I want to tell you about a quick and easy Xbox 360 ring of death fix that might help you get more life out of your Xbox. If your Xbox keeps freezing, this might help it. If you have 3 red lights on your Xbox this might buy you some more time until you can uncover the real problem with your Xbox 360. Click here to browse the latest Xbox goodies on Amazon.
If you want to know how to fix the red ring of death – I love that term, red ring of death, this could help you out. I remember back about 6 months ago I kept asking why my Xbox keeps freezing. It would do it like every second or third time that I would power my Xbox on. It was annoying the hell out of me. So I figured out this 360 ring of death fix that might help you too.
Most Xbox 360 problems have to do with heat. The unit is so small and compact and that Xbox hard drive spins around like a devil that the unit gets really hot really quickly.
So try the following if you get the Xbox error e74. It might help. If the Xbox freezes the first thing you want to do is to shut it off. You’ll probably notice that it is extremely hot. The Xbox too hot could be causing the problem. So give it like 5 minutes to chill and cool down.
Also make sure that your Xbox is not sitting on carpet. Especially shaggy carpet, but practically any carpet is no good for an Xbox 360. You want there to be lots of space around your Xbox to keep it cool. I don’t know why, but the 360 ring of death fix seems to rely on air and temperature. The Xbox, as much as I love mine, just gets too hot and that can be why your Xbox keeps freezing.
You could start off with 2 red rings Xbox 360 or even just one like happened with mine.
So after you’ve checked that the Xbox has cooled down after a couple of minutes, and after you’ve made sure that it isn’t on any carpet. Carpet will just act as like a nice warm blanket for your Xbox, making it hotter and hotter. So put your Xbox on a cabinet or some other firm surface.
Now what you’ll want to do for the 360 ring of death fix is to make sure that your Xbox is standing up tall. Stand it up vertically if you can rather than horizontal. This will help more air flow around it. We are trying to keep it cool.
Now the last part to fix ring of death is to have a fan blowing on your Xbox. Bring a fan into the room where you use the Xbox and point it at the Xbox 360. Turn it on and let it blow for a minute or so. Now turn your Xbox on, this should complete the 360 ring of death fix. Your Xbox should now be playable without having a red flashing Xbox 360.
If this 360 ring of death fix doesn’t work, there could be other problems with your Xbox. It can be still be fixed but we’ll have to open her up to check it out.
But try this first as this 360 ring of death fix bought me about 3 months of play time before I had to operate. We’ll get to that next.