Have you got a Hardware Problem on Your Xbox 360?
Has the 3 red light Ring of Death Stopped you from playing your Favourite Xbox 360 games?
I will tell you that your not alone, as it has happened to me a good Three times in 2 very short years. The first console lasted only 2 months from the date i bought it.
Which was ok because the game store just gave me a straight off replacement because it was still under warranty.
However, out of warranty its a right headache.
You can pay over $110 to Microsoft for a repair and you will have to wait 2-3 weeks for your console to come back.
From what I have heard, that when the repair was carried out, the Xbox 360 showed its 3 flashing red light's again after only a couple of weeks.
So what causes the Hardware failure on the Xbox 360?
The root cause for the ring of death is the design of the heat sinks, mainly the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit).
The GPU heat sink is just below the CD drive of the Xbox 360, and as such the heat sink is too small for the heat generated, Its only 10mm (3/8) High, Whereas the CPU (Central Processing Unit), is about 50mm (2) High and comes with a Liquid cooler!
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.
So the bottom line is that constant exposure to high temperatures cause the motherboard to warp slightly which causes cracking of some of the solder joints on the board. That then triggers Hardware failure and the 3 red lights show up on your Xbox 360.
After searching online for solutions for this problem, the only free solution was the Towel trick. You might have heard of it. The towel trick has worked for some people, but the Ring of Death Rears its ugly head again shortly afterwards.
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.
While most of the guides good offer explanations and step by step instructions, there are some guides that give you summarized information of the top guides out there.
To do the fix the 1st time myself did take the guts of 2 hours, and I have an electronic engineering degree! So how is someone who is not technically savvy, fix it in 30 minutes? So what I did was, create my very own web page to review the best guides, and give you my top 3.
For my top 3, click the link below.
I will tell you that your not alone, as it has happened to me a good Three times in 2 very short years. The first console lasted only 2 months from the date i bought it.
Which was ok because the game store just gave me a straight off replacement because it was still under warranty.
However, out of warranty its a right headache.
You can pay over $110 to Microsoft for a repair and you will have to wait 2-3 weeks for your console to come back.
From what I have heard, that when the repair was carried out, the Xbox 360 showed its 3 flashing red light's again after only a couple of weeks.
So what causes the Hardware failure on the Xbox 360?
The root cause for the ring of death is the design of the heat sinks, mainly the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit).
The GPU heat sink is just below the CD drive of the Xbox 360, and as such the heat sink is too small for the heat generated, Its only 10mm (3/8) High, Whereas the CPU (Central Processing Unit), is about 50mm (2) High and comes with a Liquid cooler!
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.
So the bottom line is that constant exposure to high temperatures cause the motherboard to warp slightly which causes cracking of some of the solder joints on the board. That then triggers Hardware failure and the 3 red lights show up on your Xbox 360.
After searching online for solutions for this problem, the only free solution was the Towel trick. You might have heard of it. The towel trick has worked for some people, but the Ring of Death Rears its ugly head again shortly afterwards.
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.
While most of the guides good offer explanations and step by step instructions, there are some guides that give you summarized information of the top guides out there.
To do the fix the 1st time myself did take the guts of 2 hours, and I have an electronic engineering degree! So how is someone who is not technically savvy, fix it in 30 minutes? So what I did was, create my very own web page to review the best guides, and give you my top 3.
For my top 3, click the link below.
About the Author:
John Devine has an Electronic Engineering Degree and is Passionate about Xbox 360 Gaming. Full Details of his Top Three are located here: The Xbox 360 Ring of death Fix
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