Keeping my Xbox 360 cool

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:44 am

Is this a way to keep my 360 from overheating/RROD? Or does that just not help at all?

Sanguine · Post by **Sanguine** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:53 am

What is it? The picture is really fuzzy.

leroybrown · Post by **leroybrown** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:53 am

It might. Where does the heat exit on the xbox? Also elevate the bottom of it. Put 4 random things in the corners, you want to create a wind tunnel kinda effect.

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:09 am

Sanguine wrote:What is it? The picture is really fuzzy.

It's a fan placed next to my 360. The picture fuzzy because I took the picture with a crappy webcam.

leroybrown wrote:It might. Where does the heat exit on the xbox? Also elevate the bottom of it. Put 4 random things in the corners, you want to create a wind tunnel kinda effect.

I think it comes out the back or the sides, or both. Anyway, I'll try that.
EDIT: What should I elevate it with?

ironmaiden83 · Post by **ironmaiden83** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:28 am

Ooooh, you have an elite! I envy you, kid.

Anyway, get an industrial fan!

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:00 am

ironmaiden83 wrote:Ooooh, you have an elite! I envy you, kid.

Anyway, get an industrial fan!

Kid? I have a beard, everyone knows beards are like the ultimate sign of adulthood. Anyway I've elevated the 360 on this thing as you can see here. BTW this picture is way easier to see than the last one because I turned on another light and focused the camera. It hasn't overheated yet, but it has been overheating alot lately, but that's probably because It's been on all day so right now I'm giving it a break. I totally would get an industrial fan if I knew where to get one.

Kaelan Corvinus · Post by **Kaelan Corvinus** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:47 pm

Microsoft does make cooling fans for the 360. You can find them at most any game store.

There's two different kinds that I know of.
-One type locks into the back of the 360 and pours air into the vent exhaust itself.
-The other fits on the bottom of the 360, if you stand it upright and blows into the bottom vent.

Some people, for maximum effect, use both.

They actually work very well and extend playtime by several hours.

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:57 pm

Kaelan Corvinus wrote:Microsoft does make cooling fans for the 360. You can find them at most any game store.

There's two different kinds that I know of.
-One type locks into the back of the 360 and pours air into the vent exhaust itself.
-The other fits on the bottom of the 360, if you stand it upright and blows into the bottom vent.

Some people, for maximum effect, use both.

They actually work very well and extend playtime by several hours.

That's weird, I heard that those made it worse or didn't do anything. But, I might have to go buy one, just to see for myself.

leroybrown · Post by **leroybrown** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:35 pm

Valus wrote:Kid? I have a beard, everyone knows beards are like the ultimate sign of adulthood. Anyway I've elevated the 360 on this thing as you can see here. BTW this picture is way easier to see than the last one because I turned on another light and focused the camera. It hasn't overheated yet, but it has been overheating alot lately, but that's probably because It's been on all day so right now I'm giving it a break. I totally would get an industrial fan if I knew where to get one.

Haha no thats not quite what i meant. Something like cig boxes in the corners or anything. The whole point is so that cool air can flow through the bottom of it from your fan. I dont know how far your electrical knowledge goes but you can make fans for your xbox for like $5 as opposed to whatever microsoft is gonna sell you for tripple the cost. Im sure its just cpu exhaust fans. Thats electrical 101.

Im pretty sure she was joking about the whole industrial fan thing that would blow your xbox out the window. And if you dont know where to get an industrial fan then you clearly arnt a man yet, boy. Maximus decimus meridius knows where to buy industrial fans.

Oh, and cant you turn the xbox on the side? I imagine that would be a better position for cooling. But you need to find out where the heat is exiting, itll be wherever theres an exhaust fan. And it sounds silly but feel with your hand where its feels hottest, as an experiment. Do that part first.

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:33 pm

leroybrown wrote: And if you dont know where to get an industrial fan then you clearly arnt a man yet, boy. Maximus decimus meridius knows where to buy industrial fans.

Oh, and cant you turn the xbox on the side? I imagine that would be a better position for cooling. But you need to find out where the heat is exiting, itll be wherever theres an exhaust fan. And it sounds silly but feel with your hand where its feels hottest, as an experiment. Do that part first.

I know where to get an industrial fan, I was just kidding. In fact I have an industrial fan somewhere in this mess. I believe that the heat is coming from the back of it.

ace62394 · Post by **ace62394** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:20 am

The 360 heats up the most on the sides (or the top and bottom if you have your Xbox laying down) so what I once used was one of those laptop coolers. They're cheap and you can put them on the hottest parts of the Xbox for maximum cooling efficiency.

