The Xbox 360 is
the next generation of gaming consoles from Microsoft. The Xbox 360
and PlayStation 2 were the strongest competitors in the market
during its launch. From a consumer standpoint, Xbox 360 was
economical with rich set of features compared with the PlayStation 2
and the price is also comparatively less compared to PS2. The most
important fact is that it is a branded product because it came from
Microsoft, and therefore, children and adults around the world were
eager to buy the Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 2.
FAILURE
Since its introduction in the market, Xbox 360 is facing a huge
problem. Users complained of their failure. Most users complained
that the overheating of the console and the red light errors. This
issue irritates users and spoiled his game in the middle. When
examined, it appeared that many consoles had the same type of
problems. In it was discovered that the console displays an error
message called as the E 74 on the screen when the error occurs. This
error is known as the "three red lights error", since there are
three red lights shining on the power ring area when the error
occurs. The power ring is composed of LED lights that are capable of
brilliant green and red, depending on the condition of the console.
The light glows green when the console is working without any
problem and becomes red when they have no obstacle to their work.
Apart from the three red lights errors, there are other errors as
the one, two and four red lights error. However, these errors are
easily solved by users, compared with the error of the three red
lights.
Reason and solution
The reason for the occurrence of errors of the three red light is
the failure of the heat sinks. The function of the heat sink to cool
the air surrounding the processors so that processors can work for a
long time. As the temperature rises beyond the threshold level, the
heatsinks were not able to serve its purpose. Therefore, we need a
further cooling in the console. This can be done in many ways. The
best way is to remove the X clamps the heat sinks for the air to
cool the processor at the bottom of the motherboard.
Repairs can be done in several ways. You can give your console to a
service center or you can repair the console yourself. The console
repair on your own is the best option given the console to a service
center will not give a permanent solution. Some other disadvantages
associated with the service centers are cost and time required. You
have to wait from 4 to 12 weeks to get their console repair service
center. Moreover, you can not repair the console, if yours is a
modded console.
Therefore, the repair console on its own is the best and
economically. Xbox gamers recommend repairing your console on its
own. Xbox gamers also recommend you to watch a video tutorial to
complete the repair work with success. This video tutorial will
guide you through the process step by step repair. The repair work
can be done with the help of normal household tools. It takes only
an hour to repair your console and once the repair work is more, you
can start playing with the console in the next hour.
