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Recommendations Maintaining Your XBox 360
An Xbox 360 is a great games console of entertainment, but it's also a costly electronic gizmo. The following upkeep tips let you run your Xbox 360 error free in virtually no time. Maintaining Xbox 360 could be annoying initially, but if you follow thru with, you may benefit a lot from it.
First, Placed Position
Place the Xbox 360 in an open area. Keep Xbox 360 console flat, because air vents on one side would be blocked and game discs always get scratched if Xbox 360 stands in the upright position. Put 4 supporting feet ( or the cooling fan for laptop PC ) under the Xbox 360 console to help cooling.
2nd, Heat Dissipation
To avoid the three red lights issue, we suggest that stay for 5 minutes after Xbox 360 is opened, because Xbox 360 will produce powerful heat once running the game. The 1st 5 minutes is to heat the Xbox 360 main board to avoid sealing-off in GPU caused by the temperature range between Xbox 360 GPU and main board. In A Similar Way, it's better to stay for 3-5 minutes before we switch off the Xbox 360 after giving up the game.
Except for that, installing games in the drive doesn't help cooling, while the heat from optical drive can be fully ignored ; most of the heat comes from Xbox 360 GPU and CPU.
3rd, Dust PreventionDust is the other factor aside from heat that may damage an Xbox 360. A certain amount of dust could affect the cooling effect of Xbox 360 and cause short circuit of internal components. Focus on dust prevention, particularly the cooling vents in the 2 sides which often need cleaned to avoid obstructing. In this example, some cotton buds could be mandatory for clearing out the vents. Besides, it's also vital to keep Xbox 360 away from dusty area like the window or doorway that is continually open. 10 minutes after Xbox 360 is power off, cover Xbox 360 by a paper or dust cover.
Forth, take breaks after playing a game for 3-4 hours, which is exhausted for both game-players and the Xbox 360. The fact proves that the longer gamers play, the more often the three red lights appear.
5th, don't pull out the video wire when the power of Xbox 360 is on, or it'll cause great damage to Xbox 360, that might break the inside components in the primary board of Xbox 360 ( particularly in the condition when the Xbox 360 is not opened yet while the TV is on, that may generate the electrostatic induction that can be as high as tens of thousands volt. You could be electrified when you touch Xbox 360 surrounding caused by electrostatic induction ). Though the probability is low, you've got to take care.
To keep your Xbox 360 running well, you could need to employ one or two basic upkeep methods as shown tips. Good maintenances help your Xbox 360 in a good shape and hopefully keep it running for some years.
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