Has the 3 red light Ring of Death Brought Your Gaming Time to a grinding Halt?

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.

That was fine this time because the Guarantee was still there, and I was handed a new one by the Game shop.

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.

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.

So what causes the Hardware failure on the Xbox 360?

The core cause of the console’s Hardware failure lies in the Heat sink design, Primarily in 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!

The Elite model of the Xbox 360 has a slightly altered heat sink design of its predecessor. In the Elite model, the liquid cooling is on both CPU and GPU chips. So the Heat is uniform throughout and thus eliminates ‘hot spots’.

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.

I searched far and wide for a ‘free’ solution (towel trick) but ended up creating irreparable damage to my 360 and I had to live with a permanent 3 red lights, or as i like to call it, the Devil’s Halo!

As such, the nature of the internet being driven by money, if you wanted good reliable information, your going to have to pay for it. But at least I didn’t have to give any money to Microsoft, Again!

The guides available were countless, I didn’t think there would be so many. Having the fix done to your console takes Half an hour – say some guides. And some say two hours.

Some guides were very good and offered good explanations, but some were shortened versions of the real good guides.

When I got to do the fix for the first time, it took about two hours. And thats with a degree in electronics! So is a half an hour fix feasible for someone thats not technically minded? So I created a page that gives a proper honest opinion on what guide to use. Narrowed down to a choice of Three.

Click the Link below for my Top 3 repair guides.