Xbox 360 3 Red Lights Guides Review

Now I know that this may seem a little too little too late. But this is the first thing that we want to try to get your Xbox 360 working again. When you place your hand on your Xbox 360 it may be unusually hot.

The 3 red lights on an Xbox 360 is caused by extreme overheating of the system. Microsoft employed an very inefficient cooling system that results in the inside of the console reaching extreme temperatures.

So you should try to prevent this overheating problem from occurring. To do this you should be sure not to play your system for extened periods of time without rest.

Yes, I know good luck with that right? I mean come on that is why you bought the dang thing. Four, 5 or 6 hour marathons is nothing for a hardcore gamer. Why, that is only about 2 or 3 seasons on Madden. Yes I have been guilty of this too.

But with the way that the Xbox 360 is currently designed you can not play it this way. You have to take breaks and let it cool off for an hour or so after a couple of hours of playing.

The goods news, though, is if you do decide to fix the overheating problem on your Xbox 360 using the guide that I recommend below you should not have this problem and can play for longer periods of time.

Next, you want to ensure that their is proper ventilation surrounding your Xbox 360. Make sure there are not a bunch of magazines, books or other things blocking the ventilation in the system. Be sure not to place the Xbox 360 on a rug as that tend to overheat it as well.

After you have tried to prevent overheating to no avail the next thing that you want to do is to check your warranty. Microsoft has extended the warranty to 3 years to cover the Xbox 360 3 red lights error and the E74 error.

So if your system is still under warranty then you will probably want to send it to them and let them deal with the hassle of fixing the problems that they created.

There are a few things that you want to keep in mind though when sending your console to Microsoft.

• Shipping Charges. You are responsible for paying for the packaging and shipping of the material including the shipping charges. So be sure to pack your system carefully to keeping it from becoming damaged during transit.


• Wait Time. There will be a wait time to receive your console back. The time varies but could be a week or up to 2 months.


• Out of Warranty. Be sure that your system is still in fact under warranty. If it is not you could be hit with a $140 minimum charge for repairing your system.


• Receipt or Proof of Purchase. In order to utilize your warranty you must have the receipt or proof of purchase.


• Original Purchaser. The warranty is only good for the original purchaser of the system. So if you bought a used Xbox 360 from a third party (Ebay, Electronics Store, someone you know) then your warranty may not be accepted. Not sure how strict they are in enforcing this but it is a requirement.

So you have tried to keep your system from overheating. You have also checked your system warranty. If you do not meet the warranty stipulations or you just don't feel like paying for shipping, waiting to have your system repaired, or the possibility of the 3 red lights problem happening again (a very common occurrence actually) then you can repair your console yourself.

First please note that when you open your console your warranty will be voided. Probably don't mean a hill of beans to you at this point since you probably can't utilize the warranty anyway.

So, to repair your system, the best thing to do is to get a step by step guide with videos that walks you through the process of fixing your Xbox 360. There are a lot out there with 3 being the most popular.

The 3 most popular Xbox 360 3 Red Light Guides are

• Xbox 360 3 Red Light Fix Pro Repair Edition


• Xbox 3 Red Light Fix Repair Guide


• Xbox 3 Red Light Fix by Chris Jones

To find the best guide I bought all three of them. I watched every video, read every pdf file and all of the online files. I did all of this more than once to make sure that I was giving each guide a fair review.

What I found was that all of the guides will more than likely help you to repair your Xbox 360. However, there was one that was much better than the rest.

I ranked the guides according to the following criteria.

• Clear Instructions. Is the guide step by step? How organized is it? Does it assume prior knowledge?


• Video Quality.How visually clear are the videos? Are the views unobstructed and easy to see? Conveniently streamed or must be downloaded?


• Ease of Repair.How easy is the actual repair? Can anyone do it?

So ultimately, after judging all of the guides according to the categories above the clear winner was the Xbox 360 3 Red Light Fix Pro Repair Edition.

This guide had the best video quality with vocal instructions throughout. The membership website was very organized and everything was completely step by step. Also the videos were streamed so you could watch them anywhere and did not have to take up space on your computer with huge video files.