| How do I fix the red ring of death is certainly a | | | | different from a PC. |
| question I asked when it happened to me, and initially | | | | Most Xbox 360 owners are not in my situation. They |
| my mind went blank! However as a computer | | | | don't have the technical knowledge to start repairing |
| technician I was tempted to immediately open up my | | | | their Xbox, but you know what, it turns out that |
| console and get to work. However, in my line of | | | | they don't have to! What I discovered was, that |
| business you need to be cautious and not jump the | | | | there are many excellent do it yourself repair guides |
| gun. There are certain procedures to take in order to | | | | out there that will take you by the hand so to speak |
| properly assess the problem. | | | | and show you exactly how to fix the red ring of |
| As it turned out, I decided to check whether or not | | | | death. In fact, some of these guides even include |
| my Xbox 360 was still under warranty, and, | | | | video so you can actually watch an expert do it and |
| surprisingly, it was. I finally ended up getting a | | | | just follow along. How cool is that? |
| refurbished one from Microsoft. I had to wait about a | | | | So if your Xbox 360 has just decided to die on you, |
| week which was pretty quick considering most have | | | | then as frustrated as you may feel, FOCUS! You |
| to wait anything up to 6 weeks. However, that | | | | CAN repair it yourself, and in a very short space of |
| week seemed like a month! Can you imagine how I | | | | time too! You just need to get hold of one of these |
| felt when I discovered some time later that it is | | | | guides that will show you how. A word of caution is |
| possible to fix the Xbox 360 using self repair guides! | | | | needed here though. You need to be careful what |
| I consider myself a cautious person which is why I | | | | guide you get as there are many out there, but not |
| did not open up my Xbox and start seeing what I | | | | all of them are accurate, nor are some of the |
| could do to fix it. If my warranty had expired, then I | | | | methods effective or even recommended. Try to |
| probably would have, although my knowledge back | | | | get a guide that has a proven record with |
| then was fairly limited as regards to repairing the | | | | testimonials. If you get that part right, you should be |
| Xbox 360, although I figured it wasn't all that | | | | back to playing your favourite games in no time at all. |