Not one, not two, but three red lights on XBox 360 spells disaster, frustration, and a big bummer! No more playing games until those three red lights are dealt with.

No wonder everybody calls it the red ring of death! If you see it, it means your XBox is toast, fried, and otherwise dead! And technically it’s called ‘general hardware failure.’ Nice, isn’t it?

If your XBox 360 has run out of its warranty, even the extended warranty, don’t despair. You are NOT left with the only option to send it back to support for $140.

There IS another safe and permanent option for you. If you feel up to the task of opening up your XBox 360 and following along to the video or print tutorials available to you, then you could be back up and running in about 2 hours and for a much lower price than $140 too!

Don’t worry if this sounds like it may be overly complicated. It’s not. If you pick a good guide, you will have access to customer support should you encounter any difficulties in understanding the instructions.

And no, you don’t need any special tools or anything. All that’s needed are common household tools to get the XBox case open and then to do the actual repair and then to close the case again.

Unlike the towel method, these repairs are very safe and permanent. After doing this repair, you won’t see red lights on XBox 360 again.

I would recommend choosing a guide that includes videos so you can see the actual process.

Most of the guides can be had for less than $40, which gives you a savings of $100. Not bad!