Xbox 360 red light repair

There are plenty of methods going around on how to fix red lights on your Xbox 360. The best answer doesn't involve a towel, overheating your system or even sending it off to Microsoft.First we need to look at the main reason why the red lights appear on your Xbox 360. The overriding factor as to why the red lights occurred is due to the Xbox 360 overheating, the well documented Achilles heel of this awesome machine.One common method to fix the error on the Xbox is by wrapping the system with a towel forcing it to overheat and then hopefully start again as normal. However by using this method it will actually make the problem worse in the long term. However after doing this the likelihood of the red lights recurring will dramatically increase as its simply a short term remedy.The second common mistake that many make is sending it off to Microsoft. The first negative would be that Microsoft will hold on to the system for several months while they fix the issue, leaving unhappy gamers waiting months to start gaming again. In addition to that, if the system is a few years old then it would set you back several hundred dollars to get it fixed as well as the time spent fixing it.There are much better ways to fix it and it involves widely available red light repair kits. These kits can be cheaply purchased online and will show you step by step how to fix your system. The best part is that it usually takes under an hour to get the system up and running again.