Commercial fix for red ring of death

bear96

Shared on Fri, 08/31/2007 - 09:10
Via engadget - this is interesting and I wonder if we will begin to see many more of these since M$ seems to be ignoring the issue to some degree...


Warranty extension or not, the widespread nature of Xbox 360 failures pretty much guaranteed that it was only a matter of time before a third party stepped forward with a commercial fix. The X-Clamp Fix from Next Generation seems to the be first of these solutions available, although it's certainly not as simple as we would have expected. Consisting of some replacement screws and washers, the $15 kit helps you tighten down your GPU heatsink, possibly resetting your GPU in the process, a strategy modders have been using to escape the red ring of death for some time now. Probably worth a look if you're unable to get warranty service and the other wing-and-a-prayer fixes don't work for you, but the kit looks like it involves pretty significant disassembly -- we'd recommend picking up the phone and begging for an RMA first.

Also, enjoy the video of the new Sony Rolly:

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 08/31/2007 - 09:55
Five. Please pray for my twisted ass. I need it. Seriously though, if you wouldn't mind throwing one my way I'd appreciate it.
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 08/31/2007 - 10:19
Sure will Soup, feel free to send a private message for anythign specific.

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