mysterious 3 red lights on 360

WolfKiyoshi
WolfKiyoshi Posts: 96
edited June 2007 in Video Games
well yesterday i turned on my 360 and instantly get the 3 lights now this is a refurb that i got back not even a month ago so i start freaking out then stop and think hey wait its not supposed to do it instantly and the fans did not power up has this happened to anyone before? any idea of the cause? thing works fine now but i'm wondering if i should send it in for another replacement
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2007
    Can't hurt to have it fixed again before warrantee is up.
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  • WolfKiyoshi
    WolfKiyoshi Posts: 96
    edited June 2007
    well its been working beautifully since then it may have been a lose wire or something but i have about 4 months until the warrenty is up so i have plenty of time its just pathetic how many problems the 360 has tho.. sigh.. they built the first xbox like a tank not even i can break that old thing least i didn't sell my old console lol i still have somewhat of a backup :)
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited June 2007
    If all four quadrants are flashing red that means its the AV cable but three means hardware failure. If I were you I would exchange it if it does it one more time. I love the 360 but the build quality is abysmal.
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited June 2007
    mutelight wrote: »
    I love the 360 but the build quality is abysmal.
    unfortunate, but seemingly true

    for reference, this is a list of all known failure codes, and this is a guide to a DIY fix of one issue that may be at the core of the red lights of death (namely, bad thermal contact between GPU/CPU and heatsinks... it's basically a short walkthrough of how to put thermal paste on the things)
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