Does your XBox 360 power light look like the image above? Don't panic with the right advice you can fix this problem in under an hour!

The first thing you should do is to look at where your Xbox sits. Look to see if the console air vents are blocked. Do you have your Xbox in a confined space? Try to provide as much room for air flow around your Xbox as possible. Do not sit any other electrical unit on top of your Xbox, such as a DVD player or digital receiver.

If you have performed the above and are still experiencing problems then I recommend you take a look at an Xbox 360 fix guide. Alternatively you can contact Xbox customer support, but please bare in mind you can pay around £50 to get it looked at by Microsoft engineers and be waiting up to 6 weeks for it to be returned.

Of course if you are still in warranty with your Xbox 360 console then you can arrange collection and delivery under warranty at no cost.

I strongly advice you not to apply any fixes seen on the web forums that refer to wet towels over your console. Please ignore these silly and dangerous attempts at masking an error with your console.

There are a couple of good guides on the web, which will allow you to resolve the issue yourself. The best guides have How To videos and help you to go through each and every step of repair, from opening your Xbox 360 casing, checking the problem, fixing the problem and finally closing up the casing properly and safely. Most of these guides come with live customer support, so if you are stuck during a repair they can be contacted for help.

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