Slim Smoked then Red dot! Detailed

[PCP008]

:facepalm:

Ok guys so i bought a RGH for myself its a Slim so i wire everything up just fine everything going so well as usual solder everything even the Coolrunner chip all points soldered correctly.

I read the nand get a good read just one bad block, then just after i read my first nand i jog my table just a tad and my ground wire came loose without me noticing.

I then began to smell solder and im iron is not even on it was a strong burning smell i look to my board and i see little bits of smoke coming from it. At first i disconnected all my things such as nand x tried to turn on and it was fine green light.

However it would read so i powercycle and now im stuck with red dot i tried shorting the nand and that also showed no luck im basically screwed at the moment!

-Thanks.

 

[Ginjasy]

Ouch. Sounds like it could be toast.

 

[frazzeld]

You should post some photo's of the board, especially the area where the smoke was coming from

 

[xXBladeXx]

o dear good night slim

 

[xColorado880]

Were there any capacitors where it was smoking? May just need to replace one

 

[trippy86]

sorry but i think its dead, just like Megaupload :frown:

only thing i can recc is upload some pics of the smoke area as previously stated and get in touch with a pro repair member, i suggest Martin C

best of luck

 

[PCP008]

No more advice and i think the smoke may have been caused by the new flux im using... along with the ground point coming off, so there is no general area i can phtograph.

 

[x360ccm]

post real good clear pics of the mobo both sides maybe others will spot something you missed.

you must of spotted where the smoke was coming from.

 

[conie]

Try cleaning whatever left over flux there is and you might be able to spot somthing.

 

[PCP008]

I cleaned down the entire board checked over everything with a magnify glass check resistors with multi metre still red dot any pro's online who could recomend something?

Also i can honestly say the consoles pics would look like a new console untouched i removed everything cleaned everything with rubbing alch. No bridges nothing.. utter baffed.

Any idea's would help please.

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Also if i remember back a bit smoke was near DVD drive area i think but it was honestly just a general spread around the back left of the mobo area all the way up to the SB.

 

[xbox360 hacker]

Well it may look like a new console untouched now you have cleaned it up but that is not going to take away the real fact and that is there was smoke which to me would indicate that you had blown some component. Keep looking and you might find the failed component good luck mate.

 

[PCP008]

Yea just i made sure it wasnt a bridge by cleaning it anyway i will check some of the resistors in the morning but i seriously doubt its one of them as it dosent look damaged or burnt at all.

But after reading up i hear some people have had the same issue and changed the resistor as a fix so i may have to switch it out if i dont get a 33 Ohm reading from it. I have done in the past to phat consoles but i dont know symptoms of missing the resistor blown on a Slim if anyone could inform me on this please do. :rolleyes2:

 

[esbmaepo]

Does Southbridge become slightly warm on standby power?