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Opening the case would break Microsoft seal and would void warrenty.
1.Follow the instruction to take off the xbox 360 face plate..
2.Remove the bottom left rubber stand.
3.Follow the instruction to insert the XCM opening tool to the square hole (make it close to the edge of the hole then turn right as picture A, turn left as it shows on picture C)
As shown by the diagram B, the XCM opening tool is used for removing the inside piece of plastic lock.
4.Plug in the XCM opening tool to the base grille to take off the right heat panel.
5.Plug in the XCM opening tool to the base grille to take off the left heat panel.
6.Take the heat panels apart.
7.Remove seal.
8.Unplug the 4 buckles
9.Plug in our XCM opening tool to the indicated holes, press it hard to let the top and bottom panels apart.
10.Take away the two parts.
11.Remove the DVD drive Eject button.
12.As indicated by the arrow, remove the 6 screws by using the Allen key provided.
13.Remove the tray face plate.
14.All case components are displayed.
Finally fixing the Xbox with an Eraser - hardware failure ( 3 red rings of death)
No express or implied warrenties associated with use of this method, proceed on your own risk ( This would also void your warrenty)
What you need:
1. Large piece of rubber - cut into four 1/2 inch pieces
2. double sided tape
1. The open motherboard shows 4 GPU (Graphic processing units) with some sticky substance on, remove this material.
2. Once the material removed the disk the GPU(s) look like:
3. Now using the double sided Tape, stick the 4 rubber pieces to the four GPU(s)
4. Once completed put the motherboard back into the cover/ console close everything up and turn the console on; the system might still show 3 red rings of death, wait for 20 minutes with the system turned on and then turn off for few minutes. Once you turn back on the issue would be fixed in most cases.