How To Repair Your Xbox 360
Is your Xbox 360 flashing with the 3 red lights of death? Don’t worry, its not dead yet, your Xbox 360 is in need of some repair though. These instruction will show you how to repair your Xbox 360. When Microsoft designed the Xbox 360, they chose a slightly unusual way of mounting the heat sinks to the processors. When the console is running, there is a tremendous
amount of heat build up inside the case. This causes the Xbox 360 motherboard to flex against the X-Clamp support plastic which in turn can cause the soldered joints on the processors to come away from the motherboard itself. This results in the Red Lights of Death.
Firstly, remove the front face plate from your Xbox 360: Take a look at the front of the Xbox 360 and insert your thumb into the door that covers the two USB ports on the right of the unit. With your other hand squeezing the upper and lower sides of the face plate, pull out the face plate with your thumb. With not much effort, the face plate should come away from the unit with ease. I wouldn’t force it however –if it doesn’t want to come off easily it will be catching on something. You don’t want a trashed console case after all your efforts.