Have you got a Hardware Problem on Your Xbox 360?
by Howie Ja
Has the Xbox 360 Impeded You playing Your Top games because
of the 3 red light Ring of Death?
I will tell you that your not alone, as it has happened to
me a good Three times in 2 very short years. The first
console lasted only 2 months from the date i bought it.
Which was ok because the game store just gave me a straight
off replacement because it was still under warranty.
However, out of warranty its a right headache.
There is a cost of over $100 to send your console back to
Microsoft, plus a cost of two weeks valuable, Game downtime.
Worse still is that I have heard a few reports that when the
Xbox 360 consoles came back from Microsoft, the notorious 3
red lights of doom came back shortly afterwards.
So what causes the Hardware failure on the Xbox 360?
The root cause for the ring of death is the design of the
heat sinks, mainly 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!
In the Xbox 360 Elite, Microsoft altered the design of the
cooling system so that the Liquid cooling Extend's beyond
the CPU to the GPU. This makes the console dissipate the
Heat better and therefore does not overheat to the same
extent.
So the bottom line is that constant exposure to high
temperatures cause the motherboard to warp slightly which
causes cracking of some of the solder joints on the board.
That then triggers Hardware failure and the 3 red lights
show up on your Xbox 360.
After searching online for solutions for this problem, the
only free solution was the Towel trick. You might have heard
of it. The towel trick has worked for some people, but the
Ring of Death Rears its ugly head again shortly afterwards.
I was looking for Valuable information. But if you want
that, there has to be a Value on it. (i.e. you gotta pay for
it), but if it saves your beloved Xbox, its going to save
you a lot of money.
I stumbled upon countless guides out there. Some claiming to
fix the Xbox 360 in 30 minutes and some up to 2 hours.
Some guides out there are summarized garbage with steps
missing. But I wanted a guide that had the simplest
explanation and no technical jargon. (and if there is any,
its explained to you).
To do the fix the 1st time myself did take the guts of 2
hours, and I have an electronic engineering degree! So how
is someone who is not technically savvy, fix it in 30
minutes? So what I did was, create my very own web page to
review the best guides, and give you my top 3.
Click the Link below for my Top 3 repair guides. - 15668
John Devine is an
(http://xbox360ringofdeathfix.ws/degree_image) Electronic
Engineer and an Avid Xbox 360 gamer. Full Information of his
Top 3 are located here: (http://xbox360ringofdeathfix.ws)
Solve the 3 Red Lights Here
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Title: Have you got a Hardware Problem on Your Xbox 360?
Author: Howie Ja
Email: workfromhomejd@gmail.com
Keywords: 3 flashing red lights xbox 360,hardware failure xbox 360,rrod,red ring of death xbox 360,repair xbox 360,xbox 360 diy,xbox 360 error,xbox 360 problems,xbox 360,consoles,console repair,video games,computer repair,technology,electronics
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Category: Computers:Games
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