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Pretty Sure This Violates the Warranty

kotaku.com — A watercooled Xbox 360. As casemods go, this one looks like someone locked the A-Team in a barn, Murdoch and B.A. improvised with some aquarium tank hose and an aerator, and the gang saved the day. I love it when a plan comes together.

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  • jggube, on 04/07/2008, -14/+7That water-cooler looks like it's just for show, what kind of hardware mod can you do to require a water cooling unit on your console? I know that old models run really hot (and the more current ones still do - I've owned an older model and a newer model, long story.), but you don't need a $200-300 unit to fix that issue.
    • theaceoffire, on 04/07/2008, -8/+6I would pay $200 to never fear RRoD again.
      • mattyice11, on 04/07/2008, -5/+8That doesn't make any sense. You can get a free replacement for 3 years and getting it fixed after that is something like $80.
        • mywhitenoise, on 04/07/2008, -5/+18I don't know how people deal with shipping back a 360, and waiting weeks for it to come back. After the second time I would have given up, sold the 360 and used the money either to upgrade my computer, or buy a PS3.
          • bamafun, on 04/07/2008, -2/+9I can't stand to send stuff back in either, I'd rather pay to have it fixed locally or just get a new one ...... besides that no telling what they will send you back.
          • Falldog, on 04/07/2008, -3/+5Because there are plenty of other things to occupy my free time outside of my 360.
          • Exact0, on 04/07/2008, -0/+4I got mine back 6 days after sending. My friend got his back in 7 days. I'll agree a console shouldn't brick so quickly....but in my area at least (CT, far away from the factory) the customer service was easy to deal with and I got it back quickly.

            My case might be rare though. Just sharing my experience.
          • Books, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Ya, if you're a return customer (aka your 360 has broke down more than twice I'd say), they usually just ship out the console without making repairs. I sent mine Wednesday, got it back Thursday. I was quite impressed...but it is my 5th Xbox or something, I don't know - I lost count.
          • paradigmx, on 04/08/2008, -1/+0Because the PS3 sucks, my computer has already been upgraded within the past month and I want to play GTA4 when it comes out.

            If my 360 rrod'd on my today, I would ship it to MS within 6 hrs.

            Besides, nowadays, snail mail isn't nearly as slow as it was 10 years ago, If I can send a letter to the other side of the country in 24-48hrs, then i'd expect a 360 to make it back to me in about a week
        • Ajajadude, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1But then you're more than likely going to go several weeks without your expensive console. To some people, the lack of hassle is worth the extra cash.
      • kingfoot, on 04/07/2008, -1/+2then buy a ps3?
    • davidrools, on 04/07/2008, -0/+8It doesn't need to be hardware modded, the xbox 360 from the factory is not adequately cooled. Watercooling will help the normal hardware run more reliably and quietly if they watercooling system is set up correctly...but looking at the pictures (http://www.onansdisciples.com/modules.php?name=For ... it doesn't look like a high quality job. I mean honestly if he expects those crooked screws and twisty ties to hold the waterblocks down he must be kidding himself.
    • BruceBogtrotter, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1He didn't pay 200-300 dollars. He said in the forum post that he spent no money. Which is why it's so ghetto.
  • coresnake, on 04/07/2008, -11/+69I pity the fool that voids their warranty.
  • clos, on 04/07/2008, -17/+3if this gets on the front page my tf2 guys are going to tweak lol
  • Lkr721993, on 04/07/2008, -18/+5this guy is in my 4th period, no lie. i'll try to get a pic of him with it
  • T3hw1nn3r, on 04/07/2008, -9/+202Proof that its real. I am the creater
    http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/2835/1002502qv8 ...
    • bubbakja, on 04/07/2008, -32/+4nice photo shop job
    • theaceoffire, on 04/07/2008, -1/+7You mentioned freezing during game play... did you mod that 360 or get a new one and mod it?
    • wontstoptalking, on 04/07/2008, -2/+18Dude, nice job. Not just on the xbox, but writing that and taking a picture of it was awesome. Nice.
    • bossm4n, on 04/07/2008, -2/+3How about a few more photos a little closer up and lighter so we can make out more details. Nice work on the mod though.
    • Lokishot, on 04/07/2008, -4/+2Good enough for me. /confirmed
    • EwMo, on 04/07/2008, -2/+19Well that's a little hard to argue with, now isn't it?
    • LiquidIse, on 04/07/2008, -2/+33Shoe on head.
    • Nobiting, on 04/07/2008, -11/+65http://image.bayimg.com/lajgpaabf.jpg
      • elint6, on 04/07/2008, -10/+3I can see the pixelation around the letters. Nice work though.
        • kutateli, on 04/07/2008, -3/+22Pixelation? You mean jpeg compression artifacts?
      • demodawid, on 04/07/2008, -6/+5It's a shop. I can tell from the pixels and from having seen quite a few shops in my time.
    • ProfessorLX, on 04/07/2008, -2/+24worst printing ever. stick to typing and water cooling 360s bubba.
    • PPCG4, on 04/07/2008, -5/+4shopped.
    • mastameezy, on 04/07/2008, -9/+2Guess what? The PS3 doesn't need any of that crap. Can't microsoft do anything right?
    • dcd722, on 04/07/2008, -7/+2Hey austin
      its dominic. jessies friend from school.
      its pretty badass. i'm gonna have to come over or something sometime to see it
    • houndeyex, on 04/07/2008, -0/+6The hell is a creater? Anyways, I wonder if this really stops games from freezing.
    • brkhobowriter, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Proof that it isn't photoshopped. Look at the first picture. It's on. The proof picture isn't on. There we go.

