If you are stuck with the three blinking red lights on your XBox 360, use these proven techniques to fix them permanently. Three flashing red lights are generally related to overheating issues inside the console. There are 3 ways to fix this: you can send it in to be repaired, fix it yourself or buy a new Xbox 360.

Fix your red ring of death by shipping it away to Microsoft.

This option sounds good doesn't it? Well not really if your Xbox is not under warranty. If you are still within the one-year warranty then you have no problems, go ahead send it away, but expect to wait 4 to 8 weeks. If your Xbox is not under warranty, this option can be very expensive. You can expect to pay at least $150 as well as waiting up to 8 weeks to get your console back.

You should be aware of that opening up your console will void your warranty. So, if your warranty has expired or if you've already worked inside your console then there's nothing to lose. Otherwise you ought to give it some careful thought first before trying other Xbox 360 repair solutions.

The second option is to buy a new console. The problem with this solution is that it is expensive and there is no guarantee your new Xbox will never get the red ring of death. "I've gone through 3 Xbox Premium systems and 3 Xbox Elite systems... and probably sending out for Elite #4 soon. (Not counting the 2 failures I've repaired myself) All of these have had very light use in normal environments..." - says one of the Xbox owners.

Finally, many XBOX gamers have taken advantage of the DIY solution. It is great for those who have an out of warranty console and don't want to shell out $140 and wait 6 weeks for a Microsoft fix.

There are a bunch of online guides showing how to fix it yourself - see top rated xbox 360 repair guides. As well as the guarantee that your Xbox 360´s three flashing red lights will be history within 2 hours, you´ll also get full customer support from real human beings, and easy to follow video tutorials showing you every simple step of the procedure.

The guides already helped hundreds of XBox gamers fix 99% of the known XBox 360 failures.