How I Fixed My Xbox 360's Red Ring of Death

How I Fixed My Xbox 360's Red Ring of Death

My console almost cost me another $300 but I found a repair guide that saved my wallet and my Xbox and now it is yours to use also! I am going to tell you how my Xbox 360 broke and was fixed in a few days in this article.


Day One
I was just playing some Halo 3 and talking to friends on Xbox Live when my system starting making strange noises that I had never heard before. I continued to play but soon after my Xbox crashed and turned off. I was able to just turn it back on but this puzzled me.

Day Two
While watching some videos I downloaded at the Xbox Live Martketplace my Xbox 360 froze. I turned it back on and resumed watching but it happened again. I figured it was just overheated so I let it cool off and tried again after about an hour or so and everything was fine.

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My RROD Xbox Fix

I bet you wish you'd prepared for this moment, when you're Xbox gives you the red lights of death RROD.

You knew it was coming I know I did, my mates had told me I play way too much to avoid it. And now I too had been struck down by RROD, the infamous Xbox 360 red rings of death!

I'd also been told it would cost me $140 dollars to ship my beloved Xbox to somewhere in Texas, near the Mexico border, where Microsoft will repair it and return it in 3 -8 weeks!

I wish I had taken the advice to let the game cool down for 15 minutes every couple of hours, but when your waist deep in bodies playing " Call of Duty" that's never going to happen.

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So what's the problem; and can I discover a RROD Xbox fix?

Right from its launch the Xbox 360 has had heat related problems causing the numerous errors, e74 and other 'e' codes, and all the 1 red ring, 2 red rings, 3 red rings and 4 red rings of death (RROD). 90% of all RROD and e74 errors can be traced to the design flaw of the Xbox x-clamps that hold the CPU & GPU to the heatsinks. Being made of soft metal the x-clamps bend through heat, and bend the motherboard with them. So breaking the soldered contacts with CPU & GPU processors, and so causing the infamous Xbox red rings of death / RROD.

So should you take on a RROD Xbox fix?

I was scared of trying to open my Xbox and possibly doing irreparable damage. I know absolutely nothing of motherboards, heatsinks, CPU's, GPU's, x-clamps, and all the other stuff that makes up an Xbox 360. I also don't have any special tools or knowledge of how to use anything more complicated than a screwdriver or hammer (I'm really good with a hammer!). I'm no technician, and I'd heard of people trashing their Xbox by trying to solder broken connections or other hair brain Xbox fix's.

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