This article is about how somebody as technologically inept as me learned how to fix red ring of death on Xbox 360.
How it Happened
I was playing my favorite game on Xbox 360, Halo 3, when I got the red ring of death. I thought the cord from the Xbox to the TV had come loose somehow.
So I reconnected everything and then tried the console again. Still 3 red lights. I wasn't sure what was going on.
My Call to Microsoft
The first thing I did, after my panic attack (the system cost $300), was call Microsoft help service. I got some foreign outsourced call center and tried to explain to the guy what was going on. He tried walking me through all kinds of troubleshooting steps, like make sure a game is in the console, make sure all the cords are hooked up, and make sure you have batteries in your controller. All I could think about is, I'm not great with technical stuff, but I'm not an idiot. I continued to try to explain that the cords were all hooked up right, but the system just kept flashing 3 red lights at me.
Finally he told me I'd have to ship it off to Microsoft for repair. I asked how much that would set me back and he told me it was $140.
My Alternative Idea
At first I got very depressed. I don't have that kind of money to just throw around. I thought I was going to have to ship my Xbox 360 back to Microsoft, pay the fee plus shipping, and wait weeks to get it back.
I decided to do some online research and found that you can fix red ring of death on Xbox 360 yourself. I decided I'd give it a try.
After working on the console an hour, taking it apart, and reinforcing a part called the X-clamp, I crossed my fingers and turned the console on. I was shocked when it worked. More shocked that a technical illiterate could fix his Xbox 360.
Before you ship your console off to Microsoft, I'd advise having a look at some of the alternative methods of fixing red ring of death on Xbox 360.
I just did a Google search for "Xbox 360 repair guides". 5,730,000 results came up!
How do you know which guides really work?
Learn How to Fix Red Ring of Death on Xbox 360 exactly like me.
Find the same repair guide that got me back to playing Halo 3 at http://www.3-RedLightFix.info
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