Red Lights on XBox 360 - It's Not the End of the World!

Red lights on Xbox 360 - no its not some new movie blockbuster from Hollywood, its a real problem that thousands of Xbox 360 owners are waking up to every day. The first time you will even suspect anything is wrong is when you switch you console on and the ring of light that surrounds the power button has turned from its normal green to a savage flashing red color.

So, what causes it, and more importantly what can you do about it? Well, the cause is simple enough - its due to overheating, If you see red lights on Xbox 360 then you can be sure that your consoles GPU - the Graphics Processing Unit has finally overheated. This is due mainly to the fact that Microsoft didn't build in enough cooling power to the Xbox 360, and because of this, the components, which are tightly squeezed into the slim line case are very prone to heat damage. Sounds bad doesn't it? Well, it certainly means that your Xbox 360 cant be used until its fixed, but the good news is that its not a very complex problem to fix.

There are many good guides that have become available to fix red lights on Xbox 360 error. The most popular ones show you how to perform the X-Clamp fix. This method involves you having to disassemble your Xbox 360 entirely to get access to the components that you need to fix but its success rate is very high. watch out for some phoney, and downright dangerous methods, such as the towel fix.

This involves running your Xbox 360 with a towel wrapped around it to force it to overheat to a dangerous level. First grade kids will tell you that this is a fire hazard and should not be attempted. The X-Clamps are two x shaped - now where did they get the name from eh - clips that keep the heat sinks attached to the GPU and CPU chips. They have to be removed, new thermal paste applied and then the clamps re-attached. A final trick has to be performed that fixes the red lights on Xbox 360 error, and you are good to go.

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