How I Fixed my Overheating and Noisy Xbox One X
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Here's a possible solution if you noticed the fans on your early Xbox One X going berserk and general console instability (especially the Scorpio Editions). My Xbox One X would crash and thermally shutdown constantly in games like Fallout 76, and this upgrade has fixed all of those issues.
Xbox One X teardown (step-by-step): • Xbox One X Tear-Down: ...
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I’m going to have to embark on this journey with my Xbox one X as it is a late 2017 model and experiences overheating issues similar to the ones that you have experienced. I’ve never conducted any sort of repair like this before so please wish me luck as I’m very nervous going into this, regardless your video has given me confidence and I must say thank you for your hard work.
How’d it go?
Did it work??
Just a note: 4 months later, and my Xbox continues to function perfectly after this fix. No excessive fan noise, and no thermal shutdowns.
Fortner Industries Hey, I used Corsair XTM50 and my Xbox still shuts off, should I have used MX-4 instead? Or do you think it could be another problem
@@TheGrinch250 The specific compound you use doesn't really matter. The idea is that you fully remove and clean up the old, dried, crusty heat compound with fresh soft compound.
Did you remember to plug the fan back in during reassembly? I forgot to do that initially. If that's working, you might take it apart again and make sure the compound is spreading and sealing evenly.
@@TheGrinch250 definitely use mx-4
i just added new thermal paste other day and my xbox one x is still overheating..i am now thinking about getting a new fan? thoughts ?
@@crw31399 Does the fan turn on at all? If yes, it's unlikely to be the issue, but if it's not turning on at all, first check that you remembered to plug it back in (I forgot the first time too). If it is turning on, make sure to clear any dust out of the cooler fins and airflow holes.
Thankyou your video gave me the confidence this morning to do the same to my xbox 1 x scorpio edition.took me 4 hours. But it runs so smooth and quiet.thanks;)
Nice to see somebody using an antistatic mat and strap during a tear-down. I cringe at all the others that use no protection for the sensitive components.
Not sure if it helps anyone doing this in the future, but......If your worried about how much thermal paste to put on:
Put a pea/bb size drop on the chip
Keep the board elevated, place the heat sink on the board so it rest on the chip using just the weight of the heat sink
Take the heat sink back off
Use a q-tip to remove excess paste around the sides of the chip
Put the heat sink back on and secure with the clamp
Another tip. You’ll notice the thermal pads might have indents on the corners instead of evenly spaced because they aren’t centered over the components.
Take the pads off the heat sink and place them centered on the components before you place the heat sink back on and secure with the clamp
Wow you got a lot of tools I haven’t see the blue mat before. Thank you for the video. Next time replace the thermal pads with the Artic Silver thermal pads.
They're not pads, it's actually a thick thermal paste but if you use pads get 2mm thick ones.
I think your's is the first video I've seen where Anti-static gear has been used.
Well Done.
One tip is to use a plastic scraper NOT a metal screwdriver to remove the old thermal paste, also an old toothbrush works with IPA.
HTH
Excellent advice. Using a metal screwdriver which was probably also magnetic, is a big no-no.
1 year later and the Xbox is still going strong. Haven't had a single shutdown issue since.
Here's a great teardown video that goes into a lot more detail on how to remove the heat sink: czcams.com/video/Y__r8UjVvzY/video.html
great video, good to see that the shitty TIM is the main culprit. now that I have a series X and I've already upgraded the HDD in my one x to a 2TB SSHD I might actually take the time to sit down and do a proper teardown and TIM replacement before I set it up again in another room.
P.S.
it's great to see i'm not the only one who just uses alcohol wipes, they're just so convenient, and they're cheap and readily available at the local pharmacy
On some games the fan becomes a hairdryer and doesn’t blow steady kind of up and down. After this fix, do you still hear the fan blowing at all during big games?
@@Nicepinis Sometimes I did. It's normal for the fan to spin up sometimes. I sold the Xbox and got a Series X.
@@fortnerindustries can you hear that one while playing? I’ve heard ppl say it’s louder then Xbox one s while playing, true?
