This is 3rd day I play my lovely xbox 360. The heated wind exhaust from the 2 fans makes me worrying. Right now I have table fan facing the left side of the xbox to cool it down. For sure it will not help much in cooling down internally. I read the water cooling solution, any other can recommend?

This post has been edited by Dothan: Aug 21 2006, 11:07 AM

dont worry just make sure your 360 is placed at an open space. make sure the back is well ventilated. actually would like to suggest you getting nyko intercooler but my intercooler is messing with my 360 at the moment. stop using it already.

wat happen? care to explain?

This post has been edited by alkt: Aug 16 2006, 12:26 AM

Play in an air-con'd room. And after a few hours of play, give the 360 a 20 minute break or something (which is what I usually do)

Another thing to try is to see if the air coming out the back of the 360 is just warm or it feels like it's coming out of a hairdryer

hehehe i suspected my intercooler is messing with the 360 voltage. i think so...
and also i am so afraid with the 3 red dead blinking lights too. that day my 360 hang and hang and hang while playing lotr2. took out the intercooler and can play already. but yesterday tried to plug it back and my 360 got red blinking lights damn scared now dont wanna use it anymore

^bro judge, what brand transformer u using?

newstar 500w black color. why

how many socket? mine one is Teletrons 500w the most powerful transformer.

2 blacks and 1 red. using the red one.

If air is flowing out of your 360 and it's not sizzling hot, you should be ok.

Just because it's in an air cond room doesn't mean it's cold, unless your air cond is blowing right at it lar.

Intercooler with pass through power connector is messing with the main voltage going into the 360 either electric noise or drawing current away from the 360.

is't u plug in AC100V ? i think teletrons is most stable one. back in that day some guy at LYN pm me and ask me look for Teletrons transformer.

hmmm, im using Teletron 500W too. the shop guy told me its the best transformer around, but i thought it was just marketing talk... looks like im wrong

This post has been edited by hikaru_x: Aug 16 2006, 01:22 AM

yup, if ur 360 not enough electricity it will automatic active 1,3,4 red lights( i 'kena' almost 20times) i think this Teletron is the most stable one.

if you put your console horizontal, get something to make your console "leg" higher around 1/2 inch so there will be more air flow below it. been doing it since ps1 days.

suspend ur x360in mid air

can we use those notebook cooler on our 360?

So let me compile the summary of cooling xbox 360:-

1. Nyko Intercooler (how much?)
2. Air cond (your dad may curse you on electricity bill )
3. Notebook cooling pad (facing which side?)
4. Hang the xbox in the mid air (how? )
5. Elevated height if put horizontal (can put on the floor?)

Found out on gamerspot.com, there are 2 main causes for the system hang and overheat:
1. console itself
2. the uber power brick

For the power brick, "hang" in the air trick is put it on top of a shoe box with the box cover removed. It will let the heat dissipates in all direction.

I merely use table fan to cool my 360. Just tembak the air from table fan on the right side of the 360. The one that will be on the bottom when 360 is positioned vertically.

I think the exhaust fan are meant to be hot~ (approx around 47 celcius ? ) when playing games that time.

once if you are not playing games it will go back to normal.

but if you want best soluiton.. open up xbox 360 fan and use table fan directly blow~

Then it will be like my old desktop

djinn, why not do a bulk of water cooler for xbox360?

not yet

I have to wait till my shop finish first. then will order

Can include the installation service as well?

Suspend your 360 in mid-air? I think it was suspend your power-brick in mid-air. I put mine on a shoe box so it doesn't touch the ground and it never gets hot

3 red blinking lights means?

xbox went kaput

lol thats bad

Man U sucks. Liverpool all the way baby!

^^ And how can that be related to x360 heat problem?

ROFL
wats ur problem man?

Liver who..?
Hmmm....

3 Red Lights simply mean hardware error/failure. Not "OMFG DUDE YOU'RE XBOX IS SCREWED" I encountered the Red Lights when I had some trippy voltage. My 360 is perfectly fine now. Not 'kaput' yet

Hi all,
My solution to prevent overheating internally : Use 4 pieces of chinese chesspiece (made of wood or marble or any material) and put them under the horizontal xbox, elevate the xbox so that ventilation is better. Will tell you the outcome soon

I cant help it but to post this




wat if u let it stand vertically?

