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But now isn't the time for blame. I bet you're about ready to buy one of those Blu-Ray players that come with gaming functionality. About 44 10 washers. These will be used to keep the motherboard firmly in one position. Nylon washers aren't necessary; there are no traces or components to be touched around the screw holes. But if you feel you must have them, I will not stop you from purchasing them. And while you are working with the heatsinks, you may want to apply new and better thermal paste to them.

I suggest picking up a tube of Arctic Silver 5. Anything else like tape and steel scrubbers should be kicking around in your house. Right, first thing we gotta do is open this sucka up.

I'll point you to the tutorial I read, because opening the is an Instructable in itself. Set the motherboard on a clean surface, like a newspaper.

Put the DVD drive, screws, plastic case and other parts someplace where they can't get harmed. Now you gotta remove the heatsinks from the processors. This is very nerve-wracking. I used a small flathead screwdriver, and pried two or three of the X-Clamp's legs from the posts attached to the heatsinks. But if the blade of said pointy object were to slip, it could take out a bunch of tiny parts as it scrapes across your motherboard. The solution? Put a piece of corrugated cardboard over the motherboard, where the screwdriver blade would rip through.

So if it were to slip now, it'll just hurt a severed piece of a box. You'll want to pop off 3 of the bracket legs because the 4th one won't have anything holding it on. Once you get the clamps off, the heatsinks will come off on top side of the motherboard you may need to tug on them a bit if the thermal paste is sticky. The next step deals with the heatsinks themselves. Take a metal scrubber and remove the thermal gunk from the heatsinks. Nothing better than powering on a reborn with clean heatsinks, no?

To use those 5MM machine screws, you'll need to widen the 8 screw holes in the metal case that previously secured the X-clamp posts. They are highlighted in the second photo. If you're using a hand drill, set a wooden block under each hole as you drill it to avoid warping the case.

If you're using a drill press as I did there should be a steel pedestal with a hole for the drill bit to pass through, saving the case from serious FUBAR-age. Have the bit spinning before you push into the center of the hole. Repeat this for all the holes. Make sure there are no burrs left on the holes or shards kicking around in the case afterwards.

Bang it around a few times to get them out. The last thing you'd want is to have your die from little pieces of metal shorting it out.

So far, we've prepped the heatsinks and the motherboard case for these 5MM screws. Now we get to make sumthin' of it! With the case sitting flat, fan hole in the back on the right, take note of where you need to stick these screws.

Now put the 5x15MM screws in the GPU screwholes, screwheads on the outside, so that they come into the case. Put tape over the heads to keep them from falling back out, as shown in the second photo. This tape is very important so don't take it off until I say so!

Ha ha. Lay the case flat again and all the screws should be poking up at you, as they are in the main photo. Place 3 or 4 5MM washers on each of them, the idea being to get them level with the motherboard standoffs. Use a straightedge to check. If they come up too short or too high the motherboard will get warped and you won't be fixing anything. Now the fun begins. You gotta get the motherboard back in the case with the goal of getting the screws into those orange holes that the X-Clamp posts went through.

All while you try to keep those washers on the screws! If they fall off at any point, you'll have to take the motherboard out, put them back on the screw s , and repeat. So try not to do it, eh? Tilt the case onto its right side where the hard drive connector would be so that you can reach the screws underneath.

Angle the back of the motherboard into the case and push it all the way to the rear of the case. Now, untape one of those rear CPU screws and point it into its hole. Give it a few twists to hold it in place and thread the other one in.

Now, while carefully holding the motherboard and those untaped screws, lower the motherboard until more screws hold you up and get them into their holes. Don't let those washers fall out! When it's all said and done you'll have screws poking through those holes.

Tape the heads back to the case so they don't fall out. Now press on the motherboard around the screws. It should be solid at each screw. If not you'll need to get back to those washers and pop another one on. But if it's all nice and immobile throw two washers onto each GPU screw, one onto each CPU screw, and head to the next step! Now we get to mess with those screws one more time before the tape gets taken off for good.

A paper-thin coat will be good. If you're using a silver-based paste, make sure you don't put on a ton because if it gets onto anything the silver's conductivity will mess with the other components. If the quick fix does not work you should contact Microsoft and request a new power block. Orange and Green are not issues. Orange is stating that the Xbox S is not turned on and power is not being used.

Green is stating that the Xbox S is on the power flow is normal. Xbox Wiki. Xbox Wiki Explore. Xbox Prototype Xbox Watch View more. Xbox bundles Xbox bundles Xbox One bundles. Xbox View more. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Red Ring of Death. History Talk 0. Instead, ensure the red LEDs don't light up. If you still see red LEDs with a green light on the power source, have the console repaired or buy a new one.

If the console needs repair, remove any accessories or external hard drives. This helps you pick up where you left off on a new Xbox if your original console can't be repaired. This means the cable connecting the Xbox to the television isn't working properly. Shut down the console and unplug the cable completely from both the television and Xbox. Wait a few minutes, and reconnect the two devices. If the cable still doesn't work properly, replacements can be found online or at any store that sells video games and video game accessories.

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