Laser Problems.

[cM iPro v3]

ok, im having problems with my laser in my 360, i have to bang my xbox to read the game, and its starting to ache my knuckles, i am currently playing f1 2010 best game ever IMO, anyway when i race i get 2 red lights, i believe this is overheating, but its not hot at all, theres a draft to the xbox which keeps it cool, and both fans in the 360 are working, and whenever i turn it back on it says open tray when theres a game in, i think its a weak laser but i dont understand why its saying its overheating if its the laser? help is needed alot, thanks in advance

[m9g]

Check the resistance of your laser and adjust - just done mine and couldnt believe how easy it was - really it took about 10 minutes start to finish

Xbox 360 POT Calibration for Samsung and Hitachi

[cM iPro v3]

do i need to do any soldering or anything?

[m9g]

mulitimeter and a little screwdriver - follow the guide

[cM iPro v3]

okk, so that fixes that problem butwhat about the apparent overheating? suggestions?

[ezzda1]

open it up, clean it out,
remove the heat sinks and old thermal paste,
if you don't have thermal paste removing fluid, a bit of wd-40 on a cotton bud works ok, but clean it off after with isopropyl alcohol.
replace thermal paste with a good quality one, like arctic silver or akasa ak-450 rebuild it and it should stop overheating.
if it doesn't, get new fans for it and make sure the wind tunnel isn't broken

[cM iPro v3]

just took it apart and there wasnt alot of dust on it, cleaned it going to give it a try in hald an hour or so, will let you all know how it goes.

[m9g]

did you clean the thermal paste off and put new on as this is a must

[cM iPro v3]

No done have any thermal paste, will this definately do it? if i buy some and give that a go?

[m9g]

Its certailny a good start, there are plenty of tuts on how to do it, i did the one where you put washers on the X plates on the underside of the board, mine had 3 red lights - been fine since. Go Google it!!!!