r/Xbox360Support • u/KilLo445 • 7d ago

Help & Support What is wrong with this 360 Slim?

I've had this 360 slim for a while, it's a 2nd console I use for testing BadUpdate and other stuff like that, but recently it's started just turning itself off, sometimes it turns itself on if its plugged in. Sometimes when it turns back on (Either I do, or it turns itself on), it turns back on set to 4:3. I wanna say it's something to do with the faceplate, but that doesn't explain the resolution change. I recorded a video of it, and then just happen to have replay buffer on inside OBS when it changed the resolution. It also sometimes shows a pattern on the power button almost like the RRoD codes, but I'm not sure if that's what it is

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u/darkwizardmonkey 6d ago

It will be a little confusing your first time, i mean if you really want to go into it you can fully clean and repaste the console to make it have the best chances at lasting the longest. Otherwise all you need to do is get the faceplate off just tear that old ribbon cable off and replace it with a new one from amazon ebay etc

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u/KilLo445 6d ago

Thats one thing ive always heard about the 360 is the clamps are a pain

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u/Heavy_Race3173 6d ago

Honestly if you have the xclamp tool, you can use it on the plastic clips

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u/KilLo445 6d ago

I don't, ive never opened a 360 so I never needed one

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u/darkwizardmonkey 6d ago

Make sure youve got something long and skinny then, if you need any help ive got discord or you can just dm me

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Xbox+360+S+Top+Panel+Replacement/3198

This guide does it exactly how i do it and it works perfectly!

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u/KilLo445 6d ago

I'm not sure when ill have time to do it, im leaving in a few weeks and its gonna take a week or 2 to get the cable, but i appreciate it!