If you have found your way to this article then you are probably the owner of a broken Xbox 360 and are looking for a way to get rid of the 3 red lights or other common problems. You may also have the 1 red light error, 2 red lights or sometimes your DVD drive stops working and it will refuse to play any game disc that you put inside your Xbox.
So what is wrong with your Xbox?
It all depends on how many flashing red lights that you have got flashing on the power button when you turn it on. Except if you have the DVD drive error that does not produce a red light, it just will not play your games.
The one red light means that the scaler chip inside your Xbox 360 has burnt out and you will have to find a way to get it repaired or send it back to Microsoft.
If you have 2 red lights then you can repair it by getting a hoover and hoovering out the dust vents on the back and sides of the Xbox and it should work again. Sometimes this does not work but 9 times out of 10 it is the dust build up that causes this.
3 red lights if of course the "Red Rings of Doom" and this is when 1 or more of the components inside your Xbox has died on you and you will have to send it in or find some other way to repair this problem.
Lastly if you have the 4 red lights then you just need to plug the AV cable in the back and it should work, that is all this error means.
The DVD drive error is caused by the same thing that causes the 3 red rings and the only difference is the part of the motherboard that has been affected. In this case the DVD drive connectors have taken too much heat so you will need to get this repaired.
If you cannot wait for 4 weeks for Microsoft to repair these problems you can always send the console to a third party company that is quicker or try to repair it yourself with one of these Xbox 360 Repair guides that are dotted about online. Whatever you choose make sure that you do your homework and do some shopping about to find the best one and you should be back in the game in no time!
