Xbox 360 III Red Rings of death Repair - fixIt fast
If your Xbox 360 has finished working and you are getting the three red light problem don’t panic, there is hope. With some easy to find tools and a nice repair manual you can perform the Xbox 360 Repair.
You will need a pack of torx screwdrivers, If you dont have a pack you can scoop up a low priced set at your neighborly hardware store.
The three Red light problem means there is a system hardware failure. First thing you can attempt is to unplug everything and let your system sit for 20 minutes unplugged from the power. Re-connect everything and attempt it again, If you’re still getting the problem take out the HD and re hook it. more often than not they get loose and you get a bad connection.
If that quick fix method didnt repair it you will have to pop it up at this point. The most frequent failures are no video or disks will not read. Both can be fixed fairly easily.
If you have no video you can try a new similar video cable, steal a friends cable cord if you do not have an alternate one. If you still have no visual but sound is working you will have to check the soldering connections on the main board for the visual cable. Consult the repair manual before attempting this or any other internal repairs.
If your Xbox is not reading the disks or getting disk errors make sure your disks are clean. After that you may have to replace the DVD drive or if you have the skills you can remove the DVD drive and replace just the pick up assembly. This is a lot cheaper than swapping the whole drive. Again consult the fix manual before attempting this.
Your other choice is to send your console off to Microsoft and Wait. Nothing worse than having Halo 3 and not being able to play it. I rather to do my own mods and Xbox 360 Repair. The system Xbox 360 repair unit is very similar to your home PC, it is actually a small computer. With a little patience anyone can learn how to do there own Xbox 360 Repair.