12 Penny Fix for 3 red lights (RRoD)

[XxNemesisxX]

Found this while trying to fix a friend's 360, so I thought I'd post it as it might save some people who's warranty expired. By the way, this is a LONG-TERM fix, and supposedly almost never fails.

Quote: Originally Posted by kidderboots

REMEMBER: opening your 360 and doing this fix will void your warranty always make sure your 360 is out of warranty before trying.
Things you'll need:
12 pennies
Electrical tape
Hot glue gun

First you open your 360 up (see tutorial on how to)
Take out the mother board
Flip the motherboard upside down
Locate the 4 Ram chip that are black and around the GPU
Take 3 pennies, stack them on top of each other so it looks 3 pennies thick
With the electrical tap wrap the pennies so no copper is showing (make 4 seperate stacks of pennies)
On each ram chip use a very small amount of hot glue to stick the stack of wrapped pennies to the ram
now when you flip the motherboard upside down the pennies should sick to the ram
When putting the screws back in do not screw the black screws that hold the CPU and GPU- leave them off
Screw all the other screws on slow and tight and observe the inputs so that they match up with the holes in the metal casing (example USB ports, AV, Power etc)
You will notice the front USB ports seem to be just barely showing through the casing holes, thats fine
Make sure the fans are reconnected etc and test before putting back together

The reason this works as apposed to alot of other methods is because it kills mulitple birds with one stone
over heating-> there is now some space under the board so the board doesnt get as hot
bad Ram connection->obvisouly the ram is getting pressured back on to the motherboard
GPU/CPU issues-> with the released unneeded tension off the x clamps they dont seems to come unsolderd

I have waiting 11months to post this fix anywhere till i have tested it for a long period of time. I have done about 40 with this method and only on one did it fail to help.

Hope this helps.

[jacob is gay]

pics would be great

[XxNemesisxX]

Sorry, he posted no pics. If anyone uses this trick and it works, it would be really great if you could also post a few pics. Much thanks would be given.

[JBOOLEY10]

Quote: Originally Posted by XxNemesisxX

Sorry, he posted no pics. If anyone uses this trick and it works, it would be really great if you could also post a few pics. Much thanks would be given.

I'm ganna try this tonight and will post pics if my camera will work.
EDIT: This doesnt work I fiddled with it for over and hour and still didnt work.

[RvB rox]

so this isnt true then?

[Mizwax]

Quote: Originally Posted by RvB rox

so this isnt true then?

doesnt sound like it. i would just sell seperate parts off my 360 and use the money to put towards another.

[II_G4M30V3R_II]

I tryed this and it worked. Only after doing the towel trick though. But now i've flashed my firmware and after a while of playing i rebooted my xbox and got 3 red lights once again. Maybe the pennis need relocating... doin it now...

[FRABAR]

Quote: Originally Posted by II_G4M30V3R_II

I tryed this and it worked. Only after doing the towel trick though. But now i've flashed my firmware and after a while of playing i rebooted my xbox and got 3 red lights once again. Maybe the pennis need relocating... doin it now...

LOL pennis!

Take some pics and post please!

[Tommy D]

we need pixs!

[II_G4M30V3R_II]

The penny trick doesn't work. It will work for about a couple of months, enough for you to get your hopes up thinking ''yeah i just fixed my console using pennys, yay'' then suddenly you'll get 3 red lights again. The best way to fix your console is find out which error code your getting and fix it with the X CLAMP FIX.

I know all this from experience!

[T Sizzles]

This is the poor-man's X-Clamp fix. I wouldn't put pennies in there because they're copper, and copper is a good conductor of electricity and heat. You're much better off doing the regular X-Clamp fix.

[S y N I K a L]

Yeah, im not going to bother when I can just X clamp.

[Tommy D]

Can someone link me to X-Clamp thread?

[Xpargas]

How to Fix The Ring of Death (3 Red Lights), by Carson

Its stickyed

[Tommy D]

yea but it wont fix it forever.

[Mizwax]

is this the same thing?
http://www.se7ensins.com/forums/xbox...ghts-scar.html

cause i thought that was supposed to be the big woop-di-doo fix right there...

[olie]

i riped my 360 apart and found no xclamps the 2 xclamps arent there what was tehre was a **** load of washers it musthave been made like that becouse the stiker wasent voided i was wonderin if i shuld get some clamps or just stick with the washers?

[Xpargas]

Quote: Originally Posted by olie

i riped my 360 apart and found no xclamps the 2 xclamps arent there what was tehre was a **** load of washers it musthave been made like that becouse the stiker wasent voided i was wonderin if i shuld get some clamps or just stick with the washers?

Im guessing you bought it used? someone alredy x-clamped it

You can try redoing it but it probably wont work for long

[nickcas]

Quote: Originally Posted by olie

i riped my 360 apart and found no xclamps the 2 xclamps arent there what was tehre was a **** load of washers it musthave been made like that becouse the stiker wasent voided i was wonderin if i shuld get some clamps or just stick with the washers?

uh.. what? You shouldn't have a ****load of washers in your Xbox.

And I don't even know what your problem is, do you have the rrod?


Oh and the penny trick still works for me to this day from about a year and a half ago. I don't use that xbox much anymore but I turned it on today and it was fine.

[rippk]

Hey i used the 12 pennnys instead of 8 beacause i lost the black screws on the bottom and now my x box overheats when i turns it on whats the problem