Xbox One X Thermal Paste and Thermal Pads replacement. Cooling system cleaning. Best explanation! 

I was having issues with my Xbox constantly overheating. I ordered the thermal paste and thermal pads and followed your guide and my issue was fixed. Thank you for creating such a comprehensive guide. This saved me almost $300.

Just put a 2tb SSD in my oneX & also repasted & replaced thermal pads. Your videos are great!!!

That's what I call a Comprehensive guide. Perfectly made and well explained. Any progress with NVMe on unpopulated M.2 pads?

What a absolute legend! A very in-depth & Comprehensive tutorial. Probably one of the best that I've ever had the pleasure to watch. Phenomenal infact. Thanks very much indeed for sharing your vast knowledge. Very much appreciated.

Thank you for an excellent tutorial. I was able to strip down my One X and replace the thermal paste and installed an SSD at the same time. It’s like a different console! Before playing Red Dead 2 the fans would be like a jet engine and now it’s genuinely whisper quiet. I re used the old thermal putty for the other chips, took it off and re rolled it into balls and then placed directly on the chips as mine came from the factory wonky and barely covering some of them! 👍🏼 To anyone wanting to bring back their One X to life do this and an SSD NOW!

Thank you Sir!!! Absolute best DIY video for the replacement of thermal paste, and pads on RU-vid!!! Should have more like's honestly. Great job my friend, just cleaned out, and replaced all thermal materials in her Xbox One X. I thought it was trash, beyond all hope, but I was wrong. It was so loud before, and barely makes a sound now. Thank you so much, God bless, and keep 'em comin'!!!

This guide was extremely helpful for me, can’t recommend it enough! My Xbox went from loud and overheating to dead silent :D

Thanks for this video you got me through the process of upgrading my Xbox from hd to ssd thanks 👍🏾

Hey! Just wanted to thanks for the simple nice and quality tutorials you make! It's obvious how much work you put. Great job and keep going! You definitely deserve more!

Best video I've seen so far and only in 7 min, #RESPECT

This tutorial is fantastic. Before: power-off after 2-3 mins on some games. After: I can play my games! And I don't even hear the fan anymore. Thank you!

Excellent job! Very thorough through each step. Makes it so much easier to repair.

Thank you very much for this video. I was doing it today and I used NT-H2 Thermal Paste from Noctua for the CPU and EC 360 Silver Thermal Pads (with 12 W/mK). The end was a little bit tricky to put the Xbox together but after watching the first steps again I finally managed it. I needed some hours but the result is just awesome! Since 2 hours Im playing Red Dead Redemption 2 and Ark - the Xbox One X is so quiet, cold and smooth like I never heared it before. The CPU is so cold now that I barely can hear the cooling fan working. WOW ^^

Thank you. My brothers was overheating and even though I knew I could, I just never did the whole time he's owned it. It was absolutely disgusting and packed full of dust. Wasn't sure how the heatsink came off so that is the only thing I needed but I'm sure the rest of the video was great as well. Console went from sounding like a jet engine to being as quiet as it was when he got it back in 2018. I didn't replace pads but did replace the paste

just did my xbox one x and wow what a difference in sound and thermals! Thanks for the awesome guide!

Your guide has great details the most so far Ive seen. Liquid metal could be used they use it on laptops that have no IHS and even Asus now applies it to most all theyre higher end modern gaming laptops with no issues non conductive nail polish can be used to protect outer smaller components to prevent short circuit it must be applied in layers . The NVme drive would work many who have tried say the Xbox One X IO bandwidth is limited to Sata III speeds ..600Mbps ..still fast but not as fast as nvme

This is not a good video, It's the best video on RU-vid period!!! All professionally explained. Thank you so much sir.

I replaced just the thermo paste on my P.J. Scorpio Brand new fresh out the box with Artic silver 5 which lasted for 3 years before thermo's started to drop from the vents, decided to use all items here (MX4) and along with the process and Temps are higher and fan is more stable, I was shocked on how hot the south Bridge got, very happy and confident with the end result.

This video was amazing - even the dimensions of the thermal pads. Thank you! I used the 2.0mm pads and now my XBox One X is whisper quiet compared to before. Cheers!

