Ashish K Arora

Fix Xbox 360 Freezing up Problem

The GPU (which is on the motherboard) comes loose as the motherboard heats up. As the motherboard heats up it begins to vibrate. These vibrations loosen the soldering holding the GPU in place, and every time it comes loose you get your Xbox 360 freezing up.

Xbox 360 freezing up is a general problem. Internet says, Around 1 million people are facing with Xbox 360 freezing up problem. Microsoft announced in July 2007 that 5% of all gaming consoles sold are failing and the rest have a chance of failure.

If you need some help regarding Xbox 360 freezing up problem, and would like to repair your Xbox 360 once and for all, this article will tell you the exact steps.

The cause of Xbox 360 freezing up

Your green lights will turn into 3 red lights that begin flashing when your GPU (graphics processing unit) comes loose. The GPU (which is on the motherboard) comes loose as the motherboard heats up. As the motherboard heats up it begins to vibrate. These vibrations loosen the soldering holding the GPU in place, and every time it comes loose you get your Xbox 360 freezing up.

This article will help you with Xbox 360 freezing up and overheating, but before you do anything, know this: the towel fix you may have read about is bogus. It will damage your Xbox 360 and make the problem worse. 94% of red light error Xbox 360s does not need new parts, just a little tweak to fix them.

If you use the "towel" fix, you might risk permanent damage and you may no longer be able to repair your Xbox 360 freezing up on your own (you will need to send it in for repairs for sure). You have been warned.

Whatever you do, don't do anything. Xbox 360 freezing up will not go away on its own. Once you get Xbox 360 freezing up, you will keep getting the 3 flashing red lights until you fix your system.

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