      Oh, and I swear I thought the guy's name was Michael Hunt...
      • T3hw1nn3r, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Michael hunt is my friend who posted this at places. As said, yes my name is Austin.
    • Yodacola, on 04/08/2008, -0/+7I found the real pic: http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7610/1002502qv9 ...

      It appears to be some kind of link to a video.
    • PunishedOne, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Does it still RROD on you?
  • vroom101, on 04/07/2008, -8/+10Details with pics: http://www.onansdisciples.com/modules.php?name=For ... ( www.onansdisciples.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=17 )
  • frgmstr, on 04/07/2008, -5/+7Here is one that works very well and all the information on how to do it.

    http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=OTM5
    • knetworx, on 04/07/2008, -3/+1Looks too corporate. I like the ghetto-rig look of the one in the article. Not to mention the blue lights are a great touch.
      Then again...I can't help but wonder...does it still red-ring?
      • mrsteveman1, on 04/07/2008, -1/+2Yea man...it's gotta look like ***** or it's just not cool
  • legioss, on 04/07/2008, -4/+52the 360 is on life support!!!
    • knetworx, on 04/07/2008, -2/+4Doc, I think we're gonna have to pull the plug on this one...
  • YME1280, on 04/07/2008, -9/+2Bill Gates probably just busted a load in his brand new pair of 14k gold underwear...
    • mywhitenoise, on 04/07/2008, -1/+13I don't think Bill Gates really gives a ***** about 360. First off, he's retired, Second, his main focus was Windows.
      • MarkOfTheDead, on 04/07/2008, -1/+3Third, 14k gold underwear? That's not even real. If I can't find it on Google it doesn't exist.
  • smacksaw, on 04/07/2008, -1/+2I think it would be easier to rig up one of those little drink fridges like you see in college dorm rooms. You could just put the 360 in it and put an exhaust hose from the 360 to the exchanger in the fridge. Might burn it out, but you never know.
    • LRoy12, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2moisture would kill it.
      • smacksaw, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1A fridge is a dehumidifier. Think about putting A/C on in your car when you window is fogged up. Your defroster works better with the A/C on.
        • giloron, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1I think the problem comes if you ever open it up. Have to wait a while or the condensation would kill it.
  • thisisunique, on 04/07/2008, -6/+2Call me when you get the red lights of death.
    • mywhitenoise, on 04/07/2008, -4/+5His are blue.
      • EwMo, on 04/07/2008, -3/+2His YELLOW lights are now blue. That says nothing about what the Red lights would be. It would make sense that they're blue, but still
    • Reaktor5, on 04/07/2008, -2/+6He won't, it's cooled properly.
      • ANT1138, on 04/07/2008, -4/+12He pretty if he can figure out how to water cool his xbox, he's smart enough to fix anything that goes wrong with it.
        • ANT1138, on 04/07/2008, -3/+12*-he pretty

          i don't remember what i was trying to say...
          • nomadxx7, on 04/07/2008, -2/+4"I'm pretty sure that" if he can figure out how to watercool his Xbox, "I'm pretty sure" he's smart enough to fix anything that goes wrong with it

