Some time ago (around a year ago I think if not longer) I was playing on my Xbox 360 on Gears of War 2 when bang! I had the dreaded RROD (Red ring of death) which is basically three red lights and then you cannot use your xbox again until you get it repaired.
I didnt bother to get it fixed, well I did that is a lie, I did the towel trick which is basically wrapping the xbox up in a towel and leave it powered on for around 20 minutes to over heat. Remove the towel and try booting and it worked for me, well I say it worked, it worked for around 10 minutes before I got the three red lights again.
I just gave in and threw it under the stairs and didn’t think anything else of it.
Monday I decided I was going to fix it, so I took it to bits cleaned the thermal paste from the processor and heat sinks, applied new paste, removed the xclamps and put in screws, built back up and YES! It works, we are not back up and running. Just a shame I have been banned from xbox live.
I am getting a new xbox 360 on friday from my brother and will be playing on live with that one.