# who can fix red ring of death
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 13, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683 "2008-12-13T15:43:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/1 "2008-12-13T15:43:37Z")
i have 2 older 360’s that have this problem. and both will not be fixed my microsoft for free. so who can do them local?
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### Author:  [@dcrdev](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dcrdev)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/2 "2008-12-13T17:40:44Z")
well, you could do the towel trick. Suprisingly it works - well… for a little while
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### Author:  [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/3 "2008-12-13T18:15:26Z")
> [@xcapandinkx](#):
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> well, you could do the towel trick. Suprisingly it works - well… for a little while
haha they are toast i need a real fix
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### Author:  [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/4 "2008-12-13T19:26:30Z")
Personally I wouldn’t do the towel trick because it doesn’t get hot enough.Look for tutorials that involve a heat gun,which you can buy relatively cheap at harbor freight.
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### Author:  [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/5 "2008-12-13T20:12:55Z")
i did the towel thing and it worked for about a week before coming back on again lol
why wont it be fixed by microsoft?
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### Author:  [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/6 "2008-12-13T20:13:14Z")
im looking for a real fix, like someone who knows how to do the x-clamp thing. i wanna fix them then sell em. not looking for a temp fix so screw people
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### Author:  [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/7 "2008-12-14T00:13:13Z")
pray to your god of choice
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### Author:  [@Joe\_Omerta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe_Omerta)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/8 "2008-12-14T01:22:01Z")
I’m actually in the middle of an x-clamp fix now for a friend of mine. it’s stupid simple. i’d be done but he only gave me the box and no power cables or nething. so i’m waiting on the cables so i can test it out. otherwise, i’d say start to finish i could get these done in about an hour or so.
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### Author:  [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/9 "2008-12-14T07:06:12Z")
> [@Joe\_Omerta](#):
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> I’m actually in the middle of an x-clamp fix now for a friend of mine. it’s stupid simple. i’d be done but he only gave me the box and no power cables or nething. so i’m waiting on the cables so i can test it out. otherwise, i’d say start to finish i could get these done in about an hour or so.
so are you saying you can do mine? what would you charge me total for 2 boxes?
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### Author:  [@Joe\_Omerta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe_Omerta)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2008, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/10 "2008-12-14T10:29:21Z")
what sounds reasonable? most car/computer/electronics work i charge $40/hour + parts. for this the parts total under $5 so $40/box seems fair in that aspect since it takes roughly an hour.
Edit: Successfully fixed my first RROD 🙂
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### Author:  [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/11 "2008-12-14T18:21:41Z")
so like a shop i only pay if it gets fixed right 😛 ill give ya a pm tomarrow
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### Author:  [@jimbo13kaz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jimbo13kaz)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/12 "2008-12-14T21:19:03Z")
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/13 "2008-12-15T07:40:17Z")
The retarded comments on that video are just silly. But helpful video though.
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### Author:  [@Joe\_Omerta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe_Omerta)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/14 "2008-12-15T10:20:12Z")
only problem w/ that video is that he doesn’t know which one is the cpu and which one is the gpu. he definitely said the cpu is the gpu. (CPU has the TALL heatsink, GPU has the SHORT FLAT heatsink)
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### Author:  [@scottromansky](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/scottromansky)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/15 "2008-12-15T13:41:00Z")
sell the xbox’s like they are new and then with the money buy a new one.
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### Author:  [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/16 "2008-12-15T14:36:40Z")
thats a scub bag move man, i belive in karma
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### Author:  [@scottromansky](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/scottromansky)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/17 "2008-12-16T07:30:24Z")
then nvm dont do that then.
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### Author:  [@Joe\_Omerta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe_Omerta)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/18 "2008-12-16T07:32:38Z")
i’m pretty sure u could get like $120 for a working xbox 360 if it comes w/ a hard drive. otherwise there worth like $25 w/ the RROD
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### Author:  [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/19 "2008-12-21T11:08:54Z")
Okay - so mine, which I got last year as a Christmas gift, just decided today it would
A.) Drop the picture in the middle of a game, then
B.) Eat Call of Duty - World at War by scratching an 1/8" loop around the disc, after which it
C.) showed the “dashboard” screen with a checkered pattern, and henceforth it
D.) showed this fucking “red ring of death” horseshit.
Questions:
1.) Is this game covered under a warranty? I read the Wiki article and it indicates it might.
2.) Am I fucked so far as warranty goes? I didn’t buy it, again it was a gift form my lady, fairly certain the receipt for this is gone to the ages.
3.) If I’m proverbially fucked, where can I get the goods to fix the bastard myself?
4.) Steve, you want a beer or three to give me a hand? 😛
If it helps anyone, bang
> **[Xbox 360 technical problems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_problems)**
>
> The Xbox 360 video game console is subject to a number of technical problems and failures that can render it unusable. However, many of the issues can be identified by a series of glowing red lights flashing on the face of the console; the three flashing red lights (nicknamed the "Red Ring of Death" or the "RRoD") being the most famous. There are also other issues that arise with the console, such as discs becoming scratched in the drive and "bricking" of consoles due to dashboard updates. There...
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### Author:  [@TgDn32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TgDn32)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-can-fix-red-ring-of-death/59683/20 "2008-12-21T12:06:41Z")
I did the x-clamp to no avail, apparently mine was fubar’d
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