Xbox Problems

After doing some research, I found that most people experience the "red ring of death" due to overheating. This can be caused by a number of things including:

1. Faulty motherboard component
2. Poor quality thermal paste on the heatsink
3. Bad power brick (oversupplying power to your system)
4. Manufacturing/application issue (solder joints, loose bga, etc.)
5. System airflow issue (ie you have your system set up where it can't get enough air to vent)

The last one is pretty preventable if you take a few precautions such as:

1. Never place your Xbox on the carpet (get it up on a stand or table)

2. Never place your Xbox in a closed cabinet when playing (open the doors and let out the heat)

3. Never stack your Xbox directly on top of other equipment (use shelving to separate each component in your system)

Basically your Xbox 360 wants you to keep it cool!

If you have read this far, I bet you are having Xbox problems yourself. Has that "red ring of death" stopped your game of Halo 3 cold? Let me ask you this, have you searched the net for a quick fix?

I bet you have run across some questionable "techniques" to fix your xbox. The one I like best is the "towel trick". I saw a video on Youtube where the guy wrapped 3 towels around his xbox and left it on and wrapped up for 20 min. Then it magically was fixed. I don't think the "red ring of death" is from the xbox being too cold. Not to mention that you could cause your console to overheat.

I'd stay away from this "fix"

Microsoft will take your unit back and replace it, but that will cost you $140.00 and thats even if you have the warranty. Not to mention the 6-8 weeks of downtime and the risk you take mailing the unit (lost or damaged parcel).

If your like me you searched the net and found a ton of authors who wrote reports on how to fix the "red ring of death". I sure did, but I wasn't sure which one, if any was worth the money. Then I found this cool site here that reviewed the top 4 selling reports. It was nice to compare them all. I went with the 4th one and got my console up and running pretty fast. The videos were really helpful and easy to understand.

Click Here to visit the free review site