Fixing The Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death

When Microsoft was first producing the xbox 360 consoles, they wanted to keep production costs down in order to meet the high demand for the console at the time they released it. Therefore, they made a couple of the console parts with lower grade materials. Also, due to the small footprint of the xbox 360 console, it is not large enough to contain enough cooling devices to cool down the processor. This all lead to overheating and damaging of the inferior prts used in the consoles.

Within one year of release the console to the public, Microsoft realized they had a major problem. The low quality materials they used were not heat-shielded and were breaking apart inside due to overheating. Microsoft had to extend the warranty of the Xbox 360 to 3 years due to these problems. About 1 in 3 or 33% of the original Xbox 360 consoles will get the red ring of death. Another 6% of the newer Xbox 360 consoles will also get the infamous red ring of death. An Xbox 360 that has been fixed by Microsoft is not guaranteed not to get the ring of death again, and many people have had to send their Xbox several times or more to be fixed!

1. Make sure it is placed in an area with well ventilation.
2. Try not playing it for more than 3 hours at a time. Try giving it 45 minutes breaks so it completely cools down before playing again.
3. Make sure that the ventilation holes are not blocked and that the console is not placed on a carpet.
4. Turn it off when you're not using it.
5. Keep the console in a horizontal position. While it can be placed vertically it can dissipate heat better it's placed horizontally.

1. First you should restart your xbox 360 console. Then you should turn it off and unplug all the cables and then plug them all back in. Do that with the power cable as well. Then try starting it up again and see if the red ring of death is gone.

2. If that did not fix the problem, remove the hard drive and turn it on.

3. As a last attempt, check the power supply light. It should always be green even if you have the red ring of death.

If you are unlucky enough to get the three red lights, you will either have to send it off to Microsoft to be fixed, or fix it yourself.

Many websites promote the act of turning on your xbox 360 and wrapping it in a towel. This will cause the console to overheat and melt the soldered connections. This sometimes works and if it does and it will only work for a few days. You will have the problem again and redoing the step above might not work since you already melted the solder down and the solder might be too low to catch on again.

There are other sites which give instructions on how to solder the joints in your xbox 360 console. This is something that I recommend as it is a better fix. It will fix the problem permanently. However you must be careful. This website that I am going to link you to offers a great video tutorial on how to fix the problem.

The person who runs the website has fixed thousands of xbox 360's that have had the red ring of death. All have been repaired successfully and he has created a video series that promises to fix your red ring of death. He offers 100% guarantee or you will be refunded 100% Check out the website: Xbox 360 3 Red Light Fix