by James J. Stevens

You are in the middle of a very exciting game, your favorite game of COD 5, Halo 3 or even Left 4 Dead and just in a split second, in a sudden your Xbox 360 started flashing the three red ring of death in front of you and there is an immediate panic in you. Many people had already known that having red lights flashing on your Xbox 360 system it means troubles or even severe problem with their system. For your information, if you met 4 red lights flashing, it only means that the system needs to be cooled but if you have 3 red lights flashing, that’s a brand new matter altogether which requires more actions from you. It actually indicates a serious problem but not to worry too much, read on and follow through and I will guide you along to save your Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death.

Upon sightings of 4 red lights flashing from your Xbox 360 console, just ensure there is sufficient space for smooth air flow to cool your Xbox game console and turn your set back on again once it’s cooled.

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.

First, look at the lights on your power supply. If the light is green, you have a hardware problem. If the light is orange or red, unplug the power supply from your outlet, and then plug it back in. At this point you will need to check the power supply light again, if it is still green and your Xbox 360 is still flashing red lights, you will need to send your machine back to Xbox support for repair provided the warranty is still valid.

A mailing mail or a box will be send to you which takes about 5 to 7 days for you to send the game system back for repair. You will have to wait for about 4 - 8 weeks before getting your Xbox 360 back. After they had diagnosed your Xbox 360 and found that it suffers from the 3 Red Ring of Death, they will fix support will repair it for you even if your system is out of warranty.

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