My fiancées little brother has an XBOX 360 and a couple of days ago it started to lock up after a few minutes of gaming. It's out of warranty now but he didn't use it that much either.
I took the thing apart and found that the GPU heatsink is no longer good enough for some reason, as if I hang the DVDROM (which sits over the top of it) over the side of the 360 giving the GPU heatsink more space to breath the 360 works 100% with no problems.
I see MS have changed this heatsink in newer revisions and added a secondary heatsink to the GPU which sits away from the DVDROM via a heat pipe.
So I'm hoping I can source these newer versions somehow and fit it myself without his parents having to fork out £90 which MS have quoted them.
I took the thing apart and found that the GPU heatsink is no longer good enough for some reason, as if I hang the DVDROM (which sits over the top of it) over the side of the 360 giving the GPU heatsink more space to breath the 360 works 100% with no problems.
I see MS have changed this heatsink in newer revisions and added a secondary heatsink to the GPU which sits away from the DVDROM via a heat pipe.
So I'm hoping I can source these newer versions somehow and fit it myself without his parents having to fork out £90 which MS have quoted them.