posted by cubano100pct at 2:19 pm
posted by cubano100pct at 4:47 pm
posted by cubano100pct at 4:45 pm
I just fixed a XBox 360 Halo 3 Edition with the 3 Red Light (Ring of Death). I found this 2 part video on YouTube by xclamfix. He is very detail and explains it real good.
- Xbox 360 X Clamp fix – Part1 – How to open an Xbox 360 Console
- Xbox 360 X Clamp fix – Part2 – How to fit the x-clamp kit
These are what you need for repairing the XBox. I bought the parts at Ace Hardware.
- 8 qty – M5-0.80 x 1 stainless steel screws – part # H3992 ($0.60 ea)
- 16 qty - #10 nylon flat washers (1.55 mm thick) – part #2582Q ($0.29 ea)
- 8 qty – M5 steel flat washers ($0.15 ea)
- OCZ OCZTFRZTC Freeze Thermal Extreme Conductivity Compound – ($6,99)
- 91% Isopropyl alcohol for removing the old thermal compound. Do not use rubbing alcohol or anything less than 91% because is not pure and it contains oils.
Do not get #10 stainless steel flat washers they are 1.5 mm thick combined with the nylon it leaves a big gap between the CPU/GPU and heat sinks.
I used cotton balls, toothpicks and cotton Q-tips (swabs) to remove the old baked on thermal compound from the CPU and GPU. It took alot of scrubbing and time to remove all the compound and leave a mirror finish. On the heat sinks I used an old plastic credit card to remove the compound, then alcohol and then wired soft metal bristle brush (prefer brass bristle) to remove the compound residue and cleaned it again with alcohol.
Put an even coat of thermal compound on the CPU and GPU with a little extra on the middle about a grain of rice size in the middle. I put the parts in this order, M5 screw, #10 nylon washer, motherboard, #10 nylon washer, m5 steel washer and heat sink. Very careful on screwing the screws, I applied very little pressure with the screw driver.
After I replaced the X-bracket with the screws and washers and put the Xbox 360 backed together again I still had the 3 red lights. I then wrapped the XBox 360 in a towel for 20 minutes and turned it on to let it get hot and remelt the solder. Make sure you lay the xbox flat while wrapped in the towel and wait for 30 minutes to let it cool down after turning it off and unwrapping the Xbox There are other options I saw instead of the towel method using a heat gun or turning it on without the heat sink for a few minutes. I did not do these two methods, since I was not sure if I was going to get the ring of death. I was hoping it just needed new thermal compound, which in some cases that is all you need.
posted by cubano100pct at 11:05 pm
Wrote my first Hello Android app. Here is the link to download HelloAndroid.apk
posted by cubano100pct at 9:59 am
One of the best Star Trek movie I ever seen. Great story, you get to know the life of James T. Kirk from birth to becoming captain of the USS Enterprise and how the crew was put together. The villain Nero was pretty good, but is not the best Star Trek villain. I give this to Ricardo Montalban as Khan in the movie Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. I give this movie 5 out of 5 stars.
I saw this movie at the Veteran 24 in IMAX format. It is well worth the extra money to see in the big IMAX screen, the sound was immense and the digital picture quality was the clearest I ever seen.
posted by cubano100pct at 12:02 am
Obama cuts $17 Billion out $3.4 Trillion, half of 1 percent (0.5%).
Wow what a big cut. This is like me cutting 17 cents from my 34 dollar weekly lunch budget. You are so thrifty.
posted by cubano100pct at 12:30 pm
Get the states legislatures to call for a constitutional convention to propose amendments using Article 5.
The amendments to propose are:
- Repeal the Income Tax Amendment 16 and replace it with a Fair Tax.
- Consecutive term limits for Senator (no more than 2 terms) and Congressman (no more than 4 terms), once they are away from one term they can try again to be a Senator or Congressman.
- Line item veto for the president.
posted by cubano100pct at 10:53 pm
Obama has done more damaged to this country in the first 100 days, than all the previous Presidents. He has given away our secrets to the enemy, has spent more that all the previous 43 Presidents combined, weakened our military, blamed and apologized for US in foreign soil, bowed to a King, friends with Chavez and Castro Brothers.
I left Cuba to get away from communism and socialism, now is following me, thanks to Obama.
posted by cubano100pct at 1:20 pm