| Thanks to its amazing range of games and | | | | towels, so obstructing all the airflow and |
| unequalled power, the Xbox 360 has been the | | | | permitting an enormous amount of heat to build |
| best selling games console for many years now. | | | | up within the case. The entire process should be |
| However, under that horny cover lurks a darker | | | | done for roughly 15 mins, after which your Xbox |
| side, and one that rears its ugly head all too | | | | 360 will unbelievably begin to work again. |
| commonly. Yes, I'm speaking about the scary | | | | I do not know where to begin telling you how bad |
| Xbox 360 Red Ring Of Death. | | | | an idea the Xbox 360 Towel Fix is. Not only is it a |
| The red Ring Of Death is so called because when | | | | transient fix at best, but almost all of the time it |
| the console overheats, it flashes 3 red lights on | | | | just won't work. Worse than this, {however | |
| the front of the case indicating a hardware failure. | | | | though] is the incontrovertible fact that you run a |
| The error is basically an effect of the Xbox 360's | | | | very high risk of setting your console, yourself |
| slim line case and lack of acceptable cooling. If you | | | | and probably your house on fire. Do not try this |
| play games for a substantial period of time, or if | | | | perilous stunt. It could be free to try but you |
| the console is stuck in a corner, or enclosed | | | | could lose a lot more than a few dollars saved |
| space then the heat isn't able to dissipate fast | | | | instead of purchasing a proper guide. |
| enough and the console fails.fortunately , it's not | | | | So, the simplest way to mend your broken |
| terminal, although it will need you to use a fix ; | | | | console without turning to the Xbox 360 towel |
| simply restarting the machine won't work I'm | | | | trick? Easy, just get a downloadable guide from |
| afraid. There are several fixes that may be | | | | the internet, ideally one with clear high-res videos, |
| applied to get rid of the red ring of death blunder, | | | | and you can fix the problem yourself only using |
| but firstly a word of warning. The so called Xbox | | | | standard household tools in under an hour. I fixed |
| 360 Towel Trick is a popular way to try and sort | | | | my broken Xbox 360 eighteen months ago and |
| the problem. | | | | its still running fine. Thanks to one of these guides |
| This fix involves wrapping the console in a large | | | | also , I have been able to fix over forty other |
| bath towel and letting it overheat even more! The | | | | machines for chums, family and best of all.. Paying |
| idea behind this is that the extraordinary heat will | | | | customers. I know this works, and what's more all |
| cause the broken solder tracks on the main board | | | | of my towels are where they belong - in the |
| to 're-flow' therefore fixing the difficulty. Your | | | | bathroom. |
| Xbox should be completely wrapped up in dry | | | | . |