If you own an Xbox 360, or know someone who does, you’ve probably heard of the notorious 3 red lights of death. This is when 3 of the 4 normally green lights turn red when you power up the console. The Xbox 360’s 3 red lights signify that a general hardware failure has occurred, and that the machine is completely inoperable.

I feel like somewhat of an expert on this subject now, following my own run-in with the 3 red lights on my own Xbox 360 a few weeks ago. And when you consider that as many as 35% of all Xbox 360s will fail at some point in their lives, there must be thousands more like me out there.

The reason I’m writing about it is that I think I may have stumbled onto something other people in my position may find very useful.

I was running a search on Google for the Xbox 360 3 red lights, and while I was sifting my way through the mostly unhelpful results, I found The Xbox 360 Red Light Fix Pro Gamer Edition. It immediately struck me as something different, mainly because the developers offered a guarantee that within 2 hours I would be able to get rid of the Xbox 360 3 red lights.

None of the other websites I investigated had such confidence, so I looked a little deeper.

I also noticed that The Xbox 360 Red Light Fix Pro Gamer Edition was accompanied by comprehensive video tutorials, which visually demonstrated every step of the fix to rid your Xbox 360 of those 3 red lights.
The more I read, the more convinced I became. So I tried it for myself. I probably wouldn’t have, but with the guarantee that it would work within 2 hours, what did I have to lose?

Anyway, I went for it, tried it, and guess what? Yep, my Xbox 360’s 3 red lights are history. And just like the developers of The Xbox 360 Red Light Fix Pro Gamer Edition promised, they were gone within 2 hours and I was back to my gaming.

When you consider the alternatives to The Xbox 360 Red Light Fix Pro Gamer Edition (performing dangerous self-fixes with soldering irons, waiting 8 weeks for Microsoft to return your console, etc.) the choice seems simple.

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Tutorial written by : XanTium

What you need:
* TORX #6 screwdriver
* TORX #10 screwdriver
* Knowlegde that this will break your warranty

Remove the Xbox360 Harddrive-bay from you console (simply press the button).
On the back you’ll find 4 TORX#6 screws (red circles below) … one of them is behind the microsoft logo-sticker … so opening your harddisk will break your warranty on the Xbox 360 HDD-bay.

Below you see an image of a TORX #6 screwdriver (left) and the HDD-bay with all screws removed (right).

Once the screws are removed, you can remove the top and you’ll get something like shown below.

If you try to remove the top, some (3) parts might fall (the mechanism to lock/unlock the HDD-bay on your Xbox 360 console). Just make sure you don’t lose these parts, if they fall apart the pictures below will show you how to re-assemble it.

4 more screws to remove, this time they a are TORX#10. Remove all 4 screws shown in red circles below.

On the left you see an images of a TORX#10 screw, on the right what you get after removing the 4 screws and taking of the metal casing.

Now unplug the SATA data+power connector like shown below:

You can now slide the hdd out of the HDD-bay. You’ll need to bend the case down or push the HDD upwards so it can pass.

Your Xbox 360 2.5″ harddrive is fully removed.

The Xbox 360 Harddisk is using standard SATA data and power cables, so you can easily connect it to any SATA controller (either on your motherboard (pretty much all new motherboards have SATA these days) or you can also buy a PCI/PCI-E addon card or even an SATA-to-IDE or SATA-to-USB adapter).

For power you’ll need a PC PSU (power supply unit) with SATA power plugs or use a simply conveter that can convert normal PSU connectors to SATA connectors.

Credit to Llamma.com for this tutorial.

Several opening Xbox 360 tutorials are already out there ( link 1 link 2 link 3 link 4).  As always we wait until we have something intelligent to say on a subject before doing up a tutorial.  We have now opened and reassembled many 360’s and will go over the process we use to open  and re-assemble them.  The thing to remember is when you do it right it just pops apart, never pry or you will be very disappointed with the results.

For this tutorial we will be using the XCM 360 Case opening tool

The XCM 360 Case opening tool offers both the torx 10 driver needed to remove the lid and an ingenious metal tab device that allows you to easily release the plastic clips on the back of the 360, and a poker to release the clips holding the top and bottom vent covers.  This tool can be replaced with a small screwdriver, see above external tutorial links for details on that process.

	First things first remove the faceplate.  If you skip this step and go on to removing the top and bottom plates you will find they can be removed but you greatly increase the difficulty and chances of breaking the little tabs off the top and bottom plates.  The easiest way to remove the face is to use the finger hole at the bottom of the console and simply pull forward.  (In this photo the Xbox is upside down)
	Give her a good tug and pop!
	Starting with the gray bottom vent plate, six tabs that hold it into place.  You will find that all of them are accessible from the sides through the vent holes.  Gently pull up on the plate and simultaneously release the clips by pushing in with the opening tool or other tool that fits through the hole.
	Start at the front of the case and work your way back alternating sides so each pair of tabs are released.
	Keep gentle pressure to pull it up and away as you go
	The top plate offers a bit more of a challenge 3 of the six tabs are not in plain sight, begin with the front two, they can be accessed from the two corresponding holes where the drive tray connects.  The opening tool has a cut out so it fits just right to reach the two clips.
	The next two are visible through the vent holes and easily accessible.
	The final tab can be released by removing one of the Xbox feet at the rear to reveal a hole
	With the top and bottom vent covers removed we now lay the xbox down upside down.  This makes the process much easier as the chassis is screwed to the top.  With the bottom shell, (the one with the feet) pointing toward the sky we see these innocent looking 7 little holes.
	This is where the opening tool really comes into play.  When releasing the clips I find it helpful to spread the case with my thumb and forefinger, then position the tool so the tool lines up with the two holes by the power cord.
	Press in on the tool, you should hear crisp clicks as the clips release and the case should pop open a bit.
	Continue to spread the case apart and push in on the vent area, there are a couple more spots where the case connects but these are not clips and do not require the tool.  When you press in nothing too impressive will happen but you may notice that the case spreads slightly further apart.
	Then flip the tool around and line up the 5 tabs with the corresponding holes.  Continue spreading the case apart from the right side and press the tool in.
	You should hear a series of more click clicks and the case is free.  Spread the back apart a couple inches it should be able to rest open while you spin it arround to work on the front
	Begining with the front clip nearest the DVD drive a fingernail will suffice as an opening tool.  A little pressure spreading the lid apart and it should pop right open
	same with the next clips
	and the last
	Lift the lid and ta-da a steel chassis presents itself, in this photo the six screws that need to be removed are circled.  You should be very proud at this point shout to anyone that will listen “I got the thing open!”  Okay now settle down and remove those six screws with a torx 10 driver.
	Flip it back right side up but before yanking the other half of the case off remove the eject button.  Just jamb a fingernail under the right hand side and give a yank it will pop out.  You can wiggle the case around and get it off without removing this but the chance of damage drops to zero if you already took it off.
	Lift the lid and there we go!  This is another good time for shouting to anyone in the room… use your best judgment.
	You should now have a plie of parts that looks something like this.