For the best result, yes replacement of all NECs its advised, the more NECs you get rid of the board the better, you can run them all with Tantalums, just don't forget to bridge each on like described in the guide, since by removing the NECs you are removing the internal jumper inside the NEC.
My soldering skills are good enough to get me through, not professionally, but also i don't make a big mess, when you soldering you want to have the cleanest job possible.
There are results already shown, personally i fixed my CECHC04, other lads fixed models between the C04s to A01s and many others, the results has been positive so far.
The 360 used an ATI Chip, and ATI Chips from that era were known to have a Solder-Joint and Substrate issue, which also manifested into the XBOX360, the PlayStation3 on the otherhand never had any issues regarding Graphics Chips, the 7800s were pretty efficient in theyre own way,one problem they have,but its not really a concern, its the Substrate failure, like any other Graphics Chip,if its tortured to 80ºCs+, which is bound to show artifacts or even give the GLOD,which only a RSX replacement will fix it.
I love the Original Xbox and the 360, I actually prefer the OG Xbox to the PS2 in many ways, part of me will never forgive Sony and the PS2 for pushing Sega out of the console market. Xbox One is I think best described as soulless, it has zero character and distinct attributes. I mainly use mine for the backwards compatibility. PS4 is definitely the best system this generation. I find the Switch to be overrated honestly, most of the games are ports that I already own on other platforms, even a lot of first party titles like MK8 and BOTW are available on Wii U. It's looking like this will change in the future though so maybe my opinion on it will change.The 360 used an ATI Chip, and ATI Chips from that era were known to have a Solder-Joint and Substrate issue, which also manifested into the XBOX360, the PlayStation3 on the otherhand never had any issues regarding Graphics Chips, the 7800s were pretty efficient in theyre own way,one problem they have,but its not really a concern, its the Substrate failure, like any other Graphics Chip,if its tortured to 80ºCs+, which is bound to show artifacts or even give the GLOD,which only a RSX replacement will fix it.
Remind that Microsoft only fixed this issue in the 65nm era, with the Jasper boards "i think", the original Xenons where prone to failure from day one, not to mention they rushed the console without any proper testing, they took a big hit in the process,but at least they managed, although a Sony loyal consumer, the XBOX 360 its a great console to won, it had its flaws such as the PC Style Disc drive,and the external power brick,not to menton HDD Encryption,but beyond that its a great console to won, had a S Model,but gave it to a friend, now i am searching for a Red "Resident Evil 5" Jasper 360,just because it looks good, not to mention Forza,still haven´t played thoes, but the Xbox One, oh dear,not touching that
Good to know, i expect harsh responses, thats normal from people whom never heard of this, so ill expect people still defend reballing as definitive fix, but i am not to bothered about it, as long as people test it and report back, and do some research, all YLOD units can be brought back.
all of the endlesselectronics and gophermods reballed systems are dead at this point if that says anything lol
China's are the best sometimes for electronics
When i was talking with Naked_Snake1995 about this i was taking a look at aliexpress to try to find the cheapest ones... and there was 2 or 3 announces with a bag of them (dont remember if it was 30 or 50 units) for 6$ or so and free shipping
Thats the kind of offer you should try to find, because for a good repair is needed to replace all the tokins (just incase)
If someone wants to go really cheap you should try to replace first the tokins related with RSX (because are more prone to failure)... and later the tokins for CELL incase is needed
But as said... the good repair is to replace all the tokins... because all them are working at all times... if you have one (or a couple) damaged most probably the others are about to become damaged
To prevent that is better to replace all them
