Friday, May 29, 2009

XBox 360 Red Circle of Death - Why? And How to Repair It

You are all set to play your favorite game and what do you see but the Xbox 360 red circle of death! Now, I know it is very frustrating, but don't go pulling out your hair or anything! Keep on reading to find that relief is in sight! You CAN repair it easily!

Of course, if your XBox 360 is still under warranty, then by all means, send your XBox to support to have them fix it. Unless you don't feel like waiting 4 weeks for it!

Ok, moving on. One of the main causes of the XBox 360 red circle of death is overheating due to a sub-adequate ventilation system and a lot of heat producing components put into a small area.

To help keep your XBox 360 is good condition and hopefully preventing the problem, place your XBox 360 on a stand by itself with lots of space around it for it to breathe. If you feel the box getting hot, you can try placing a fan near the Xbox and having it provide a constant breeze to help cool the XBox.

Now that you know that a main cause is overheating, you will most likely understand why the towel method is not a very good method to use. You don't want to fry your XBox 360! The towel method is where you wrap your XBox with a towel and let it overheat until the solder inside the XBox starts to melt to that any missed connections are reset. As you can imagine, that temperature can get pretty high.

What I recommend if you are suffering from the XBox 360 red circle of death and your XBox is out of warranty, is to get a good repair guide on this matter. This allows you to repair your own XBox and it can be done in under 2 hours!

If your XBox is still under warranty, I would not recommend these repair guides because opening your Xbox will void your warranty. But if you don't want to wait 4 weeks to get your XBox 360 back, then these repair guides are well worth it. They are safe and it is a permanent fix.

There are numerous guides out there and I have rated the top 5 at my site red-ring-of-death.com.

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