You have come home from a hard day at work.
All you want to do is to sit down and enjoy your favorite Xbox game but as soon as you turn it on, you notice something terrible - something every gamer dreads.
The red lights on Xbox 360 are something that are feared.
It means that you are either going to be without Xbox for a couple of hours or possible a few weeks.
The Xbox needs fixed, there is no doubt about that.
The great debate is whether you mail your Xbox to Microsoft and have them fix it for you or you do it yourself.
You will find, if you fix the red lights on Xbox 360 on your own that you will have your Xbox back up and running in no time at all.
However, if you have absolutely no experience with the red lights on Xbox 360 or what they mean, you might want to wait and get a little advice first.
There are a lot of things that could be causing the red lights to appear.
One of the most common problems is that the Xbox 360 heats up too much and the motherboard bends from the heat.
You want to make sure that your Xbox 360 is always kept in nice temperature conditions.
If you live in extreme heat, you want to make sure that the Xbox is in a room with air conditioning.
Another factor that most gamers do not take the time to think about is that playing the system itself causes it to heat up.