ILikeMyNachos
Newbie
Little back round information.
After I got my xbox banned, I bought an xbox off craigslist about two months ago and when I booted it up, I noticed it had froze. It froze a couple times. Finally it came through and I got it to work. I opened it up and re-applied the thermal paste and heatsinks and didn't have a problem with it until a month later when I got 3 red lights-0102 error code. I ended up doing the same thing. A few weeks after the second re-apply it started to freeze again. I did the same thing with the paste and heatsinks just to keep getting the 3 red lights-0102 error code. I decided it was time to do a reflow. I had heard that a friend reflowed his xbox with a hairdryer and stupidly, I tried that with a high performance hairdryer. Now, no matter what I do, I keep getting 0102 error.
I did a reflow with a hairdryer just to see if it would work. I do the thermal compound and the heatsinks again and boot it up. 3 red lights-0102 error code.
I heard that using a hairdryer can damage the xbox. I checked the chips and they seem fine on appearance.
I am going to go out and buy a heat gun. I was wondering if this xbox was still revivable or should I just get rid of it and not bother buying the heat gun?
After I got my xbox banned, I bought an xbox off craigslist about two months ago and when I booted it up, I noticed it had froze. It froze a couple times. Finally it came through and I got it to work. I opened it up and re-applied the thermal paste and heatsinks and didn't have a problem with it until a month later when I got 3 red lights-0102 error code. I ended up doing the same thing. A few weeks after the second re-apply it started to freeze again. I did the same thing with the paste and heatsinks just to keep getting the 3 red lights-0102 error code. I decided it was time to do a reflow. I had heard that a friend reflowed his xbox with a hairdryer and stupidly, I tried that with a high performance hairdryer. Now, no matter what I do, I keep getting 0102 error.
I did a reflow with a hairdryer just to see if it would work. I do the thermal compound and the heatsinks again and boot it up. 3 red lights-0102 error code.
I heard that using a hairdryer can damage the xbox. I checked the chips and they seem fine on appearance.
I am going to go out and buy a heat gun. I was wondering if this xbox was still revivable or should I just get rid of it and not bother buying the heat gun?