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Originally Posted by shank0668
My brothers friends 360 broke [rrod]red ring of death and he wanted to send it in to get fixed but its modded. He didnt know what to do. so my brotther heard you could wrap a towel around it and it would overheat and then after that it would work. My brothers friend said bs. Then he decided why not try it. He wrapped a towel around it and let it go for an hour. It overheated. So he let it cool down and he turned it on to find out it fixed it! So is the red ring of death just a scam to get microsoft money by getting it fixed from them? He didnt actually do anything.
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This works because of the main reason for the RROD. The RROD is because of not enough cooling and insufficient air movement. The 360 was originally made with poor quality solder. When the internal temps of the 360 reach a certain point the solder begins to break down and partial melt causing it lose connection and eventually there will be no connection at all (the RROD). The towel method keeps the hot air in allowing the internal temp to rise higher. This allows the solder to melt completely reconnecting any parts that lost connection. Due to this cycle the fix is only temporary as they solder will break down again in a couple months not to mention that the towel trick can and will cause permanent damage to other internal components that are not designed to withstand the heat.
The only way to really fix it is to increase the amount of cooling and air flow and to de-solder and then re-solder all connections with good solder so no it's not a scam by Microsoft. Plus for it to be a scam they have to have something to gain but they do it for free. In the 1st year alone didn't MS LOSE a lot of money fixing the RROD?