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I picked up a dead 360 S and I got it working just by taking the cover and fan vent off

submitted by AnmanIndustries to gaming 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 20:02:19 ago (+7/-0)     (gaming)

Anyone able to tell me why? Concern is that it will die again in mid game, but seems to be working perfectly fine so far.

Im going to see if I can replace the fan with something better in case cooling was the issue, but the box was already dust free. I've been testing it with the covers off, but I dont want to keep it like this.


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360 just like ps3 had board warping issues due to insufficient thermal reduction

the cure was to completely dismantle it, lay the mobo on a flat surface, and use a heatgun to reflow the solder at the point of failure (PS3 was the GPU, can't recall where the 360 went bad)