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Well this is a quick update to just say two things.
First of all I purchased Final Fantasy XIII for the XBOX 360 Yesterday, I have not been able to put it down today. This is the First Final Fantasy Game I have played in about 5 years, I now wish I had played the others.
JRPG’s are in a league of their own, They do not conform to the normal RPG Rules (Well this one don’t). The Graphics are outstanding and although at first it was a little boring, once I got into it the cut-scenes and storyline is fantastic.
Another shocking thing about this game is that its 4 Discs Long. Once you see the quality and length of the cut-scenes you will understand why.

On another note, The XBOX 360 has been on ALL day and has withstood everything I have asked of it. 8  – 10 hours of Final Fantasy should be enough to test any console. I write the date inside the console so if it does throw a fit at a later date at least I can see how long the modification lasted.

A XBOX 360 Showing the Famous Three Red Lights

well it was going to happen at some point to at least one of my consoles (Why the one that’s out of warranty).
I Finally got my very own personal experience of what it is like to get the Three Red Lights of Death on an XBOX 360, I had been playing it without any issues the day before and came completely out of the blue.
At first it would boot into the Dash but would not let me connect a controller, once I reset it was then that it gave me the famous Red Lights.

I had three choices, Fix it myself, Pay Microsoft some stupid amount to have it fixed or throw it out the window. I Refused point blank to give my hard earned cash to Microsoft and did not fancy just chucking it without at least trying to fix it.
After about 5 minutes on the internet it came very clear what the problem could be, I set about taking apart the Console (Which Yes I know is technically illegal) Ready to Fix it.
After about an hour and quick trip to the hardware store for a few bits I had stripped down the whole console, Removed the Heat-sinks, Re-Applied new Thermal Paste (Arctic Silver 5), Re-Seated the Heat-Sinks and Modified The X-Clamps. I ended up not using metal washers but instead I used rubber O-Rings that are used in Plumbing, I could not get metal washers the right size and the O-Rings will not conduct either.

After another 10 minutes of putting the console back together I Connected everything up and turned it on for the first time, NO MORE RED LIGHTS.
The whole repair has cost me in total about £2 and has worked out just as good as what I would most likely been charged £100+ for Microsoft to do. If anyone is reading this and has the same problem, Checkout YOU-TUBE.

I will update again once I have had the console running for a while and let you know if it is still going strong.