I am USELESS at things like this but with this guide I'm sure I'll be able to sort out my one x. Just now waiting for the bits to arrive in the mail and will give it a go. Great vid thanks 👌

Thank you so much for this very well explained video 😊 Saved me from buying a new console😜 My Xbox is now so quiet and able to run demanding games without turning itself off

Excellent video, and thank you for including the pad measurements

Thank you mate. My Xbox I’ve had for years and I recently got into pc meaning now I keep my stuff cleaned and replace thermal paste etc so thank you brother!!!

I just bought a project scorpio edition Xbox, i was only planning on swapping out the hdd but now seeing this, i think ill also take the extra step and improve it a bit. Thanks

Did it today with your instructions, thank you so much, my xbox was in good shape inside but cleaned it out, upgraded the thermal paste and added an ssd and now its a super machine

The performance of my system was failing, and I noticed how hot the console was getting. Eventually the console crashed with an error E-105 and I found your video. I opened up my console and found that the thermal paste is like crust. Thank you so much for your video!

I have used this guide to try and help my Xbox One X and I think I might know why there seems to be some disagreements on the thickness of the thermal pads with some saying 1.5mm and others saying 2mm. I had some leftover 1.5mm thermal pads from Thermalright and tested to see if these would be thick enough for my Xbox One X which was made in 2017. To my surprise they were far too thin to fit, I was actually able to slide them under the gap while still on the clear plastic sheet they come on with the cooler attached as it would be when refitted as normal. I believe this is because the cooler design is slightly different compared to the one you have here which is from 2019, the copper area where the pads and paste contact is designed differently on the earlier units so this might be why some say 2mm is what you need. I did buy some 2mm pads and sure enough they fit very well and I even did a test where I applied the paste and put it all together as it should be and then a bit later took it back apart to see how well the spread was. The paste spread perfectly with the 2mm pads on the VRAM first without any additional squashing down and then again when I tried to see if perhaps it would be better if they were squashed which produced equally as good contact since really these pads are quite hard anyway. I was hoping that some artefacting issues I was having were caused by overheating or a bad HDD so I also used your guide to install an SSD which worked great but even after changing out the pads and paste I still got the artefacting issues. I believe it has simply gone bad from age and the problems only happen when a game uses enough VRAM to go into the area where one of the chips is bad. Smaller games like CTR Nitro Fueled work totally fine without issue and medium sized games like L.A. Noire only experience very mild to no issues, however GTA V is very bad with the APU clearly trying to load the game data into VRAM only to have most of it end up going bad. Sometimes it will load up seemingly fine but then some areas have wild artefacting that comes and goes seemingly at random, others it will load in with barely any of the map present and loads of sounds missing, followed shortly by a crash. So in conclusion I believe this thing where people are saying they used 2mm and it was fine is when they have an older production Xbox One X rather than a newer one like you have here which is what I have and found that 2mm is also better. Sadly of course I can't fully test this due to the dying VRAM but from the increased heat coming out the back clearly the new pads and paste helped a good amount and even after gaming for a few hours in L.A. Noire there was no change in the fan speed or heat output proving the die contact is still perfectly fine with 2mm pads.

Alright. I just ordered everything. Thank you for this video.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Anytime I would open any Call of Duty game, my Xbox One X fan would speed up and slow down and then speed up again and then shut off because of overheating. I followed this video step by step using Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut and Gelid Solutions GP-Ultimate 15W-Thermal Pads and my Xbox is quiet as a mouse.

THANK YOU FOR THIS!

Excellent content.

Hey, thank you for your video! One question: you used 1.5mm thick pads, but I am still not sure, if I should take 1.5 mm or soft 2 mm. I measured the old pads, where they are squished down and they are 1.5 to 1.6 mm. So wouldn't it be better to take 2mm thickness?

Thanks for the vid and links going to use this to fix my xbox

Good job. Had no problems following your guide.

First time doing it on an xbox, this video was extremely helpful.

Anyone have confirmation the 1.5mm pads make contact? Wanting to do this and no real info on 1.5mm vs 2mm with thermal grizzly's pad. Amazon reviews were good on the Xbox for both sizes.

that was awesome! thank you!

well done sir everything on point 👍

Thanks this worked great, my xbox is really quiet now!

hi, thank you for posting your videos, very helpful, I followed them re-pasting and swapping out HDD for SSD. One observation interpreting your MM max temps, all things being equal i would expect higher exit temps from a thermal transfer which has a higher efficiency between the CPU/GPU die & vram and the heat sink. My 1x had max temps around 58*C with fans on high, sounded like a hairdryer. After the replacing paste and pads Ive seen 71*C (Forza H 4 1440p 120Hz) with the fans hardly audible, higher than at idle which sees temps around 58*C as expected. I interpret that the MX-4 was least efficient with the lowest exit temp, also noting the ambient was higher.

very helpful guide thanks

Hi, Do you have the dimensions of the pads for the ps4 slim? I’m gonna do this operation on my Xbox one x and ps4 slim at the same time . Thanks for ur videos !

