Ashish K Arora

Xbox 360 red ring of death Errors: Facts and Myths

There is a myth that to fix red ring of death errors by wrapping your Xbox 360 up in a towel and leaving it on!

There is a myth that to fix red ring of death errors by wrapping your Xbox 360 up in a towel and leaving it on! DO NOT DO THIS! may damage your system, and while it may work for a little bit, it is going to break PERMANENTLY. It's like putting vegetable oil in your cars gas tank, sure it may run for a block but you have just ruined you car for a 2 minute trip! Don't break your system---completely, avoid the "towel fix".

What do the red light errors mean?

• 1 light means you have had general hardware failure. If you to send it in to get it repaired, without a warranty this costs $140. Not to mention it can take up to a month for you to get your system back. Keep reading to learn how you can fix it yourself at home.

• 2 lights mean your console is over heating---TURN IT OFF NOW TO AVOID SERIOUSLY DAMAGING YOUR SYSTEM!

• 3 lights also mean general hardware failure.

• 4 lights simply mean there is a problem with the AV cable. Check the connection and replace if necessary.

Shocking facts about your Xbox 360:

• Microsoft admitted that the first 11.6 million Xbox 360s sold had "a design flaw that could cause the device to fail"---this flaw was the LSI heat sink. They made is small in order to accommodate the DVD drive. The heat sink keeps the system cool, but because they downsized it, your system can reach inner temperatures of over 100*C!

• Xbox 360s do not have a tilt safety device. This means if you move your system while its on, it will scratch the disc---and this is NOT covered in the warranty.

• The fall 2006 update caused some Xbox 360s to fail and boot only to the screen of death

• Microsoft reported Xbox 360 failure rates of 5%. Retailers reported failure rates of 30%! Microsoft never updated this number.

• 94% of Xbox 360s don't need new parts and can be fixed at home in under 1 hour!

How to fix red ring of death errors and profit from it!

Once you know how to fix red light error Xbox 360s you can easily buy them for under $60. If you go to eBay and search for broken Xbox 360s you should find a ton of people who are selling their system because they don't know how to fix red light error Xbox 360s. You can buy them cheap, fix it, and either keep it or resell it for profit. You can make about $100-$150 by reselling it once it's fixed.

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