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General Category => Technology and Programming => Topic started by: Zeitgeist on October 07, 2007, 11:35:46 pm

Title: XBox 360 Hardware Problem
Post by: Zeitgeist on October 07, 2007, 11:35:46 pm

Three red lights. I know it's common. Question is, is there any conventional way to fix it without having to spend $20-$30+ on shipping one way to have Microsoft fix it?

Title: XBox 360 Hardware Problem
Post by: something bizarre and impractical on October 07, 2007, 11:37:30 pm

For practical sake, "no."

Title: XBox 360 Hardware Problem
Post by: Zeitgeist on October 07, 2007, 11:41:05 pm

Ah, dang.

Title: XBox 360 Hardware Problem
Post by: dom on October 08, 2007, 03:50:18 pm

yes the "red light error" is the most common type of xbox360 error, here are the 10000 different causes and how to fix each and every one of them. you don't know which one it is so i guess just pick one at random or something

Title: XBox 360 Hardware Problem
Post by: Dale Gobbler on October 08, 2007, 04:43:25 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dx1t1ZrZJ4

A short term fix for the Red Ring. Basically you wrap a towel around it while it's on for 15 minutes, then turn it off and let it cool for 15 minutes. Try it at your own risk, but I would just send it in to Microsoft.

Title: XBox 360 Hardware Problem
Post by: dom on October 08, 2007, 06:03:18 pm

Quote from: Aztec on October 08, 2007, 04:43:25 pm

Basically you wrap a towel around it while it's on for 15 minutes, then turn it off and let it cool for 15 minutes.

what the fuck don't do this jesus christ

Title: XBox 360 Hardware Problem
Post by: TrickLobster on October 08, 2007, 08:32:39 pm

that towel thing apparently works but it's only temporary like... a few hours temporary

Title: XBox 360 Hardware Problem
Post by: RM2KFiend on October 08, 2007, 11:52:43 pm

Just send it in, Microsoft pays for all shipping, and when I sent mine in it came back with a free month of Xbox live.

Title: XBox 360 Hardware Problem
Post by: dom on October 09, 2007, 03:07:26 pm

Quote from: TrickLobster on October 08, 2007, 08:32:39 pm

that towel thing apparently works but it's only temporary like... a few hours temporary

whether it works or not doesn't matter, you're intentionally overheating your xbox which has a high chance of doing even more damage to it

its the equivalent of hitting your tv to make it work except instead of hitting it youre throwing it down the stairs

Title: XBox 360 Hardware Problem
Post by: Anima_Dnb on December 14, 2007, 10:05:48 pm

I just replaced my xbox360 drive to fix the problem with a drive I flashed the firmware on. lol