The Xbox 360 has a lit ring which is nothing but the power button and the lights surrounding the power button. The lights are programmed to flicker according the operating conditions of the console. The lights are ordered in a quadratic shape manner as a thin ring around the power button. The lights flicker either in green or red based upon the shape. Also the device is built to show error messages on the screen when any problems occur within the utility. Basically the codes are displayed in an alphanumeric fashion. The light flashes in green color when your utility runs without any error. But, in case any difficulty occurs it turns to red in color. Apart from this the number of lights glowing during an error also changes. There may be one, II, 3 or IV lights lit based to the situation.
Repairing
The unit can be fixed in II ways. One is by giving the systemto the Microsoft Xbox 360 Repair service HQor 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 systemback and hence you can’t even see your gaming device for the next 3 months. many 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 systemand made it to run for an hour. But Xbox 360 experts say that by performing this kind of technique will break the components in the mere future.
Easy Way To Repair:
The easiest and the easiest method to solve this error is by repairing the system by your own. For this you have to watch some Xbox 360 Fix clips from the internet which gives you a step by step guide to repair the unit. The main objective 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.