I heard a complaint in a letter from a friend about how vexing it is to have an Xbox 360 freeze on you when playing. He wrote me...

"Too many problems have hit me when I play my Xbox 360. Switching the system on results each time in a freeze. I can only get as far as the screen showing that big green "X" as it pretends to load up. I try to fix it by simply rebooting. That does not work either.A hundred dollars would have to paid to Microsoft for them to correct the problem. Got any tips on how I can avoid sending it off and paying that much?

This common problem has been encounter by many players including myself. We all wonder how to fix xbox 360 from freezing on us. A do-it-yourself Xbox 360 freezing fix what you are looking for? Do not walk into this fix expecting it to be too easy. One person reported this:

"Fixing my Xbox was amazingly easy. The console simple was taken completely apart. I put in a new motherboard and put it all back together again. All this with my computer science degree. I now works decently, but not like it used to."

Is he right? I could get my Xbox 360 freezing fix just by taking the console apart. I could do more than just mine. I could help all my friends. I am unfamiliar with electronics and certainly have no computer science degree. Where do I begin?

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I was able to fix the problems all by myself. Let a good repair manual guide you and you can successfully learn how to fix a freezing xbox 360 console. Right here you can find the Xbox 360 3 Red Light Fix by James Dean.