Xbox is a video game console designed by Microsoft Corporation. The latest version in their series is the Xbox 360 which was introduced in the year 2005. Since the console was released at an affordable price with rich set of features, the sales was very good in the market. Apart from that it has various features when compared with that of the other consoles available in the market like the Sony’s Playstation and the Nintendo’s Wii.
HARDWARE TROUBLE
The new Xbox 360 was experiencing some hardware problems. Many users have complained that when the console is used for long hours the console gets restarted at some moment and making the users irritated as the game gets spoiled. Some times the screen freezes without saving the game. This problem was reported from Xbox 360 users all around the world.
INVESTIGATION
Soon the investigation went on to find the actual problem in the console and it was found that the reason for the restart is the overheating of the console. The heat sinks in the console have failed to cool the hot air inside the console. As a result the motherboard components were unable to bare the heat developed and gets failed causing a permanent damage to the motherboard. Many experts said that only because of the poor design, the console has failed.
SOLUTION
After lot of research, a solution was developed to solve the problem. While this problem occurs in the console, you can see the red light glowing in the power ring area of the console and hence these popularly known as red light errors. There are different kinds of red light errors like single, two, three and four red light errors. Sometimes, this error was accompanied by an error code E74 on the screen. The red light error is otherwise called as the “Red Rings of Death” or RRoD. The name was given because the error cause permanent damage to the motherboard symbolically indicating the death of the motherboard.
The red light errors can be solved by providing enough cooling to the system. This can be done in many ways like adding an additional intercooler fan to cool the heat sinks or changing the architecture of the motherboard components or even by removing the X clamps of the heat sinks. The removal of the X clamps is found to be the best way to solve the red light errors.
HOW TO REPAIR
You can repair your console either by giving it to a service center or by repairing it on your own. The problem with repairing your console in service center is the time involved and the reliability. You need to wait for 4 to 12 weeks to repair your console in service center and moreover they won’t repair modded consoles at any cost. There is no guarantee that you will not get this error again.
Hence the best way is to repair the console on your own. There are some video tutorials available in the internet which will guide you through the step by step repair procedure. These videos are made by the professionals and you don’t need any prior knowledge to repair your console with the help of these videos. You can repair your console with the help of normal household tools like screwdrivers in just an hour with the help of these videos. This will give you a permanent fix and you can repair modded consoles too with this method.
