V8 Beast Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Actually works.. seriously wtf is that about???? The video went out on my 360 while I was playing COD4. I tried switchin the plugs, changing tv's, no luck. So I go online and read that if you wrap it in a towel and turn it on it will work. I said eff it and tried it. 10 minutes later the video was back, and it worked fine Can someone please make this make sense to me?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragknee66 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I once read.. crappy solder points and the overwhelming heat of the towel trick sometimes makes it all better again. Do you have an external cooling unit on that xbox? I have a little fan setup built onto mine that has done me well for the year Ive had mine so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Ramey1647545523 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 i have the ring of fire or whatever is that what happend to your? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragknee66 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Red Rings of Death they are called ya. Im sure Sciongirl will chime in here too, shes an xbox neerrdddd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Every time my Xbox red rings, I usually just do the towel trick right away, then its good for a few months. Works really well, but you have to do it right. Its supposed to be 25 minutes of cooking, followed by time for it to cool down completely before you turn it back on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 wait wait... someone explain this all.... DETAILED. I have a green Xbox, i used to have a white one and it got fucked... I want an explanation as well as what to do EXACTLY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragknee66 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 wait wait... someone explain this all.... DETAILED. I have a green Xbox, i used to have a white one and it got fucked... I want an explanation as well as what to do EXACTLY! Google search that shiz or If I was you I would go on the xbox forum and check it out.. there are plenty of threads there on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 CheapyD's videos is probably the best one that explains what you really have to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I suggest shipping it back and geting one of the repaired ones because that fix is temp only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konig_twinkies Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 They extended the warranty on the 360 so you should still be covered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morabu Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 "the towel trick" is NOT a good thing to do to your machine it will cause worse problems down the road, and it's only temporary anyway Microsoft made shitty design choices on the xbox, there are solder joints that have a lot of pressure/stress on them from the clamp used to hold on the heatsinks, the xbox gets just hot enough to stress the joints enough to crack/breakthem, causing a RRoD. what the towel trick does is heats the xbox up to EXTREMELY HOT temps and actually remelts the solder causing the cracks to melt back into a solid solder joint, but over time it just breaks again. the best thing to do is to just send it back to Microsoft for replacement, if that is not an option, then have someone do an x-clamp replacement, right after a towel trick the x-clamp replacement will relieve a lot of the pressure put on the board, but then you will also need more/better cooling for your unit once fixed the newer 360's did not fix the x-clamp issue, but what they have done is to shrink the cpu/gpu die size which makes them create a lot less heat, and they have added more heatsinks, to dissipate the heat better as well, less heat = no broken solder joints if you continue to do the towel trick, it will fry a lot of the electrical components in the xbox and you will really be fucked then J.R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 ps3 ftw we dont have that problem lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morabu Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 no, we just have to worry about the shitty BD-roms in the PS3's going bad mine did, lots of others have as well J.R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragknee66 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 no, we just have to worry about the shitty BD-roms in the PS3's going bad mine did, lots of others have as well J.R. Yup making it just use useless as an xbox with the RROD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciongirl Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Red Rings of Death they are called ya. Im sure Sciongirl will chime in here too, shes an xbox neerrdddd i... am not a nerd! infact, i dunno how to do the towel trick coz my system always works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 My xbox is like 4 years old... who wants to change my x clamps for me becasue I have no clue what the hell you are talking about lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I already made a thread about fixing the xclamp. I even put pictures up. Don't do the towel trick it is damaging to the motherboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonneVille Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/GonneVille/1209427766171.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach1647545520 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 This thread roooolllllz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1647545494 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 if I paid that much money for something and it broke under norall use I'd be on the phone screaming at someone untill I got new shit for free and my old one fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Ramey1647545523 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 cant u just use a blowdryer and heat that thing up then throw the xbox in the frezzer...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 what the towel trick does is heats the xbox up to EXTREMELY HOT temps and actually remelts the solder causing the cracks to melt back into a solid solder joint, but over time it just breaks again. J.R. Electronics, heat high enough to melt solder joints, towels, kids / family room.....sounds like a risky way to me the fire dept if you're not careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Do the xclamp mod fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l36tols1 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Glad I sold my xbox to get a ps3.. Don't need towel trick xclamp fixer upper.. just plug and play I have kept mine on for 48 hours straight once I found out said "oh shit" and kept playing for 4 more hours no problems what so ever.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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