Fixing the Red Ring of Death
If you’re still a die hard Xbox fan even after the occurrence of the RROD in your system, there are a few different ways to get your console fixed. The search for these answers can be tedious, so hopefully this will save you some time and effort.
1. Send your system to Microsoft
2. The Towel Method
3. Do it yourself
1. Sending your console to Microsoft:
Microsoft is definitely trying their best to get this situation under control. Despite recent efforts, many devices that come back from the service department at Microsoft repaired, end up with the RROD again. It can be very discouraging to go through the lengthy process of sending your system off, getting it fixed and sent back, only to have the problem happen again. This method will also cost you $140 dollars if you are no longer under warranty. If you don't have the patience or the money to use this method, there are other options.
2. The Towel Method:
Basically all you have to do here is wrap a towel around your Xbox, turn it on and leave it for around ten minutes, then unwrap the towel, turn your Xbox off and then back on. Originally someone did this trying to cool their Xbox and it actually worked. This is a so called quick and temporary fix for the RROD but can potentially be harmful and just slowly damage your Xbox, eventually the Red Ring of Death will occur anyway.
3. Doing it yourself can permanently fix your Xbox:
Using the towel can actually work because it melts together the disconnected soldiered joints. This doesn't always work but if it does rejoin these joints, then your Xbox will begin running cool again but this solution is short lived. The soldiered joints will break again, causing your system to overheat. Wouldn't it be nice if you could permanently re-join these joints? You can! What you have to do is move the joints and re-soldier them in a cooler place within the console. In some cases this is unnecessary and your system can be fixed with a simpler procedure.
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