Xbox One Mods: Replacing the Thermal Paste

[@johnhampson7187]

Hi, have just used your video as a guide to repair my son's Xbox. Was cutting out after 5 - 10 minutes of play. Did the usual of cleaning out all the crud and fluff from the fan and heatsink. Made little difference. Decided to take a punt at removing the heatsink and renewing the thermal paste. Used the silver 5 as you recommend. All back together and has been running for over an hour now with no problems. Thanks for the video. Excellent.

[@joejones6968]

Thing is, With your video, I like it, I like you, As you didn't say: "Umm" Allot like the other folks do, And you are very descriptive, as well as detailed, And a hint of friendliness....Thank you for the video. I enjoyed watching you, work, And you actually have a decent sounding voice. Very well done.

[@Bodombrother209]

no comments? wow i know my one needed a thermal paste upgrade as i do pc and console repair thanks for informing me that i didn't need to use much thermal in which that was my own fault. i don't mind learning new things thank you.

[@mpdavig]

You're welcome. Too much can even cause over heating. The ideal situation would be the radiator and die making direct contact without any space to transfer maximum heat. However, there is always slight uneven contact so thermal paste fills the tiny gaps but you don't want to increase the gap. With that said, Arctic Silver 5 spreads really well so even if you used too much the pressure should squeeze out the excess. I do this process for all my consoles now but it started when I had several GameStop refurbished Xbox One consoles have overheating issues. Either they were returned for this reason or GameStop changed the paste as part of the refurbish process. In any case they didn't use Arctic Silver 5 which solved the overheating issues.

[@salutwonderful6208]

Thanks. Did it with screwdriver with plastic spoon above boad,😌.Everything works.

[@sapphicfreckle]

Thanks to your videos I was able to replace multiple parts in my dying xbox without destroying it! So thanks! Very informative and easy to follow for someone who has no idea what theyre doing lol

[@rhino11us]

I'm getting ready to do this. I have original xbox one freezing on COD modern warfare!

[@LeroyFaceTV]

Did you end up doing it? Did it help with game lagging?

[@rhino11us]

@@LeroyFaceTV I did it. Every once in a while it freezes playing Modern Warfare but at this point I'll wait new consoles.

[@brettalexander220]

it was a software issue if you dont know by now already. crappy optimization

[@trimworld3730]

I think spreading the thermal paste was OTT the pea method works just the same. But of course all very subjective

[@Snecho]

This is a pretty bad way to do this. Use a pea sized drop and the heatsink will spread it for you

[@mattyg1982]

You my friend are a genius

[@elgorditojdm503]

Will this fix my xbox one turning off when im trying to play games? It works fine when im on apps like hulu but as soon as i try to load a game, it turns off and quickly turns back on again. Or do i need to replace the fan and heatsink as well??

[@theanimeotaku2794]

You I recently took apart my ps4 and cleaned it and also changed the thermal paste because it was getting too loud and when I put it all together and for some reason it doesn't turn on

[@BlightedRascal]

You probably disconnected the power supply ribbon from motherboard

[@robertbrean3331]

I'v replaced the thermal on my Xbox one and now it wont even stay on for more than 10 seconds. Any help please

[@jdreddeer]

Thank you for the video. But the BABBELING... My God, that was painful!

[@HandMaded]

hi there, i have issue in my XB1 , i cleaned the fans, in console and power brick. applied new thermal paste, changed the brick , change the ribon, changed the front panel.. anf still powers off after short while.. please help

[@TheCostantinus]

Can I use the grizzly cryonaut thermal compound or is it too thick?

[@AnthGott]

Always have toilet paper lying around for cleaning dvds etc. 🤣 Yeah right we believe you.

[@elmersanchez7308]

I did the same, the heatsink moves a little, is that okay?

