The Xbox 360 is a gaming console created by Microsoft. The console was launched in November 2005. Before the launch of the Xbox 360 console, Microsoft has released a console called the Xbox. Designing separate consoles for gaming was as a result of certain problems caused by playing games on PCs. So the console was created to minimize such faults.

The first thing to be noted is that if you are having the problem of your game Xbox 360 game freezing up, the problem is not the game but the Xbox gaming console. The problem is from Microsoft. One third of all Xbox 360 systems have overheating issues and cause game freeze ups. It actually is the Xbox system that wants to protect itself and by shutting down. The system has a faulty internal cooling system, often called error e74.

Internal Hardware Problem

The different cooling mechanisms in your Xbox system might become faulty with time. This leads to the freezing of your system. Finally your Xbox system will burn out and you'll need to buy a new one. Microsoft will like you to ship your Xbox system to them because they will make money on fixing a problem they created. It's not compulsory that you send it over to Microsoft as it is time consuming and expensive for users whose Xbox warranty periods have expired. All you need do is get a good repair guide that gives you both video and manual instructions.

Hope that this helps you solve your Xbox 360 freeze problems.