I bought my XBOX360 in March.  Been playing it a lot, and usually have no problems.  Bought a NYCO INTERCOOLER for it after hearing how much they helped.

True, it did help keep it cooler..... Noticably so, but I started having probs not long after with the FANS not running right.  They would occasionally "grind" and make odd nopises to where I'd just turn them off sometimes.  This stopped a few months ago, and all was well........

Then, I got the "3 red lights of doom"  Only happened briefly, and I was able to restart without any issues.

 

Then, the 3 red lights became more frequent, usually a jiggle to the main power would take care of it and I could get more gaming in....  Until last week, when the 360 went poof....  3 red lights, no rebooting helped at all.  So, I sent in for my return tag from Circuit City (I got the 3 year warranty) and they instructed me to pack it up, and send it back for a new one.

 

PICS - http://www.tricktape.com/intercooler1.jpg 

           http://www.tricktape.com/intercooler2.jpg

As I disassemble it, I pulled off the INTERCOOLER and noticed it wass BURNED.  Yes, BURNED on the connectors...  So thinkiing THIS may be the issue, I removed the intercooler, took some alcolhol and cleaned the XBOX contacts, and put it all back together (minus the intercooler of course) and have had ZERO problems....

 

I think I'll be contacting NYCO with this issue, as this could have been much worse.  It could have seriously damamged my console, or perhaps even started a fire.

 

So if you have an INTERCOOLER, I suggest taking it off, and examining it for burns/shorts etc........

 

 

 

Your lucky your 360 still works at least you caught it. You should tell nyko about this for sure.

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WAR DAMN EAGLE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kL4j8m9CmnI

Wow ive heard all good stuff on the intercooler.. Maybe that one was faulty? def talk to nyco about it

Those Intercoolers do not fit exactly tight, so the connections would arc I'm assuming.  Thanks for the info, I need to check mine.  They could have made those things fit a little better.

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Pat White > all other NCAA players

 Lipsander wrote:

Those Intercoolers do not fit exactly tight, so the connections would arc I'm assuming.  Thanks for the info, I need to check mine.  They could have made those things fit a little better.

 

Yeah, it did move around a bit in the socket.....The weight of the power plug always pulled it downwards too.

I'll e-mail these pics to Nyco, see if they respond..............

If you notice, the origional power supply plug is metal, the Nyko is plastic. In addition, you really do NOT need any of these "cooling devices" IF your 360 is defect-free.

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GamerchiX Husband
LIVE Since 11/15/2002

I agree with you that you do not have to have one. At least for me in my situation I wouldn't need one because I don't play for way too long. But it would be smart to get it if you have a lot of 8 hour gaming sessions. Especially when trying to unlock the 8 hour online gaming achievement on GRAW. But who is that much of a geek they have 8 hours to play a game. All online.  would only be able to do that if I had 8 friends over and we took turns.

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WAR DAMN EAGLE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kL4j8m9CmnI

Even if the unit gets a little hot here and there, a computer's parts will eventually give in to the heat and die.  It may be weeks or years, but it will.  It just makes sense to go ahead an make it cooler.  I work for a phone company and our cards in our equipment can do the same.

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West Virginia University 2008 BCS Fiesta Bowl Champions
Pat White > all other NCAA players

I'll be checking my Intercooler frequently now, either that or take it off.

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 Rez Rez Rez wrote:

I bought my XBOX360 in March.  Been playing it a lot, and usually have no problems.  Bought a NYCO INTERCOOLER for it after hearing how much they helped.

True, it did help keep it cooler..... Noticably so, but I started having probs not long after with the FANS not running right.  They would occasionally "grind" and make odd nopises to where I'd just turn them off sometimes.  This stopped a few months ago, and all was well........

Then, I got the "3 red lights of doom"  Only happened briefly, and I was able to restart without any issues.

 

Then, the 3 red lights became more frequent, usually a jiggle to the main power would take care of it and I could get more gaming in....  Until last week, when the 360 went poof....  3 red lights, no rebooting helped at all.  So, I sent in for my return tag from Circuit City (I got the 3 year warranty) and they instructed me to pack it up, and send it back for a new one.

