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