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E 74 Fix But now overheating
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23. April 2009 @ 16:38 |
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Hi i fixed my xbox that got a E 74 error with the x-clamp fix. It turns on and all four green lights does the circle of green lights but after the forth light blinks it goes to the two left lights blinking (red) and shuts off. I than touch the underneath of the mobo and the cpu chip is hott within 2 to 3 seconds. I cant figure out why and was wondering if anyone knew. Thanx
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23. April 2009 @ 16:54 |
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did you clean all the old thermal paste off(chip surface should shine) and apply new thermal paste?
is your fan working/ plugged in??
heatsink not on backwards?
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25. April 2009 @ 20:45 |
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Yup the chips are spotless clean. I even took off the heat sinks again and cleaned everything and put them back on again. Ring of death is gone, but after 5 to 10 seconds of the Xbox turning on, it overheats. The CPU side of the fan doesn't turn on at all also. Idk what it is.
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25. April 2009 @ 20:50 |
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Also it's not the fan. The fan works on my brothers system but not on this one. And the heatsinks r on right
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25. April 2009 @ 22:14 |
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Originally posted by hitmanjv7:
Also it's not the fan. The fan works on my brothers system but not on this one. And the heatsinks r on right
Well, without the fan it will overheat. You need to figure that out. Or it's the power supplied to the motherboard. Did you try another power brick?
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26. April 2009 @ 07:00 |
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I tryed another power brick and still the samething. Is there a way I can check if it's the power supplied to the mobo???
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26. April 2009 @ 08:41 |
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Originally posted by hitmanjv7:
I tryed another power brick and still the samething. Is there a way I can check if it's the power supplied to the mobo???
You may be screwed if the fans not working
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26. April 2009 @ 16:25 |
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LOL that sucks man!!! Thanx for ur help. If u find out anything pet me know =)
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belenos
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26. April 2009 @ 18:00 |
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i had a problem similar to this once and ended up having to use power off the dvd to make the fans work.
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26. April 2009 @ 18:00 |
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maybe you put something in the wrong place and something is touching the metal case. That's what happened to me. I got the rrod and took the heat sinks off and cleaned them(both heat sinks and dies and put new thermal paste on them). I also used screws to hold the heat sinks in place in stead of the xclamps. I then powered it on(out of the case) and it worked. I then put it back in the case and it gave me the two flashing lights. I took it out and noticed the heads of the screws were slightly touching the metal bottom. So I took the heads of the screws and put electrical tape on them and tried again and it has been working for the last 3 months with no problem. Just make sure you don't over tighten the screws/xclamps because it could cause you to get the two red lights also( don't know why, it happened to me before so I had to losen the screws and the lights went away).
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26. April 2009 @ 18:21 |
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Originally posted by belenos:
i had a problem similar to this once and ended up having to use power off the dvd to make the fans work.
Hmm, rumors though are they check for voltages?
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belenos
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26. April 2009 @ 18:58 |
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well i think that is just a rumor. but really a working banned console would be better than a non-working console
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26. April 2009 @ 20:23 |
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Originally posted by belenos:
well i think that is just a rumor. but really a working banned console would be better than a non-working console
Very true. Did you splice the wire? How did you do it?
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belenos
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26. April 2009 @ 20:33 |
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ya spliced wires to the 12v source on dvd. doesn't matter now that was a system I sold.
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26. April 2009 @ 20:34 |
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Originally posted by belenos:
ya spliced wires to the 12v source on dvd. doesn't matter now that was a system I sold.
Nice to know though. Thanks again.
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belenos
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26. April 2009 @ 20:35 |
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maybe ill show ya sometime or make a tut.
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26. April 2009 @ 20:37 |
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Originally posted by belenos:
maybe ill show ya sometime or make a tut.
Sounds good. You know where to post it...LOL
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jcalton88
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26. April 2009 @ 23:52 |
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Yeah, the fans are a big necessity on the xbox. So is the cowl that lets the fans pull air right off the heat sinks. A guy brought me his xbox a couple weeks ago saying it was overheating. I took it apart that afternoon, saw the white cowl was missing, put an extra one I had on it, and it worked perfectly. Made the guy pay me $15 for gas because I drove to meet him both ways.
Originally posted by keebles:
Just make sure you don't over tighten the screws/xclamps because it could cause you to get the two red lights also( don't know why, it happened to me before so I had to losen the screws and the lights went away).
In my experience if they are overtightened you get the RROD again, too loose I get the overheating error. Sometimes it takes some playing with it(tightening, turn it on, loosen, turn it on) to get it just right.
But the fans are first, gotta get those working one way or another. I'm not sure what voltage the fans run, but if its around 5-6 volts, you could run a couple wires from the usb port pins 1 and 4(one being power, four being ground).
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27. April 2009 @ 01:33 |
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I just had this same problem I fixed the rrod sweet as had been playing on my box for about 3mths before it got the rrod again So I opend it up expecting to Just do the fix again so I did . Then when i went to " Bake it " I seen that the Gpu fan wasnt working ?????? NOT GOOD I Played around with it and figured that the red and black Wires that run from The gpu fan to the plug Weren't getting any power from the motherboard So I cut the Red and black Wires At the plug An striped The Brown And blue wires from the Cpu fan and connected them Together plugged it in And away it went No problems Since And Its Running so cold im Quite impressed with it :) Hope you get it sorted Peace
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27. April 2009 @ 02:54 |
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Thanx for all this information its been VERY VERY HELPFUL!!!!!!!!! Okay so i just need to get power from somewhere else to get the fan going again. By chance which of the wires do i get the positive and negative from the dvd power cord??? Again thanx so much everyone!
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27. April 2009 @ 03:39 |
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Unsure I think Lamma.com got a tut on what wires on the dvd cable give power And neg You coud allways just wire it up to the fan that is working Thats all i done You wouldnt need to cut the wires at the plug i just done it Cause it was easer
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27. April 2009 @ 04:09 |
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I think ill end up doing that. I was just wondering for future fans to add lol
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27. April 2009 @ 04:23 |
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I connected some fans to a od usb cord and just use that for 2 old laptop fans inside my xbox lol and for out side the xbox blowing cold air in I use a Old 12v wall addaptor and 2 Pc fans with flash leds :)
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27. April 2009 @ 04:43 |
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Oh that's kewl. Do u by chance have pictures???
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