The Xbox 360 has a energy ring which is nothing but the power button and the lights surrounding the power button. The lights are programmed to blink according the operating conditions of the unit. The lights are organized in a quadratic circle manner as a thin ring around the power button. The lights blink either in green or red depending upon the shape. Also the device is manufactured to show error messages on the screen when any problems occur within the unit. Basically the codes are represented in an alphanumeric fashion. The light flashes in green color when your device goes without any problem. But, in case any difficulty occurs it turns to red in color. beside from this the number of lights glowing during an error also shifts. There may be one, II, 3 or IV lights glowing according to the situation.
Fixing
The Xbox can be repaired in II ways. One is by giving the gaming deviceto the Microsoft Xbox 360 Repair service headquartersor else repairing it by your own. Free repair is provided by Microsoft for those consoles which are under warranty period. But, for others repairing is charged. One more draw back here is that you have to wait for up to III months to get your gaming deviceback and hence you can’t even see your Xbox 360 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 gaming deviceand made it to run for an hour. But system experts say that by performing this kind of technique will break the pieces in the mere future.
Simple Way To Repair:
The simple and the simplest method to fix this problem is by repairing the gaming device by your own. For this you have to watch some Xbox 360 Fix videos from the internet which gives you a step by step guide to repair the console. The main goal is that you have to remove the X clamp from the motherboard that supports the heat sink(s). After which the heat sink(s)are fixed 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 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.