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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February 26th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
360 Is a Piece of JUNK !! Called MS Tech support 3 Red Lights 13 months OLD and now out Of Warranty wants 160 to fix!! I will never buy another MS system ever again !!! Bought in Jan 1st 2006 broke and Trashed Feb 2007
February 27th, 2007 at 12:35 am
I am seding my xbox 360 in for the third time because of the flashing red light problem. THis is *$*%)^!!! Microsoft has done nthing to fix the problem. The system runs on xp media player and they are using a different config.. than the regular xbox. I think the main problem is the flash memory gets messed up somehow. I am a PC gamer and I got this for my son. I wish I could get my money back and just build him a new rig..
February 27th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Hey guys found this on ebay maybe it would help some of us. “FIX XBOX 360 BROKEN 3 RED LIGHTS ERROR”.You can copy and paste this on ebays search bar. They are charging $27.95 for this repair guide. Anybody wanna try this out and let us know.
February 27th, 2007 at 11:17 am
My xbox 360 died about month ago was made in june 2006. after reading that it appears to be soldering problem i decided to strip mine apart and re solder everything seeing as im a qualifed solder, took me a week and is working ok at the moment now
February 27th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
bought a 360 today on feb. 27 2007. Worked for 6hrs and then went to the 3 red lights…. the 360 is completely dead…. now to get a replacement!! ahhhhhh
February 27th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
I got mine in october and today the 3 red lights came on
February 27th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
get a cooler fan guy its grat prolngs your life of the xbox360
February 27th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
I bought Nyko’s (or whatever the hell they’re called) Intercooler for my first Xbox 360, the one that plugs in the back and has 3 additional fans in it. It didn’t do a damn bit of good for either of the ‘boxes I’ve owned. It was on the first one for a couple of months, and the second one only lasted 3 weeks. I’ll probably plug it into the third one too, when they finally friggin’ send it, because it can’t hurt, but it doesn’t seem to offer any substantive help, either.
February 28th, 2007 at 2:23 am
huh well i have had the three lights of doom for about 3-4 weeks now and it sounded like the system wasnt turning on all the way but oddly enough i just turned it on smacked it and it worked maybe try that after a few weeks
February 28th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Crap my x box 360 does not work :( bought it a month ago. the 3 red lights of death.
I should had bought the PS3