Wednesday, August 12, 2009

How To Fix Red Ring of Death


By Georgia J. Barton

In the midst of playing your favorite action games and in an instant, all of a sudden, your Xbox 360's red lights started flashing and in your guts there is a sudden panic in you as you also know about Xbox Red Ring of Death problems and you could not believe it falls on you. But do not worry, it only means extra actions from you and I will guide you along with it, read on to find out more.

If your game system is flashing four red rings, all you need to do is to just switch it off, unplug the power supply and wait for it to cool for awhile. Also make sure that the area around your Xbox 360 have good air flow to circulate around to cool the your machine faster. Xbox 360 tends to get over heated more over PS3 or Nintendo Wii.

Prepare for the worse if you saw your Xbox 360 game console freeze up in the middle of your game session, it can be a symptom for Red Ring of Death.

There are so many Xbox 360 self repair fix on the internet and one very famous method is the towel method where you turn off your Xbox 360 and then cover it with towels from top to bottom and wait for 15 minutes. This is basically a cooling technique. If this works, it is only temporary. But my advice to you is not to try this method as it might harm your machine then helping your problems.

If you have registered with your Xbox 360 online after your purchase, then you are fine. All you need to do is to call up the service hotline and they will help you out, do standby with the serial number of your Xbox 360 as the service team will ask for it. The serial number can be found on the back of your machine, in total of 12 numbers.

Many people still do not know that 3 red ring of death means that your Xbox 360 have a hardware problem and there are a couple of solutions to fix it.

Very simple, first you will need to look for the power supply button light, if it is green in color, means that you have a hardware problem. If the light is orange or red, faster unplug the power socket off the power point and then switching the Xbox set back on again. If you still see 3 red lights flashing, you will need to send in your set back to Xbox support.

After contacting Xbox support, you will be sent a mailing mail or a box for you to place your Xbox set inside and this box will reach you in about five to seven days depending on your location. Thereafter you will need to wait for about four to eight weeks before the Xbox set is being sent back to you. If you set is being diagnosed with red ring of death, even if it is out of warranty, Xbox support team will still fix it for you.

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