If you have been an owner of an Xbox 360 for more than a few days then you will probably heard of all the horror stories about the red lights and the hardware issues that some of the consoles suffer from. Alot of these problems are caused by overheating and it is down to the chips on the motherboard taking too much heat and as they take more and more of a strain the soldering snaps off and that is when you are left with one of the problems such as the 3 red lights problem. There is also other problems that you can get that are indicated by the number of lights flashing. You can also get the 1 red light, 2 red lights or sometimes the DVD drive stops working and will refuse to play your game discs. So what do you do if you need Xbox 360 Repair? Well the first thing that you can do and it is a good idea if you are still in warranty is send the broken console back to Microsoft and they will fix it for you. The only thing with this option is the time it takes to get it fixed and the common waiting time is about 4 - 6 weeks! So is there any other way to Repair Your Xbox 360? Well there is another way that you can get rid of the above problems and that is to perform Xbox 360 Repair at home. At firs t this sounds like nonsense as it does sound to technical to do from home but as mentioned above the main reason that all of the above problems happen is because of overheating. So in essence all you need to do is stop the build up of heat and you should be back in the game before you know it. There are a few Xbox 360 Repair guides out there and if you do decide to go down this route make sure that you get one with a full guarantee and also one that contains videos as well to help you perform the fix. If you find one that does not give you a preview of the videos then I would stay away as you have no way to determine the quality of the guide. Also test out the customer support before you commit to anything and then you can be sure that you are getting a good guide. I hope this article has helped tell you how you can perform Xbox 360 Repair from home and hope you get back to your games soon. http://groups.google.com/group/gamersbot/