Hey all! I’ve had my Xbox series X for a year, it has always sat upright on my entertainment center. I just bought a house that the living room has a wood stove in it which is used to heat my house. Ever since we moved, when we start the wood stove the Xbox cannot run a game for more then 5 minutes without it running the error message for it being too hot. We have a large ceiling fan and a box fan moving hot air throughout the house from the living room, but the problem is not being fixed. I used computer duster to ensure the Xbox was sufficiently cleaned as well. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep the Xbox nice and cool on my entertainment center? I know those cooling docks are usually a scam, but I can’t run a game at all and I need to run my wood stove to keep my house warm all winter in Idaho.

    • LesbianSweater@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yea it’s not an ideal scenario. My son and wife use the Xbox as well so moving it from the living room would be a bummer. I have a series s in my bedroom but have the X out in the living room for everyone. I’m gonna give a good cleaning like the other commenter said and I hope that fixes it. The Xbox is about 13.5 feet from the wood stove and there is a couch in between them.

      Everything else works fine if the stove isn’t on at all. If it gets even a little warm in the room it cuts off. You mentioned some sensors that could be going off and that made sense to me. I hope it’s nothing too major and I can figure out what’s going on.

        • LesbianSweater@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I will move it tonight into my room and see if it can run starfield or battlefield 2042 without crashing…if 2042 ever runs normally anyways. When I do the cleaning of the inside I should be able to check out if any of the thermal paste is dry or if there is broken soldering. Will check back after I test it out and then do a deep clean of it.

          If it is the thermal paste or broken soldering how would I go about getting that fixed? I don’t think I’m tech savvy enough to fix stuff like that, but I’m great at following along to YouTube videos.

            • LesbianSweater@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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              1 year ago

              Fantastic. Thanks for the clarification and helping me out. I bought a little tech kit and some air duster do be able to take it apart tonight so I will update once I get in there and do some cleaning.