Daedricmudcrab · Post by **Daedricmudcrab** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:22 am

the easiest way is going to be simple things. Keep an eye on it. Don't accidently leave it on overnnight (i do that sometimes

) or leave it on and go do something. It's a hassle, but it's worth it to just turn it off, then on again. If you can, every once in a while (not all the time don't worry), just walk over and feel if it's hot or anything. If it is, just save your game, turn off your xbox for maybe 10-15 minutes to give it some time to cool off.

ironmaiden83 · Post by **ironmaiden83** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:24 pm

Yes, I was being sarcastic about the industrial fan.

I like Ace's idea to use the laptop cooling pad. I might try that.

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:31 pm

Daedricmudcrab wrote:the easiest way is going to be simple things. Keep an eye on it. Don't accidently leave it on overnnight (i do that sometimes ) or leave it on and go do something. It's a hassle, but it's worth it to just turn it off, then on again. If you can, every once in a while (not all the time don't worry), just walk over and feel if it's hot or anything. If it is, just save your game, turn off your xbox for maybe 10-15 minutes to give it some time to cool off.

This might be the simplest solution since I am usually on my 360 from morning till dusk. Ok now I get what leroybrown was talking about. I was confused for a second, but i'll find 4 things to hold up the 360.

leroybrown · Post by **leroybrown** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:15 pm

Like i said touch the bottom of the xbox first w/ your hand to see if its hot/warm before you do this then run it with the "feet" in the corners to see if it cools off. If it does then its making a difference, if not then i wouldnt do it or else your friends will make fun of you and your insane theories.

The whole point of this is more room for heat to vent out. Might now work but its a starting point. Always make sure the exhaust fan isnt blocked and has a lot of room, but if you have that oscillating fan running then you dont have to worry too much about that.

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:04 pm

Ok, so I put off doing it until I needed to, and it overheated right in the middle of a Nazi Zombie game on the new map Shi No Numa, then I got really [&@%!]. So, cut out 5 squares of cardboard, duct-taped them together, and put them under all four corners, and got a new box. Seen here. It hasn't overheated yet in this setup, so I think it worked.

leroybrown · Post by **leroybrown** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:52 pm

Valus wrote:Ok, so I put off doing it until I needed to, and it overheated right in the middle of a Nazi Zombie game on the new map Shi No Numa, then I got really [cencored]. So, cut out 5 squares of cardboard, duct-taped them together, and put them under all four corners, and got a new box. Seen here. It hasn't overheated yet in this setup, so I think it worked.

Atta boy! I never realized overheating was a problem with the xbox. Maybe i should design a basic water cooling system like some pcs use. Hmm...

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:54 pm

leroybrown wrote:
Valus wrote:Ok, so I put off doing it until I needed to, and it overheated right in the middle of a Nazi Zombie game on the new map Shi No Numa, then I got really [cencored]. So, cut out 5 squares of cardboard, duct-taped them together, and put them under all four corners, and got a new box. Seen here. It hasn't overheated yet in this setup, so I think it worked.
Atta boy! I never realized overheating was a problem with the xbox. Maybe i should design a basic water cooling system like some pcs use. Hmm...

Actually, overheating is not a problem with the newer 360s. Mine was bought over 2 years ago and has the old Falcon board, which means it overheats alot. The newer chipset, called Jasper, has apparentley fixed this problem. But I'm trying to keep this old thing alive for as long as I can. Look it up on YouTube, people have the same problem, and have fixed by doing stuff like this. So, I guess I should thank you. So...thanks.

leroybrown · Post by **leroybrown** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:39 am

Happy to help! Amazed that worked on the first try. If it does start overheating again let me know.

The Gray Box · Post by **The Gray Box** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:22 am

Well my dad got an Xbox 360 that had the RRoD and using research he got a fan that managed to heal the RRoD but sadly the [&@%!] took out the disc laser thing

Zincroth · Post by **Zincroth** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:29 pm

My desk raises my xbox and it is literaly inches from my AC duct in my room so it stays very cool, i checked it out one time and after an hour of playing it was like 28 C

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:30 pm

Zincroth wrote:28 C

And what would that be for the metrically impaired? (Farenheit)

ace62394 · Post by **ace62394** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:35 pm

That's about 82 F

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:56 am

It's overheating again, but it's probably because I put the fan on medium for a while, so I put it on high again but it overheated again. If it overheats again, I'll elevate it higher and see if that works.

ace62394 · Post by **ace62394** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:09 pm

Ahem

A Blathering Idiot wrote:The 360 heats up the most on the sides (or the top and bottom if you have your Xbox laying down) so what I once used was one of those laptop coolers. They're cheap and you can put them on the hottest parts of the Xbox for maximum cooling efficiency.