Xbox 360 overheat/freeze, no red ring of death, x-clamp repair completed already

I have an xbox that a friend gave me with RROD issues. I fixed it about 6 months ago by replacing the x-clamps with nuts/bolts/washers and new thermal paste. I've been doing PC repair for years this felt like a straight forward repair.

I've been playing literally over 200 hours, it has worked great.

Starting yesterday, the game just froze - visuals stayed on screen, it just locked up, had some minor checkering artifacts, and heard a short beep. Only solution was to turn console off/on. This fixed it for a couple hours, then the same problem occured. I'm playing Fallout: New Vegas so I assumed it was game bugs.

The problem quickly got worse, the console won't even run on the home screen for more than 2 or 3 minutes until it encounters this same problem. When I turn the box off/on it resets and acts normally - no red lights, no errors; until it freezes. I removed the ethernet and HDD, no dice.

This isn't freezing on the loading screen, it gets to the menu just fine, controller connects, I can load a game or netflix, or whatever, but it always locks up in 3-5 minutes, sometimes less.

Is there any chance of figuring out what this issue is and fixing it? Is it the same problem that caused the RROD coming back, or a different problem? Can someone suggest a fix?

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Best Answer

the problem with xbox 360 is indeed overhead the only solution that works for me is strip the plastic casing the console needs way more air than its desinged do suck in as soon as you remove the plastic casing and the console has room to breath you should not have a freeze anymore a fair WARNING never touch the consoles metal when you stripped it 9 out of 10 you get a shock hope this helps

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Why is my Xbox 360 freezing constantly?

Excessive scratches or smudges can cause your console to freeze. To clean your disc: Hold the disc by the edges without touching the top or bottom surfaces. Using a soft, clean, slightly damp cloth, lightly wipe from the center of the disc outward.

How do you fix general hardware failure on Xbox 360?

Try the following:

Hold disc by the edges without touching the surface with your fingers. ...

Verify whether the Xbox console clock is set correctly. ...

Try to play the game again. ...

Select the large game icon to the left of the list and press the A button.

Press the A button again to delete the game cache file.

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