Arctic Sliver 5 thermal paste works way better than Arctic MX-4. My consoles run about 4° cooler with Silver 5 then they did with MX-4
i have same success with arctic sliver 5 ,i used mx4 before and it was ok but arctic silver 5 gave better result
Mine is overheating and turning off after i start a game i did replace thermal past but still same problem noisy fan and turning off after 2 minutes of starting game
Are your fans dead
Fan on my console would go mental when I went in smoke or water on pubg then would shut down.....worked on console yesterday ....all fixed now...cannot hear the fan....it’s like a new console....is a bit fiddly taking main case off and then putting back together again but very do doable .
Awesome, glad to hear (or should I say "not hear") it!
My xbox one x is not shutting down but the cooler is making strange noises , the speed is going up and down in few seconds , but the games are working , i need help please.
be very careful when using the screw driver on the apu, as u may scratch of a trace.
my one x keeps freezing on loading screens with audio buzz in mxgp and supercross games and kicks me back to the home screen,the xbox is super loud when this happens,but why only in loading screens? gameplay always fine
Great stuff! I dont have a loud fan, but I have hard crashes with NO overheating messages. I also dont believe the exhaust temperature is unreasonably high. I'll give this a go and see what I get.
I cant find substantial evidence pointing to power supply issues with the internal supply models.
Same problem here. Hard crashes whithout a loud fan.
The heat sink was supposed to be liquid filled.
Not sure if they ever were though.
Great walkthrough! Question, I am going to replace my thermal pads soon but should i also get a new wireless card? My controller/headset will start struggling to stay connected when the console fan has been on for awhile.
what would be the harm in using a hole saw and cutting a hole in he bottom of the xbox where the squirrel cage fan intake is (that you can see @ 2:40 in this video) to get direct access to outside air for cooling the heatsink? I would elevate the console about 1 inch higher after this to help prevent lots of dust getting in there.
Based off of my testing, airflow isn't the real issue, poor heat conduction from the processor through the heat sink is.
Sure, you could compensate for poor conduction to a certain extent by increasing the convection throughout the chassis, but the fact of the matter is that the copper heatsink wasn't properly transferring the processor heat in the first place. Extra airflow would just cool the heatsink that isn't heating up much to begin with.
With the thermal compound properly applied, the fan speeds have been FAR lower, meaning the heatsink is now doing its job.
@@fortnerindustries I did replace the potatoe chip thermal paste that was on it. it was a mess and all over the place. that did help. I did hole saw a hole on the bottom of the case and I am experiencing 2 degrees cooler with a cpu fan blowing under the console. I have been doing this with the fan before I cut a hole in the case and it helped if I had the fan on high. now it is a the minimum speed and is even cooler than before.
@@markratner4445 your the 1st person I've seen , talking about extra vents , I've just ordered artic thermal paste , an when I do that I'm gunna cut a whole in plastic casing to help the fan , I cant believe more people arnt attempting it 😊👍
Well the key thing to note is that although it is an intake, it's not the main intake per se. The main intake is the other side, you'll notice the fan is raised from the board by half an inch to let the air in, also the fan hole is much bigger that side. The air comes in the system through the vents at the sides of the console, through the gap between the board and the fan and out through the heat sink at the back. There is a slight gap between the plastic and the side of the fan you are referring to, but that is just to allow a balance of air to help it spin, not to intake the air.
Cutting a hole will help slightly but the gains aren't worth making a mess.
Is it still working for you? Are there brick and mortar stores that sell artic mx4?
Yep! Haven't had a single problem since I did this. I've been playing it most every day for an hour or two on graphics-intensive games like Red Dead Redemption 2 in 4K without issue. I haven't had any crashes either.
You can probably find Arctic MX4 at most any computer store, but like I said in the video, any quality thermal compound should work fine. I used Arctic Silver since I happened to have it onhand, but any PC thermal paste will do.
Help:
After tearing apart my xbox one x and putting it together my xbox would only turn off for 5 seconds and shut off. The fan doesn't seem to spin which could prob be why the safety mechanism shuts it...or maybe its power supply. Any way to test the fan if it works like using a multimeter?
