I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only person that’s had to send their Xbox away for repairs and it’s a frustrating experience, you know, not being able to play your favorite games and all. So, here are some tips to help keep your Xbox from overheating.

• Keep your Xbox on an open shelf, or other open area (DUH!)

This allows for air to flow and for heat to escape which is essential to your Xbox not cooking itself.

• Don’t put your Xbox on carpet, a couch or other similar surface (Again, DUH!)

Refraining from doing the above helps with air flow and the reason to not use those surfaces is that they cover the vents and other openings more, which is already bad enough but what’s even worse is that they trap heat. Yep. It’ll just be sitting there, festering near your console which isn’t good for it.

• If console is horizontal, use a cooling rack for cookies

This allows for better airflow underneath which also contains plenty of air holes. This should help your 360 get better air circulation and decrease chances of a certain dry solder from breaking and causing you to get the dreaded three red lights, AKA the “Red Ring of Death” and you won’t get mad.

I hope this helps increase the longevity of your Xbox 360 console so that you can experience many late nights chainsawing, shooting, tackling and just plain beating your opponents in your favorite Xbox games.

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-Unstable