[ELECTRON] Xbox 360 Fix

[Ross Feilen]

Joe,

Bring this along to the SOLDER group on Wednesday evening (5:30 to 8:30pm)
and we can give it a blast with the hot air rework tool. This will re-melt
the solder balls on the bottom of the chip and (70-80% likely) reflow
everything, meaning any dodgy solder connections under this could get fixed.
Another potential fault is a lack of cooling so we can remove the heatsinks
from the chips and re-apply some thermal paste between the chip and
heatsink. I think I heard rumours that not all Xboxes were properly treated
in the factory with thermal paste, so that may also fix the issue.

Looks like there will be another Xbox coming along for exactly the same
fault that night.

Can¹t promise anything but it might well work!

Ross
SOLDER group leader
Radio callsign GM7WED

On 25/10/09 15:03, "Joe Carr" <joe.carr at ymail.com> wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> I received a free xbox 360 that had the E74 error to have a bit of a play
> around on and see if i could get it going again. I have found the source of
> the problem is the ana chip which seems to be loose. I have fixed the console
> in the most amateur DIY fashion which involves a stack of pennys putting
> pressure on the ana chip and pushing down into place. I wanted to ask if
> anyone knew a better fix? I reckon soldering the chip back on might be an
> option but I'm hopeless as soldering! Any help/ideas would be much
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks, Joe