            I think that's what you were trying to say ANT1138 :P
          • offspring06, on 04/08/2008, -0/+3I had a good laugh. I'm sure he appreciates you calling him pretty.
  • levitron, on 04/07/2008, -1/+30Its a Borg Xbox!
    • NeoCortex, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2Resistance is futile. Yahoo will be assimilated!
  • T3hw1nn3r, on 04/07/2008, -4/+13To those who don't believe me, you're a idiot. Also, this one kept freezing so i just did it to this one.
  • wontstoptalking, on 04/07/2008, -2/+4Eat that, RRoD!
    • NJank, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2rick roll of death?
      • offspring06, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Now that would be something different. Instead of getting the red lights you would get Rick Rolled.
  • nightmare1228, on 04/07/2008, -1/+28Who needs a warranty if you have a water cooled 360? It's not like it would ever overheat. Plus the blue light mod kicks ass.
    • Dustmuffins, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1I want one with blue lights to match my pc case...
    • ATLien74, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Won't do you any good when your disc drive fails.
  • Falldog, on 04/07/2008, -20/+1Water cooling on a 360 is just as retarded as doing it on a PC. Superior airflow > water cooling
    • wattersm, on 04/07/2008, -0/+8Actually, no, it's not. Water one of the most efficient heat carriers you can get and you can run pumps a lot quieter than a bunch of fans.
      • nomadxx7, on 04/07/2008, -6/+1But water is not good for electronics. To each there own
        • BlueSkyfish, on 04/07/2008, -0/+8The water never actually touches the electronics. The heat is transferred through a piece of aluminum or copper.
    • milkmage, on 04/07/2008, -1/+6yeah. that's why there are so many air cooled combustion engines. heat transfers better to denser material. water is more dense than air - therefore you are an idiot.
      • Falldog, on 04/07/2008, -1/+5Which is why the industry uses water cooling in all their high availability servers.
        • inajeep, on 04/08/2008, -1/+1IBM Z series mainframes use liquid cooling. Your wrong. Admit it.

          do a search, expand your mind.
    • redbootrobinson, on 04/08/2008, -1/+1ever driven a car with just air in the radiator?
  • mogebier, on 04/07/2008, -14/+9Just because you CAN do something, does not mean that you SHOULD do something.
    This is the perfect example.
    • KingGorilla, on 04/08/2008, -0/+4why? because it looks ugly? is that it? Well screw you! This xbox 360 is going to the prom and is going to win prom queen! Regardless of what the cheerleaders think!
  • Yonson, on 04/07/2008, -1/+12It's been done. And far better than this.
    People have completely enclosed a functional system within the original case.
    • ExRe, on 04/07/2008, -4/+2I think the first water cooled 360 pics were released within a week or so of the initial 360 release...

      I don't know why people are digging this...
      • MarkOfTheDead, on 04/07/2008, -1/+9I'm just taking a stab at it here, but I'm guessing because they haven't seen it before and they think it's cool?
    • T3hw1nn3r, on 04/08/2008, -1/+7I did this on a budget of NO money. We didn't pay ***** for it. we had all this laying around. IT WAS MADE TO BE GHETTO, GET OVER IT.
      • Biznarie, on 04/08/2008, -1/+1Dude its digg chill out, you cant be the digg pigg and people always hate so get over it.
  • cheerio, on 04/07/2008, -2/+4And i bet it still gets the red ring of death.
  • chrissku, on 04/07/2008, -7/+4Nobody wants a penis "jammed into their mouth"


    Well except for maybe Richard Simmons
    • McSploogins, on 04/07/2008, -1/+6and your mom
      • MarkOfTheDead, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2What the hell did I just miss?
    • callmejordy265, on 04/08/2008, -1/+1Hey now. Richard Simmons whipped me into shape. No need to bash him.
      • NeoTEKK, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Burried for being whipped by Richard Simmons.
  • ZephyrNinety, on 04/07/2008, -5/+2Arctic Silver, ever heard of it?
    • NeoTEKK, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1AS5, sure. Sadly, that wouldn't even be enough though.
  • bobbybebob, on 04/07/2008, -1/+0Thats pretty cool. But I still think this is a better xbox 360 mod http://uploadingit.com/view/524606_8dbka
    • eightyk88, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0fake
      • T3hw1nn3r, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0No, it's actually a true xbox laptop, i was going to do that, but didn't have the materials.
  • LomasLou, on 04/07/2008, -0/+15Electrical tape used to seal a water hose installed in electronics is an excellent design feature & obviously UL approved.
  • Po0py, on 04/07/2008, -1/+5Wow. It's got a flux capacitor.

    O.O
  • jserio, on 04/07/2008, -1/+4Photo was rather bland, but Dugg for your cool A-Team description!
    • smegthelight, on 04/07/2008, -0/+3Dude, The last new A-Team episode aired over 20 years ago.. Let it go !

      Besides it's an obvious MacGyver build and the bicycle frame filled with fertilizer has simply fallen off.
  • sporad1c, on 04/07/2008, -0/+0Not that I have that kind of time, but that is pretty cool.
  • gamingspartan, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Meh it's true next story please
  • malechite, on 04/07/2008, -0/+6A for the idea... D+ for execution.

