Xbox 360 3 Red Lights Fix - Can you really fix this problem yourself?

There are a lot of guides out there that claim to help you fix the XBox 360 Red Ring of Death problem quickly and at far less cost than what Microsoft is charging. Given the fact that the internet isn't exactly a goldmine of truth, we all must take what we see and read on the internet with healthy skepticism. Is it really possible for a person to pop open their XBox 360 and fix this problem themselves? I mean, how many of you would "pop open" your television set and fix it yourself? Kind of scary, don't you think?

However, where there is a lemon, you can always make lemonade. Fact of the matter is, the XBox 360 is just a computer with interchangeable parts. I used to build computers from scratch using the same parts that IBM, Dell and all the other manufacturers out there were using (back in the day). The hardware is the easy part. It's the software that will really give you a headache.

Fortunately, the XBox 360 Red Lights error is a hardware problem and if you don't mind opening up your XBox (and if you're out of warranty, there's no reason not to), you can, with a little patience and simple tools, fix the Red Ring of Death.

The key is to pick up a step-by-step guide that tells you exactly how to do it. There are some excellent guides available out there. There's even websites out there solely devoted to the problem. I took the time to go through the top 4 "XBox360 3 Red Lights" do-it-yourself guides (see link below) and I can tell you that these guides are the real deal. I purchased 4 broken xBoxes on eBay (ones advertised as having the 3 red lights problem only) and went to work. Each of the four machine was fixed using the exact instructions in one of the guides (i.e X360 #1 - Guide #1, X360 #2 - Guide #2, etc.). I was very careful about not cross referencing my knowledge gained from one guide and apply it to a different XBox unit. All 4 boxes have been fixed and 3 of them were sold on eBay for $100 profit each.

These guides have been available for a while now and the market would have said no to them if they were just blowing smoke. In any case, the guides range in price from around $25 to $30 bucks and some even include videos. So given that Microsoft and other outside companies want upwards of $140 to fix the "Red Ring of Death", these guides seem to me to be a very sensible alternative. Check out my reviews here.