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ShotRangE · 3 Weeks Ago

YouTube - Playing Halo 3 with Red Ring of Death

I have the red ring of death so I looked up some tutorials on youtube. I tried smacking the xbox and the towel trick and now it works! Not how I expected it to work though..

Well the xbox was running well.. no freezing or anything. I had to turn it off eventually to go to sleep.. Whenever I turn it on its either like this or normal with green lights.

ER1C0 · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by ShotRangE

YouTube - Playing Halo 3 with Red Ring of Death
I have the red ring of death so I looked up some tutorials on youtube. I tried smacking the xbox and the towel trick and now it works! Not how I expected it to work though..

Well the xbox was running well.. no freezing or anything. I had to turn it off eventually to go to sleep.. Whenever I turn it on its either like this or normal with green lights.

DO NOT DO THE TOWEL TRICK!

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Don't even use it once, not to mention some people tend to do the towel trick on Xbox 360 more than once! Basically what it does is that the internal chips will be heated with a couple of towel wrapped while Xbox 360 is on for 15 minutes, it leads to extremely high temperatures so that broken solder points get resoldered again and warped components get reshaped.The point here is, this fix would probably last you a few days or sometimes less than 24 hours. Most manufacturers try their best avoiding heat damages to internal components and now you're fixing your console by heating it beyond acceptable level. This would eventually damage your Xbox 360 internal chips and if you do it more than once, be prepared to face all kinds of other heat failures as the chip get damaged even more.
So really, is it safe to do the towel trick on Xbox 360, just for a quick fix that lasts no more than a few days?
There's just so many times that this can be repeated before the heat damage is too extensive for the towel trick to work any more. This procedure is a fast downward spiral that completely fries your Xbox 360.

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Even if it provides temporary relief from the red ring of death, it'll do much more harm to your Xbox than good. Unless you really hate your Xbox and want to destroy it, stay away from the towel trick.

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It'll only wreck it in the long run.

ShotRangE · 3 Weeks Ago

well the xbox is already broken from the red rings.. might aswell use the towel trick to make it work again. also smacking the xbox works too.

MultiLockOn · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by ShotRangE

well the xbox is already broken from the red rings.. might aswell use the towel trick to make it work again. also smacking the xbox works too.

You must've missed the whole friggin point of that. NO DUH ITS BROKEN, but you can get it fixed. With the towel trick, LIKE IT SAID, it'll fry the insides of your xbox.

AceOfSpades · 3 Weeks Ago

And, if you do the towel trick, it'll void any warranty you might've had.

ShotRangE · 3 Weeks Ago

i've gone through 3 xboxs so far.. and now my warranty is out so; youtube is my solution =)

ER1C0 · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by ShotRangE

i've gone through 3 xboxs so far.. and now my warranty is out so; youtube is my solution =)

OR you could just get it fixed for 100 bucks... instead of paying $200-$400 for a new one.... Save you $100-$300 depending on the xbox..

X5 · 3 Weeks Ago

Or you could fix it yourself....

YouTube - The Shocking Truth Behind Xbox 360 Red Lights And How To Fix Your System!

Orange · 3 Weeks Ago

X5, wouldnt it be better to post an ACTUAL instructional video rather than an advertisement for a website that supposedly says how to fix it, advertising/Infract?

Fraustophobia · 3 Weeks Ago

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X5, wouldnt it be better to post an ACTUAL instructional video rather than an advertisement for a website that supposedly says how to fix it, advertising/Infract?

i dont wanna seem like a nag, but so far within the last half hour ive been on, ive noticed that about 3 of ur latest posts have either been inquiries to get someone infracted or for some thread to get locked. wats up with that?

BTW, ive used towel trick twice, and it seems like theyre right with not doing it. yes it may seem like it works at first (hell, my 360 stayed alive for a good 9+ hours the first time i did it, which was last week, tuesday..?), but afterwards, youll start to notice some effects, be it long term effects or ones that quickly arise. i used the towel trick a second time yesterday, Oct. 30th, seeing as today is halloween, and i expected the same results, but to no avail. It stayed with life for about 2 hrs, waaay less than the last time, which brought me to thinking, "hey, this is bad for my box....im not doin it anymore." so yeah, im not doing the towel trick anymore. if it dies, it dies, o well. i still have nazi zombies on ps3, lol.

also, anyone have an answer to why my warranty (of 3 years!) for the limited edition Halo 3 edition 360 expired after only a year and a half??? if u can shed some light on my dilema, that would be great. i really anna get my 360 repaired, but idk how this stupid mix up could affect me.