It works very nice. The fans aren't working so hard and the whole system running smooth!
I strongly advise you not to put it on vertical (though looks cool), this console need to "breath" and exhale the heat

remember to elevate the power brick also. the damn thing even got fan inside. :sweats:

Yes, i use the common solution found on internet - shoe box

guys, if u still dnt knw wat to do with ur 360 power brick.. here are some recommendations.. i find #7,#3 & #1 very useful.. haha...

check it out:
10 things to do with that 360 power brick

my vote goes to no.1 can use in dragon tiger gate II movie!!!

Hahhaahaha

The power brick is really big man!!
Anyway, did you guys touch the left side of the xbox (in vertical) or bottom (in horizontal) and feel quite hot?

yup, is hot just like ur pc mother board.

well that is the closest side to the CPU so yea it would be pretty hot. dont worry thats normal. just play untill (god forbid) it freeze

Hi All,
I had googled around and found some solutions to our xbox 360 heat problem.

1. Nyko Intercooler (USD 19.99)
http://www.nyko.com/nyko/products/?i=71

2. Pelican Fan Stand (USD 24.95 at liksang.com)
http://www.pelicanacc.com/

Review on both Nyko and Pelican:
http://console.hardocp.com/article.html?ar...CxoY29uc29sZQ==

3. Koolance water cooler (USD 358.99 )
http://www.koolance.com/shop/product_info....products_id=329

4. Coolitsystems (unknown price, not found in its website)
http://gaming.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=4227

4. Notebook cooling pad (variable pricing )

5. Our traditional desk fan

Hopefully djinn bro can do bulk for xbox 360 cooler

Intercooler~. I didn't use it anymore~ due to so much "news" said they use it and ends up dead.

watercooler is my way hehe. but I need cash first

master djin. should la you able to install that watercooler can you install on mine ka?

I would suggest djinn to do a bulk for xbox 360 water cooling device together with installation fest. I will definitely get one from him

aiyoh don't call me master la~. djinn enough liaw.. normal~.. if I install my one sucessful (if sucess ) then I install for you also no problem la

can also~. but as you can see.. or should I said. you already mention the price~. no much people will do water cooler~ still over price. shall wait until people kept on coming out new model so can buy cheap,

lol...master djinn looks like apprentice recruitment is on fr the Dark Side
wooo..im up fr water cooling too if djinn can bring it in

Hi All,
With some research on hot air gun method to fix the 0102 3 red lights of death. I found out the root cause of this problem.

Due to excessive heat produce at the GPU (332 millions transistors) and it is covered by a normal aluminium heatsink. Furthermore, our 12x DVDROM also produces heat. The heat & cold cycle will eventually cause mechanical stress on 360 PCB. The soldering points will develop cold solder joint effect which will cause no current flow to our RAM chips, GPU and etc. Thus, the curse of 3 red lights of death will happen!

FYI, you may read the blog and the link provided by the blog.
Cold Solder Joint Weblog by Calvin Hsia
Cold Solder Joints (Technical article)

I think believe MS should use a socket to secure the GPU and the CPU rather than solder on the board (like our normal PC motherboard). But this creates another problem, modder will have fun on the board

Just another update on xbox 360 cooling.

XCM 360 High speed aircooler with LCD temperature display
Link

Not bad though but will void your warranty

hmm..i think i've asked this last year..but i'll ask again now.

they're so many stories about the 3 red lights (of death) which is usually caused by overheating, if not hardware failure.

even some seniors/experienced lyn forumers get these problems..

so how stable is this x360 really is? i mean like, are these problems zeroed in on an early batch of x360s..or is it still happening to later batches too? i just hope and pray hard that i won't get this much trouble when finally getting hands on a set.

also..does provision of good ventilation for the psu and the x360 set itself, enough to avoid overheating/3 red lights?

man i'm scared reading those horror stories..(nama pun horror stories)

then again..even the ps1 had its fair share of overheating..but luckily i didn't get that prob..only when the motor for the lens gave out that i had to change it. same goes for my ps2. hopefully my luck will remain with an x360..

