Welcome to my short series of articles where I explain the risky business of repairing the 3 red lights by very very dodgy methods.
If you go into Google and type in ‘how to fix the 3 red lights’ or something along those lines, you’ll get hundreds of results and Youtube videos where smart ass gamers claim to be able to fix the RROD by using a stupid console ending method called ‘The Towel Trick’.
This method involves you wrapping your console up in a towel turning it on for around twenty minutes and letting it overheat. The intention behind the overheating is to re-melt the solder connections which will give you a temporary fix. Temporary fix being the operative word because the towel trick usually works for a few days, if that.
By doing the towel trick you are roasting the electrical components on the motherboard inside the console, therefore causing immeasurable permanent damage that will be beyond repair. Trust me on that, I learnt the hard way back in 2007.
The hardest part is to be patient when you get the 3 red rings, but that is exactly what you have to do. As far as my advice goes,
- Don’t implement the towel trick method.
- Either grab a legitimate fix or send you console back if it’s still under warranty and you are willing to wait approx 4-6 weeks for a repair from Microsoft.
Safety is always the best policy.
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