Xbox 360 How to Repair
Xbox 360 How to Repair Guide (3 red lights)
Turning off your Xbox 360 while it is running, whether watching a moive, streaming music from your ipod or playing your favorite game you will definitely have problems when you turn your console on again. You might be saying, but whythe hell would I ever do that? Well there are several things that could happen that can lead to this situation. Not if but when this happens you can use a simple Xbox 360 How to repair guide.
First of all power outages are completely out of our control and unpredictable. If you lose power while your Xbox 360 is turned on then there is a chance that when you yurn it back on there will be the 3 red lights flashing from the power button, which means an internal error. So what can you do? Do you send your Xbox 360 back to Microsoft for repairs, or is there an at home Xbox repair guide in such a situation?
Whatever you do dont send it back to Microsoft. First they will slug you $150.00 for a $20.00 job. Next you probably wont have a xbox to play for about 2 months.
What to Do
When this happens you may be able to fix your Xbox 360 at home. You will be surprised what you can do with some simple tools from around the house and some know how.
In the situation described, where your Xbox has been turned off while in the middle of operation, there is a trick you can pull to fix things. First go to the System Blade and look for Initial Setup. Initial Setup will run your Xbox the same way it did when you first got your Xbox.
Before you get any further with this Xbox 360 How to repair guide make sure that you detach any memory unit and HDD. Leaving a memory unit or HDD in may result in all your saved games disappearing for good. Think of this as a way of reformatting, the same way you might reformat your computer or thumb drive. Once you have selected the Initial Setup your console will perform the necessary reformatting.
Your Xbox will then prompt you to insert a HDD or memory unit, don’t do this yet. When you don’t accept this action you will go to the default Dashboard screen. Now try and sync your controller to the console. If you can do this then the problem is most probably fixed. Shut down your Xbox and when you turn it on again it should be good as new. So simple, this Xbox repair guide is not fail safe but try it before you call in for a repair.
