In this article, I am going to talk about the famous red ring of death error on an Xbox 360, and how to fix it. This error is usually due to overheating, and the advantage in fixing it by yourself is that you save money and time; and you gain a greater knowledge about the console's inner system. Listen carefully and be gentle with your console. Do not panic in any way, and if you do, stop immediately what you were doing. Take this seriously and everything will be all right, you do not have to worry.
OK, let's start :
-Make sure that the console is off and cooled down before you do this. Take your Xbox case and poke on the holes at the back using a screwdriver. Remove the faceplate, move up the DVD latch and unscrew the metal case.
- Remove all the cables. You will extract the motherboard. Remove your DVD drive and your motherboard. Take the X-Clamp out.
- Unscrew your heat sink, in which your CPU and GPU are located. Be careful doing this. Clean them gently with a cloth.
- Apply silver compound on the GPU for 20 minutes or so. Use some washers. Then you can reassemble your Xbox and play. If you do not have any silver compound, buy it, it is 2 $ or something like that. Another tip: use new screws.
I want to finish by recommending you to dust your Xbox 360 regularly.Clogging of the ventilators with dust results in overheating again, and it can be a new red ring of death problem for you. If you listened carefully, you are done with this stupid problem for ever.
If you are not sure of what to do, then you can have a look at the BEST GUIDE on fixing your red ring of death here [http://bit.ly/xboxredringofdeath]
OK, let's start :
-Make sure that the console is off and cooled down before you do this. Take your Xbox case and poke on the holes at the back using a screwdriver. Remove the faceplate, move up the DVD latch and unscrew the metal case.
- Remove all the cables. You will extract the motherboard. Remove your DVD drive and your motherboard. Take the X-Clamp out.
- Unscrew your heat sink, in which your CPU and GPU are located. Be careful doing this. Clean them gently with a cloth.
- Apply silver compound on the GPU for 20 minutes or so. Use some washers. Then you can reassemble your Xbox and play. If you do not have any silver compound, buy it, it is 2 $ or something like that. Another tip: use new screws.
I want to finish by recommending you to dust your Xbox 360 regularly.Clogging of the ventilators with dust results in overheating again, and it can be a new red ring of death problem for you. If you listened carefully, you are done with this stupid problem for ever.
If you are not sure of what to do, then you can have a look at the BEST GUIDE on fixing your red ring of death here [http://bit.ly/xboxredringofdeath]
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