I don't recommend buying this since it melted on the back of his unit and he now has the RROD. The whole point was for this item to make airflow and prevent the RROD. He begged me to try the X clamp removal and I told him, "I don't reflow mobos here." but he wants me to try it anyway.
So today I popped open his box and found a TON of dust blocking the fins on the heatsink. There were heat marks in the casing as well. I am going to drop by Home Depot tomorrow and buy some parts. But without the reflow I don't see how this is supposed to work. Also the primary socket took some damage on 2 pins from the unit fusing itself to the Xbox.
I made no promises to my friend that his 360 will ever work again. This is the first time I have ever tried this procedure, I am going by all the tutorials that state replacement of the X clamps with; 8, M5 .80 x 10 Machine screws, 16, Nylon #10 washers, and 16, #10 Metal washers. I already have an ample supply of artic paste on hand. To my understanding once finished it will either work or not.
MY ADVICE
As for this, intercooler device... I am a PC person and have no desire to work with something as poorly designed as a 360. Don't use this gadget or others on your Xbox. I have a LAN room here at home, the LAN room remains at 65 degrees year round. There is a reason for this, several servers inside a 10 by 8 foot room builds up heat and heat is bad for any computer. Play your Xbox in an air conditioned room. If you cannot afford AC replace the fans with stronger ones and don't play on hot days. Also dust is another factor, don't place the Xbox close to the floor. In my experience dust settles to the floor, the higher your box the better. If you don't or can't open the 360 for cleaning, every 6 months I suggest you get an air compressor and blow it out with air. Air in a can is not strong enough with a closed system. I used a 1½ HP AC compressor to do the job myself on the office PC's.
I will let you know how this turns out for him.
