The red ring of death. - VGF

Crazybirdanimations · 02-13-2007, 12:35 AM

This is not a game, it's an issue with your X-box 360.

Ask any Xbox 360 owner what their greatest fear concerning their $300-$400 piece of machinery is, and you might receive a variety of answers. For some, the words “Halo 3” and “cancelled” being in the same sentence might bring nightmares to their great soothing dreams. For others, terror might set in at the mere idea of trying to afford a new HD television to take advantage of all the greatness associated with their great console. However, one concept that is sure to make the blood run cold in any Xbox 360 owner’s veins is the sight of the dreaded “red ring of death”. More appropriately, the ring of light on the front of an Xbox 360 flashing red, indicating some major problem with your 360 is about to go down, yo. Each quadrant on the set of flashing red lights indicates a different issue. If all of the lights but the first section are flashing, this means a general hardware failure has occurred. There is little to be done other than trying to unhook and reattach your cables. If the problem is indicated in the second quadrant of the system, it is merely overheating. A problem in the third quadrant of the Xbox 360 ring of light is a hardware failure. Try re-inserting all of your cords and cables, but this problem should definitely be dealt with by the 360 repair center. If all four lights are flashing on the front of your console, this is perhaps the easiest problem to fix. This is an issue with the AV cable not being properly inserted into the back of the console. The cure? Just make sure the cord “clicks” once it has been inserted into the unit. If that doesn’t work, of course call the repair center, but the four lights are the easiest of the problems to rectify.

If your 360 has some red in it's green light here's what to do: every day from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 A.M. Eastern time, and 6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. Pacific Time, gamers can call 1-800-4MY-XBOX to get the repair process started. International users can dial 425-635-7180. Once the call has been made, and the poblem identified, an empty box is then sent out to gamers. The particular problem at hand will determine what all contents are shipped back to the repair center. Unless you are experiencing a problem with the hard drive of your console, all you typically send back is the system itself. Detach the hard drive, remove and store all discs, and keep all controllers and cords. There are warnings throughout the instruction page sent out that if you send in anything not needed, it might not be returned.

MC Mushi Mo · 02-13-2007, 05:46 PM

The Red Ring of Death has nothing on the Blue Screen of Death.

Anyhoo, nice info to know, too bad i'm not gonna buy an X-Box 360.

Demonicus Prime · 02-13-2007, 06:05 PM

What the....Spam?

Chunky Kong12345 · 02-13-2007, 06:28 PM

Saeed's whoring his account to advertisers.

Crazybirdanimations · 02-13-2007, 08:18 PM

Err, this is just some info on your 360, nothing on any commercialism advertising.

Demonicus Prime · 02-13-2007, 08:25 PM

[quote=The S!]every day from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 A.M. Eastern time, and 6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. Pacific Time, gamers can call 1-800-4MY-XBOX to get the repair process started. International users can dial 425-635-7180.[quote]
So...Not spam for 18004MYXBOX?

Crazybirdanimations · 02-13-2007, 08:40 PM

That's for them to REPAIR YOUR X-BOX 360.

Demonicus Prime · 02-13-2007, 09:31 PM

Woah, really?

I've called them before.

The Doctor · 02-14-2007, 01:59 PM

Actually there was something about this on television last night. About the Three lights of death. Something to do with a soft/hardware problem or something like that.

Demonicus Prime · 02-14-2007, 05:45 PM

Yeah, it's happened to me and one of my friends. I fixed mine by actually plugging the A/V cord in, and the other one is waiting on his repair box.

Does anyone know how long it takes for the box to arrive?

wariovswario · 03-05-2007, 08:20 AM

Saeed....you just copied and pasted that onto there! Stop fooling people into thinkiing your smart...lol. Give credit where credit is due.

