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If you own an Xbox 360, you most likely have heard of the red ring of death and probably have heard of the Xbox Ring of Death Towel Trick. The “trick” behind the Towel Trick is that you wrap a towel around your Xbox so it gets hot enough to somehow get rid of the red ring of death. The thing is, the towel trick may work for you, but it will only work short-term and will damage your Xbox in the long term. Don’t just take this as a grain of salt. Let me explain to you why it will damage it long-term.

This is why you get the red 3 flashing lights: it has to do with the solder underneath the chips. Microsoft was trying to be green and mainly cut costs by using a cheaper soldering material. Because of the material of the soldering joints, when the Xbox is on for a long period of time, the metal expands. It’s supposed to expand with heat, but the issue has to do when it cools down. When this happens, air bubbles begin to form within the solder and it begins a process called cold solder joint. What happens is under the chips where these weak points are formed, they being to crack with the Xbox 360 always heating up and cooling down.

What happens is that the towel trick makes the Xbox heat up even more, causing more cracks later on.

The way the towel trick works is that it gets too hot and the solder melts, but it also creates more issues like more air bubbles. These hairline cracks are large enough so that current doesn’t pass through to the chips.

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If you own an Xbox 360, you most likely have heard of the red ring of death and probably have heard of the Xbox Ring of Death Towel Trick. The “trick” behind the Towel Trick is that you wrap a towel around your Xbox so it gets hot enough to somehow get rid of the red ring of death. The thing is, the towel trick may work for you, but it will only work short-term and will damage your Xbox in the long term. But don’t take my word for it, let me explain to you why.

This is why you get the red 3 flashing lights: it has to do with the solder underneath the chips. 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. Because of the material of the soldering joints, when the Xbox is on for a long period of time, the metal expands. It’s supposed to expand with heat, but the issue has to do when it cools down. 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.

This is why the Xbox 360 towel trick will just make things worse.

The towel trick only works for a few days because it gets so hot that it melts the solder joints but creates more cracks down the line. These cracks don’t have to be big. Even a hairline crack is enough for electrical current to be cut off.

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