You have most likely found your way to this article as you are looking for more info on the red ring of death problem that the Xbox 360 sufferers from. There has been a ton of hardware problems with this console and the red ring of death is just the tip of the iceberg!
There is also other common problems that you may or may not have including: game freezes, 1 red lights, 2 red lights overheating and sometimes the DVD drive stops working and will refuse to play your Xbox games!
It is a shame as if you have an Xbox 360 then you will probably agree with me when I say that they have an awesome live service and there is nothing quite like being able to play your games online with other people from all over the world.
So what can you do to get rid of the red ring of death on your Xbox 360?
Well you are left with 2 options you can send it to Microsoft and the good news in all this is if you have the 3 red lights then they will repair it for you free of charge. However if you have one of the other common problems like the 1 red light, 2 red lights and freezing you will have to pay anything up to $ 140 to get it fixed which is not that fun!
You will also have to wait for up to 6 weeks to get it repaired which is quite a long wait!
The other choice that you have if you are out of warranty or do not want to pay is to fix the problems yourself and if you do a search online you will see a lot of video clips that will show you how to do this.
However a word of warning one of the most popular videos of a fix is the towel trick and you should not do this on your 360. It does work temporarily but the way it works is by heating the motherboard up until the loose soldering reconnects and then you will get about a day or 2 of play time and the more you do this the more it will fry your Xbox.
So it is a good idea to look around for a good repair guide with a full guarantee that will show you how to get the job done permanently.
I hope this article has told you more about the red ring of death on your Xbox 360 and also given you some tips on how to fix it!
Happy Gaming!