W29 on 28 October 2007
What you've all been waiting for... PICS!
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First we have the feet, you don't have to destroy them if you pry them out carefully. I used a dremel to get rid of the superglue but the OP's method of boiling it with a soldering iron and quickly inserting a screwdriver might work better and/or faster.
This is more or less the object you'll see when you get the plastic housing off.
And this is what the bottom of the pcb looks like with the shielding taken off.
A freshly cracked open psu, look at all that thermal grease.
All the grease and screws removed. (View is rotated 180 degrees compared to previous pic)
Different views of the psu, look at the size of that capacitor!
Rest of the pics.
The top of the housing where the fan sits.
Different views of the fan.
Different views of the heatsink and the plate that creates a narrow channel of air.
Note the poorly applied thermal compound and terribly uneven machining of the bottom of the heatsink, which is in desperate need of a good lapping.
These are thumbnails, open in a new window to view full-size.
First we have the feet, you don't have to destroy them if you pry them out carefully. I used a dremel to get rid of the superglue but the OP's method of boiling it with a soldering iron and quickly inserting a screwdriver might work better and/or faster.
This is more or less the object you'll see when you get the plastic housing off.
And this is what the bottom of the pcb looks like with the shielding taken off.
A freshly cracked open psu, look at all that thermal grease.
All the grease and screws removed. (View is rotated 180 degrees compared to previous pic)
Different views of the psu, look at the size of that capacitor!
Rest of the pics.
The top of the housing where the fan sits.
Different views of the fan.
Different views of the heatsink and the plate that creates a narrow channel of air.
Note the poorly applied thermal compound and terribly uneven machining of the bottom of the heatsink, which is in desperate need of a good lapping.
I can see why that the 360 itself might not be the causes of overheating, it could be the Xbox 360 Power Brick.
And put an ongoing fan near where the power brick is.
