fix my xbox 360

Xbox 360 3 Red Light Error - Finally a Repair

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 | PPC Classroom 2.0 | No Comments

The Xbox 360 has a lit ring which is nothing but the power button and the lights surrounding the power button. The lights are programmed to blink according the running conditions of the system. The lights are ordered in a quadratic circle manner as a thin ring surrounding the power button. The lights blink either in green or red depending upon the shape. Also the device is built to show error messages on the screen when any problems occur within the console. Basically the codes are shown in an alphanumeric fashion. The light flashes in green color when your system runs without any problem. But, in case any error occurs it turns to red in color. Apart from this the number of lights glowing during an error also shifts. There may be 1, II, III or 4 lights glowing according to the situation.

Repairing

The gaming device can be repaired in II ways. One is by giving the systemto the Microsoft Xbox 360 Fix service headquartersor else repairing it by your own. Free repair is provided by Microsoft for those consoles which are under warranty period. But, for others fixing is charged. One more draw back here is that you need to wait for up to three months to get your systemback and hence you can’t even see your console for the next III months. Few suggest a method called towel wrapping. This is done to ensure that the weak solder joints in the motherboard gets melted and gets fixed properly when you wrap a towel around the systemand made it to run for an hour. But Xbox experts say that by performing this kind of technique will damage the pieces in the mere future.

Simple Way To Fix:

The simple and the simplest method to repair this problem is by fixing the system by your own. For this you need to watch some clips from the internet which gives you a step by step instruction to fix the console. The main point is that you need to remove the X clamp from the motherboard that supports the heat sinks. After which the heat sinksare repaired back in their correct positions with the help of a screw and blot. This ensures that your processor gets enough air and gets cooled naturally. The main advantage in this Xbox 360 Repair method is that you can do the repairing work within one or two hours so that it gets ready on the same day and you can start playing your favorite game.

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