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*How to Perm Fix RROD Tut!*
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*TAKEN From SCAR's 7S Tut*
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Items Needed:
- Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste
- 24 5mm flat washers
- 8 M5 x .8 x 10mm machine screws
Tools:
- T10 and T8 Torx
- Pliers
- Phillips screwdriver
- 1/4 inch socket
Tutorials for openeing the case:
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Remove the dvd drive, air duct, Ring of light board, and all of the motherboard screws on the bottom. Pull the motherboard out of the metal case and you should be left with this:
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Flip the motherboard over and you will see Microsofts cheap x clamps. These are the main cause of the 3 red lights. We need to pry these off, I use pliers but you can use a small flathead screwdriver. either way, be VERY careful not to damage the motherboard in the process.
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After removing both of them it should look like this:
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Flip the motherboard over again and pull off the heatsinks.
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Clean off the excess of the old thermal paste on both the CPU/GPU and heatsinks. I use a razor blade.
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Use a 1/4" socket to remove the feet from both heatsinks.
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Take your screws and washers...
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...And put 1 washer on each screw.
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Take your thermal paste and put a SMALL amount of paste on each chip. Dont apply too much or it will ooze off of the chip when you clamp the heatsink down.
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Flip the motherboard over, take 4 screws and put them through the same holes the heatsink feet used to go through.
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Flip the motherboard over again with your hand under the screws holding them in place. Put 2 washers on each screw.
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Heres the tricky part, you have to hold the screws in place while threading them into the heatsinks. I flip the motherboard on its side then thread the screws into the heatsink.
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Flip the motherboard over and screw them in as tight as you can.
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Repeat with the other side.
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Put the motherboard back in the metal casing and plug in the ring of light, AV and power cables.
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Turn it on, you will most likely still have the 3 red lights.
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If you do, leave the fan unplugged and let it run until it overheats (2 red lights). Wait a few more minutes then turn it off.
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Let it cool for a minute then turn it on and see if it worked.
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If its green lights put everything back together and your good to go.
Last edited by KingShiet ; edited 3 times in total
For a much better TUT since my links are DEAD please follow : [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Items Needed:
- Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste
- 24 5mm flat washers
- 8 M5 x .8 x 10mm machine screws
Tools:
- T10 and T8 Torx
- Pliers
- Phillips screwdriver
- 1/4 inch socket
Tutorials for openeing the case:
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Or
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Remove the dvd drive, air duct, Ring of light board, and all of the motherboard screws on the bottom. Pull the motherboard out of the metal case and you should be left with this:
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Flip the motherboard over and you will see Microsofts cheap x clamps. These are the main cause of the 3 red lights. We need to pry these off, I use pliers but you can use a small flathead screwdriver. either way, be VERY careful not to damage the motherboard in the process.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
After removing both of them it should look like this:
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Flip the motherboard over again and pull off the heatsinks.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Clean off the excess of the old thermal paste on both the CPU/GPU and heatsinks. I use a razor blade.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Use a 1/4" socket to remove the feet from both heatsinks.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Take your screws and washers...
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
...And put 1 washer on each screw.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Take your thermal paste and put a SMALL amount of paste on each chip. Dont apply too much or it will ooze off of the chip when you clamp the heatsink down.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Flip the motherboard over, take 4 screws and put them through the same holes the heatsink feet used to go through.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Flip the motherboard over again with your hand under the screws holding them in place. Put 2 washers on each screw.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Heres the tricky part, you have to hold the screws in place while threading them into the heatsinks. I flip the motherboard on its side then thread the screws into the heatsink.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
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Flip the motherboard over and screw them in as tight as you can.
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Repeat with the other side.
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Put the motherboard back in the metal casing and plug in the ring of light, AV and power cables.
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Turn it on, you will most likely still have the 3 red lights.
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If you do, leave the fan unplugged and let it run until it overheats (2 red lights). Wait a few more minutes then turn it off.
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Let it cool for a minute then turn it on and see if it worked.
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If its green lights put everything back together and your good to go.
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Nice!
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this works if you already have rrod? or is this to prevent it.
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LukasSkywkr wrote Nice!
Thanks man took me a while to make/post this. I appreciate all the feedback
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omgimbleeding wrote this works if you already have rrod? or is this to prevent it.
If you already have RROD. I am trying to find out a preventing rrod tut but I highly doubt you can do that unless you have the newer models. I am not sure tho.
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kk, im going to do this tomorrow then, theres no way im paying the store 80 bucks to fix it if i can do it myself for around 20
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omgimbleeding wrote kk, im going to do this tomorrow then, theres no way im paying the store 80 bucks to fix it if i can do it myself for around 20
Yeah I know.
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so! confusing! this is a last action resort if ya dont got money.
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mrgrowl wrote so! confusing! this is a last action resort if ya dont got money.
Yes it is VERY confusing I know it was a pain lol. This is for people who don't want to waste money and have the time to do it. It works 100% ;)
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Going to go ahead and bump this for all you people that need it.
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