[@kfraim4]

I'm gonna be doing this later on today should I spread the paste or do a pea sized drop

[@brettalexander220]

got a one x and fallout 4 makes the fan howl a little for a bit and after a few hours the buzzy little fan kicks in real loud. rdr2 also does this only much faster like right from loading in to the world it will kick the fans up. not many other games do this including just cause 4 which from what I understand isnt graphically uncomplex either

[@madcat4563]

I think I did something wrong. I think it might be with the X clamp. After cleaning and reapplying thermalpaste I put the heat sink back on. I also bent the x clamp back a little so there is tension. I used the pliers method to remove the clamp, all I did was repeatidly wiggled all corners of the clamp and then they started coming loose. Anyway so when the heat sink was back on it was kind of wobbly, I guess it's not supposed to be like that. And after I started the Xbox and played games I could have sworn the air coming out was hotter than before. But I thought it was more like it just breathed better, because of the dust removal. Today (2 months later) the Xbox fan spread increased for a moment after exiting Resident evil 3 and starting it again. This has never happened before since owning it from 2017. Any advice for the X clamp reapplication?

[@patrickwedolowski6314]

My xbox turns on and off as soon as I press the home button. It is about 3 years old. I went to the microsoft store to test the power brick which was not the issue. Could old thermal past cause this problem where the xbox shuts off automatically after turning it on within 1 second?

[@JorgeHernandez-gq6yy]

Patrick Wedolowski it could also be your power brick. Did you ever find out?

[@aidenhocking7991]

Patrick Wedolowski hey did you ever figure that out I’m having the same issue

[@soyeddy933]

@@aidenhocking7991 You fan is not cooling the xbox. because when I add a fan it work again (sorry my English is bad lol)

[@Makave22]

Did you fix it?

[@patrickwedolowski6314]

Makave22 yeah this worked for my Xbox. The original thermo paste was all dried up. Applied some new paste with this video and it has been working ever since

[@ugliifroot]

I’ve had my Xbox one for about 4 or 5 years now. Been having a lot of issues with it stuttering and lagging after playing CoD: MW for hours (a lot of heat coming out, already opened and dusted it out) Do you think using arctic alumina would work just as well as silver 5? It’s what I use on my pc CPUs.

[@rafaeldesouzaabreu9700]

what the tool you use to remove the x from the cooler?

[@andrewbunton2142]

Did it work

[@johnoven3668]

I think I might have added a little bit more than I should have it wasn't spreading good so I added about 2 or 3 more rice sized globs would it affect how the heat transfers in anyway?

[@andrewbunton2142]

I did all of this and my Xbox shut hot but it shuts off in 30 mins still

[@EdmnessMusic]

12:46 i know why you have that toilet paper 😏👋

[@fgarc1996]

Did you measure the thermals after this?

[@mpdavig]

I now have a multi meter with a temperature probe but I didn't at the time of this video. I do know Arctic Silver 5 is the best stuff out there and I've been using it for years on everything console, PC, Mac, etc. This system was overheating regularly and hasn't since. All that said, I only do this if a system is overheating or I need to remove the heat sink for some reason since this does take a lot of extra effort.

[@remmy100]

Should I use a static wrist strap?

[@mpdavig]

You could. I don't and I think you'd be fine without it.

[@remmy100]

@@mpdavig I changed the paste, but my xbox still shuts off. So did I do it wrong or does the problem lie elsewhere?

[@Makave22]

remmy100 Did you fix it? I'm about to do it on my Xbox one

[@remmy100]

@@Makave22 turns out it was the power block. Got a new one on Amazon and its been smooth sailing since

[@remmy100]

Got an off brand one. Heard the Microsoft ones are trash

[@gabrielleescobedo2036]

Can you use any thermal paste

[@mpdavig]

Not all pastes are created equal, I'd stick with Arctic Silver 5.

[@taffowst]

Arctic Silver mx4 is also good, I use that for ps4 pro and Xbox one x

[@RagingInsomniac]

what does the thermal paste do? does help the fan to make sure it doesnt explode/overheat?

[@MrRockIsAwesome]

It helps transfer heat from the chip to the heatsink.

[@terrorninja]

Did you heat that up with a heat gun

[@mpdavig]

No, the heatsink should come off easy enough without needing to be heated up. The original OG Xbox was a bit different. The GPU heatsink was tremendously easier to remove after heating it up.

