So my Xbox 360 gave up on me this evening - I managed to fix it using a clothes iron of all things.

[TheBratterz]

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[Nullianac]

That's either absurdly lucky or a good way to start a fire.

[sp] Also, please shave. That 'stache doesn't work for you. [/sp]

[Crpto2007]

My xbox breaks down all the fucking time with that E74 shit. I fix it everytime though with towels and surprisingly it always works and for a pretty long time too. Infact it just gave out about an hour ago while I was playing batman arkham city and I fixed it again.

[TheBratterz]

[QUOTE]Also, please shave. That 'stache doesn't work for you.[/QUOTE]

Dreadful, isn't it? I'm doing Movember with some friends at Uni and we've already raised some money, so I think I'll have to wait it out. Only a few more days thankfully.

[editline]25th November 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE=Crpto2007;33426236]My xbox breaks down all the fucking time with that E74 shit. I fix it everytime though with towels and surprisingly it always works and for a pretty long time too. Infact it just gave out about an hour ago while I was playing batman arkham city and I fixed it again.[/QUOTE]

Ugh I imagine I'll have the same problems. Oh well, I'm hoping it will last till Christmas at least.

[Unreliable]

I got pissed when my 360 did that - second time it did. I tossed it in the trash
In hindsight it was a good thing because I enjoy playing on PC more.

[Coolkiddo]

PCs are a lot easier to fix, this is truth since when my computer had a huge error last time I fixed it in just 1 day on my own.

[SuicidalFrag]

You can do this in the oven too. I bought an 8800gtx off of ebay once for $12 because the guy said it was giving weird artifacts on his screen, but I knew it had just gotten so hot that some of the solder had melted. Took all of the plastic and such off, popped it in the oven for a while and had a working video card. Still works today.

[Maloof?]

[QUOTE=SuicidalFrag;33426748]You can do this in the oven too. I bought an 8800gtx off of ebay once for $12 because the guy said it was giving weird artifacts on his screen, but I knew it had just gotten so hot that some of the solder had melted. Took all of the plastic and such off, popped it in the oven for a while and had a working video card. Still works today.[/Quote]

Doubt it, unless your card was hitting temperatures of ~200C

And if the solder really had melted do you think it'd be a good idea to try to make the solder (ALL of the solder, not just the supposed faulty connection) melt MORE (and potentially run off of half the PCB connections entirely)?

Chances are you had dust or hair or some other small debris bridging some connections and the oven simply burned it off.

[Donut Hill]

One of my friends aren't as lucky as you. The disc tray for their xbox doesn't work and he has to hit it. It wrecked his Skyrim disc recently too.

[Terminutter]

If this is like the oven trick, you will only gain a week or so worth of function before it breaks again. The melting temp of the solder is higher than that of the board. The trick doesn't reflow the solder, it deforms the board a tiny bit.