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Xbox Red Ring of Death question?

Yesterday my xbox had 3 red lights and a green center which I looked up and saw it was a hardware malfunction and it has to be repaired. But this morning, my brother said he fixed it by purposefully overheating it by stopping the fans. It that actually a way to fix it? and will it work normally for a while?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    Yes, that is a way to fix it, but but only temporary. (Opening the case and using a hairdryer on the GPU) Make sure you change the thermal paste.

    Usually it will "die" again after a while (days/weeks).

    Sometimes it won't even show a "ring-of-anything" the second time around.

    Source(s): Done it myself.
  • 8 years ago

    If you want your Xbox to stay repaired unless something happens to it you will probably need to give it to Microsoft.

  • Jeff
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Keep it in a cool place so it stops overheating.

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