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How to Repair Xbox 360
Posted on February 24th, 2009 2 comments
How to repair xbox 360. There are many valid options for repairing your xbox 360, ranging from using xbox 360 repair manuals, to using youtube videos that show you in detail on how to repair your xbox 360.Here are some of the ways in which you can get started on repairing for your xbox 360 and making the best out of your xbox 360.
1. The infamous towel trick
This trick is meant for as a quick fix for your xbox 360 as it temporarily fixes the xbox 360 for up to 3 to 4 weeks. Although a large number of bloggers and xbox 360 owners have verified that the towel trick does work, it is not recommended as it makes your xbox 360 last less throughout the months to come.
Prolonged use of the xbox 360 towel trick does make the trick last less each time, as each time, the components as weakened by the overheating. You can check out the towel trick.
2. Using repair guides and videos on youtube
This is a also a good way to fix your xbox 360 as there are plentiful “how to repair xbox 360″ videos that show directions on how to fix your xbox 360. However, most of these videos are very complicated and they require someone with quite an amount of technical skill in order to understand and repair the xbox 360.
Another problem with most of the videos on youtube is that they were not done in a professional manner and do not show in detail or in a easy step by step on how to fix the xbox 360.
If you are a technical newbie to all of this, I do heartily recommend not using the youtube videos because of the damage that it may cause to your xbox 360 if some of these youtube home-made videos are technical to understand.
3. Using repair guides that provide support and help
There are repair guides which provide one of the best solution, as they show you “how to repair xbox 360″ in detail, step by step, all the ways in which you can get a solution for your xbox 360 3 red lights. Most of these services or repair guides promises to make the repair as easy and newbie oriented as possible.
Most of these support guides provide you with 24/7 helpdesk support for getting your xbox 360 fixed. You can use these support lines at anytime to request for help on your xbox 360.
4. Local Repair Shops
Local repair shops around your vincity normally charge around near to $100 for a repair of your xbox 360 and may take up to 4 to 5 days. This service is good, provided that you do not mind the fee as compared to repairing your xbox 360 within 2 hours and for under $40.
There is a likelyhood that local shops also provide some form of warranty, such as giving you up to 1 week or so if in case the xbox 360 does break down again.
5. Sending to Microsoft for warranty repair
This costs one of the most, up $140 in repair costs and taking 4 to 8 weeks for your xbox 360 to complete fixing. This method is highly not recommended, as it is too costly and time consuming and not worth it to be doing so.
In conclusion
Which method is the best? If you compare all the methods, the easiest, fastest and most cost effective method of doing so (without harming your xbox 360) is to use a repair guide, such as the Xbox 360 Red Lights Fix Pro Gamer Edition (which specializes in giving a good fix on your xbox 360 three red lights) or using a service such Everything4360.com which gives a broad and wide range of services.
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Xbox 360 Towel Trick And If It Works
Posted on February 12th, 2009 3 comments
The towel trick of the xbox 360 involves putting your xbox 360 into three towels and wrapping the xbox in whilst it is powered on for about 20 to 30 minutes or so.Does it work? Yes, definitely it does. But this fix is not for the long term because for such a complicated system as the xbox 360 that costs well over $200 that can be fixed by wrapping it into a few towels?
It actually doesn’t work well for it as by doing so, several parts within the xbox 360 will melt and depending on your luck the xbox 360 may be more severely damaged then before.
What the towel trick does is to melt away the lubricant that is between the heatsink and processor, and causes both components to mend together closer instead of leaving a gap prior to that. This way, the processor is not overheated and the heatsink can absorb the heat, leaving it working much better without the three rings of death.
Many other bloggers have also reported that the towel tricks does not work for them or that it is a temporary fix, lasting only 2 to 3 weeks, and have also discouraged use of the fix, because it may void the warranty of the xbox 360.
Here is a video that is shown on youtube on the towel trick:-
The video is quite informative (and hilarious
) and as you can see from the video, a fire extinguisher is recommended as the xbox 360 may catch on fire due to overheating of the internal components that are within the xbox 360.Another caveat is that as you do the towel trick fix more, the life of the fix shortens considerably. If you do the fix the first time, you may prolong the life of the xbox 360 by 2 weeks or so. The later stages that when you use the towel fix, the life shortens considerably down to 4 or 5 days or so. Use with caution, as it also shortens the duration of many other components withinXbox the xbox 360.
My take? Not worth it. That is because given that you may void your xbox 360 warranty and also that it may not give you the neccessary permanent fix that you need to have a leisurely gaming experience for more than 6 months down the road.
If you want to get a permanent solid fix for your xbox 360, the best fix would be to use the Xbox 360 Red Light Fix Pro Gamer Edition.
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