| So how many Xbox 360 home repair videos have | | | | grape vine that many parts they use to make your |
| you watched on YouTube? Unplugging wires and | | | | system work again are used. This is why we decided |
| waiting a minute or two, opening face plates, top | | | | that an Xbox 360 home repair solution was in order. |
| plates, and wrapping towels around your system can | | | | The majority of the problems that revolve around |
| be beneficial. However, they only last a short period of | | | | Microsoft's Xbox 360 has to do with cooling issues, |
| time. You can search all you want around the internet | | | | power supply challenges, or the dreaded red ring of |
| for free methods and techniques, but none of them | | | | death. The latter is a hard drive failure error and not |
| are long term solutions. | | | | something anyone wants to see when they turn on |
| How do we know? | | | | their system. However, with a few Xbox 360 home |
| Well, we did the same thing and tried over fifty | | | | repair techniques, you can have it up and running again |
| different possible solutions. Granted many of them | | | | in no time. |
| allowed us to play our systems again, but as days | | | | Unless of course, you would rather wait two, four, six |
| went by, more issues kept popping up. Kind of | | | | or in our case, eight months before getting your 360 |
| reminded us of the old Nintendo from the 80s and 90s. | | | | back. The point is there are better ways to go about |
| Where you would have to blow in the console | | | | fixing your system. Sure, you may have to spend a |
| religiously and push that inner piece up and down a | | | | few hours of your spare time, but it sure beats having |
| hundred times for the system to work again. | | | | nothing for months. Keep in mind the solutions we |
| Anyway, we decided to take a different route on our | | | | found are not anywhere else for free on the internet. |
| Xbox 360 home repair adventure and spend a little | | | | We tried most of those tips but, unfortunately, they |
| cash. The short term results just weren't cutting it and | | | | were only quick fixes. |
| it was time to find out the secrets no one else was | | | | We knew ahead of time that taking the Xbox 360 |
| sharing. While we didn't really want to spend any | | | | home repair route would be at our own risk if we had |
| money, but it sure beat sending the gaming console off | | | | a warranty. We figure you don't have one either |
| to Microsoft. Have you enjoyed that experience yet? | | | | because the systems usually break down after it has |
| Yes, that was a little sarcasm. | | | | already expired. Sure, there are a few exceptions, but |
| If you haven't called their company up to explain your | | | | we're talking about the majority here. So if you feel it's |
| problem, don't bother. Unless of course, you want to | | | | time to think outside of the box or the only way things |
| pay an arm and a leg (roughly $150-$200) to get it | | | | get done right is by doing them yourself, then follow |
| fixed if you don't have a warranty. Even then they | | | | our lead. We know you'll be happy with your |
| may not fix the issue or we've heard through the | | | | refurbished Xbox 360 when it's all over. |