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[Guide] How to temp. fix Red Ring Of Death

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#1
[Guide] How to temp. fix Red Ring Of Death
Today I'll be telling you how to temperarely make your Xbox360 work until you can send it in to MicroSoft.



First you need to grab a large sized towel. Then you need to wrap it around your xbox360. Make sure your xbox360 is turned on. Leave the 360 on wrapped in the towel for 20 minutes. Then Unwrap your xbox 360 and turn it on and It will work for about an hour.



Wrapping your xbox360 in towels overheats the system wich temperarely will fix it and make it work.


Hope this helps if your xbox ever gets red ring of death.


#2
Is it true that if you put it in the freezer or out side in the cold for a while it will work

My friend told me this so dont say im stupid
#3
I haven't heard of that before. Not sure It sounds kind of risky though.
#4
I dont really see how it would work my self and i dont plan on testing it lol
#5
Lol yea. Thats A way to"Freeze" your system lmao xD fail.
#6
master panda wrote:
Is it true that if you put it in the freezer or out side in the cold for a while it will work

My friend told me this so dont say im stupid


I don't think that will work. The reason for the red rings is an internal hardware failure, caused by a piece becoming unsoldered. The reason for this is because the solder is lead-free (likely due to the lead-in-chinese-toys fiasco) and not very effective. Wrapping the towel around the Xbox is supposed to heat everything up, and re-melt the solder, and temporarily reattach the loose part. Freezing the Xbox's innards wouldn't have the same effect.
#7
I have heard of this towel trick. But I heard that if you try this. You won't be able to send your xbox in to Microsoft
#8
That's not true. I did the towel trick as many times as possible until it wouldn't work anymore And sent myne in. Got it back a few weeks later.
#9
iHero wrote:
That's not true. I did the towel trick as many times as possible until it wouldn't work anymore And sent myne in. Got it back a few weeks later.


Oh, Well that is just what I heard from people using this trick. But if it worked for you it should work for everyone else.
#10
Yup. They had to send me a new Xbox so I got a new xbox for free.
#11
I saw this in Game Informer magazine. :P Doesn't work.
#12
Mr Blue wrote:
I saw this in Game Informer magazine. :P Doesn't work.


For you, maybe not. It obviously worked for a lot of people, or we wouldn't be reading about it.
#13
Rundeer wrote:
For you, maybe not. It obviously worked for a lot of people, or we wouldn't be reading about it.


And you have proof it works? If anything it fries the Motherboard, making it cause errors and making the RROD even worse.