Just installed a new Xenuim Ice on a 1.0 xbox with a new 250gb maxtor drive.

My temps are.....

CPU : 63.6c
MB : 48c

and the led is orange.

Im assuming im running things too hot, being stationed in japan i dont have AC, so what can i do to lower the temp? and how long at these temps before the xbox craps out?

sorry for the noobish topic, just need some advice.

thanks
Arcath

That is quite high, but shouldn't be causing it to shutdown (that happens above 70 I think).
Ideally, it should be running at 50 or below for CPU temp.
Make sure that your fan is connected and working, and that there is sufficient ventillation around the xbox.
A quick fix would be to edit your bios to increase the default fan speed from 20% to 40-60%. This makes more noise, but is very good at reducing the system temperature.

Along with the 40-60% fan speed increase you can also try to replace the thermal compound for the cpu and gpu. I believe there is a tutorial on this on xbox scene, but instead of using arctic silver 3 you should use the newer and better arctic silver 5. A local computer store would probably carry this and if you are interested in this you can visit www.arcticsilver.com for instructions. Hope this helps!

the highest i have seen my cpu go is around 53.5, i think that is perfectly normal, since two of my xbox's run the same temp, mobo is usually 40-43 and hdd same.

i did the 12v fan mod and i cut out the back of the HDD tray to allow the fan to blow directly on the HDD.

with those two mods, i havent done anything extensive, just coping some more games, and running NES roms, but the temp when i turned off the machine said the CPU temp was 55C

thats alittle better, i have just gotten used to things running hot, my PC does too. its all these hot japanese summers, cant wait till i get back to the AC in the states....

I had the same problem with my 1.0 after adding my WD 250G. I ended up doing the 80mm fan mod and also changed the thermal compounfd on my GPU CPU with Arctic Silver Ceramique. ( I had some left over from a CPU build). right now after being on for an hour with some light use. I am at
CPU 44C - 111F
MB 42C - 108F

Much better than the 130's to 140's I was getting on the CPU. PLus the best way to make your new hard drive last is to keep it cool.

In UK Ambient temp = 24C (in house !)

We have modded our box (V1.0) Added 200Gb Maxtor (7200 as u know)

Temps are now :

MBO 38
CPU 46
HDD 30 ! surprised us (after playing Halo for 1 hr from HDD )

Prev :

MBO 47
CPU 58
HDD 41

So whats the mod ? .. Bios and/or Dash to give 66% fan speed (we found this to be the optimum) - noise not excessive.
PLUS we cut out complete 100% area (by fan) in the HDD plastic tray AND filled IN the 2 square holes (used piece of plastic ) and also removed the front end of tray-

Logic - to get a 'flow' over and under the HDD thru the tray - seems it's worked.
Still to test slight mods with our other trays we have.

Photos being loaded on www.4xbox.greater-peterborough.com next day or so.

Hope this helps

btw - Our PSU temp = 66

where exactly do i edit the fan speed?

bios is x2 4983.06

should i change my bios? and if so, which one is a stable one to do so?

this bios you are using is fine. just download a program called xbtool and open the bios file with the program. you will get a menu and there you will see a section called fan speed. just change the speed to your desired preference. I like 60% as my personal preference.

xbtool 1.0.22 wont edit my bios. is there anything else to edit it with?

says its a unsupported kernel (1.00.4983.06)

use a 4981 bios..it has the same features except it doesnt use that .xbe for use with 4983.

well i went out and got a 2100 rpm 21db 80mm fan today.

so im gonna do the fan mod and replace the thermal on my chips, couldnt find artic silver, but i got some japanese equivelent. =P

and it only cost me 2100Y

yay....

i replaced the thermal on the CPU, but when i tried to remove the heatsink on the nvidia chip, the heatsink wouldnt budge, dont get it, wouldnt move for anything, but before you ask, yes i removed the plastic clamp holding the heatsink down. =)

its like it was glued, didnt want to budge too far as i didnt want to break anything, but i put in the new fan, modded the case and replaced the thermal on the CPU.

Still letting the box run so i dont know what the new temps will be as of yet.

by the way, thanks for the help.

arcath

looks like i will need to order some artic silver on next payday as im still running at around 55C

::shrugs::