RROD or Red Ring Of Death is a massive problem with the design in the xbox 360.
It is caused by "cold" solder joints in the 360 motherboard which cause a connection problem when the xbox 360 overheats.
Micro$oft have used the worst possible thermal compound between the heatsinks and the Graphics and CPU chips. This causes the xbox 360 to overheat and causes the solder joints to reflow and go "cold this in turn creates the 3 red lights to appear on the 360.
Theres two options to take here.
Option 1 : there is the usual return policy for micro$oft. All console are covered by a 3 year warranty for Red Ring Of Death. You can phone up micro$oft and they'll replace it within 3 weeks providing your warranty sticker is still intact .
Option 2 : For people who have removed their warranty sticker to have the console modded or to add extra fans or what not. You have the X-clamp fix, the fix was created to provide better contact between the CPU and GPU chips on the motherboard and their terribly undersized heatsinks. If you fall into this option, heres how to do the fix.
For a start you'll need to buy a few things, you can source some of the parts from your local DIY store and the rest you'll need to get from the internet or your local PC store.
Heres a breif list of what you'll need.
1). An Xbox 360 suffering from the RROD.
2). A tube of Arctic Silver 5 Thermal compound.
3). The Articlean set with the surface cleaner and surface purifier along with some cotton buds.
4). Two Torx screwdrivers T9 & T10 in size.
5). 8 x 10mm Screw (M5)16 x Nylon washers (M6)
6). Small Flatblade Screwdriver or a pair of needlenose pliers.
7). Plenty of time and patience.
For a start, you'll need to open up your 360 console.
There is so many tutorials on the internet for opening up your 360,
I dont have enough space here or i would have made one myself.
heres a link :
Once youve got the case open and covered up any wounds that may have occured from doing so.
(Thanks Micro$oft).
TO BE CONTINUED.
