subject: Dealing With Your Xbox 360 Freezing Problem [print this page] If you play your console for any length of time, you will encounter an Xbox 360 freezing problem. Thousands upon thousands of Xbox users have freezing problems. Freezing problems were finally acknowledged in July 2007 by Microsoft as they let the public gaming community know that at least 5% of the systems were experiencing this. To fix your Xbox 360 freezing problems read on.
The most probable reason behind your Xbox 360 freezing problem is overheating. A loosened motherboard and GPU connection causes green console lights to turn red and flash all as a result of overheating of your Xbox system. If the message sent through the console lights is ignored, the motherboard will eventually begin to vibrate. Xbox 360 freezing problems occur as the motherboard continues to vibrate and loosens the joints holding the GPU to the motherboard.
Damage done from overheating and successfully dealing with Xbox 360 freezing problems is laid out for you in this article. Placing a towel around your hot console is commonly done by gamers to fix Xbox 360 freezing problems. Only further damage to your console will result if you do this. Your only solution will be Microsoft if you continue to use this fix and will not get a chance to repair the system yourself. Some slight adjustments are all that need to be made to the inside of the console to fix overheating damage. I would not proceed without learning which parts need to be adjusted. A good repair guide will walk you through the steps to fix the Xbox 360 freezing problem yourself. Surfing the internet for a good repair guide will yield many good results. This portion of more detailed steps from a good repair guide are listed below to show you how approaching the repair without proper guidance might not be the smartest thing to do. Xbox 360 freezing problems can be fixed by following a complete step by step instruction guide located within your repair guide.
Instructions to Repair You Xbox 360 Freezing Problems
To fix your Xbox 360 freezing problems yourself you will follow some steps something like the following:
1. Take off the system case. Small rectangle holes and a grey hole should be poked by a fine tipped instrument to remove the faceplate.
2. Carefully remove the faceplate and lift the DVD drive latch.
3. Examine beneath the plastic case to find a metal one that needs to be removed.
4. You will want to remove the cables and the DVD drive.
5. Disconnection and removal of the fan and motherboard needs to be done.
6. Remove the clamp underneath the motherboard and the large silver slitted heat sink. It is X-shaped and only needs the corners popped off.
7. The GPU and CPU need to be exposed by simply removing the silver heat sink.
8. The GPU should have Arctic silver thermal put on it and left to work its magic for 15 minutes.
9. The heat sink cannot be placed back on the motherboard without the nylon washers on its screws.
10. Find the screws sticking out of the motherboard and place nylon washers on them.
11. Reunite the motherboard and the heat sink by inserting the screws and tightening them.
12. To finish the repair all you need to do is work the removal process in reverse.
13. Start playing your games without worrying about 360 freezing problems.
There should be no more Xbox 360 freezing problems if the repair steps were followed correctly. Using a good repair guide and choosing the right one like that of James Dean's Xbox 360 3 Red Light can be a part of your successful self-repair journey while saving money and time by doing it yourself.
