XBOX 360 Revival
Broken XBOX from eBay:
$130 shipped
Power supply and HD A/V cable from eBay:
$70 shipped
Thermal compound and solution:
$20 shipped
Step 1: Make a mess
Step 2: Energize
The 360 Motherboard
Microsoft's shitty thermal job
Keep in mind, I removed thermal goo for about 10 minutes
before I decided to take pictures
GPU
CPU
Heatsinks
L33t goo-removing tool thanks to Calvin and 2 drunken nights at UWM
Arctic Silver has arrived!
Permanent burns in the copper from the overheating CPU
All Cleaned Up
Motherboard was then heated around the GPU area with a heat gun
set at 700°F. Then at 1050°F. Then back down to 750°F
All G'ed Up
Back together
Crackdown @ 720p