Has the Xbox 360 Impeded You playing Your Top games because of the 3 red light Ring of Death?
3 times in 2 years the Xbox 360 has given me the 3 flashing red light wink of doom. Once was a little over 2 months after the Console was purchased.
But it was somewhat of a relief because the very nice people at the Game store Replaced the console without the need to send it back. Due to the fact that it was covered by the warranty.
But when the Guarantee time expires, It can be quite costly.
There is a cost of over $100 to send your console back to Microsoft, plus a cost of two weeks valuable, Game downtime.
I have also heard a couple of reports, that the Red Ring of Death appeared shortly after The repaired Xbox 360 console, came back from Microsoft.
What is the Exact cause of the Dreaded Three Red light problem?
The main reason the 3 red light occurs is because of the overall design of the console. Especially in the heat sinks and especially the one for the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit).
The Optical disk drive is above the GPU, and because of this, the heat made by the GPU is far greater than the heat sink can take in order to maintain an optimal temperature throughout the console.
Microsoft, in the Elite changed the design slightly so that the liquid cooling extends to the GPU Which keeps the temperature Uniform between the GPU and the CPU and therefore decreases overall temperature that the system operates at.
In summation, that prolonged exposure to high temperature's cause the motherboard to warp slightly, which in turn, cracks the lead free solder on the joints of the Xbox 360's components. this then generate's a system fault in the form of 3 flashing red lights.
The only free solution was the towel trick, but that can be even more problematic as it makes the warping even worse, and creates irreparable damage to the already weakened solder joints. I unfortunately, experienced this first hand.
As always with the Internet, if you want good reliable information you have to pay for it.
I stumbled upon countless guides out there. Some claiming to fix the Xbox 360 in 30 minutes and some up to 2 hours.
Some guides out there are summarized garbage with steps missing. But I wanted a guide that had the simplest explanation and no technical jargon. (and if there is any, its explained to you).
So being a lover of computer games and having an Electronic Engineering degree, I decided to take action and review the top 6 selling guides out there and I narrowed them down to a Top 3.
Visit the link below to reveal the top three available on the Web. - 16039
3 times in 2 years the Xbox 360 has given me the 3 flashing red light wink of doom. Once was a little over 2 months after the Console was purchased.
But it was somewhat of a relief because the very nice people at the Game store Replaced the console without the need to send it back. Due to the fact that it was covered by the warranty.
But when the Guarantee time expires, It can be quite costly.
There is a cost of over $100 to send your console back to Microsoft, plus a cost of two weeks valuable, Game downtime.
I have also heard a couple of reports, that the Red Ring of Death appeared shortly after The repaired Xbox 360 console, came back from Microsoft.
What is the Exact cause of the Dreaded Three Red light problem?
The main reason the 3 red light occurs is because of the overall design of the console. Especially in the heat sinks and especially the one for the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit).
The Optical disk drive is above the GPU, and because of this, the heat made by the GPU is far greater than the heat sink can take in order to maintain an optimal temperature throughout the console.
Microsoft, in the Elite changed the design slightly so that the liquid cooling extends to the GPU Which keeps the temperature Uniform between the GPU and the CPU and therefore decreases overall temperature that the system operates at.
In summation, that prolonged exposure to high temperature's cause the motherboard to warp slightly, which in turn, cracks the lead free solder on the joints of the Xbox 360's components. this then generate's a system fault in the form of 3 flashing red lights.
The only free solution was the towel trick, but that can be even more problematic as it makes the warping even worse, and creates irreparable damage to the already weakened solder joints. I unfortunately, experienced this first hand.
As always with the Internet, if you want good reliable information you have to pay for it.
I stumbled upon countless guides out there. Some claiming to fix the Xbox 360 in 30 minutes and some up to 2 hours.
Some guides out there are summarized garbage with steps missing. But I wanted a guide that had the simplest explanation and no technical jargon. (and if there is any, its explained to you).
So being a lover of computer games and having an Electronic Engineering degree, I decided to take action and review the top 6 selling guides out there and I narrowed them down to a Top 3.
Visit the link below to reveal the top three available on the Web. - 16039
About the Author:
John Devine is from Ireland and has an Electronic Engineering Degree and an Avid Xbox 360 gamer. Full Information of his Top 3 are found here: Fix Your Red Ring of Death here
