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Fix your Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death: is it worth the hassle

By: Peter Chubb | January 10, 2008 | 4 Comments

Fix your Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death

Here we have found a video of just how easy it is to fix your Red Ring of Death on your Xbox 360; however some people have stated that you need to be able to know what you are doing before you attempt the fix. This small warning kind of puts you off a bit.

Normally if you get those three red lights, then you know that your Xbox 360 has got a hardware failure so normally you just give Microsoft a ring and hopefully they will fix the problem for free.

The thing is when watching this video I just can’t understand why anyone will want to do it as you have the three year warranty from Microsoft. And the moment you open up your Xbox 360, does that not void the warranty.

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  • Mike

    “And the moment you open up your Xbox 360, does that not void the warranty.”

    Yes and doesn’t constantly trying to promote Sony’s PS3 and constantly writing hit pieces on the 360 void your posisition as a ‘Product Review’ web site?

    Don’t bother trying to answer, it was a rhetorical question same as yours, although mine wasn’t aimed at trolling for my favorite electronics company.

  • elias

    well this what i did i took my xbox apart unclip the heat sink and alll then got rid of the thermal grease and add new greas after that i got two copper pennnie rapt with tape put them under the clip and then i put the clip back with the copper pennie it was very tight after that i plug in the 360 and still gave me a death ring ocourse it will, so i stand on top of the heat sink both of them while it was on blinking red light after that i let it cool for 2hrs after that i turned it back on and it work but heres the thing it work for a week untill it got the death ring but the worst thing i fried the resistor on the side of the cpu i replaced it and i did it again it started to work for 2 weeks but my quistion is would it work and how long did ur xbox last and did u put thermal grease and how cool was the xbox and was there any sideaffect after u fix the 360 how long would it stay on cause i did so many things to my xbox to stay cool and to work agian right now it gave out on me it got the death ring wich iam tiered of fixxing it

  • http://www.jacksonville.com/interact/blog/timkhann/2009-06-24/fix_xbox_360_red_ring xbox360redring

    I got my Xbox 360 in December of 2007. I only play on the weekends (except during the summer) and when I play, I play for only an hour and then I let it rest. I usually do not start playing again until 30 minutes or more of letting it cool down. With this playing schedule, is there a chance that I will get the infamous Red Ring of Death?

  • http://www.threeredlightsfix.com Paul

    There is so much written about this error it is unbelivable. Mike is right as soon as you open up the case you do void the warranty.

    Although saying that the fix is really quite easy to do as long as you get some good quality video to help you out.

    Basically it works off the principle of stopping the heat build up on the chips and once you do this you will be back in the game in no time!

    Of course if you are really worried about doing this then you should send it in I suppose.