The Red Ring of Death - Xbox

02-13-2007, 12:35 AM	#1
Crazybirdanimations Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Gender: Posts: 4,624 Thanks: 233 Thanked 197 Times in 165 Posts Points: 10,449.03 Bank: 8,614.70 Total Points: 19,063.73 Donate	The red ring of death. This is not a game, it's an issue with your X-box 360. Ask any Xbox 360 owner what their greatest fear concerning their $300-$400 piece of machinery is, and you might receive a variety of answers. For some, the words “Halo 3” and “cancelled” being in the same sentence might bring nightmares to their great soothing dreams. For others, terror might set in at the mere idea of trying to afford a new HD television to take advantage of all the greatness associated with their great console. However, one concept that is sure to make the blood run cold in any Xbox 360 owner’s veins is the sight of the dreaded “red ring of death”. More appropriately, the ring of light on the front of an Xbox 360 flashing red, indicating some major problem with your 360 is about to go down, yo. Each quadrant on the set of flashing red lights indicates a different issue. If all of the lights but the first section are flashing, this means a general hardware failure has occurred. There is little to be done other than trying to unhook and reattach your cables. If the problem is indicated in the second quadrant of the system, it is merely overheating. A problem in the third quadrant of the Xbox 360 ring of light is a hardware failure. Try re-inserting all of your cords and cables, but this problem should definitely be dealt with by the 360 repair center. If all four lights are flashing on the front of your console, this is perhaps the easiest problem to fix. This is an issue with the AV cable not being properly inserted into the back of the console. The cure? Just make sure the cord “clicks” once it has been inserted into the unit. If that doesn’t work, of course call the repair center, but the four lights are the easiest of the problems to rectify. If your 360 has some red in it's green light here's what to do: every day from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 A.M. Eastern time, and 6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. Pacific Time, gamers can call 1-800-4MY-XBOX to get the repair process started. International users can dial 425-635-7180. Once the call has been made, and the poblem identified, an empty box is then sent out to gamers. The particular problem at hand will determine what all contents are shipped back to the repair center. Unless you are experiencing a problem with the hard drive of your console, all you typically send back is the system itself. Detach the hard drive, remove and store all discs, and keep all controllers and cords. There are warnings throughout the instruction page sent out that if you send in anything not needed, it might not be returned. __________________

02-13-2007, 08:18 PM	#5
Crazybirdanimations Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Gender: Posts: 4,624 Thanks: 233 Thanked 197 Times in 165 Posts Points: 10,449.03 Bank: 8,614.70 Total Points: 19,063.73 Donate	Err, this is just some info on your 360, nothing on any commercialism advertising. __________________

02-13-2007, 08:25 PM	#6
Demonicus Prime Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I Pity The Fool Who Confuses Me With Someone Other Than YoshiFreak. Gender: Posts: 2,899 Thanks: 555 Thanked 93 Times in 67 Posts Points: 11,091.71 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 11,091.71 Donate	[quote=The S!]every day from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 A.M. Eastern time, and 6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. Pacific Time, gamers can call 1-800-4MY-XBOX to get the repair process started. International users can dial 425-635-7180.[quote] So...Not spam for 18004MYXBOX? Last edited by Demonicus Prime; 02-13-2007 at 09:32 PM.

02-13-2007, 08:40 PM	#7
Crazybirdanimations Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Gender: Posts: 4,624 Thanks: 233 Thanked 197 Times in 165 Posts Points: 10,449.03 Bank: 8,614.70 Total Points: 19,063.73 Donate	That's for them to REPAIR YOUR X-BOX 360. __________________

02-13-2007, 05:46 PM	#2
MC Mushi Mo This Isn't Real. Really, It's not. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: That one place. Gender: Posts: 6,596 Thanks: 108 Thanked 308 Times in 245 Posts Points: 8,201.65 Bank: 43,244.58 Total Points: 51,446.23 Donate	The Red Ring of Death has nothing on the Blue Screen of Death. Anyhoo, nice info to know, too bad i'm not gonna buy an X-Box 360.

02-13-2007, 06:05 PM	#3
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02-13-2007, 06:28 PM	#4
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02-13-2007, 09:31 PM	#8
Demonicus Prime Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I Pity The Fool Who Confuses Me With Someone Other Than YoshiFreak. Gender: Posts: 2,899 Thanks: 555 Thanked 93 Times in 67 Posts Points: 11,091.71 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 11,091.71 Donate	Woah, really? I've called them before.

02-14-2007, 01:59 PM	#9
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02-14-2007, 05:45 PM	#10
Demonicus Prime Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I Pity The Fool Who Confuses Me With Someone Other Than YoshiFreak. Gender: Posts: 2,899 Thanks: 555 Thanked 93 Times in 67 Posts Points: 11,091.71 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 11,091.71 Donate	Yeah, it's happened to me and one of my friends. I fixed mine by actually plugging the A/V cord in, and the other one is waiting on his repair box. Does anyone know how long it takes for the box to arrive?

03-05-2007, 08:20 AM	#11
wariovswario Don't ban me please. :( Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 4,015 Thanks: 82 Thanked 54 Times in 37 Posts Blog Entries: 2 Points: 27.31 Bank: 417,082.21 Total Points: 417,109.52 Donate	Saeed....you just copied and pasted that onto there! Stop fooling people into thinkiing your smart...lol. Give credit where credit is due. The Red Ring of Death - Xbox