Hey all! I’ve had my Xbox series X for a year, it has always sat upright on my entertainment center. I just bought a house that the living room has a wood stove in it which is used to heat my house. Ever since we moved, when we start the wood stove the Xbox cannot run a game for more then 5 minutes without it running the error message for it being too hot. We have a large ceiling fan and a box fan moving hot air throughout the house from the living room, but the problem is not being fixed. I used computer duster to ensure the Xbox was sufficiently cleaned as well. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep the Xbox nice and cool on my entertainment center? I know those cooling docks are usually a scam, but I can’t run a game at all and I need to run my wood stove to keep my house warm all winter in Idaho.

  • Mon0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I did not mean permanently moving the Xbox. Just for a few hours in order to get an idea if the Xbox is the problem or the xbox in combination with your living room ist the problem.

    That just makes taking a guess easier. Thermal throttling because of broken soldering, dry thermal paste and clogged fans would still show up after roughly 2 hours of play at the latest. You need to be playing a graphic intense game so that the machine has to work.

    • LesbianSweater@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I will move it tonight into my room and see if it can run starfield or battlefield 2042 without crashing…if 2042 ever runs normally anyways. When I do the cleaning of the inside I should be able to check out if any of the thermal paste is dry or if there is broken soldering. Will check back after I test it out and then do a deep clean of it.

      If it is the thermal paste or broken soldering how would I go about getting that fixed? I don’t think I’m tech savvy enough to fix stuff like that, but I’m great at following along to YouTube videos.

      • Mon0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GTvtAM7Fi5U&pp=ygUVU2VyaWVzLiAgVGhlcm1hbHBhZHRl

        For the thermal pads and paste. This is not a hardcore fix, but if I have no experience, I would not do that if there is no further evidence that the problem is actually the thermal paste / pad.

        For soldering you can look at any electronics soldering video. It is more complicated to find the break then to actually fix it in most cases (if it is fixable in the first place).

        • LesbianSweater@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          8 months ago

          Fantastic. Thanks for the clarification and helping me out. I bought a little tech kit and some air duster do be able to take it apart tonight so I will update once I get in there and do some cleaning.