xbox overheating

**SamSmith** · 01-08-2005

evrytime i play it for a while, on live and all... and then turn it off and try to turn it back on, the overheating red light comes on... so i have to switch it off and leave it for ages until it cools.... it might have something to do with me opening the console....... anyone else have the same problem.

**Cloud Wolf** · 01-08-2005

Your fan may be broken or there could be an error inside take it to a game shop and see if they will tell you what the problem is and if they can fix it, the same thing happend to my PS2 to much dust got in and ****ed my fan up.

**SamSmith** · 01-08-2005

yeah... it must be dust...... i check it out

**Xer0Mercy** · 01-08-2005

Buy a can of air and clean out your Xbox using that. That's what I use when my computer gets dusty.

**ll Mista GT ll** · 01-08-2005

Originally Posted by Xer0Mercy

Buy a can of air and clean out your Xbox using that. That's what I use when my computer gets dusty.

He he, "can of air"!

If that does not work, There are seperate add-on fans you can buy off ebay for about 20$ !!!

**SPARTAN VI** · 01-08-2005

How do you know it's overheating? I thought the red light just meant serious trouble, but not anything specific.

**Reclaimer** · 01-08-2005

Red light means serious internal problems that require repair.
Orange light means user fixable problem.

Over heating means that one of the two fans, or both have gone kaput.
Plug in your Xbox and turn it on anway. Does the rear case fan turn?
Remove the lid since you already did in the past and pull out the DVDROM and HDD trays.. carefully... still plugged in and turn it on. Does the tiny CPU fan turn?

Make sure both fans are firmly plugged in. Both fans use the tiny 3 pin plugs.. I think the case fan might have two wires.. red and black though. Eitherway, they are tiny plugs and they both plug into the motherboard pretty close to each other. (Don't switch the sockets) Make sure they're both still plugged in.

Of course, this is still assuming it's an overheat. The red light means a lot of things. But an overheat is more likely to be the CPU fan being out than the rear fan.

**TGTBT** · 01-08-2005

I would think that if you already took it apart, that something messed up when you put it back together. My suggestion would be to disconnect and reassemble.

**SamSmith** · 01-09-2005

ohhh... maybe i plugged something in to the wrong place... maybe i think i might go back and see if i can fix it... thanks for help!

**Variation-XBA** · 01-09-2005

Make sure it's not on the carpet either, that's a killer

**SamSmith** · 01-09-2005

okay, thanks for the help everyone!

**Holt88** · 01-09-2005

If you weren't all the way in Ireland but around the NY/NJ area, I'd come fix it for you. Post what happens when you take a look at it again.

**SamSmith** · 01-10-2005

youd do that?? thanks... well il see if i can fix it when im back home tomorrow... thanks

**Reclaimer** · 01-10-2005

Originally Posted by sam smith

youd do that?? thanks... well il see if i can fix it when im back home tomorrow... thanks

Yeah, let us know how it goes. I'm willing to help you get on the right track.
I've torn down and rebuilt my other Xbox and did stuff to it a million times.

**CMX Jedi** · 01-10-2005

Originally Posted by Reclaimer-XBA

Over heating means that one of the two fans, or both have gone kaput.
Plug in your Xbox and turn it on anway. Does the rear case fan turn?
Remove the lid since you already did in the past and pull out the DVDROM and HDD trays.. carefully... still plugged in and turn it on. Does the tiny CPU fan turn?

theres only 1 fan in the xbox, the rear fan is put right behind the heatsink for the cpu.

**Reclaimer** · 01-10-2005

Originally Posted by CMX Jedi

theres only 1 fan in the xbox, the rear fan is put right behind the heatsink for the cpu.

There's a case fan in the back and a small fan on the GPU. The CPU has a large heatsink without a fan. The smaller heatsink next to it is the GPU that has a tiny fan mounted on top with the screws that fit into the fins of the heatsink.

There are 2 fans, I'm at home right now and I pulled the lid off the other Xbox.
Where I mentioned it was the CPU, I made a mistake. However there are 2 fans in there.

See? This is a picture I sent from my camera phone.

**Reclaimer** · 01-10-2005

Just in case you don't see the other fan.
Those are the 2 fans. I installed a larger case fan, but the GPU fan remains the same. However I did go as far as taking the sinks off and cleaning up the chips and laying down some articsilver. The GPU fan is stock, I tried to replace it with a fan I had from a external drive, but the stock fan spins faster so I kept it.

**Reclaimer** · 01-10-2005

Both fans plug into the motherboard at the back of the case at the rear wall.
The AV plug for your TV is the silver box in the back ledge.
If you where to stand in front of the Xbox, DVD drive to you, the case fan plugs in on the 3 pin plug on the right side and the GPU fan plugs into the 3pin on the left of the silver box.

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