Do all Xbox 360s get Doom’s 3 red lights? Find the truth!

If you’ve found your way to this article, you may or may not have a problem with your Xbox 360; however, if you are having problems, this article will serve as a guide for you to try to fix it, and if you are not having problems, then it will tell you a few things you may need to know for future reference.

The Xbox 360 has had problems since its launch and one of the most prominent problems is the three red lights. When it was first released, it was rumored that around 70 percent of all Xbox 360’s would get this error.

So to answer the question of all Xbox360s, do they get all 3 red lights?

The answer is probably no, however many consoles end up with this problem. The main reason for this problem seems to be overheating and as the main chips inside the Xbox get hot, the motherboard bends slightly and the solder comes loose, when this happens you will notice that the game occasionally freezes and you will have I switch the Xbox off and on again.

Eventually you will get all three red lights and then you will have to send it to Microsoft and they will repair it for you. The repair service is usually very good, however you will find that you will have to wait quite a long time to get your Xbox repaired. Average repair time is 4-5 weeks!

The only other option you have is to repair the problem yourself and you can do this using an Xbox 360 repair guide. There are a few of them online and you should have no trouble finding one, however if you are going to try this be sure to Get a video repair guide and full warranty so if it doesn’t work, you haven’t lost anything.

Some of the best repair guides will just tell you how to stop heat build-up from getting to the GPU and CPU, which are the main processors on the motherboard.

I hope this article has told you a bit more about the 3 red lights problem on Xbox and I hope you get back to your games soon.