If you have the Xbox red ring of death, you are no doubt almost ripping your hair out with frustration. The Xbox 3 red rings of death are caused by heat. As the motherboard heats up, it begins to flex. This flexing action causes a loosening of the soldering holding the GPU to the motherboard. Once the GPU comes loose, you have that dreaded red ring of death.

There are several easy approaches to a so-called "3 red rings of death fix" which may be necessary for many Xbox 360 devices. Unfortunately, over 10,000,000 of them were manufactured with fatal design flaws leading to hardware failure among other unpleasant outcomes. If a red light suddenly appears, you are being informed that your machine has developed a problem which must be dealt with.

A single red light means the console has some hardware issues and some sort of repair is needed. Two red lights means it is becoming overheated. At this point, you should shut it off and move it to a more open area. Three red lights or three 3 red rings of light means the console has the dreaded red rings of death and you must do something to fix this problem. Four red lights means the cable is likely weakened or damaged and you should see if it needs replacement.

If you want your 3 red rings of death fixed and your warranty has expired, you would probably have to try and fix it yourself or send the console straight to Microsoft. If you decide to have red ring death fixed using Microsoft, you will have to send your console to Microsoft and also send them $140.00 dollars as well. The bad part about having Microsoft fix your console is the fact that you will end up waiting well over a month to get it back.

There is another option which may be best for you in learning to fix red ring of death yourself. DIY (do it yourself) is a guide which is ready to purchase and is also a very low price and you will be able to learn how to fix 3 red circles of death - doom within a time frame of one and a half hour. The easy steps are: Remove the case; Take off the x clamp; Take the screw off and remove the heat sink; Make sure to clear the CPU and GPU; Put a bit of heat compound on the GPU; Place two nylon washers on top and on bottom of where the screws go back into the heat sink; then screw the heat sink back on; Finally put everything back together.

The main advantages of DIY (do-it-yourself) guides is that the steps are easy to follow. You will be able to repair your gaming console and troubleshoot hardware problems that include the "red light of death." A red light usually indicates a failure of some kind. You will not need to ship your gaming console to Microsoft for costly repairs once you have learned the safe and easy way to perform home repairs.