E-73 error.. how can i fix it ?!?!

[emadkht]

hello

i just got the e73 with 0121 secondary error code.. i did a successful X-clamp fix months ago using spring washers on the bolts.. i dono why i got this error i tried to read about a fix for it but never found a good one.. any one can help me plzz??.. i tried to heat up the southbridge chip but i was afraid so i didn't work much on it ... waiting your help guys..

Thanks

[emadkht]

helloo?? no one is answering?? plz guys just tell me what shall i do
arakon any one

[Arakon]

most likely you will have to replace the ethernet chip.

[emadkht]

how can i do that? if i repeated the xcalmp on the gpu will that work?

[itsfakemon]

for you, maybe, because you can probably also count oranges as apples
for the rest of us, no

[emadkht]

and how would i replace that chip (Ethernet) ? any tutorials or pics to help me out?

[gigabite]

it's simple, de-solder it...then re-solder a new one (ahh from my research quite a while ago IIRC you can use either ethernet chip, there are 2 kinds : one that you can see the pins, and one that you can't).

Depending on which ethernet chip you have, if you have the one where you can see the legs then coat them all with solder and leave a big solder blob on them on each side.  If you have the ethernet chip where you can't see the legs, it will be a little harder to de-solder (as you can't wet the legs, which helps when de-soldering) but nevertheless your still going to be using a heatgun to do it.

As for soldering, if you have the ethernet chip where you can see the legs then this job is easy...wet all the pads on the board, wet/clean all the legs of the chip (this is done by using a large amount of solder and running it across the legs...very easy). Sit the chip in place and solder each corner leg so it doesn't move when you try to do the rest. If you have the chip where you can't see the legs then your going to need to use a heatgun carefully to re-attach it 

good luck (btw wrong section..)

gigabite

[lph]

also has this error on my box. have 2 errorz that came... e73 and sometimes i got rrod depending on mow many washers between heatsink and mothernoard woithin the gpu section.. please need help

[Lokgolo]

Well I've got that problem too. I snagged a 360 from my friend to try to fix it and this is the error code it gets. All I need is a picture of where the ethernet chip is and I can fix it

[.ISO]

The ethernet chip is the chip that is directly under the ethernet port, it should says ICS on it if it is the SOIC version

[Intersect]

This error is actually gpu related. It has to do with configuring the hsio bus to the edram. I would say that anything you do to the ethernet area is just somehow bending or effecting that.

[Lokgolo]

Ok, my mobo is the Falcon style. I ask where the chip is because the bigger of the two chips right below the ethernet module is missing when compared to my Zypher board. I've been looking up pictures on the net to see if it really is susposed to have a chip there or if the small one that is there is the only one that should be. I've found pictures of it both being there and with only the small square chip, so I'm confused as to weither or not the board is actually damage/missing a vital component that could be causing my E73 error

[.ISO]

Both the bigger and smaller chips will work

[Intersect]

Once again, this is a gpu related error and anything you do with the ethernet chip is a waste of time. If it was missing a chip you would quite clearly be able to see that there's a big outline of where a chip should be lol. Do a general x-clamp/heatgun fix and see if that works.

[.ISO]

Lol yea i guess, but I fixed a E73 before by replacing the Ethernet chip with a new SOIC one

[Intersect]

right but did you also heat gun around that area ? or do anything to bend the board or anything? Because E73 would not happen unless training the hsio bus from the edram failed.

[.ISO]

Yea, I've read what HvxcC wrote on the technicle versions of the code.
No, the console that I've worked with was unopened, but with the towel $#!t done multiple time. He probably fried it by doing so.