Great Job, nice video! greetings from Brazil!

Very helpful

very informative.

Would you say this is the same process for the series x with 1.5mm thermal pads? The warranty is about to be up on my console and I figured I should replaced the paste and pads just to keep it fresh

Awesome video quick question is it necessary to replace the pads? I have mine apart and the pads don’t look for feel too bad can they be re used? As long as I don’t touch or move them? Or now that I have them apart they will not contact correctly

my xbox is very loud when just playing a small game like minecraft, seriously, this guide helped alot

Great video! I have to open my Xbox every month, this only fixes the loud noises for a month, every time I open it the paste is almost gone from the middle and spread out, the little bit that remains on the chip is super liquidy. I’m tired of dealing with it and buying new thermal pastes every month so I’m probably gonna sell mine this month.

Can you upload a PDF file of the thermal pad measurement; great video!

Hi E&C, is there a difference between thermal pads and thermal "putty"? The xbox's use that sort of blue putty and I'm just curious if you think pads are better or the same? Also please do a video on thermal paste and pad replacement for the Xbox Series X!

Excellent video ! ! I have ordered 1TB SSD Samsung EVO 870 to update the drive and i will replace CPU paste and pads. I have Arctic MX-5 2021 Edition Thermal Paste and Arctic Thermal Pad 1.5mm , do you think these are okay?

One more question, on the Amazon link for thermorpad which one do i need? The (100 X 100 X 1,5mm) or another size? I will be attempt this based on your video!

Thanks, this helped.

Hello, great vieeo! Can i use 1mm thermal pads or 2 mm because i don't have 1.5mm pads.

Great video I would like to see the games running with this nvme

nice jobba i thought you were going to apply liquid metal for a second.

I asked my grandma if she can get me an Xbox one X with over heating problems Then asked my mother for the things I needed for repair This will help out so much, thank you!

Question. Why thermal pads and not paste on everything, or a thermal pad for the apu? Also, what kind of temp differences are we seeing by putting better thermal paste down? I know on pc, thermal paste is half the equation with good cooling, but afaik there are no liquid cooling options for the one x are there? I know it's a decent vapor chamber and heat pump, but I feel that performance could be enhanced even further by further reducing heat soak in the system with a good LC option, or perhaps modifying the case to accept a few HVLP 120mm fans. My one x is way out of warranty so that makes me wonder.

Great tutorial! Any links on a hdd sata cable replacement?

I’ve already applied thermal paste twice (Mx-4)... and at some point it overheated again - first after 6 months, now I’ve put the paste in January and today it overheated once again, every time I did what I’ve seen on other videos - just a tiny blob in the middle, should I just spread the paste all over the chip and/or replace the thermal pads too?

I have a question Can I use the Xbox one x thermal pads off the cooler and use it on the Xbox one x south bridge chip under the board ?

Hello, does anyone know if chip "C1330" is critical? Mine is gone. Note: it directly to the right of main ACU chip, bewtween ACU and the row of 5 tall chips

Good video! I recently changed the hdmi retimer chip my brothers xbox one x and changed the thermalpads with grizzly 1.5mm. When you mount the cooler on the motherboard with xclamp and screws you can see a small gap between the thermal pads and the ram. Have you noticed this? I guess when you reassemble the entire xbox it will compress the cooler against the board enough. But i have not checked. Are you sure that 1.5mm is enough?? The xbox seems to work fine though. Thanks!

Hi m8, is 1G of Thermal Grizzly - Kryonaut thermal paste enought for my sons Xbox One X.

Awesome video man, I have a question the you have this same process for the PS3 Slim?

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What size of Thermal Grizzly Thermal pads should I buy? 100 × 100 × 1,5 mm

Can you make a video like this for the PS4 Pro please? I like this video......

