Gel de la Xbox 360 !! Solved

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Hello,

I just won an Xbox 360 at Fnac (so no warranty)
since the beginning, it has this problem
: after about 15 minutes, the console freezes with any game (new and used)!!
there's no reboot, it's a freeze on the screen that the console does to me

can someone find me a solution because it's unplayable!!

could flashing it fix this problem?

thanks in advance

flyflo · Accepted Answer

The freeze happens when the RAM bars "lose" contact with the motherboard.
Extended operation of the console leads to overheating of the motherboard, which weakens the micro-soldering of the RAM bars. With the expansions of the motherboard, sometimes it heats up (when you play), sometimes it cools down... sometimes it heats up... sometimes it cools down... etc... one day it gives out.
I advise you to remove the hard drive from your Xbox and put it back, as some freezes also come from that...
After various techniques are equally valid, the eraser technique (to remove oxides), or even solving the connections (which is already less simple)

Otherwise, if a ROD occurs, only the customer service will allow you to save your box, (so it's basically dead actually)

flyflo · Answer

Oh yeah, you can flash it, but if you have any other problems later on, Microsoft's customer service won't accept your console!!

chrno · Answer

I won the console so there's no warranty!! Before flashing, I would like to know if there are other solutions to unfreeze the console.

chrno · Answer

actually it is not a red ring
as mentioned above
this problem occurred to me from the very first use of the console
since I have no money left and no warranty, I cannot go to Microsoft’s customer service
I would like to know if there are ways to manually defrost (I do not have a red ring and I have never removed the HDD from the 360)

chrno · Answer

Good at customer service because I just saw that it is guaranteed MS until 2010, thanks for the help.

flyflo · Answer

No problem, it's made for that :)

Spoutnik · Answer

Hi everyone,
I just wanted to know, my Xbox generally freezes after about 30 minutes playing Forza 2, but sometimes after just 2 minutes too... anyway, if it's an overheating issue, can't we open it up and find a DIY cooling solution? It may have already been done... I've tried a couple of different indirect cooling solutions like putting the console on the balcony on a nice cool evening, but no change: it still freezes after 30 minutes. I'm going to try putting an air conditioner behind it, we'll see if that helps...

Spoutnik · Answer

Thank you for your reply

Actually, my question was more about whether a (very) efficient cooling solution can prevent RAM from detaching from the motherboard? So we avoid the techniques of rubber or towel as well...

flyflo · Answer

Well, there is an additional fan that you put behind your Xbox, I've only heard positive feedback about it, but you'll need to add to your budget (50 euros seems to be the amount).

langlais · Answer

Well, the thing is that there's really nothing you can do; the only thing to do is go to system settings, then memory, and then you press .y. on the storage device you have (memory card or hard drive). Then you perform the following actions: X X RB LB X X. The program will execute maintenance; you do this on each device, and you'll be good for two weeks, and you repeat the operation every time it happens. There you go.

Alienator · Answer

Hi,

It's an old topic, but it doesn't hurt to bring up some information since the problem still persists.
I actually have this issue. After a few minutes, it goes bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt and there are lots of little squares on the screen, and I can't do anything except turn it off directly from the console.
I can turn it back on 2 or 3 more times, and each time it happens again, but earlier and earlier (a sign that it's related to overheating). But what worries me the most is that after the 3rd or 4th restart, there are 3 red LEDs... that's really concerning! It can't be anything but the RROD problem, right? (I read a topic related to that and the warranty --> http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/garantie-xbox-360-etendue-ans-actu-76263.html ).
I tried clearing the cache (which is no longer X X RB LB X X, now the option is built-in), but there's no change. I'm going to buy --> https://www.cdiscount.com/jeux-pc-video-console/accessoires/refroidisseur-xbox-360-bta-tec/f-103170802-3760161620345.html and if there's still no change, I'll have no choice but to send it to the service center...
If anyone has any other solutions...
@+

l'informé · Answer

Sorry, but the flash won't change anything at all. I'm in Algeria and no one can repair it. Everyone tells me to take it to Microsoft and that's what I'm going to do.

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