Original Xbox Flashing Red and Green light error | Tinker Mods


Learning about this overheating error

The flashing red and green light error on the original Xbox deals with a specific area on the motherboard overheating. Most refer to this as the MCPX chip. This chip has an Nvidia logo on it. In the past, there were heatsinks made for this chip but are hard to come by now. Cleaning the console may also help, especially if the console is extremely dusty. That dust can build up similar to house insulation. This may be causing that MCPX chip to overheat and thus cause the flashing red and green light error on your original Xbox console. If this issue continues it may be possible that the chip is actually damaged. Replacing your motherboard with like one of these. might be your best option to fixing the flashing red and green light.

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