Xbox Repair - Don’t Do Anything Until You Know Your Options
Is your Xbox 360 freezing up? Getting the red ring of death error lights? Welcome to a growing international club of frustrated Xbox gamers.
Misery may love company but this doesn’t solve your problem, so how you go about repairing your Xbox will be the subject of this article. In no specific order, they are:
1.) Send your Xbox back to Microsoft to get it replaced or repaired. If the warranty for your Xbox hasn’t expired, they’ll send you a replacement for free. Otherwise you’ll be charged well over $100.
Note that if you’ve opened your console, your warranty is void. Regardless of whether you were attempting to repair it yourself or had other legitimate reasons, you will lose your warranty.
Also note that this process can take a long time. Two weeks or so is about the average turn around time. There is also a specific procedure that Microsoft requires you to follow for returning your Xbox.
2.) You can try to wet-nurse your console back to health. If this is the first or second ring of death problem with your machine, then there probably hasn’t been any real heat damage. Further ring of death freeze-ups might be avoided by keeping your Xbox cool when it’s in use.
Getting too hot is the primary reason for the ring of doom shutdowns. The cooling vents should be kept open and clear of dirt, dust, or obstructing materials. Run your Xbox 360 in an environment that is open and well ventilated. Limit console use to less than 3 or 4 hours.
If you’ve been getting a lot of ring of death errors, then a good deal of damage has been done. Avoiding the ring of death may not be possible by keeping your Xbox cool. If there’s been significant heat damage to your machine, the ring of death will occur with greater frequency.
3.) Repair the console yourself. Don’t forget that if you open up your console, the warranty is void. On the other hand, if you don’t have a warranty, then there’s nothing holding you back.
Repair on your Xbox can seem like a complex operation. But if you have the know-how and a few ordinary household tools, it’s fairly easy to do. The Internet has tons of information about how to fix your Xbox both free and paid.
One problem with free info is all of the research that you’ll have to do. The Internet is full of bad advice and sorting through this information will take a lot of time.
There are several paid instructional guides that will give you step by step information on Xbox repair. There ought to be a guarantee that redeems your money if the info doesn’t work. The guarantee is a kind of insurance and thus improves the reliability and quality of the information. The best guides will supply instruction in the form of both video and text downloads.
With some luck, one of the options presented here will apply to your situation so that you can get back to your gaming.
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