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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April 14th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Yeah, what Mokoto Nagano fan AKA Christian G said.
April 14th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
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April 15th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Jonathon since they send it back to you and they did not repair it even thought you didn’t break it you should send it back with free chocolate inside the box. You know the kind that they love, like the one that Billy Madison leaves on their neighbors porch.
So I don’t think J-ROCK was right because that’s not an easy thing to do, to open your box and void your warranty. You might still have a broken xbox 360.
April 16th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
no it didn’t work for to long
April 17th, 2007 at 10:09 am
my xbox 360 showed the three red lights so iam not going to deal with it and iam going to get the Elite.
April 19th, 2007 at 1:32 am
Its one thing to sell a piece of (*&%! Its another thing not to offer any decent cunstumer service, or any type of recall! Shame on you microsoft, you have shamed yourself again, and Sony more than deserves to win this war!
April 19th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Thanksgiving weekend I bought my system which is only 5 months ago and its now giving me the 3 red lights. THATS A YEAR AND A HALF ALMOST AFTER THE SYSTEM LAUNCHED!!!! What is this? My original xbox didn’t have this problem and I bought it a year after it launched as well. Guess I’ll try and get it replaced since I’m still under factory warranty.
April 19th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
hey guys
my 360 is gone too…i wanna make sure of something…what xbox 360 do u have?
the one with the wirless controller and the white box…or the wired controller and the green box??…please u gotta answer that ok just tell me whats the color of your 360′s box ?..thanx
April 19th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
why wasnt the xbox 360 recalled if they knew it was no good???
April 21st, 2007 at 10:41 am
If your gonna go out and buy a game system just buy a computer and put games on it, you cant go wrong with a computer and as for calling the tech support people for the 3 flashing red lights yea dont waste your time its some computer telling you to do the same thing they tell you on the web site the xbox 360 is crap if you just got one grab that reciept and return it