It is advisable to fix this problem as soon as possible. I am sure you noticed this in the midst of a very interesting Xbox 360 game and you saw that it had frozen and that the game pad was not responding. This makes you feel like just throwing it out the window. The continual freeze of your Xbox can germinate into a bigger problem commonly known as the 3 red lights error.

This problem many times is caused by too much dust in the device, no ventilation in the place where the device is kept or a failure of the general processing unit.

You can deal with the problem by dusting the device, getting an equipment to blow air into it and always checking the chips.

You can actually repair this problem by sending it over to Microsoft for a fix which would do the trick but attract a whole lot of expenses on your side if your warranty is expired and a lot of time wastage on retrieval of your device but, if your warranty is not yet expired it would be fixed for free meaning that the expenses which would have been required would be cut out.

The best method is to fix it yourself with the Xbox 360 repair guide which is a lot easier, time saving and not rigorous at all because of the step by step instructions provided for you in the guide. this certainly is the best option available to you because it offers you the exact opposite of everything Microsoft offers you in terms of money and time.