Cereal_Killer Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Okay today my 360 Elite, yeah the black one with the 120gb HD, got the red circle. Being a bit of a computer geek (I run a hacked version of Vista on my laptop and a hacked version or winmo6.5 on my phone) I belong to the Microsoft forums. Anyway I found a suggestion to overheat the 360 to force a hard reset. I turned it on and wrapped it in 5 towels and left it for 2 hours. After I unwrapped it the circle was still red but after I rebooted it it worked! I was so fucking amazed. If anyone else suffers this tragedy its worth 2 hours to try it. Just wanted to share this with you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 This has already been discussed on here. The towel trick is detrimental to the hardware in the unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cereal_Killer Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Hmmm.. Oh well fuck it, its already broke, if I broke it more I guess thats god saying I need a PS3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fist302 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 yeah i did this for a month or so to keep mine going. It still failed eventually and took forever to get back from repair, in the meantime i bought a ps3 which works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 That doesn't trigger a "hard reset". It re-solders the GPU to the mother board. It's a temp fix that about 50% of the time results in a dead 360. Sometimes it works, sometimes no. Just know that this is a temp solution and you'll still have to send it in eventually. Lulz... you're a hax0r! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 You're such a badass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Steve Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Man I have sent my 360 elite back in twice. I got the hardware failure code(forgot code) and the tray malfunctioned. Always have another system. To be truthful I think my PS3 gets more play than my 360 anyways. Warrantys FTW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 i have a nintendo and a sega genesis, can i be part of the cool kid club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 My 360 is out of its case and the motherboard is sitting on my tv stand. To date I have fixed the red ring 9 times by doing the x-clamp mod and also tightening down the heatsinks. I made a thread about this a long time ago in the night crew section. Oh yeah and you are such a hacker by overheating your xbox please. You know the red ring happens most of the time because the system is overheated? Think about that next time you do the towel trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 P.S. Learn how to hardware hack in just 4 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 i have a nintendo and a sega genesis, can i be part of the cool kid club? Hehe those are the last console games I played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 I consider myself a bit of a computer geek as well, that's how I knew about this hack like 8 months ago. That and I work in the industry, and by the industry I mean the business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1647545496 Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 usually blowing out all the dust will solve the overheat red ring problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paktinat Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 (I run a hacked version of Vista on my laptop and a hacked version or winmo6.5 on my phone) So running pirated software you downloaded from a torrent site makes you a geek these days? Call my Mom and let her know that computer I built her makes her a total geek. When my 360 failed, the optical drive started going out. When I called they told me I was past the 1 year warranty, and that the 3 year only covered the RROD and not any other issues. So, I put it in a trash bag, turned the thing on and let it run for about 6 days. It had the RROD after that and they replaced it under warranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Okay today my 360 Elite, yeah the black one with the 120gb HD, got the red circle. Being a bit of a computer geek (I run a hacked version of Vista on my laptop and a hacked version or winmo6.5 on my phone) I belong to the Microsoft forums. Anyway I found a suggestion to overheat the 360 to force a hard reset. I turned it on and wrapped it in 5 towels and left it for 2 hours. After I unwrapped it the circle was still red but after I rebooted it it worked! I was so fucking amazed. If anyone else suffers this tragedy its worth 2 hours to try it. Just wanted to share this with you all. your a HARDCORE NERD. You know how to downloaded the precracked copy of windows vista and read howard forums to flash a cellphone. Sending you box back is the best option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 That doesn't trigger a "hard reset". It re-solders the GPU to the mother board. It's a temp fix that about 50% of the time results in a dead 360. Sometimes it works, sometimes no. Just know that this is a temp solution and you'll still have to send it in eventually. Lulz... you're a hax0r! Yup..... it reflows the solder. YAY FOR YOU! KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 The other thing it does is shortin the life of all the parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spankis Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 When my 360 failed, the optical drive started going out. When I called they told me I was past the 1 year warranty, and that the 3 year only covered the RROD and not any other issues. So, I put it in a trash bag, turned the thing on and let it run for about 6 days. It had the RROD after that and they replaced it under warranty. That is funny, and exactly what I would have done. The only issue I've had with my 360 arose while playing GTA4 a lot. It would freeze up entirely with a static image on the screen, and the sound continuing... Best Buy gave me a new one the same day, as I was sucker enough to buy their warranty . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackC50 Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Considering mine red ringed and I sent it back to microsoft and got it back in a week. More worth doing that then completely fucking it before you sent it back. I guess I'm a hardcore geek too...I downloaded pirated things and build my own PCs. Can I join the uber geek squad STFU!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 I miss my 360 even though I barely had time to play it. I might consider buying another one even though they are huge pieces of shit and break all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 The red ring and not knowing about the warranty is why I have two 360's in my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODoyle Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 All aboard the fail train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Im such a hacker that i changed my sig on my blackberry from "sent via blackberry from sprint" to "Thanks".!!! I often yell "YO THIS IS ZERO COOL!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRed Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 "YO THIS IS ZERO COOL!" HACK THE PLANET!!!! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Lets make a CR group called "script kiddies" 1badv8dime the only member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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