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The XCLAMP repair kit includes all the parts necessary to repair an Xbox 360 exhibiting the "red ring of death", or three flashing red lights. After installing the kit, my Xbox was repaired. However, the instructions included with the kit are very poor, and do not include sufficient pictures/diagrams to accurately depict the disassembly of the Xbox. Moreover, the kit does NOT include the following two tools that are required for disassembly:

1/4" socket driver

VERY small flathead screwdriver (I used something typically used for eyeglasses repair)

Perhaps most importantly, the instructions included with the kit actually miss a critical step for disassembly (which requires the 1/4" socket driver). If you are using this kit, I would recommend the iFixit repair guide, which offers much more detailed and accurate disassembly instructions, pictures, and videos.

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First of all I'll start out by saying that this repair kit fixed my xbox 360 like a charm. I didn't have the Rrod, but my xbox wasn't displaying video anymore, so I gave this kit a shot, and I'm glad I did.

I'll start a more in depth review by reviewing the quality of the product itself first. The kit comes with all the necessary hardware to easily take apart the 360 and reinstall the heatsinks effectivly. The "official" xbox360 opening kit fits like a glove, and it holds up pretty well (the only problem I had was that the pointy part to push down the clips on the outside casing started to bend when I was done, but it still did its job well). The kit also comes with extra washers which helped me out a ton. Finally, this particular kit comes with 3 artic silver products to reapply thermal paste to the heatsinks (you may notice several different kits when you search amazon, most contain the essentials to do the x-clamp fix like the screws and washers while some contain various thermal paste). Artic Silver is probably one of the best thermal pastes on the market, so this is why I choose this kit.

Installation...

The installation took me about 2 hours from start to finish, and for the most part the instructions were detailed and easy to follow. I was able to do the whole installation by myself, but for some parts it would help to have an extra hand or two available especially when reinstalling the heatsinks.

NOTE: I would recommend grounding yourself while you do this since you're working with the motherboard directly, and any electronic circuit board can be destroyed by static electricity. You can ground yourself by touching a metal object before working, also it's best to avoid carpet surfaces if you can.

End Result...

At first when I hooked up my 360 and turned it on it still didn't display video. I figured I'd let it run for a little bit for the thermal paste to take hold, and the heatsinks to reset onto the chips(around 10-15 minutes). I then held the power button in until it turned off. Once I turned it back on I was pleasently suprised to see the video displaying on my 360 without any errors.

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I originally picked this kit up to fix a red ring on my current original production Xbox 360. When I removed the casing of the 360, I noticed a lot of dust had accumulated in it and used an air compressor to clean it out. Before I even started messing with the heat sinks I wanted to try and see if the 360 would power up and the red ring would go away. To my surprise It booted up without red rings!

After fixing the current 360 I had an idea to fix the other original production 360 I had kept around that red ringed. I followed the same process as the first but still a red ring. I started going farther in the directions with cleaning off the old thermal paste, repaste, and reclamp using the parts in the kit. Started it up and no red rings!

Directions were easy to follow and kit was what I expected.

If I need to get another kit to fix another 360, I would choose this one.

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This kit fixed my 360 elite which had a problem where it wouldnt display video anymore. I heard the x-clamp fix would fix the problem and sure enough it did (note: the 360 also had Rrod in the past as well but was fixed and didnt get that error this time).

Thanx for the kit! :)

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The product arrived much sooner than expected. I wasn't sure at first if this was going to work. Followed the instructions and it worked as stated. ALOT cheaper than buying another 360. Much faster to repair. Trying to find all these parts at hardware and electronic stores doesn't make sense. You get it all at once. Saves time, gas and money.