September 10, 2008
Xbox 360 3 Red Lights Problem Can Easily Be Fixed
Believe it or not, the xbox 360 video gaming system you have sitting in your living room is very likely the most powerful computer you have in you home (there are exceptions, of course). It is a very specialized computer, but in terms of raw computing power it beats your laptop and desktop by a healthy margin. Along with that computing power, comes a lot of heat generation, and along with that heat has come the infamous 3 red light fix repair guide. This is a well known problem in the gaming community and has even been given the nickname “”the red ring of death”, a not so subtle reference to the fact that when you see those 3 flashing red lights on the front of your xbox unit, your game playing comes to an immediate halt. Basically what has happened is that an overheating has occurred inside the xbox 360 General Processing Unit (GPU) and has either temporarily or permanently damaging one or more of the xbox’s chips. Fortunately for xbox 360 gamers, a variety of do-it-yourself manuals have come out that show you step-by-step how to this problem quickly and permanently.