pofxxx
10-03-2006, 16:44
ja estou com medo >(
At this point I couldn't say for any certainty that the March Update is having any real adverse affects on anyones consoles. However, some people on the Xbox.com forums are having alot of grief after updating to the March Patch.
I've personally updated.. many of my units, and all my friends have too. (with no adverse affects) However, that's not to say that the update isn't bugged in some fashion. (Each update has caused people an equal amount of grief so far..)
Those who don't frequent LIVE often, might want to put off updating if they don't need a LIVE feature, at least until Microsoft/Xbox people confirm or deny the issue exists. Personally, the update worked for me and everyone I play with on LIVE.
Hopefully, if there is a real issue, it gets addressed sooner as opposed to later.
Xbox 360 Overheating Caused by Protective Foil on Heatsink?
Arakon from the german modding community modcontrol.com informed us about a new discovery they made with assistance from the guys at gamestore24.de and konsole24.de.
They checked on 2 independantly bought Xbox 360 consoles and found that the protective layer on the GPU heatsink's heat transfer pad didn't get removed.
On the left you see the CPU heatsink and how the thermal compound should normally look like. On the right you see the ATI GPU heatsink and people who are used to assemble PCs themself known this isn't how it should look like. It's not just a thick layer of compound ... there's actaully a protective foil on top of the thermal compound.
foto 1 (http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/overheating-gpu/JD500015.jpg)
2 (http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/overheating-gpu/JD500011.jpg)
3 (http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/overheating-gpu/JD500022.jpg)
vidio (http://www.konsole24.de/HotXBOX360/Why.so.many.XBOX360.are.crashing.avi)
At this point I couldn't say for any certainty that the March Update is having any real adverse affects on anyones consoles. However, some people on the Xbox.com forums are having alot of grief after updating to the March Patch.
I've personally updated.. many of my units, and all my friends have too. (with no adverse affects) However, that's not to say that the update isn't bugged in some fashion. (Each update has caused people an equal amount of grief so far..)
Those who don't frequent LIVE often, might want to put off updating if they don't need a LIVE feature, at least until Microsoft/Xbox people confirm or deny the issue exists. Personally, the update worked for me and everyone I play with on LIVE.
Hopefully, if there is a real issue, it gets addressed sooner as opposed to later.
Xbox 360 Overheating Caused by Protective Foil on Heatsink?
Arakon from the german modding community modcontrol.com informed us about a new discovery they made with assistance from the guys at gamestore24.de and konsole24.de.
They checked on 2 independantly bought Xbox 360 consoles and found that the protective layer on the GPU heatsink's heat transfer pad didn't get removed.
On the left you see the CPU heatsink and how the thermal compound should normally look like. On the right you see the ATI GPU heatsink and people who are used to assemble PCs themself known this isn't how it should look like. It's not just a thick layer of compound ... there's actaully a protective foil on top of the thermal compound.
foto 1 (http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/overheating-gpu/JD500015.jpg)
2 (http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/overheating-gpu/JD500011.jpg)
3 (http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/overheating-gpu/JD500022.jpg)
vidio (http://www.konsole24.de/HotXBOX360/Why.so.many.XBOX360.are.crashing.avi)