Team-Xecuter RROD Repair Kit

Tuesday, 06 May 2008

My previous posts detailed my 2 attempts at fixing my XBox360 RROD problem (error code “0020″). To recap, I attempted the towel trick and heat-gun fix. The towel trick lasted only a few days while the heat-gun had my XBox360 running for a few weeks.

I did more research and the only two options left for me were the X-Clamp fix and the latest repair kit from Team-Xecuter. Team-Xecuter had a solid reputation for being innovative in coming up with solutions for modding the XBoxes, and after a very long wait the kit was finally available for sale in Australia through xecuter.com.au for $12.95. With express post shipping and a credit card surchage, the total cost was just over $20.

So what’s in the kit? I already found out earlier on that the kit was mainly 4 heat resistant stickers that you stuck over the memory chips. I’m not exactly sure what was the reasoning behind why this fix would’ve worked, but since it was from Team-Xecuter I thought I’d give it a go.

Here’s what included in the kit. 2 torx screw drivers to help you disassemble the XBox360…

Team-Xecuter RROD Repair Kit

And of course, the four heat resistant sticker pads.

Team-Xecuter RROD Repair Kit

While the torx screw drivers were pretty decent, I was very disappointed with the quality of the pads. The adhesive of the sticker pads were not very sticky, and 2 of them couldn’t even stick to the memory chips. They kept falling off when I turned the board over. I had to use a thin layer of glue to keep them in place.

Team-Xecuter does not have any installation instructions as well, and they simply link to this unofficial tutorial. The only thing they mention in their forums is to leave your XBox360 running for 20 minutes.

Did it work for me? Unfortunately, it didn’t. I still had the same error code “0020″. It may work for you if you have memory related errors, but I can’t say it with 100% certainty.

So what next? The X-Clamp fix! Stay tuned to see if I had any success…