Xbox Red Ring of Death Towel Trick
Having an Xbox, I’m sure you heard your friends talk about the RROD, or red ring of death and ways of fixing it, like the Towel Trick. The Towel Trick is where you wrap a bath towel around your Xbox and let it heat up and supposedly it gets rid of the RROD. Here is the hard truth. Yes the towel trick can work, but, and there is a but. But it will only work for a few weeks and you end up damaging your Xbox so that it may never work again. Keep reading and I’ll explain to you in more detail.
Here is why you get the RROD with your Xbox 360. The soldering joints under the chips are using cheaper material that causes more failures. Microsoft decided to try and save money by using a cheaper material for the solder that was better for the environment, but the quality wasn’t as good. When the Xbox 360 heats up, the soldering joints expand because it is made of some sort of metal. The soldering joint is made to expand with heat, but the underlying problem has to do with the metals contracting when it cools. When this happens, air bubbles begin to form within the solder and it begins a process called cold solder joint. Just like a computer is supposed to heat up and cool down, it creates a crack under the chips with cause the red ring of death.
The Xbox 360 ring of death towel trick only causes more issues and more cracks underneath the chips.
The only reason why this trick works is that it gets hot enough to melt the solder, but also it damages your Xbox when you are done playing. These cracks don’t have to be big. Even a hairline crack is enough for electrical current to be cut off.
Read this 360FixKit review to see that it will fix your Xbox for good.
Avoid the Xbox flashing red lights. You can find me anytime on Xbox Live.