subject: Xbox 360 Fix - How to Fix the Red Ring of Death [print this page] Xbox 360 Fix - How to Fix the Red Ring of Death
Lets assume that your xbox 360 simply quit on you and youneed someone to show you how to fix the red ring of death. At this point you might think that your best bet is to send it over to microsoft for them to sort it out. You are now wellaware that there are more people now who have seriously sad storiesabout not getting their consolesback even after 3 months. They even had to pay $140 to cover costs.
I really do not think that there is anything more serious than my system crashing on me right in the middle of playing Call of Duty IV Modern Warfare 2 online with friends. A buddy of mine has this problem alot, except it has happened to me too.
I knew microsoft could fix my xbox 360 but when i called them they made me aware that my warranty expired, andas a result i needed to pay beyond $140 in order to ship it and for them to repair it. And on top of that it would take up to 3 months ingetting a response back.
During my ordeal i started to realize that there were helpful hints i could follow to ensure the long life of my xbox 360.
Helpful Tips to Prevent The Red Ring of Death
1) Its ok to store the xbox 360 inside a closed place like a shelf, except during gameplay you must take it out into the open so that it canget some cool air to avoid it from crashing.
2) The power brick is one of the culprits that may be responsible for overheating your xbox 360 thereforeyou haveto make sure that it is off the ground. This will allow cool air to enter the vents and circulate.
3) Getting cool air inside your xbox 360 is crucial so if you have a fan or anything else that can blow in constant cool air into it you could use it. The fans inside the console do not handle the job well enough so you may possibly help with that by also blowing away dust that has settled inside your unit.
Sometimes the fixes above don't work and that probably means that your console problem is more advanced than amere overheating problem, and that was the case with mine so i needed a guide to show me how to fix the red ring of death. Subsequently, imade a decision to test out 3 of the leading xbox 360 fix guides that i happened to find and i realised that only one of them was actually able to help me fix my system injust under2hrs from start to finish and i was blown away. I have no more problems and i was able to fix thexbox 360 red ring of death.
