He ended up replacing it with a standard ATX power supply. Follow along for all of the details. For anyone who is having problems with their Xbox 360 power supply, or who (like me) have managed to ...

The power supply blows air over the CPU ... but to place all the connectors directly on the motherboard. Prior to the ATX, only the keyboard connector was attached to the motherboard.

All except its low-end series use the ATX 3.1 and PCIe 5.1 standards ... all with dual 12v 2x6 connectors and modular cables. These power supplies use Japanese capacitors, Infineon CoolMOS ...