Why Does My Xbox 360 Freeze Up?
Xbox 360 is a nice and wonderful gaming console that Microsoft has ever made, but certain technical flaw has plagued the console to find various errors. Freezing up is one of the most common errors in the console. Statistics reveal that approximately one million people are suffering from the ghastly error. Microsoft themselves confessed that 5% of their consoles are haunted by this freezing up ‘ghost’. If your favorite Xbox 360 is encountering this freezing up problem, then this article is certainly worthwhile for you.
Let us trace out the Xbox 360 freezing Errors
The usual green lights turn to three flashing red lights when Graphics Processing Unit or GPU of the console becomes loose. The motherboard, where the GPU is located, is heated up and as per the law of Cause-and-Effect, the GPU becomes loose.
The excess heat makes the motherboard vibrate in place, due to this vibration, soldering gets melted and the GPU gets loosened. As a result, whenever your motherboard heats up, you get Xbox 360 freeze up error.
Considering this freeze up problem many people try a so called towel trick method to fix the problem and endanger their console for the permanent damage. Friends, beware! This is not the ideal method to follow up. Do not be under the impression that the smooth surface of the towel would cool the motherboard, but rather it would heat it even more.
Now let us see how we can learn how to fix Xbox
Let us take apart the case and with a fine tip poker, poke out the grayed holes and also the tiny rectangle holes which are at the back of the case. Now take the face plate off and remove the DVD drive by moving the latch up. Thereafter, unscrew the metal case, which is under the plastic case. Now after removing the DVD drive, unplug the cables. After that, take the fan off and the motherboard out. Then clean the motherboard with a soft brush, but handle it carefully, because the tiny and tender components on the motherboard may get damaged. Finally, join all the parts altogether and screw up the console again.
There is one better option to fix Xbox 360 freeze up problem. Judiciously following a professional guide is the ultimate help to defy the problem forever. Of course, there are many guides and e-books that focus on the various problems of the Xbox 360 console, but all are not worth-taking. Look for the guide that will cost around $30. Secondly, the customer support should be available for you every time you need or seek for help. The guide should have plenty of video tutorials and step by step easy to follow information that will give you the confidence to repair it on your own by Xbox 360 manual. Lastly, the professional guide should assure you money back guarantee in case of the repair failure on your part, but this would happen in rare case of 99.9%. However, to safeguard you for the professional deal it is always worthwhile to fulfill these conditions of the professional guide purchase.
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