Clean Xbox 360 Slim

[Myra Krallman]

Himates good day wish to kno if its normal with my slim rgh when standing or idle or while copying gams or files it runs up from 65-70 or 71 which to know if its ok or the thermal paste trying to finish or if it causes no harm.but when i turn my fan to 100% (the noise is not a problem) i get 56-58 on idel and when playing get 60-60.3,60.7 never go above this and my jasper on 100% never gets hot up to 60 it ranges 50-52 so would like to know about the temperature of my slim if its good or bad and how it resist to temperatures thanks

It's pretty normal temperatures, one thing you have to keep in mind about the slim is that you have both the CPU and GPU in the same package unlike on the phats where they are separate, this will generate more concentrated heat on slim then phat

Well, the reason i don't recommend it is 99% of the people on these forums don't have any idea what they're doing when it comes to this stuff, you do, but 90% of the world have no idea what thermal paste to use or even how to apply it correctly, most people also don't clean up properly

It should be applied in a pea sized amount on the center of the CPU/GPU. Let the heatsink spread the paste-- air bubbles can and will cause performance loss. Letting the heatsink spread the paste is the only way to avoid this. Using too much paste will also cause performance loss.

Last advice I'd give to anyone who dared to change their thermal paste for the first time is, if it isn't broken, don't fix it. But if you've already removed the heatsink (such as a Corona v3+ user, installing postfix adapter) don't reuse the same paste. Clean it up with 99% alcohol and use a quality paste to replace it (Arctic Silver 5 or IC Diamond 7C)

Both yes and no, the result of not cleaning the old thermal paste/compound is that the connection between the XCGPU and the heatsink is not as good, which results in the temperature being higher then usual, it's not like 50 degree's difference or anything like that, it's small differences like what andoryuu3 mentioned earlier about not applying it correctly, but the little differences CAN make a HUGE difference

Personally I never use Arctic Silver 5 anymore-- I just recommend it because it's easy for noobies to apply effectively. Thicker pastes are more prone to air bubbles if applied incorrectly, and Arctic Silver 5 is just thin enough to make this less of an issue.

I find that using a spreader (If you have one) to get it as thin as possible is the best route, remember, you're not cooling it more with the paste; instead, you're filling the grain of the heatsink itself so that solid heat transfer is occurring.

Never heard of Shin Etsu MicroSi before, is it like those exotic compounds that are mixed with powdered aluminum and silver? some of the best stuff I've ever used which I can't find much in stores anymore was that original white grease crap that gets all over the place that is damn near permanent. You find it on old C=64's and Stereo equipment like amplifiers and the such. Great stuff actually!! It almost never bakes into a plastic.

It's a compound from a Japanese chemical company that usually provides thermal paste solutions for big companies like Honda. They don't advertise much at all, but they still have products developed for computer application. In some cases, they also provide paste to be used in OEM applications. The lowest performing paste in their lineup is advertised under the Masscool brand, but the paste I'm talking about is Shin Etsu MicroSi X23-7783D. You can read more about it here.

Thanks for all the links. You make a compelling argument for the newer method. Last time I as5'd my OG Xbox I just used a pea sized dab and spread it with a plastic baggy over my finger, lmao. BTW, I miss llama, last time I bought from them was I believe '12 when I needed a replacement usb port on my Xbox. Guess I must've bought the last of their stock Lolz.

I miss them too actually. If it wasn't for them I would have never gotten into Xbox modding and the like. It's a shame they went down. Probably poor sales due to the shift in modding from case mods to controller mods. Our forum community collapsed a little before that due to out of date software and addons. Every day I used to remove 10-15 spam posts a day... Ah, the good ol days...

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