    Things are bent and taped into place, hoses are kinked. it could have been done much better.
  • jdpalite, on 04/07/2008, -0/+4Quote from the guy who posted it:
    "I might not be able to post for a while, I beleive im getting my report card on monday. And i didn't do to well."
    • MarkOfTheDead, on 04/07/2008, -0/+4Someone's not playing with their custom water cooled toy for a month.....
      • goodfrogg, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0Well maybe not But I'm still proud of him for making this!
  • ControlcChris, on 04/07/2008, -0/+7Wtf everyone on that forum keeps talking about e penis's and *****.....
  • Dunge, on 04/07/2008, -0/+4Why? I can understand overcloacking/cooling a PC,.. but a 360 will lead you nowhere.
  • dasvoldus, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2Is the heat sink held down with twist ties (bread ties)?
  • koft, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2It's a cool mod. Sucks that people feel the need to do this though. A properly designed machine obviously wouldn't need this kind of attention. I have an xbox 360 I bought probably 2 years ago, never had a freezing problem. Maybe I'm lucky. Maybe I've had good performance from it because I keep it on top of the surface with nothing blocking the vents.
  • undersky, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Quote from the site admin of the forum where this was posted,
    "i didnt realize the popularity of your post, till i setup the redirect from old site to here, this is nuts dude, hahahaha
    ur e-penis is HUGE
    if i knew how to edit the member stuff on the left (which i will figure in a few) u would be called 360 God.. or somethen... what kinda name do u want? i will set it up for u"
  • adwarereport, on 04/07/2008, -1/+2I believe it, but it's totally lame.

    This water-cooling ***** was cool in 2002, get over it.
    • homercles337, on 04/07/2008, -1/+1Get over it? If you cant over clock the water cooling "mod" is stupid. It does NOTHING. Are you saying that water cooling was cool in 2002 and its not now? OR that you have no clue what water cooling is meant for and as such relegate it to a bygone era?
  • homercles337, on 04/07/2008, -3/+2Im pretty sure you cant even get into the BIOS to over clock an xbox. Watercooling without over clocking is just stupid when air cooling is sufficient. Stupid kids.
  • dho331, on 04/07/2008, -5/+0Too bad it still runs hotter than a stock PS3.
  • furbyboy, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1The Borg got his Xbox!!!!
  • Sutanreyu, on 04/07/2008, -1/+3I've seen muuuuch better liquid cooled 360s. The pump and everything was put internally.

    http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EEVpZZAkll ...
  • Sutanreyu, on 04/07/2008, -2/+2I've seen muuuuch better liquid cooled 360s. Like this one:

    http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EEVpZZAkll ...
    • Sutanreyu, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Damn Digg's reply system! Digg this one down.
  • aznwild0, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2But does it run Crysis?
  • boydrew, on 04/07/2008, -0/+0The flux capacitor!
  • dcd722, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1I know this guy

    He goes to my school. (Timber Creek High School Orlando)
    Yeah. just my .02
    • Cortexmelon, on 04/07/2008, -0/+0I would have to day no, since he lives in Florida (Cortex on forum)
  • CaviMike, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1I think I'd risk voiding my chance of having to replace my console 7 times in one year and I'm pretty sure every else here would too.
  • greatdevourer, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1So old it hurts... The silent passive one with the radiator tanks was more impressive
  • DigitAl56K, on 04/07/2008, -1/+1Quote from the forum of the guy who did this:

    "I might not be able to post for a while, I beleive im getting my report card on monday. And i didn't do to well."

    I can see it now: "But moooooOOooom, I was modding my xbox!"
    • byleth, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0I also "beleive" he didn't do "to" well, especially in spelling and punctuation.
      • T3hw1nn3r, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0Im only 16 years old. Lets see you do better at this. And no linking to other peoples projects.
        • offspring06, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Oh well, spelling and grammar are not that important on the internet.
  • Cortexmelon, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Guys, you have to understand. This was made for no money, and stuff just around the house.
  • heystoopid, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1So when is M$ going to release their official version of a water cooled competition Xbox ?
  • loktoris, on 04/08/2008, -1/+2ROFL, you shouldn't have to do this to a gaming console just to keep it from suckploding on you. Whatever happened to the days of the original Nintendo when all you had to do was blow into the game cartridge to make it work again...
    • redbootrobinson, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2you forgot the up and down jiggle on the loading tray after loading the game.
      • KelTeck, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Or blowing like a retard on a NES cartridge, but at least they didn't melt down every 12-18 months
  • rsm5068, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1super sweet!
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