Does the Xbox Towel Trick Work?
The xbox towel trick then is an attempt to fix this overheating problem. The Xbox Towel Trick (hoax) basically involves you wrapping a towel around your console and letting it heat up again. Although it seems difficult to believe there is some good theory behind the madness of wrapping your XBox 360 up in a towel. Basically, you’re trying to heat it up to a point where the motherboard ‘fixes itself’ by allowing the solder on the bus to re-flow fixing the previous damage.