I fell In To The Burning ‘Ring of Fire’! (XBox Repair Please)!!
by Henda2 on Sep.06, 2009, under General
There is pretty much universal agreement in the XBox 360 gaming community of both the popularity and superior feature of the XBox 360. Since Microsoft’s launch of the XBox 360, the crazy cool games have kept coming on a regular basis.
It is also pretty well known inside the XBox 360 gaming community that all is not perfect. Since the release of the initial model of the X360, the gaming unit has been plagued by what has become commonly known as the “Xbox 360 3 Red Lights” problem (aka “the Red Ring of Death”). When the game you’re playing freezes and you see 3 flashing red lights on the front of your XBox console, you know you’ve been struck by this problem.
This most likely means a hardware failure has occurred inside the XBox, usually because of overheating. When you overheat inside the XBox, you know you will have some damage to the internal components. This is what causes the 3 Red Light Error.
If you let your XBox cool down for an hour or so then power it back up and you still have 3 flashing red lights, you’ll know the damage is probably permanent. The first thing to try is to power off the XBox 360 and let it cool down. If when you power it back up you still see the 3 flashing red lights, you’re probably in need of a 3 red lights repair job.
Although it may seem complicated at first, repairing your XBox yourself is really not that difficult. If you don’t mind prying open your XBox console, using the downloadable 3 Red Light Fix found here will get you on your way to gaming again quicker than any other option available. The biggest advantage of buying a guide and fixing your console yourself? You will be back to gaming in a fraction of the time it would take to send it out for repair! Of this, I am positive.
