Repair Xbox 360 – 3 Red Lights
James at joystiq fixed his own 360 that was flashing three red lights, which indicates an internal error.
If you have this problem try this simple fix:
1) Remove your hard drive and/or memory units.
2) Run "Initial Setup" under the system blade.
3) Decline inserting HDD or memory unit when prompted.
4) Sync your controller and pop in a game.
*** UPDATE *** Microsoft has a new free warranty of 3 years for the 3 red light error. If you have this problem, you can send your console in for free repair. Or, if you don't want to pay shipping and have to wait 2-3 weeks, you can attempt to fix it yourself.
More details here:
NEW! Instructional videos to repair your 360 yourself in less than an hour, guaranteed: Xbox 360 Three Red Light Repair
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December 4th, 2006 at 12:07 am
Madden is the thing to watch out for. i played my box for 3 months solid no problems for a week now it started freezing.. now the lights of death. i then called 4my xbox and they say i have to pay the 139.90 which is outrageous because all of you guys are having the same problems which means there is a definite major malfunction. and for a major company like ms to not look at this and frown is outrageous!
December 4th, 2006 at 12:17 am
This is what I did…….I turned on the XBox and then pressed and held the synch button in front of the 360……When holding the button I pressed the disc open button and I switched my ring of death lights around…..It went from 3 to 2 to 1. I left it on 1 where it is in the upper left quadrant…..Then I turned back on the XBox and it worked so far….I still haven’t played any games yet….Afraid it will freeze I will let you guys know whats up but please try my above idea and let me know if it works for you…..Also does anybody have a cooler fan on there 360? Is it really worth buying?
December 4th, 2006 at 12:19 am
im just gonna email and phone then everyday for a while see what happens bolo how do u get them to switch around all mine does is keep repeating the code
December 4th, 2006 at 12:32 am
Did anybody download the fall update patch on 360? I read another website and most people who dl the patch are suffereing from the ring of death…..Let me know if this is the case also…..
December 4th, 2006 at 12:39 am
All I did was turn on the 360 and then press and hold the synch button in the front of the 360 because nothign came on the screen of my TV. While holding the synch button I pressed the disc tray button and the lights moved around the quadrant from 3, 2, to 1……Try that and let me know if it works….It seemed to work for me…
December 4th, 2006 at 12:42 am
I forgot once u get the red light to the upper left quadrant…….Turn off the 360 and then turn it on……It worked for me I haven’t played any games yet….I will play them tomorrow to see if it freezes or not. ….
December 4th, 2006 at 12:50 am
interesting i willl have to try this
in the meatime i will still be sending complaints to ms and cust support hopefully they will give in
December 4th, 2006 at 1:03 am
Yea me to. Let me know if this method works for you A Dogg….I was just fooling around and seemed to work twice now…..
December 4th, 2006 at 11:21 am
Iam the microsoft tech.support representive. I had read all the ^above throughly. The system world wide launch console’s for the Xbox 360 system date of november 22, 2005 all system warrenty have been updated to the 2007-2008 date to year. The warrenty extended console should be sent to the microsoft corperations through the phone number (1-800)4myxbox /or/ xbox.com. Give out system serial number from the back of the xbox 360 console system to tech,support over the phone or so on-line. For any and all further questions about the Xbox 360 system console please contact me throught this site. http://www.360maniac.com/2006/01/30/repair-xbox-360-3-red-lights/9 Thankyou./
December 4th, 2006 at 12:58 pm
i have only had my 360 3 hours and just turned 3 red lights on no support want to no and clever cow on the other end of phone doesen,t ever want to bump into me nice to know not only one this happend to