Originally posted by w00ly:

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I wouldnt mess with drilling. If you can make the screw head and washers the same size as the standoffs (3mm) then you'll have the board flat which is what you want. So this ends up being 1 thin #10 washer on the bottom side. Then you can use a 2mm thick #10 washer (or 2 of the thin ones) on the top side.

Really though the problem is likely broken solder somewhere. X-clamp fixes the flexing that breaks the solder but it doesnt actually fix the solder. I had 1 system that had a no video error (still got audio though) and I fixed it the same way I do all the other red ring systems: reflow with heatgun and replace x-clamp. I actually made a video earlier today of a 0102 red ring I did so I'll have it up soon, just gotta edit the pieces together. It's really pretty easy to do

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Originally posted by w00ly:

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in it's case? No I certainly wouldnt recommend that. When you do the high temperature oven bake you want to have the motherboard in there without the heatsinks attached and everything thoroughly insulated other than the CPU/GPU/HANA chips. If it's not insulated well there's the possibility that either plastic connectors will melt or even worse your capacitors will pop and then they have to be replaced. It creates smoke too but is supposedly a good reflow. Personally I think the heatgun is much safer because I can direct the heat exactly where I want it (and it takes less prep work). Here's my vid of how I fixed a 3 red earlier which is the same problem as no video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvfBS6Tams
There's also a low temperature oven method that I've used a couple times to flatten the board if it's been warped too much. Basically you have your oven at 170F/80C and because of the low temperature you dont need insulation. You will need to heatgun afterward though because that isnt hot enough to melt the solder either. I do it for 4 hours but some people recommend up to 8. This lets it get all the moisture out as too...I live in florida so it's always humid and it creates problems with the 360.

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