i have been experiencing many problems with my 360 over the past couple of days; running slowly, not reading some discs correctly and also the "red rings of death" does anyone know a way of fixing these problems in any way other than sending it to the manufacturer? (must work unlike the towel trick)

You could buy some aftermarket cooling fans like the Xbox 360 Thermostatic Cooling System 2 for example. http://www.keepgaming.com/xb360thco... Iron Sharpens Iron.

if your xbox is less then 3 years old then you will get free support from Microsoft which means they will fix it for free. I would do this as no trick is going to work long term. Call support and get it fixed that way Web Hosting Wired Together