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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Xbox 360 3-Red Light Repair Manual - Fix Your Console For Good

By Jackson Nigon

There are many games consoles available now but one of the most popular remains the Xbox 360, made by Microsoft. Originally Microsoft launched the Xbox, which has since been developed with several technological advances. The second model released by Microsoft in 2005, with many more features, is the Xbox 360. Sadly since its launch many users have experienced problems with their Xbox hardware, and some of the most common problems are overheating and the 3-red light error.

The term "the 3-red light error" is refering to the three lights in the power ring that blink red when there is an error with the console. When a problem occurs the lights around the power button turn from green to red, which is a warning sign of an error.

There could be several reasons that cause the red light error but one of the most reported is overheating, which happens when the heat sinks aren't able to cool the hot air properly near the processor. This can cause the processor to fail. The overheating can be due to a number of things, one being an increase in power consumption by the intercooler that leads to the motherboard conducting larger current through the circuit. Otherwise overheating could be due to a bad chip component attached to the motherboard.

Overheating can cause the GUI (Graphical User Interface) to fail and result in the 3-red light error. As well as the three glowing red lights around the power button an error message will probably show on your screen. The error message will probably show up as E74 but it could also be a different error message.

There are a few steps you can take to stop the red light error from occurring, and one of them is to ensure enough cool air circulates around the motherboard to keep it cool. If you are able to maintain a constant temperature you should not see the error.

If you are one of the unlucky ones and you get the 3-red light error there are a couple of things you can do. You can send your console off to Microsoft and wait weeks for it to be returned, or you can save time and a load of cash and repair it yourself.

There are several XBox 360 repair manuals online, available to download to talk you through every step of the repair process, and they are all quick and easy to follow. You can be back playing your Xbox in hours and you won't get the annoying 3-red light error anymore. Plus you won't have spent loads of cash.

You won't even have to buy any special tools to fix your Xbox 360, just some regular screwdrivers and a repair manual that you can download. Most red light errors are caused by very small problems, which means you don't need loads of technical expertise to repair them. The possible causes and the repair process is explained clearly in full in one of the Xbox 360 3-red light repair manuals, some of which also come with video tutorial.

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