Broken Xbox: My First Xbox Kept Overheating
So the other day I was at home playing my favorite game and I my Xbox suddenly started acting funny. My immediate reaction was to look at the red rings of death to see why I had a broken Xbox. It wound up being a scratched disc and luckily it was an inexpensive game to replace.
This wasn’t the first time I have had a sinking feeling because of a problem that I have had. My first Xbox liked to overheat in the summer or whenever I played for more than an hour and a half. I tried a couple of things to remedy this. The first thing I did was moved the broken Xbox from my man cave to a smaller room with a smaller television and no surround sound because it was in the basement and a lot cooler in that room. This helped some but the problem persisted. Next I bought one of those pads that keep laptops cooler, hoping that if I rigged it right this would help. In the end the only solution was to turn it in to corporate.
It is very frustrating having these problems occur, but I am really loyal to my Xbox. As you can tell I like to fix problems myself. I have gaming friends that are really good at troubleshooting and can modify anything. I will go to them for help every now and again to fix my broken Xbox, but I still like to do it myself. I think I will explore the problems more next time I get an error, but I either need to have my friends help or an insiders knowledge of how the Xbox works.
