My 360 burned up

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by Modding_out

If I were you, I would buy these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-096-_-Product


and some thermal adhesive:

http://www.coolerguys.com/840556003083.html


it's pretty self explanatory after you watch the vid I showed you....these heat sinks will work way way better than the pennies and they won't shift like in the vid. but I guarantee you will have to cut some sheet metal out of the case to clear, but it has that plastic side panel to you'll never see it, and you'll never have to open it again.....I don't know if yours has the vent on that side, but if you drill some grid lined wholes right above the heat sinks it will work even better.

I was thinking the pennies were a bit of a silly "fix." Sure they will transfer heat, but electrical tape doesn't conduct heat too well.

Originally Posted by suicideneil

I have seen companies selling aftermarket cases for the 360- larger, but with much better cooling possibilities. Makes them look like like a mATX pc....

I like those cases, Lian Li makes a really nice one.

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

Um, well, destroying it pretty much removes any chance you have of getting a warranty replacement/fix.

Was your 360 in an area that it could breath easily? Throwing it inside of a cabinet is a great way to slowly cook hot electronics

If it's not going to get fixed, what else am I supposed to do with it? I'm E-Mailing back and forth with MS tech support right now, hopefully they'll fix it under warranty. If they won't fix it I'll try to fix it on my own. If that doesn't work I'll take my hard drive off of it and blow it to bits.

I'm not stupid, I know what heat does to electronics. I've been building computers for about 10 years and the cooling has always been one the primary focuses of my builds. It was placed flat (horizontally, so it couldn't fall over) on a plastic table with nothing obstructing any of the vents on any side. It sits in front of my TV but there's 7-8 inches of room between the back of the XBox and the front of the TV, I know 12 inches is optimal but it "overheated" while watching a movie on Netflix.