Xbox 360 Ring of Death Repair

Today it is estimated that about 1 in 3 xbox 360’s will experience the ring of death, repair isn’t really as hard as most people make it out to be though. See when your xbox 360 receives the ring of death, it’s being caused by the x-clamps on your motherboard becoming loose. And this is usually caused by overheating the system to the point of causing them to expand and contract. But it’s not really your fault. It’s because the system has a poor airflow throughout the system, and therefore cooks itself.

To really keep your xbox from having this happen to it, you would have to just not play it. And what fun is that? I mean with the recent release of Call of duty modern warfare, it’s really not that easy. So anyways, when the x-clamp causes the ring of death, repairing it is the only way to make it work again.

So you will need to physically open the system, remove the motherboard and then tighten the clamps. Now that may seem like a lot or it may even sound scary.

But the only real alternative is sending it back to microsoft for a cold $140 in shipping cost and more, just to wait two or three months for a repair you could easily do in an hour.

If you’re truly interested in repairing your ring of death xbox 360, I highly recommend James Dean’s Xbox 360 red ring repair guide, which can be found at the top of this page. It’s a great guide that i’ve used several times to repair a lot of xbox 360 ring of death systems.

I’ve seen this question surfacing a lot lately on forums as well as places like yahoo answers. So I wanted to make a quick post just to update everyone, and let you guys know just what to look for.

But first, if you don’t know, the recent releases of the new Xboxs have been an attempt to cut down on the Ring of Death also known as the Xbox 360 Red Ring. And for those of you who have gotten the Falcon, you probably already have received the Ring of Death or are hoping it never shows up (knock on wood). Unfortunately the Falcon has been reported to still receive the deadly Ring of death.

So what makes the Jasper special? Simply put, less heat, therefore, hopefully no ring of death. They’ve shrunk the GPU and CPU down to 65nm, in the previous release of the Falcon, the GPU was full size, and they had only shrunken the CPU down to 65nm.

Needless to say, a few of our recent Xbox repairs were on the Falcon.

Figuring out whether or not you have a Jasper is quite simple.

You just need to see what the Amp rating is; you can find this located on the bottom left corner of the back plate, just above the “MADE IN CHINA w/ LEAD PAINT” sticker. For those looking to purchase one, it’s right next to the barcode, so you can see if you’re getting a known ring of death system or not.

If it says 12V - 14.2A:5V you are staring at a Falcon (RUN!)

If it says 12V - 12.1A:5V you are looking at a Jasper

I’d be curious to hear some reviews on the Jasper and whether or not anyone has received the Ring of Death aka Xbox 360 Red Ring. So Leave A Comment~

-John

Okay first off, there is a dildo in this… So I don’t recommend showing this to a younger audience. The first 4mins or so are a lot of fluff and promotion. But they finally do nuke this xbox 360 in a microwave, and well.. You’ll just have to watch to see if it’s smart to microwave an Xbox 360. (I will mention this is a donated Red Ring of Death Xbox 360) Seems like a waste when they could just repair it =(.