Xbox 360 Red lights fixes

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buckaroobonzai

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Trying to find instructions on how to fix the 3 red lights error, without purchasing the info with dvd for almost the same price as getting it repaired: $30.

Anyone know where theyre are instructions or can guide those who want to do this to do it?
 
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No idea, sorry. I always just send mine in. Anyone with a 360 should have a warranty.
 
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The warranty is only good for 3 yrs, and on this console it is obsolete. It is my
3rd one and I want to fix it, not pay Microsoft $140 shipped to repair it. Theres stores on the interwebs that will fix it for $49 shipped, or you can buy an instruction guide with dvd video for $30 that will teach you how to fix it.

I was just wondering if anyone had already fixe done and had a free guide/post/blog on how to do that.
 
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Some vids can be found on YouTube.

Tutorials are certainly available for free on the internet, but they're buried in heaps of spam.
 
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I'm buying one of the new ones. Presumably all the red-light nonsense has been addressed. They look a lot better and have much bigger hard drive. And they are "whisper quiet," I am told.
 
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I bought one of the kits off Amazon for $20 which included the mounting hardware, thermal paste, and instructions on a pdf to fix my son's 360.
It was similar to this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Xbox-360-XCLAMP-Repair/dp/B001HPQB3W/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1280962528&sr=1-1

I will have to say after disassembling it and seeing the motherboard that it had to have been the worst case of applying thermal paste I had ever seen. It was everywhere around the processor and gpu. I cleaned it up and put a thin layer of arctic silver instead of the supplied paste in the kit and it is still running to this day.
 
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Korplem said:
Yep, they're really quiet. My old one was a first generation and I always had to turn the volume way up to understand dialogue. Now I don't notice anything even when the disc is spinning.
Click to expand...

Yeah, I love my 360 S. So quiet and sleek, compared to that noisy old white thing.
 
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