Hey! I followed your guide to the letter except I used Arctic TP-3 pads due to financial restrictions, spread the Arctic MX-4 paste and everything and my fan still blows like crazy and crashes during graphics heavy games, not sure if I did something wrong, or if it could be due to the fact that the heat sink seems to be a little jacked up from overheating, to the point that the Xbox logo on the chip shows up on the heat sink as well as what looks like putting or something . But all in all a very detailed and informative video!

Where can i get the boards of the xbox one x controller sync and the disc tray (if i wanted to replace them), I also want to replace the connecter og the cable comming for the side (which you disconnected in 1:19 time in this video )

This was a game changer. I did both the SSD upgrade from your other video and the thermal pads from this video. My games are loading so much faster with the SSD upgrade and it is so much quieter now after adding the thermal pads. Although, I am having one issue with some colors turning white. Not sure if it is related to the upgrade or not. Any help would be great

After I finished, press the power button, it turns on and off at the same time, what is the problem?

Hi, the Thermal Pad Cutting Scheme includes a pad for the Southbridge, but in the video, it is not shown. Do I need it?

When picking up the fan, there was a 2.5inch metal rail, with padding on the outside that fell onto the board. Looks like it could have been sitting on top of the hdmi ports, or on the edge of the copper part of the heat sink on that side, but I am not sure. Anyone else see one of these and know where it goes? Thanks.

I have no isopropyl alcohol and I was wondering if it’s ok to just leave the excess thermal paste on the side sitting.

Can you make a video on how to repaste and replace thermal pads on Xbox series s. A video that shows replacement of thermal pads on Xbox series s is in high demand.

Hello, one bag of thermal grizzly pads 100X100 1,5 mm is enough for one x?

Thank you. Can you make a video about Series X too?

What is the thickness of the heating pad suitable for Xbox One X?

Hi, I just order this can you please tell me if it’s correct? 1xArctic Cooling MX-4 High Performance Koelpasta 4g. 1xThermal Grizzly Minus Pad 8 heat sink compound - [TG-MP8-100-100-15-1R] Thank you

Is it okay to leave old thermal paste around the main chip, I don't want to damage those caps while trying to clean so is it okay to leave the paste on the caps but completely clean the chip surface? Would that make cooling a bit less efficient or it doesn't matter?

for the pads Thermal pads Grizzly minus Pad are they 2m or 3m? What one do i pick?

Can I use the regular alcohol sold in the pharmacy?

Hello and thank you for the guide. Can you please tell me if the fan from aliexpress is ok to buy? I would like to order one but I'm not sure of it's quality.

1.5mm is ok for all pads? including S and X series? I would love to do the same with my S series and add more quality to the dissipation, very good video, clear and direct, i subscribed :D

I actually had a t-10, still no t9 so i couldnt remove gpu screws for thermal replacement. Realized this after removing the top, luckily didnt bother remov 19 screws cuz the gpu or cpu whatever it is, requires a t9 for sure, the t10 not work there

I'm going to attempt this, would it be a waste of money to buy a new heatsink just to be safe?

Dude, I did it exactly as instructed you in the video. but after folding and turning on, the xbox logo lights up, the console beeps, then about 5 seconds it beeps again and turns off, the logo goes out. don't you know where the problem might be? HDMI port left during disassembly? I'm confused about it properly.

Is it an APU chip or would you say CPU cause it does have graphics from the southbridge chip?

Anyone have any idea where I can get replacement screws for the internals and what to look for? I accidentally wore down some of the screws with an old dodgy torx driver I have :(

thermal conductivity for pads the higher the better right?

Can you guys help why after replacing paste and pads the box is ventilating more as if it was from factory? Btw i ocured shut down due overheat after 2min of forza in menu. After that nothing. I puted enough paste and pads are squeezable.

Doesn't warmer air escaping in the back exhaust mean the thermal solution is working better?

Hello, 1.5mm tickness for thermalpads ? what conductivity i need ?

Can u help me with a issue when I play any game for it show me green screen in dell

Does it matter if the conductivity is 8w/mk or 12w/mk?

So what is the conclusion? 2 mm or 1.5 mm thermal pads is the better?

1,5mm thermal pad is ok, or better 2mm?

Does change the pads make much difference? I have a 2018 one x and changed the paste using a kryonaut but keep the green pad, i think the air output is okay because is hot but the fan is very noise on games. Do you think is possible that my pads are bad and overheating the chips causing the fan to be on full load?