January 30th, 2008
Xbox 360 3 Red Lights - A Fix It Yourself Option
If you or someone you know has encountered the infamous xbox 3 red lights problem, you are feeling very frustrated and possibly at a loss as to what your next step should be. Well, the good news is that there have been literally thousands of gamers who have gone through this exact same thing before you and so there is a lot of history as to what the best course of action is for people in pretty much every situation.The first thing to find out is whether you are still covered under the Xbox 360 warranty from Microsoft. If you are, your best bet is to send the X360 unit back to Microsoft for repair. It won’t cost you any money, but it will cost you time in that you’ll be without your Xbox 360 for a couple weeks. But despite that, it is still the best bet for those people still under warranty.If your console is not under warranty, your best bet is to investigate fixing this problem yourself. Not mechanically inclined? No worries. The do-it-yourself fix is easy and fast. All you need is a good fix-it guide and some ordinary household tools. For about 95% of Xbox 360 owners that have experienced the 3 red lights, they’ll be back up and playing the favorite game in about an hour.If your 3 red lights problem is intermittent (it comes and goes), try improving the ventilation to the main unit by keeping it in the open air, keeping it off of carpeting and keeping it out of enclosed TV consoles.