 

PICS - http://www.tricktape.com/intercooler1.jpg 

           http://www.tricktape.com/intercooler2.jpg

As I disassemble it, I pulled off the INTERCOOLER and noticed it wass BURNED.  Yes, BURNED on the connectors...  So thinkiing THIS may be the issue, I removed the intercooler, took some alcolhol and cleaned the XBOX contacts, and put it all back together (minus the intercooler of course) and have had ZERO problems....

 

I think I'll be contacting NYCO with this issue, as this could have been much worse.  It could have seriously damamged my console, or perhaps even started a fire.

 

So if you have an INTERCOOLER, I suggest taking it off, and examining it for burns/shorts etc........

 

 

 

That could've seriously caused a fire. Nice thinking when you decided to take off the intercooler. This is definitely a no-no for the intercooler. I don't think many people will think of buying the intercooler after seeing those pictures.

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Well, just sent a revised copy of my first post to customersupport@nyko.com along with links to the pictures.......

 

Lets see what (if anything) they have to say

 Rez Rez Rez wrote:

Well, just sent a revised copy of my first post to customersupport@nyko.com along with links to the pictures.......

 

Lets see what (if anything) they have to say

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Wow, thank you for the heads up! I will definately keep an eye on my Intercooler.

They replied within just a few hours........................ No complaints on their customer service.  Still a lil worried about putting another one on my 360 tho............

 

E-mail as follows:

 

Dear Rob,
Thank you for contacting us. Here at Nyko Technologies, we stand behind our products and our customers 100 percent! I am very sorry to hear that you are experiencing problems with our 360 Intercooler.  Here is what I need you to do. Please return the nonworking item to us at the address listed below. Please include a brief letter describing the problem and also be sure to include your return mailing address so that I can get you a new 360 Intercooler as soon as possible. It should take approximately 2 weeks to get you your replacement and there is no additional cost other than the cost for you to ship it to us. We will cover the shipping back to you.

To help us better serve you in the future, please register your product at our website http://www.nyko.com/Nyko/Products/Registration. aspx .

Please feel free to contact me personally with any additional questions or comments.

Sincerely,

Bejan Foroozan
Nyko Technologies, Inc.
1990 Westwood Blvd.
3rd Floor, Penthouse Suite
Los Angeles, California 90025
(888) 444-6956 ext. 15
www.nyko.com
"Keep It Cool"

 

Wow great thread. Yeah, I was a little concerned with the way the intercooler recepacle worked. I have gotten the 3 red lights of doom a few times which I am almost certain are due to the loose connection caused by the intercooler. I may very well take it off now after viewing this thread.

 

In the meantime keep up the good work.

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Beagle Rancher

Going home now to take it off. Thanks for letting us all know. Id rather be safe than sorry. I AM ON MY 4TH XBOX 360. I dont plan on a fifth.

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MY Set Up

knock on wood, i have had no adverse reactions to implementing the intercooler to my 360 and neither has my buddy who bought his the same day i did. we've been running them for months now and all i can say is the 360 is running a lot cooler than it was before. the damn thing is really loud though on top of the noise level of the 360 itself. however i turn my intercooler on after about 45m to an hour so maybe that has something to do with no problems with it, but my buddy never cuts his on and off and his 360 works fine... who knows???

Wow dang man....good thing you caught it

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Blind but Deadly
My Setup-Updated 5/20/07

Hey guys call me crazy but I just sometimes take my real fan and set it near my 360.  I dont know if it works but hey....I dont play for long *** sessions any way.

if you want to know the truth it's pretty fu*kin sad we have to worry about keeping the damn thing cool to begin with!!!!

Just a question, is it normal for your intercooler to make really screwed up sounds like the fan is scraping or something? Because mine does and it's been worrying me.

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 REX2O4 wrote:

wtf is blu ray? Some type of sushi fish?!?!?

dude, cut the intercooler off immediately and listen to your 360, if it sounds good and normal your intercooler is fu*ked and has got to go. all the intercooler sounds like if its healthy is about 3 times as much fan noise as the 360 itself. BEWARE!

yeah the intercooler shouldn't make any gringding,scraping,scratching,sneezing,coughing,aching so that you can't sleep noises

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Beagle Rancher

Alright, thanks.  I think I'll call Nyko today and see if I can't get a replacement.

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 REX2O4 wrote:

wtf is blu ray? Some type of sushi fish?!?!?