Would you like a simple answer as to why so many people are looking for ways to fix Xbox 360 red ring of death? It simply comes down to your Xbox 360 being unable to cope with constant heat and because of this flaw, many console owners are experiencing the Xbox 360 3 red lights.
If you have owned a console for a while and have played for long periods of time on a daily basis, you run the risk of causing errors within the motherboard which have all the major components stored within it. This heat is not taken care of as effectively as it should because of a design fault with the heat-sinks. These are supposed to deal with overheating issues by absorbing most of the heat. But after months of long day to day play these heat-sinks can begin to struggle.
What happens next is why your console starts to show the dreaded red rings of death error. Movement to the motherboard starts to happen causing the graphics processing unit to come away from its solder connection. Microsoft opted to use lead free solder as an alternative to lead solder, this is good for the environment but not so good for you and your Xbox 360. When constant overheating is applied without proper heat protection these solder joints are not going to withstand this heat. This is why so many console owners are looking for permanent ways to fix Xbox 360 red ring of death.
Lets take a look at how you can fix this common error at home within just a couple of hours.
(A) First remove all outer casing of your console.
(B) Locate the DVD drive and metal case then remove these by disconnecting.
(C) Next remove the motherboard along with the fan
(D) This next step is where you need to find the heat-sink as mentioned above. Before you can take this away you need to remove the X-clamp which is easily identified because it is shaped like an x.
(E) Clean the GPU and CPU, these should be labelled and close to where you dis-connected the heat sink.
(F) You will need to buy some arctic silver compound which is very cheap to buy from any computer hardware store. Next apply this over the GPU.
(G) Leave this compound to set for 15-20 minutes. Find 2 washers which are nylon and place them above and below the heat-sink.
(H) Re-connect the heat-sink to the motherboard. These washers will ensure your motherboard has room to breath and the heat-sinks can do a more efficient job.
(I) Now simply reverse the process and put your console back together.
You can now get back to playing on what is one of the best and most enjoyable gadgets around and you have also saved yourself a lot of time and money at the same time.