Playing electronic games is a great pass time. But when your game console goes nuts or stops working all together, well it’s enough to drive any serious game player into the mad house.

To avoid that from happening and keep you smiling always, here are a few things you can do to make sure your XBOX 360 will sing along with you.

1. The most devastating and nerve wracking problem with an XBOX 360 is when it gives you the Ring of Death, aka the 3 Lights Error. In the good old days when pinball machines were all the rage, kids back then referred to this as “tilt”. It’s basically when the machine locks up to the point that an electric boot is the only thing to get it going again.

2. XBOX 360 consoles also suffer from overheating. That is actually easy to fix. Just raise your game box from the surface it’s sitting on so that air can easily flow under and around it.

3. Once in awhile your XBOX will go on the fritz and freeze up on you. To fix that problem, a simple reboot or fresh startup of your box will usually take care of the problem. Just make sure the airflow is plenty and freeze ups will virtually disappear.

4. Other things that can happen to your XBOX 360 are minor inconveniences. But as minor as they are they are enough to drive an avid player crazy.

To help you with keeping your XBOX 360 humming smoothly and your games running at top speed, there’s a guide you can get that shows you exactly how to do that.

Aptly named: “Fix Your XBOX 360 Yourself“, you learn such things as:

** How to get your XBOX up and running smoothly in about 1 hour.

** How to keep your games performing at top speed.

** How to avoid overheating - you already know that one.

** How to prevent freeze ups.

and lots of other techie-goodies to keep you playing into the wee hours and your game console humming.

If you’re an avid XBOX player who goes insane when it fails but sings when it runs, click here.

by: Luke Steegen