Please help id like to resolve this issue.
same thing happened to mine, did you find a solution?
This happened to me and I found out I put the X clamp the wrong way. Then it worked perfect after that.
The first time I reassembled the case I forgot to plug the fan back in. It's an easy step to forget.
I'm not to be rude... I wish I could see your work up close. But good video..
Sorry, I'm still working on my camera rig. I'll keep that in mind for future videos though, thank you for the feedback!
I always put a tiny dab of thermal paste onto the pads aswell works wonders
I changed the thermal paste on mine as well but it was still overheating. It's out of warrant so sending it to Microsoft is out of the equation, the country i am in doesn't have a service center anyways. What I did instead was disconnect the pulse modulation pin from the fan connector and that seems to have done the trick. It's super loud yeah but I have not had any issues since. The air is now cool even after 2 hours of gaming with a 4k hdr game.
cool air is a bad sign, change the thermal pads use 2mm pads and arctic mx4 paste for the apu/cpu.
@@PadreconUzi I changed the thermal paste. I soldered new capacitors. The one x is still going strong. The air is not super cool bit not very warm either. I don't think it's a problem. If it were, it would've broken long ago.
Man if you took the console apart, should have put an SSD in it. ifix has a guide on how to put in an SSD. I've done it twice now, one for my room and the 2nd for the living room.
I purposely avoided that as it's possible a cloned SSD could cause Xbox Live / update issues in the future as Microsoft views this as tampering. It might be ok forever, it might not. Since I play online a lot, and the hard drive works fine, I didn't touch the factory parts.
An external SSD was tested to be almost the same as internal, easy way of improving load times.
@@Angultra The best thing with an internal SSD is the startup. My X starts up and are ready to go within 40 seconds. It respons instantly nomatter if your in the store section or your library. Its way snappier than loading the OS from a hardrive that constantly searches for info as you do something. While the SSD swipes the info instantly making the interface fluid. And the games downloads faster aswell and the SSD consumes less power and gives off no heat wharsoever compared to an 5400rpm drive thats constantly spinning and getting warm. If you realy want a snappy Xbox that boots up almost double as fast with a quick interface then replace the HDD aswell. You wont regret it :)
@@thepicard83 I thought about it but decided against it, and I already have a T5 external. As long as you leave it in quick boot mode then it's quick to start up, and interface lag and noise is not noticeable to me. I can understand though if you want to save power and cold boot each time, then SSD would be dramatic. The benchmarks show actual game loading times to be almost identical with internal / external SSD so I'd be paying $100+ for just a faster interface; not in the budget right now.
@@fortnerindustries This seems to be a popular rumour that's not backed up by any real evidence anywhere. Its normally the ones who are too scared or know nothing technical who make it up and spread it to convince others not to do it, saying something about Microsoft looking at the hardware ID and giving a console ban, biggest load of bollocks iv ever read. Also you don't have to clone your original drive, there are scripts you can download which will format and partition a drive ready for the Xbox.
An SSD gives you no competitive advantage over others, it just allows the Motherboard to load files into the RAM faster, making for reduced loading times. Also write speeds are improved so copying/downloading games should also be faster.
Re the oxidization, I have seen this on almost all xbox one motherboards.
What do you use to clean the cpu?
I used rubbing alcohol on the end of a q-tip.
My Xbox gets loud on all 4K games but doesn't shutdown or overheat. Would this work to make it's quieter?
It should help. Call of Duty never actually shut down my console, but it got extremely loud. It's quieter after doing this, but your experience may vary.
I would just put a pea sized blob in the center and let the heatsink spread it out..That's what I did with my GPU in my PC and the temps dropped significantly....I need to get around to doing my xbox one x....
Mods will void your warrenty taking the sticker off will not that sticker is illegal anyways
See 1:00. ;)
I know it will void the warranty, but my console was out of warranty when I did this, so I had nothing to lose. Of course you attempt this at your own risk.
I did this with the exactly the same paste but now my xbox x wont stay on after five seconds it shuts down now need to send for repair suspected psw unit fail will see what the repair guys say nice video btw 👍
morning star did you ever fix it?
