The Xbox 360 has a power ring which is nothing but the power button and the lights surrounding the power button. The lights are programmed to flicker according the controlling conditions of the console. The lights are ordered in a quadratic circle manner as a thin ring around the power button. The lights flicker either in green or red based upon the condition. Also the device is designed to show error messages on the screen when any problems occur within the device. Basically the codes are shown in an alphanumeric fashion. The light blinks in green color when your gaming system runs without any problem. But, in case any error happens it turns to red in color. Apart from this the number of lights glowing during an error also changes. There may be I, II, 3 or IV lights lit based to the situation.
Fixing
The gaming device can be fixed in II ways. One is by giving the consoleto the Microsoft Xbox 360 Fix service placeor else repairing it by your own. Free service is provided by Microsoft for those consoles which are under warranty period. But, for others fixing is charged. One more draw back here is that you need to wait for up to three months to get your consoleback and hence you can’t even see your unit for the next 3 months. Few suggest a method called towel wrapping. This is done to ensure that the weak solder joints in the motherboard gets melted and gets fixed properly when you wrap a towel around the consoleand made it to run for an hour. But unit experts say that by performing this kind of technique will break the pieces in the mere future.
Simple Way To Fix:
The simple and the easiest method to repair this problem is by fixing the console by your own. For this you need to watch some clips from the internet which gives you a step by step guide to fix the unit. The main goal is that you need to remove the X clamp from the motherboard that supports the heat sinks. After which the heat sinksare repaired back in their appropriate positions with the help of a screw and blot. This ensures that your processor gets enough air and gets cooled naturally. The main advantage in this Xbox 360 Repair method is that you can do the repairing work within one or two hours so that it gets ready on the same day and you can start playing your favorite game.