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Cooling mods for Xbox 360? - Necessary?

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  • 01-10-2009 6:28pm
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    Mark_T_147
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    Hi all,

    I have recently bought and modified an xbox Elite (newest chipset); and I'm wondering does this accelerate the likelihood of RROD to the point that I should consider a cooling mod?

    I am not sure what to do here, would probably go for something external rather than mess with the internal workings, as I've also heard this can do more damage than good.

    Can someone in the know give me some learned opinion on this?


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    animaX
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    Don't know too much about cooling but I assume you have installed all your games to the HD? This can reduce heat from the spinning disk tray


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    Mark_T_147
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭Mark_T_147


    Yeah Ive just started doing this, it makes a HUGE difference so far.

    What size are the games when they're on disk? ~5-7GB?


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    animaX
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭animaX


    Yeah, usually around that size. You'll have plenty of room on your elite HD anyway


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    NTMK
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    Those External ones do more harm than good if you were brave enough u could put a in liquid cooling system :D

    liquid_cooled_xbox_360_display.jpg


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    Myrddin
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    Mark_T_147 wrote: »
    Yeah Ive just started doing this, it makes a HUGE difference so far.

    What size are the games when they're on disk? ~5-7GB?

    I presume you still need the original disc in the drive, to authenticate a run from the HDD?


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    NTMK
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    Yep and if you eject the disc you return to the dashboard


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    gline
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    what version do you have ? is it a jasper model? the newer chipsets dont really suffer from overheating like the old ones as they have a smaller die cpu/gpu, so you should be ok without a cooling solution


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    Mark_T_147
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭Mark_T_147


    gline wrote: »
    what version do you have ? is it a jasper model? the newer chipsets dont really suffer from overheating like the old ones as they have a smaller die cpu/gpu, so you should be ok without a cooling solution

    Yah it's a jasper chipset; I had heard they are far more reliable nowadays... I also install every game I play to the HD too...


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    gline
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    Mark_T_147 wrote: »
    Yah it's a jasper chipset; I had heard they are far more reliable nowadays... I also install every game I play to the HD too...
    you should be fine then, they dont run as hot as the older models


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