Xbox 360 - The cure to the Ring of Death

[sega fan]

As an owner of an Xbox 360 myself, I always feared the Red Ring of Death. I've had my 360 since March 21,2006 and it died on Valentines day 2008. After 4 days of research and experimentation, I've come to 2 things that will keep your 360 from being a $400 door stop.

- For a Temporary cure, Take 2 - 3 towels, Remove Harddrive, Discs from tray, and AV cord. Then wrap all six sides of the xbox completely. When your done, you should have atleast 1 - 2 inches of towel on all sides of the xbox. Turn it on and let it heat up for 25:00 - 30:00 Minutes. Remove the towel(s) and the 360 should feel like a weak curling Iron that doesn't burn to the touch. let it sit for 15:00 - 25:00. It should work from anywhere from 2 days, or anywhere to 2 months. It depends on the quality of the material of the xbox and the how well its been taken care of.

How It Works : The 360 Gets so hot, It resets all the chips on the Mother Board.
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- For a Temporary cure with less work, Unplug the cord from the big gray rectangular cylindar for 6 - 12 hours. it should work next time the cord is plugged in. Remove this cord each time you turn it off. if this annoys you, move it to a powerstrip with less things plugged into it

How it works : The 360 doesn't cope well with High voltage. The 360 being plugged into a place with high electrical conductivity, such as an overloaded powerstrip, could , overtime, will confuse your 360. A 360 will take time to crap out in an overloaded powerstrip, so it'll be advised to use a pretty unpopulated powerstrip.
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[AD2101]

Yea I tried the towel trick didn't work. Never heard of unplugging it though I may try that, although im afraid mines completely bricked.

[mick_aka]

A local store near me called 'Dalans' makes a fortune curing TROD on 360s, they wont let on what exactly they do to fix though

[tomaitheous]

You could take out the system board from the unit (since it's out of warranty), and place it in a *preheated* oven (450deg?). You'll need one of those melting strips they use for DIY oven bake solder kits, to know how long to keep it in for.

Of course that's assuming it's just a cracked solder joint. Also, MS is taking care of "ring of death" on all system out of warranty for up to 3 years IIRC. Have you guys tried that approach yet?

[Dirt Ball Gamer]

God what a shitty system! What else can go wrong with it. When its placed sideways i beleive the game cd rubs on the lens and scratches the game! When i heard about that one i had to laugh

[Genesis Knight]

The *hardware* is shitty, you mean. The games are pretty fantastic.

[Melf]

I was behind a car in traffic on the way to work a few weeks ago, and this was the guy's license plate. It pretty much sums up my feelings about Microsoft's quality control:

[Shinu]

haha funny pic.

My friend 360 recently busted too. Reminds me of first models PS2's! I had one die on me.

[Genesis Knight]

LOL, wow. Somebody paid $20 to hate on Microsoft from his car.

[David J.]

In NY I know it's very expensive for a custom plate and the price goes up for you every year... So once you get a custom plate and want to keep it, you are fucked.

[Genesis Knight]

Probably cheaper in Puerto Rico.

[Melf]

This was most likely just a cool coincidence, which makes it that much more LOLable.

[tomaitheous]

I was behind a car in traffic on the way to work a few weeks ago, and this was the guy's license plate. It pretty much sums up my feelings about Microsoft's quality control:

I felt the same way towards Sony with the PS1 and PS2. I during that time I bought 2 PS1's and 3 PS2's. They *finally* got it right(well..we'll see) with the PS3, but sorry - too late $ony. I'll by another 360 before I'll by a PS3.

[gamevet]

I've never had a problem with Sony products. The DC, on the other hand, died on me twice.

[conando]

Sony is LAME!! I hope they continue to lose their collective asses on the ps3! Ya ya hi hopes....