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When my Xbox gave me the dreaded "red ring of death", I knew I was in trouble. Being a Xbox addict I wanted to fix it quick. There are lots of sites that promise you a fix. I found a really cool site that breaks down all the ebooks and reviews them.

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Possible Causes Of My 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!

How Do I Fix My Xbox Problems?

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.

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Xbox Problems

Red Ring Of Death

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    Croc9429 Sep 29, 2009 @ 6:16 pm | delete
    Ive had my xbox 360 for over 3 yrs, and i went to turn it on and my hdtv screen says "not supported." Any experience with this?? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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    redringofdeath Apr 6, 2009 @ 6:58 am | delete
    I liked your lens it was very informative , I have written my own xbox 360 red ring of death issue lens , click the link to read mine.
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    Skiptsta95 Dec 25, 2008 @ 10:41 am | delete
    Hey could you guys help me i got my xbox today and when i went to play it it worked but then when i went to save on my 60Gb hard drive it said there was no storage device connected so can you guys help
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    Xx-Ta-cC Oct 1, 2008 @ 11:48 pm | delete
    hey i was wondering if you guys could help me with this problem...my Xbox been working fine until the other day when i turn on my Xbox and the only thing i saw was lines of dots on my screen...i could hear my Xbox booting up but i couldn't see anything, I thought i was having problems with my cords so i unplug and replug everything but that didn't help...Some of my friends say that, that has happen to them before but all they got to do was turn off and turn back on the Xbox and the problem was gone...But for some reason my Xbox is still showing me lines of dots running across my screen...any advice would be very much appreciated
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    Murray98 Apr 3, 2008 @ 3:09 pm | delete
    My Xbox died last night, found your site very helpful. I almost did the towel trick, think I'll try your recommendation instead. Thanks

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