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Dark_MEMENTO
07-28-2007, 12:40 PM
Well, after purchasing a kinda useless e-book (Technophobes: That means a book only the computer can access) that tells me muchos about 3 red lights. I have scraped off all the LIES and FAILURES, and chosen four realistic things that COULD save your console, and a lot of money in shipping.


1.) The 'Towel' method

This one sounds like something I'd make up in my sleep, but it isn't. It's actualy quite basic.
First, unclip the hard drive, Xbox Live connector, all your fancy flashing things that go WHIRRRRR. Wrap it in a towel as if it were a baby (A £279, internet connectible baby), and place somewhere, like an oven. Don't turn the oven on, you'll have a helluva time clearing the melted plastic off. Leave it on the oven (Xbox turned on) for 20 minutes. Collect it. Let it coool down for 15 minutes. Plug it back in. Hopefully, success is yours.

2.) The 'Nyko' method
Nyko do a range of weird and wonderful things. They have a very intuitive (i.e: Clever clever) idea, that is the gamefan. It's essentially a fan that's 2x as fast, clips to the back of your 360 like a parasite, and blows the fan to cool temperatures. And it works. Well. Problem is, it could shout down a dying elephant in terms of volume.

3.) The 'Windy Vacuum' method.
**Only works if 360 is in a cabinet**
Clear the cabinet of all stationary equipment (i.e: Games, DVDs, etc.), everything that ISN'T the xbox 360 and the power brick. Put a fan on fiull blow on the brick. Leave. There.

4.) The 'I Give Up' method.
Buy a memory stick. Save all of your 360 data onto it. Buy a new Xbox. transfer old data to new (See? Isn't technology just magical?). Take your old Xbox. Drop off of something high. Jump on it repetitively. Or something, just so your old one dies.

Personally, if your rich, take the fourth option. It's fun. With my serious hat on, take the first option. It works 99% of the time (Hey, nuttin's perfect)

Spartan
07-28-2007, 01:36 PM
I think that you could use more research my friend. Number 2 the Nyko fan, can seriourly screw with your 360 and I would know.

schedar
07-28-2007, 01:45 PM
I think that you could use more research my friend. Number 2 the Nyko fan, can seriourly screw with your 360 and I would know.

I know that as a fact too. It melted onto my power cord and when I called customer support they said they get a lot of calls about that problem. What confuses me is why they dont do a recall, its a defect that cost me a new power cord. And on top of that, the intercooler worked fine until one morning it emitted a weird sound and it started to jam. Its in my bottom drawer now, surrounded by alien action figures just in case.

Another method for the red ring of death is just removing the HDD, turn on the XBOX and if it works, snap the HDD drive back in. The console should restart but I must warn you, its a temporary fix.


Edit: The CPR thing doesn't work. Trust me. I tried.:( But after the HDD fix and a kiss to the faceplate, the XBOX worked. ;)

Dark_MEMENTO
07-28-2007, 01:51 PM
I think that you could use more research my friend. Number 2 the Nyko fan, can seriourly screw with your 360 and I would know.

Ooo, sorry Spartan. It works for me anyway, I guess. Maybe, I should've stated how each of these is not GUARANTEED to work. Also, it should be known that the 'Brick' is the bain of many troubles: most of these 3 red rings of death come from the Brick. If you keep that cool, then you should be fine.Ish.