Repair your xbox 360

How to Do the Xbox 360 Towel Trick

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One day, you may be playing your perfectly fine Xbox 360 when it suddenly freezes. When you reboot the system, it gives you 3 flashing red lights in the front. This means your 360 has encountered a hardware problem. If you don't want to return your console to Microsoft right away, you can do this "towel trick."

Steps

1. Make sure your Xbox 360 actually has the 3 red lights, also known as the Red Rings of Death (RROD)
2. Get enough towels to cover the whole system up.
3. Remove everything from the 360, including hard drives, wired controllers, games, etc, EXCEPT for the power supply.
4. Wrap your Xbox 360 with the towels.
5. While wrapped, plug your 360's power supply into a wall socket and turn it on. You'll get your usual RROD. Let it run for 15-20 minutes.
6. Afterwards, turn the Xbox 360 off and let it cool for 20 minutes
7. Plug everything back in and turn it on again. It should work.

Tips

• When heating your 360, keep a close eye on it, just in case it might overheat too badly.
• A fire extinguisher would be nice if you feel the need you might want to use it. (Make sure it's for electrical fires)

Warnings

• While this may solve the problem, it might only last a few more hours before showing the RROD again. In this case, call Microsoft (1-800-4-MY-XBOX) to place a repair order. This may take 3-4 weeks, but the repair is free if you have the RROD problem if you're still under warranty.

Things You'll Need

• An Xbox 360 with the Red Rings of Death (3 flashing red lights on the front)
• 3 towels
• 45-60 minutes to waste
• Optional: A fire extinguisher for electrical fires

Related wikiHows

• How to Temporarily Fix Your Xbox 360 from the Three Red Rings
• How to Prevent Your Xbox360 from Overheating
• How to Make a Non Working Xbox Disk Work
• How to System Link Two or More Xbox or Xbox 360 Consoles

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