@@lasrbeam4793 yeah man, turned out i accidentally lifted the main chip so the guy reballed it and its been ok so far alot quieter than before 😉
morning star yea mine is doing this rn but i didnt take it apart just turned it off, came back hour later and it would sit at a black screen when i turned it on, then turn off by itself shortly after
I aplied the mx4 and still having loud fan while playing gears 4 and other enhaced games, and Im not even playing in 4K.
I think I might have applied the thermal paste the wrong way.
I equally distribuited it to the edges of the processor with a Qtip (cotton swab) leaving a somehow thin layer.
Was this correct?
Or should i just apply an X paste and put the heatsink on so the weigh plasters it?
greetings
It sounds like you may have applied too much paste. A little goes a long way, you should be putting a small amount toward the middle of the die and letting the compression of the heat sink force the thermal compound across the surface of the die.
The good news is you can go back in, clean it up, and try again.
@@fortnerindustries actually yes i kinda remember applying a little bit more before putting the heatsink.
I'm having a slightly different issue. The paste works almost perfectly until the next day and then the console gets louder again. Something that helped slightly was bending the X clamp so it was pulling the chip to the heat sink harder. Probably going to try a re apply with the X method and use less paste.
Hi , i need help! My xbox one x was with the original thermal paste dry. The technicaal guy has changed to the mx-4 but he inserted the past ao over the dye. After that the cooler fan has benn strange , the speed is incresing and decresing faster even in the dashboard. i opened it and changed to the artic silver 5 and even that the cooler speed is strange. Could you help me? The xbox is not shutting down and the games are working fine but the noise is scaring me.
Hmm, it sounds like the console's fan controller isn't working properly. I never had issues with it ramping up and down repeatedly, only ramping up to max and staying there.
@@fortnerindustries should I buy another One?
@Raul Silveira
I had the same problem, opened the Xbox one x back up and found that the X Clamp did not hold.
I used a caliper/micrometer to measure the four ends of the clamp “hooks” and found that two of the four corners were opened up more than the other two. Once I gently compressed the ends with pliers and re measured the distance, the clamp held very well and guess what?? the fan FINALLY does not hit hi speed OR do the erratic speed during menus in COD
Does any know how thick those blue thermal pads are? 2mm 2.5? IDK
Not sure. Those were still soft and pliable on my Xbox, so I left them alone.
2mm
@@rachellavender8736 grizzly 1.5mm
im wondering if i should do this but im worried that i might brake something
I waited to do it until after the warranty expired. It's really not difficult if you have a small screwdriver set and take your time. No more difficult than opening a computer.
hey guys my xbox one x overheated on fortnite last year and i took it out for repair and it got fixed and then this summer 1 year later it got overheated again on warzone power drained it then played warzone for the next 2 months now its overheating inthe pregame lobby should i send it to a local technician or a official ?
If it's under warranty still, you should contact Microsoft support, and they'll take care of you.
If not, it sounds like this thermal paste fix would probably help you. You can either do it yourself or any kind of small computer repair shop (not Geeksquad or other corporate chain places) should be able to handle it easily.
@@fortnerindustries any special thermal compund or any compounds work
@@17Mik0sh Any good quality PC thermal paste should work fine.
@@fortnerindustries and this wont ruin my xbox right ?
@@17Mik0sh If done properly, no, but I'm not responsible for any damage incurred if you do this yourself. Changing the thermal compound is a normal thing to do on computers, though, and you don't have to cut or break anything in order to do this.
I just put grizzly on an original xbox one. No freezing so far!
Funny thing, I have the exact same screwdriver
Hahahaha omg lmao that's hilarious 😂
My fan is only noisy when playing games like red dead redemption 2 and cod
Same here I’ve actually avoided playing them games for a while now because of this it also does it on gears 5 for me, but all other games its very quiet
Carlos Oli I replaced the thermal paste it helped a little
James Shawn Yh I need to do that just don’t wanna risk messing the console up lol
Carlos Oli yeah just take ur time if you do open it up tho lol putting it back together was hard for me
James Shawn Yh will do thanks for the heads up👍🏽
I just use toothpaste 🥴🥴
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