[@terrorninja]

I wasn't talking about doing that to take the heatsink off the chip I was talking about doing a x clamp fix on the Xbox One Like You Do the old 360 or the 360 Slim

[@mpdavig]

Dusty Wyatt oh, to be honest I've never heard of anyone doing an X-clap fix on an Xbox One or 360 S. The first year or two with the Xenon and Zephyr 360 boards would have been the relevant systems. Changing the thermal paste is something you do to any PC, Mac or Console where you need to remove the heatsink. Better thermal paste means reduced running temperatures and less risk of overheating. Overheating is usually the result of a thermal sensor and the shutdown will prevent any risk of damage.

[@terrorninja]

I completely understand that cuz I've looked all over KZbin but I'm not seeing one person do a Reflow with a heat gun on an Xbox One Like You Do the 360 and the 360 Slim but I don't see why it wouldn't work it's all the same stuff if you look if you compare a 360 slim to an Xbox One side side by side with them opened you're looking at the same system just at the slim is compact any problems that you would have with the slim would pretty much be the same problem with the Xbox One

[@terrorninja]

I bought this Xbox one that has an issue everybody keeps telling me it's the power supply I found out it wasn't the power supply it's inside the Xbox and I can't figure out where just the issue is when I plug in the power supply the power supply goes from Orange to White the Xbox gets into a mode where you can push the power button and it makes sound the eject button makes sound as well but there is no power light in the front of the Xbox now I've had the same issue with an Xbox slim and I was able to fix it somehow the Xbox one is not getting the full amount of the power from the power supply so that tells me that it's inside the Xbox it's not the power supply I have test it out my power supply of many Xbox Ones and it works perfectly fine but in order to run the power to make the set the power button makes sound in the eject button to make sound it's only 5 V and it's only 5 V for the power light in front of the Xbox to actually turn on if you take one wire out of the fan it becomes 12 volt but for some reason there's not enough juice going inside the system it has to be inside the Xbox not the power supply

[@tyreece.304]

I did the exact same thing as you and used the exact same paste and it still won’t work any suggestions and do I have to let it dry or something?

[@tyreece.304]

Please reply

[@mpdavig]

M O I S T xll what do you mean by still doesn't work? The only item this process can solve is if your system overheats from time to time. You know this by random shutdowns and a message about why it shutdown on the next startup. Sounds like what you are trying to solve may be deeper than this.

[@tyreece.304]

XFiX Ye well I thought it was this bc it works for 3-5mins till it gets to like a hot temperature then turns off then after that it only stays on for 20 secs till it turns off again so I was thinking it would be this 🤔

[@tyreece.304]

Do you have a ig to msg on I can show you maybe ?

[@mkwells123]

If you're system is shutting itself off can also be from the power brick over heating.. At least on the og xbox ones

[@Whizard72]

Geez why do people STILL use that stupid spread method?!

[@mpdavig]

What method would you suggest?

[@mpdavig]

In case you have any interest in researching this. I've been doing the same method for years and there has been some interesting research on this: www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Thermal-Paste-Application-Techniques-170/ I'd say there isn't a perfect way of doing this but there are more and less effective ways of doing it. I still stand by the spread method. It takes more time but is just as effective as any other method.

[@taffowst]

Just place a pea sized blob in the center, because pressed spreads it it's more even whereas this spread method can cause bubbles which affect thermal transfer.

[@jamesbumgardner1469]

@@taffowst a globe, of which a pea would be considered, pressed flat is a circle. Chipsets aren't circular lol truth be told, and reams of research back it up, it really doesn't matter which you use outside of the most extreme use conditions. Pea sized rarely attains full die coverage, but shows no reduction in thermal transfer between surfaces. Spreading attains maximum and "ideal" die coverage but shows no real improvement in heat transfer. It's just a point of contention in the community that's fun to argue over, but really doesn't make much difference. How you apply the heatsink to the surface though oddly enough has been show to matter slightly depending on paste application method, but hardly anybody does the sideways heatsink application. Its nearly universal to apply it in a straight down motion. Sideways mounting caused an isosceles shaped spread in the pea sized method and causes a "wave like" shift of paste in the spread method resulting in uneven heat distribution which can cause heat cycle stress and reduced heat transfer.