RROD/X-clamp fix kit

[RyanMurf]

i wouldnt mess with the xclamp fix. i would find someone on craigslist that does reflowing. i picked up a cheap 360 that had video problems and had it reflowed, its been working almost a year with no problems at all.

I hate to tell you but if you open it up to your obvious surprise it will have the xclamp mod done to it. Reflow is just a fancy way of saying that they did the xclamp fix and let the system run till it overheats to remelt the solder so that it is positioned in the rite place on the chips and board. So just letting you know before you contradict yourself again

[RyanMurf]

And also the penny trick is not such a good idea. Plus that trick would only be relevant if your xboxes error code is suggesting problems with the ram chips. The penny trick normally damages your systems ram chips in the long run by flattening them so much against the board that they fry.

[Borman]

I hate to tell you but if you open it up to your obvious surprise it will have the xclamp mod done to it. Reflow is just a fancy way of saying that they did the xclamp fix and let the system run till it overheats to remelt the solder so that it is positioned in the rite place on the chips and board. So just letting you know before you contradict yourself again

There are people that do that, sure, but there are also people that do actual reflows with the proper hardware.

[RyanMurf]

There are people that do that, sure, but there are also people that do actual reflows with the proper hardware.

Okay...here we go..... didnt really want to have to explain. but okay. If you Professionally reflowed the shitty solder that is a xbox 360 board the problem would reoccur again. To fix it to make it last a year you would have to not only reflow but reball every pin on the processors with better quality heat resistant solder. chances are that no one would go through that trouble to make a xbox 360 work again. Im interested now to see what was done.

[-hellvin-]

Pretty easy fix and it worked great for me. Good luck to you, there are youtube videos galore to help you out. The first time I did it, I did not allow it to overheat and then cool, just the x-clamp and then closed it up and it did not work. After I went back and did that it worked just fine, so I recommend doing that step for sure.

[saferkefka]

contradict yourself again

i watched him do it, so yeah. get your machine reflowed.

[RyanMurf]

i watched him do it, so yeah. get your machine reflowed.

Can you explain how it was done in lemans terms if you dont know exactly because im amazed that a reflow of the original solder has lasted this long.

[HappehLemons]

Can you explain how it was done in lemans terms if you dont know exactly because im amazed that a reflow of the original solder has lasted this long.

They put the console in an oven and bake it like a cake.

Why would you think xclamp fixing some solder reflowing are the same thing?
Reflow isn't a "fancy" way of saying xclamp fix. It's a whole different process.

[RyanMurf]

They put the console in an oven and bake it like a cake.

Why would you think xclamp fixing some solder reflowing are the same thing?
Reflow isn't a "fancy" way of saying xclamp fix. It's a whole different process.

I dont think that. I know what im talking about im sure I have surpassed you by the hundreds in xbox repairs but reflowing is pretty much explained by its own term. It is the process of reflowing extreme amounts of heat to the solder so it can heat up and remelt again solving any cold or broken solder issues.

[HappehLemons]

I dont think that. I know what im talking about im sure I have surpassed you by the hundreds in xbox repairs but reflowing is pretty much explained by its own term. It is the process of reflowing extreme amounts of heat to the solder so it can heat up and remelt again solving any cold or broken solder issues.

Well, anyone be under the impression that you think that.

Reflow is just a fancy way of saying that they did the xclamp fix and let the system run till it overheats to remelt the solder so that it is positioned in the rite place on the chips and board.

I didn't read all of your posts until now, but after reading that post and then skipping right to you asking saferkefka to explain the how the process of getting his machine reflowed I thought that you didn't know what reflow was.

Even if you've fixed "hundreds" of 360, after you've fixed one or two there's basically nothing more that you can learn by fixing a 3rd or 4th.