xbox 360 overheating!

can anybody reccomend the best way to keep my xbox360 cool and prevent it from overheating?

i have additonal fans on the back and its laying flat on a laminate wood floor

ive just started playing far cry 2 and think my 360 is due its next set of red rings :'(

I live in a small dorm, whenever I play with my Xbox 360, I turn the AC on to 60 degrees and wear a jacket. If you don't want to do that, open up your Xbox 360 and add in a water cooling unit. If you don't want to do that either, turn off your Xbox 360 after every 2 hours and let it cool down for 30 minutes.

^^^^^^^^what he said or either go buy a cooling unit from a gaming store there pretty cheap

turn it so that its standin up iv been doin dat since i gt my 360 nd iv neva had ne probs bt take any dics out first coz it can scratch dem

mayb buy a little desktop fan and put it directly facing da back of your xbox try ebay

kcashin

how about putting one of those little laptop coolers underneath? they're cheap and it can't hurt. At the very least it would be better than even a solid surface (you could also plug the cooler into a nearby computer so as not to draw on the xbox's power...)

Having fans blow on the back vent of the xbox seems counterintuitive. The xbox wants to blow hot air OUT the back, so why limit that process by blowing air in?

I have used cold packs on electronics to lower them temp. You just have to make sure there is no excess water from the freezer on them when using on a game system; also, they should not be in a place that may block the fans or air vents.Shmoe82

about cooling packs do you use frozen 1s or just really cold water, i was thinking of using frozen 1s but then the water coming off the pack itself would be a problem

I guess just give it enough room to breath

I just got the red rings recently too right when i got my Dead Space back -_-

@planetkyle

Oops, I worded the part about the fans poorly. What I meant was, although the additional fans are trying to pull more air out the back by working with the fans already in place, the added turbulence can actually decrease the effectiveness compared to just sticking with the regular cooling system.

On another note, what has been said above is pretty much all you can do; set it off the ground as much as possible (including the power brick) to ventilate the area around it to maximize air flow, keep it clean and dust free, and try to minimize the room temperature. That said, even if you do all this it is by no means a guarantee that it will work. Although my 360 has been fine, my brother's one just died (has been sent off just now), and he took just as much care of his as I did mine. So pretty much, if it's gonna break, it WILL break, no matter what you do.