If your Xbox 360 has encountered the now famous red rings of death error, three red flashing lights in a ring, then you have surely found this article because you are searching for a fix. You have three different options to fix your Xbox 360 red rings of death issue and get your console back up and running, each with its own pros and cons.

The first option is the recommended one, especially if you are still under warranty. Ship your Xbox 360 back to Microsoft as stipulated in your warranty details. If you are no longer under warranty you can still ship it back to have it refurbished as well but you will have to pay for the service. The other downside to this is that it takes approximately a month for your Xbox to be repaired and sent back to you, that's a lot of missed Call of Duty 4!

Your next option is what more and more people are doing lately; it's the quickest permanent fix available. You can actually repair your Xbox 360 yourself. You see, it is not actually permanently damaged yet but rather it was poorly designed so this error comes up when your unit has overheated in order to prevent you doing any permanent damage. Because of this you can circumvent the error altogether and get back to normal game play. Simple check out one of the numerous Xbox 360 red rings of death fix guides floating around the Internet and follow the steps; they are fairly simple. You may have noticed people buying broken Xbox 360s in the past, they use the method in these guides to fix them and turn a profit.

Your final option is to tackle the cause of the error and not the error itself. The easiest way to do this is to keep your unit cold. A good little trick is to get those freezer gel packs that are made for wounds and freeze a few of them, now wrap them in a thin towel and place them on your console. This will give you a few hours of play at a time but don't forget to remove them or the condensation may cause issues.

Hopefully at least one of these options sounds appealing to you in fixing your Xbox 360 red rings of death console error. Pick one out and go for it, you will be back to playing games all day and night in no time at all.

Jonathan Pitts

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