This post has been edited by Sd-RawK-Cab25: Oct 11 2006, 11:40 PM

Let's take a test...

How many gamer tags are there in the registry topic?
How many people have had their console killed by the 3 red lights?

From there you can see that there really aren't that many horror stories, Just keep your power supply and unit properly ventilated. I don't have an AC room to play in, the 360 just sits in a normal AV cabinet (doors opened of course) and I could still play DR and survive for 5 days.. no problems!

^ aight..kewl! i'll just keep that thing ventilated then. biasala bro..orang baru in x360 world..takut the console die on me..hehehe

thanks again for clarification!

Mine died after playing ChromeHounds. Inspected the CPU, part of the die turns bluish (like the effect you get with titanium exhaust tip).

hmm..just a question..

maybe i wasn't aware but has MS released the 2nd batch of x360s? i mean, i read in another thread here that supposedly, 2006 sets are more stable? true ka?

2006 batch from MS is the one to fix firmware mod

hey guys..since i'm cheap...i thought of buying a usb fan and pointing it towards the right side of the x360 (when in horizontal)..the fan should be blowing tht way right? so tht the hot air blows out the back?

u guys think it's a worthy investment..or shud i go with a better cooling system?

sound off bros!

That is pretty useless. That USB fan is not that powerful! Get a table fan. aaa. This one is better.

hmm yea table fan lagi kuat...tapi xde tempat nak letak dah..huhu..ah well..try and find some old table fans then..

Or you could try table fan yang slim tuh.

Fan yang ini: Box Fan

Ini mesti muat punya.

aaa..that's better! thx bro for the cadangan! cantekk! can search around la macam ni..

OK.. just remember not to get an intercooler..
http://www.elektriq.com/articles/microsoft...-cooling-device

yea i know..even tho it cools the best..but a lot of problems la from customers..burnt connectors..messing up power distribution..damn.

but anyway..i'm keeping the set in a open space..put it on a 3 tier rack, topmost and the power supply is on a shoe-box like box so it's not directly on the parquet floor, located behind the rack. also elevated the set (horizontally) by putting double layers of anti skid pads so air flow ada below the set. shud be ok right this setup?

so far today been leaving it on for 8 hours to download stuff..no problems and God forbid if anything happens.

but will consider buying small table fan or the slim one as recommended by necro.

mine acts weird too...but stable.....i mean..when leave it overnite off with fans bombarding it....then when on early morning red blinking light...then off on again..its okay...too cold also can happen Red ring of light ah?

maybe air from fan disrupting the proper airflow? or too kuat the angin and..i dunno..x360 ni is a mysterious console..

anyway..if i were to use a fan..i should be blowing it to the right side of the set (when horizontal) right? so that air goes in from there and cools cpu and also helps flushing the hot air out the back vents right?

it happens again....hmmmm weirdlah my console......everytime off the PSU totally..meaning no power at all..(main switch off)...it goes to blinking red when on...then off on its okay.....i also leave the game disc inside.....then remove and on back its okay....dunno whether its the game disc inside issue or the power brick problem....well as long i can play my games.....good enough though....

hmm...i dunno but maybe your power supply is getting faulty? why not test with someone else's psu..or send it to someone to take a look at it.

personally eventhough i can still play games, knowing the fact that the psu is acting abnormally makes me uneasy.

why don't u try not to switch the main power off, just switch the console off. wait for a few hours, then switch the console back on. if nothing happens to the psu during the few hours, maybe something is wrong with the psu (cos it works fine when u didn't turn the main power off). i'm just afraid that the constant switching of the main power kinda made the psu wonky.

better ask the pros..i'm new to the set myself, but just giving my opinion. hope everything goes well carnby!

This post has been edited by Sd-RawK-Cab25: Oct 29 2006, 08:09 PM

Yes..i will try that....hmmm..yes it makes me feel uneasy too....hopefully..it wont affect the console....