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hey guys what's up it's Duncan and today I'm here with a video definitely hopefully it'll be helpful on how to extend the life of your xbox 360 you know a lot of people are afraid of the red ring of death and you know that's definitely you know a big possibility and no matter what you do but there are some really simple steps that you can take to really extend the life of your xbox to keep it healthy you keep it running for years to come so okay I'm just gonna go over a few of them the number one in my mind is ventilation guys Xbox is you should know put out a ton of heat I mean they are I mean when you turn them on there we've got two big vans in the back and they're just kicking out heat now there's Vince all the places you have Vince on the on every side you have Vince I mean just all over the place you absolutely have to make sure that none of them are there all exposed okay now this seems totally simple but you would be totally surprised the amount of people who put these in cabinets who put even putting one up against the wall it won't might necessarily instantly kill it but it's definitely not good because you mean these things even when they're properly ventilated runs very very warm so definitely you know really be careful be sure I like to have the way mine is set up and it's kind of hard I know a lot of times you know the way you set your step up but seriously try to keep I mean if you can as much space as you can I try to keep at least four inches on I keep mine upright like try keep four inches on each side and just a couple inches in the back and obviously keep the front exposed that makes sure that doesn't get really really hot and I know sometimes that's not going to be possible you know you'll have it in the cabinets and that sort of thing but in general the better the more room you can give it the better that they'll definitely go a long way because well at the time it's not so much just you know it's just being stupid you know closing it in not letting it breathe anyway the second one is also something pretty simple but basically give it a break now don't get me wrong marathon game runs are great and everybody but you can't really use these for hours and hours and hours I'm in I mean like I said you can but it will definitely kind of start to wear your life down on it in general maybe like four hours this is is about the limit after four hours just stop it shut it off and just you know even if it's one 15 20 minutes just let it cool let it you know chill for a bit you know go grab a drink what just do whatever and another thing is don't leave it on for extended periods time even if you're not playing games obviously if you're playing a game water but now DVDs you know you can watch a couple movies but we if you're really playing it a lot you know for hours but if you're just like watching a DVD that's okay but just don't leave it on a lot you know if you're not on it just shut it off it's as simple as that I mean seriously think of it like like a car and you've got a set amount of like let's say you have so many miles of the car will go well if you're leaving it on guess what you're just wasting the life of your xbox so just turn on turn off no big deal you know the last thing is just be careful with it now I know all these are just no tips but you know you'd be surprised how many people don't just be careful with it absolutely never under any circumstances move Xbox while it's on never don't ever drop it be very gentle with it you know and definitely you know be really careful and really listen to it it means you hear a weird funny noise coming out of the disc well it's not normal anyway stop using it maybe open up the disc there's no good stuff me something in there or maybe the disc is about to fail same goes for anything I know that's will gentle advice but you know if you're really paying attention and you're listening to it that can help because I mean sometimes it's small problems if you catch does it could be I mean something really really minor I mean it could be like there might have been something in the disc drive and you just pick it up and toss it out something I mean I have no idea but I mean if you're just really being careful and I mean you just don't take it for granted you know take a look at it make sure you know nothing happens to it your xbox will go for years and years to come you guys just a video I just wanted to get it out there help you guys out keep your Xbox is running a long time to go anyway guys thanks for watching