So...the plug from my 360 started to melt my fan... I think

PG4000

I bought this fan after my 360 kept freezing due to overheating, a few days after i bought my 360 on the 12th of January:

http://www.4gamers.net/images/CoolingFanImage3_000.jpg

I smelt a kind of burning smell and decided to investigate further and took out the fan to discover this:

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/1166/image018br7.jpg

The plug connection from the xbox itself is kinda of melted as well but you cant really notice it in this picture:

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/9980/image019zm4.jpg

What i want to know is, is it the 360 plug doing the damage or is it the fan? I want to get my 360 back up and running in good condition by tomorrow so should i bring back the plug or the fan to the point of purchase?

Thanks

Pacifico

Isn't that a known issue with that fan?

Draws too much power from the Xbox's PSU...

Does the 360 still work?!

Slippin Jimmy

PG4000 wrote:

I bought this fan after my 360 kept freezing due to overheating, a few days after i bought my 360 on the 12th of January:

http://www.4gamers.net/images/CoolingFanImage3_000.jpg

I smelt a kind of burning smell and decided to investigate further and took out the fan to discover this:

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/1166/image018br7.jpg

The plug connection from the xbox itself is kinda of melted as well but you cant really notice it in this picture:

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/9980/image019zm4.jpg

What i want to know is, is it the 360 plug doing the damage or is it the fan? I want to get my 360 back up and running in good condition by tomorrow so should i bring back the plug or the fan to the point of purchase?

Thanks

Tbh I would think that it could be the 360. I would bring it back to the place that you purchased it and explain your sitution, maybe you should leave out the part about the fan.

PG4000

I didn't know that was an issue! I wouldn't have bought it otherwise! The 360 does still work yeah, but i don't want to turn it on without the fan on in case the slightly charred plug does some damage to the actual 360.

Do you reckon i could get a replacement plug from the place i bought the 360? And do you know of anywhere that sell good external fans?

Ciaran500

Its a very well known issue, stop using it now and don't use any external fans for the Xbox360.

If you send that into Microsoft for a replacment they will refuse to fix it if there is any burning or charring around the plug.

PG4000

So what do you recommend to keep the 360 cool?

thefinalstage

^ Water :P and keeping it in a well ventilated area. Particularly the power brick.

Em I believe that you should contact 4 gamers people have gotten whole new premium packs from them because of stuff like this. So ask them.

You may not have had the fan pushed in all the way so sparks were created between the connectors
which made them charred.

PG4000

Do you know of any articles on the web about people who complained to 4Gamers, so i can get a good idea of how i go about doing it right?

Ciaran500

PG4000 wrote:

So what do you recommend to keep the 360 cool?

The fans in the 360...


If they aren't up to the job then its time for a replacement.

kensutz

The Nyko Intercooler is a big NO-NO and it comes from Microsoft themselves.

koneko

Yeah those coolers are well known for that issue, avoid avoid avoid.

You don't need extra cooling. Just make sure it's in a well ventilated area (ie not stuck between other things, tightly crammed in somewhere, or covered with stuff). Leave the power brick out on it's own aswell if you can.

thefinalstage

PG4000 wrote:

Do you know of any articles on the web about people who complained to 4Gamers, so i can get a good idea of how i go about doing it right?

I read a few articles ages ago but there gone now. So sorry I don't.

Snake Plisken

You could get on to microsoft and say you smelt burning from the back of your 360 and worried it will burn down the house, i'm sure they would replace it as they wouldn't need that kind of bad publicity, just don't mention you had a 3rd party fan plugged into it.

Snake

Deeco

You should defo ring Microsoft my 360 started to overheat in November
it kept shutting down rang them ups picked it up dropped back after a month with upgraded fans

Works great and not as much noise!!!