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These are a few options to repair a 360 that has red rings of death. Microsoft has a 3 year warranty covering it so that should be your first option since it will keep your warranty active.

You can also buy kits to fix it for a small price that will help keep your 360 cooler and repair any broken solder points. Let me know what route you want to go and I will get the documents that will help you get back to playing on live;-)

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