I need help with my xbox 360 laptop

Maxinator1996 · Post by **Maxinator1996** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:48 pm

I am 14 years old and am well on my way to creating an xbox 360 laptop. Only I have one major or minor problem. I was going to see if my xbox 360 would turn of correctly with all green rings after I have extended and soldered the front USB port. So I turned the xbox on and I get two red rings while I have the hard drive, fans, DVD drive and ring of light chip plugged in. I know that it is not overheating because the motherboard is out of the case. Though there might be one problem. Though I am not experienced at soldering I am mediocre. While I was soldering I noticed that a very small trace on the motherbord was torn and not connected to it's right pin port. It was bent into the air. If this USB ports traces are not connected does this cause two red rings. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

rickylago2 · Post by **rickylago2** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:43 pm

Are your heatsinks on and properly attached? Can we see a picture of the trace that was lifted?

humakabula1 · Post by **humakabula1** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:52 pm

There are heatsinks on the chips right?
you have thermal paste on the chip?
your using fans?

Maxinator1996 · Post by **Maxinator1996** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:10 pm

There are no heatsinks on the unit at all or no thermal paste but the board is in open air. Do the heatsinks need to be on the chip.?

Maxinator1996 · Post by **Maxinator1996** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:12 pm

Can I only place the heatsinks on or do I need thermal paste and xclamps.

Maxinator1996 · Post by **Maxinator1996** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:32 pm

I am uploading a video to youtube I will put the link here once it uploads.

humakabula1 · Post by **humakabula1** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:44 pm

you need the thermal paste

rickylago2 · Post by **rickylago2** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:27 pm

The heatsinks are definitely needed and they need to be secured. Either with xclamps or screws. And thermal paste isnt 100% necessary for testing purposes. But you need thermal paste when you're closing the unit up.

Maxinator1996 · Post by **Maxinator1996** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:39 pm

Thank you for all of your input. How would I screw in the hetsinks by the way.

humakabula1 · Post by **humakabula1** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:53 pm

rickylago2 wrote:The heatsinks are definitely needed and they need to be secured. Either with xclamps or screws. And thermal paste isnt 100% necessary for testing purposes. But you need thermal paste when you're closing the unit up.

lolwut.
yes it is, you risk damaging the hardware if you dont

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