.
Then, remove the cool air and run it for 2-5 minutes with no cool air blowing onto either heatsink.
It will turn to two red lights. At that moment remove the power and then cool it off for 15-20 minutes.
This is a picture of the last process I did. Do it similar to this:
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After the 15 minutes, the GPU will be extremely hot, but the CPU has to stay cooled down or else it will overheat too early.
Remove the cool air, and it'll go to two red lights signalling a overheat within 2-5 minutes. Unplug the power and then cool it down for a good 20-30 minutes. The longer it's cooled down the better chance you have of it working well.
Originally Posted by goggins1234 hello, okay your'e saying take 2 cd's, lay one flat horizontally across the top of the gpu sink, i gather this is the lower one of the 2? then take the 2nd cd and put that vertically up against the side of the cpu sink, the side that meets with the gpu sink so we are creating a backwards L shape? then your'e saying take a hairdryer with a cool setting, not hot, and place that blowing downwards onto the cpu heat sink (the taller one) on cool setting for 15-20 mins? well how will it over heat whilst blowing cool air, doesn't it need to be hot? and isn't it the gpu that we are trying to overheat? I'm sorry to question but I have never done this before? |
As soon as it's at two lights, unplug the power and let it cool for 20 minutes. You can speed this up by setting the cool air blower in the area blowing onto both heatsinks.
So, if you're still confused, you have to heat up the GPU, but keep the CPU cool. If they are both hot, you will not fix it, and if you have them both cool, then it will not go to two red lights.
So, cover GPU (The small heatsink), and then blow cool air onto the CPU for 15 minutes.
Then, remove the cool air and run it for 2-5 minutes with no cool air blowing onto either heatsink.
It will turn to two red lights. At that moment remove the power and then cool it off for 15-20 minutes.
This is a picture of the last process I did. Do it similar to this:
After the 15 minutes, the GPU will be extremely hot, but the CPU has to stay cooled down or else it will overheat too early.
Remove the cool air, and it'll go to two red lights signalling a overheat within 2-5 minutes. Unplug the power and then cool it down for a good 20-30 minutes. The longer it's cooled down the better chance you have of it working well.
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Then you did the X-Clamp improper. You need to take it off, clean the paste, apply new paste, then put it on again.
If it's not hot at all then you have another problem or the X-Clamp fix isn't connected correctly.
Originally Posted by goggins1234 ok i,ve done what you said and the gpu sink is not hot and i still have 3 flashing red lights |
If it's not hot at all then you have another problem or the X-Clamp fix isn't connected correctly.
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That's a different problem. If it's not even properly turning on then that's something more than just the X-Clamp can fix.
I would take it out of the shell and remove the heatsinks and try to do the fix once more and make sure you didn't short anything.
You did use Nylon washers to touch the board, right?
If you didn't that could be a problem.
You need it to be screw-washer-nylon-motherboard-nylon-washer-heatsink
Originally Posted by goggins1234 the light is orange on the psu and the fans switch of after a second. what could i have done wrong? |
I would take it out of the shell and remove the heatsinks and try to do the fix once more and make sure you didn't short anything.
You did use Nylon washers to touch the board, right?
If you didn't that could be a problem.
You need it to be screw-washer-nylon-motherboard-nylon-washer-heatsink
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Did you not bother to read what I said above?
You need to remove those immediately. That's shorting the board.
I love when people don't read.
You need to get 16 Nylon washers. You put them under the metal washer so that the nylon is only touching the board.
No wonder it's shorting out. I'm not surprised if you killed the whole board for not bothering to read.
|Screw|Metal|Nylon|Motherboard|Nylon|Metal|Heatsin k|
Originally Posted by goggins1234 i used steel washers and the fan turns on then off straight away |
You need to remove those immediately. That's shorting the board.
I love when people don't read.
You need to get 16 Nylon washers. You put them under the metal washer so that the nylon is only touching the board.
No wonder it's shorting out. I'm not surprised if you killed the whole board for not bothering to read.
|Screw|Metal|Nylon|Motherboard|Nylon|Metal|Heatsin k|
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Man it doesnt matter there is nothing that can short, around where the screws go in. Did they use nylon washers with the original x clamp?
Mine used to go screw, spring washer, board, nylon, washer, heatsink. But that only lasted about 6months. Ive now taken the spring washer out so it goes screw, board. Seems to have fixed it.
His problem does sound like it shorting out somewhere but i seriously doubt it will be anyhting to do with the washers.
Originally Posted by halifax1 Did you not bother to read what I said above? You need to remove those immediately. That's shorting the board. I love when people don't read. You need to get 16 Nylon washers. You put them under the metal washer so that the nylon is only touching the board. No wonder it's shorting out. I'm not surprised if you killed the whole board for not bothering to read. |Screw|Metal|Nylon|Motherboard|Nylon|Metal|Heatsin k| |
Man it doesnt matter there is nothing that can short, around where the screws go in. Did they use nylon washers with the original x clamp?
Mine used to go screw, spring washer, board, nylon, washer, heatsink. But that only lasted about 6months. Ive now taken the spring washer out so it goes screw, board. Seems to have fixed it.
His problem does sound like it shorting out somewhere but i seriously doubt it will be anyhting to do with the washers.
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You're a moron. The original X-Clamp isn't having contact with the board directly. Using a washer is being contacted directly to both sides of the board. Yes, it is bad having direct metal touching that area, and yes it can short out. I know what I'm talking about.
Originally Posted by Slinkey123 Man it doesnt matter there is nothing that can short, around where the screws go in. Did they use nylon washers with the original x clamp? Mine used to go screw, spring washer, board, nylon, washer, heatsink. But that only lasted about 6months. Ive now taken the spring washer out so it goes screw, board. Seems to have fixed it. His problem does sound like it shorting out somewhere but i seriously doubt it will be anyhting to do with the washers. |
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Obviously you dont. The bolts that connect to the heatsink from the xclamp do have direct contact with the motherboard... THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN SHORT THERE
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! You see the gold rings around to screw hole? thats to stop the bolts from shorting it. Infact the spring washer that i had on before scraped of the PCB around where the bolts go.
What your basically saying is you should use nylon washers when you screw down any motherboard..
Originally Posted by halifax1 You're a moron. The original X-Clamp isn't having contact with the board directly. Using a washer is being contacted directly to both sides of the board. Yes, it is bad having direct metal touching that area, and yes it can short out. I know what I'm talking about. |
What your basically saying is you should use nylon washers when you screw down any motherboard..
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Sorry man.
You may have actually shorted the motherboard another way. 360's have a floating earth point or something, its not like PC's. They can short very easily, im thinking you may have permanently damaged the motherboard
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By not earthing your self properly.
Originally Posted by goggins1234 come on please I never wanted to start an argument I just needed help fixing my 360. No virtual fighting LOL!!!!!!! |
You may have actually shorted the motherboard another way. 360's have a floating earth point or something, its not like PC's. They can short very easily, im thinking you may have permanently damaged the motherboard
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