Yes, it has happened to me. I created this site with the intension to truly help someone who was in my situation.
There is a way to fix your Xbox 360 by yourself.
I was playing my new game, Rock Band, with my girlfriend and my sister. That’s a great game, by the way. I was playing guitar (on expert, finally!), my girl was singing, and my sister was playing the drums. We were in the middle of performing “…And Justice For All” by Metallica, when all of a sudden, the screen started doing this crazy, intermittent, one second freeze. This happened a few times, and WHAM! The screen went black, and my Xbox had the 3 red lights.
Now, I have heard of the problem before, as it has been very well documented, so from what I remembered, I powered the Xbox down for about 10 minutes. When I turned it back on, everything seemed fine – or so I thought. After about 30 minutes of playing again, the same thing happened.
“This is ridiculous”, I said to myself. I ran straight to the computer and did a Google search, and I found a whole bunch of sites. Most of the were the “fix it yourself” kind of websites. I didn’t want to take the chance of sending my Xbox to Microsoft and wait up to three months. I wanted it fixed NOW.
One of the sites I came across looked good to me. It was GUARANTEED or my money back. Yes, Guaranteed was spelled in all caps. Here is the site, in case you have come across it yourself:

So, after about 10 minutes of looking at the site, I said the hell with it and ordered it. It wasn’t expensive, and it said it comes with ” easy to follow videos, so I figured if it didn’t work out I would just get my money refunded.
I went ahead and put in my CC info and my email address. Within 5 minutes I was emailed a link that contained all the info I needed. I took the time to read through the entire repair manual, and I got my tools ready.
It turns out this was one of THE most helpful guides I have ever come across. Using the guide, I really was able to fix it myself. It took a little longer than an hour, but after I fixed my system, it a game hasn’t frozen once, and I haven’t got the ring of death at all.
So, if you are in need of fixing your Xbox, or someone elses, I can tell you this definitely IS NOT a scam. Don’t bother sending it to Microsoft. Click Here and have your own guide in 5 minutes! After all, if it doesn’t work for you, it is GUARANTEED.