Hi All,
A short update on my xbox, i opened it again to re-coat the artic silver. Below is my steps:
1. Found out the previous coating was too thick, this is no good.
2. Cleaned up the mess
3. Polished the heatsink with sandpaper
4. Re-apply the artic silver again (this time very little and smooth the surface with unused credit card)
5. Running dead rising to raise the heat on GPU
6. When it is hot, press the ram chip to ensure firm contact.

Now praying hard it can minimise the glitches

Not sure, tonight will be full Las Vegas to stress test my latest "mod" - polished heatsink + uber thin artic silver layer. Yesterday night i played 30 min of dead rising, the result is positive so far. Cannot eliminate but minimize the glitches.

Caution : Please check the X-clamp is tighly clamped your heat sink. Any loose clamp will result hardware failure. 

Hi Guys,
Happy new year 
As promised, I uploaded the graphic glitches (which occur on dashboard also). This pic was taken when I browse the Video Marketplace. Hopefully you can notice it.



Any comment? 

Btw...just to let you guys know, I changed for a new unit...and NO MORE GLITCHES! None. Not a single one...at least not yet. Hehe...

The previous unit I had was manufactured in April. This unit is manufactured in August. The old unit they gave me was actually packaged with the Gears of War pack previously. They hadn't sold it so they packed it with the new DOA pack.

i see artifacts and graphic glitches right b4 my 360 kena 3ROD, most of the time the air-cond is on and i placed it on a well ventilated place but still it dies on me, i think 3ROD is random no matter which batch of console u got, when it comes u cant stop it  ... good luck guys.

Ohh god. I feel a bit menyesal bought X360 because it sux. Why big and rich company like Microsoft dont learn from their mistake like this, or they don't even care about their product quality. Why not they learn from previous Xbox on motherboard, chip design and the most important their cooling system.  They only focus on how to compete with playstation not quality on thier own machine.

If i know about this before i will sure consider to buy PS3 or PSP instead of X360. Every penny count.