My 360 burned up

[BrianG]

That vid was full of crappy advice. Thermal paste is only marginally "sticky", electrical taped pennies do not transfer heat that well (but apparently better than band-aids), penny surface is irregular, and regular silicone paste is not going to damage components if it gets on the mobo.

Just get some aluminum the same thickness as the bandaids, trim them to size, and thermal epoxy to the chips. Or if you want to remove them at a later time, use the very thin thermal pads.

[Modding_out]

Originally Posted by BrianG

That vid was full of crappy advice. Thermal paste is only marginally "sticky", electrical taped pennies do not transfer heat that well (but apparently better than band-aids), penny surface is irregular, and regular silicone paste is not going to damage components if it gets on the mobo.

Just get some aluminum the same thickness as the bandaids, trim them to size, and thermal epoxy to the chips. Or if you want to remove them at a later time, use the very thin thermal pads.

You obviously didn't read the rest of my posts

[brijar]

Ahhh no! send it in! It's still under the 3 year red ring of death warranty, if you're getting 3 red rings! We bought our Xbox 360 about 2 years ago and it just recently gave us the 3 red rings of death. It said that the warranty had expired, but that is only referring to the standard warranty, not the extended warranty that MS put on all xbox 360's (for the 3 red rings problem only). Just go through the warranty process online and when it asks you what the problem is, say 3 red rings and the repair cost will be $0.00. Any of the other options were $100 lol. I would suggest just printing off the shipping label rather than waiting for a box to be shipped to you (idk if they still do that, though).

It really should still be under warranty for the 3 red rings. I could be misunderstanding the problem tho, so sorry if this is all irrelevant :P

Good luck,
Brijar!!!