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 29th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
The 3 red lights showed up, and it wouldnt work for awhile, so i hit it and left it for awhile, now it works fine.
April 30th, 2007 at 12:06 am
XBOX’s ARE CRAPSENT IT IN FOR REPAIRS # TIMES THEN BROKE AFTER WARRANTY ABSOLUT CRAP
May 1st, 2007 at 11:08 am
im really annoyed ive had my 360 for roughly a hear now i get these 3 red lights its bullcrap i love the 360 aswell! that taking the hard drive out is bullcrap can someone explain that solution again please!
May 1st, 2007 at 11:10 am
how the hell do you go to the system screen on yourdash board when you cant even get a bloody picture!!!????
May 1st, 2007 at 11:50 am
Hi, I also had the 3 red rings of death but I recently found a great tech support site that help me fix it!
Here is the page for the solution:
http://www.fixya.com/support/t142158-3_flashing_red_lights
good luck
May 1st, 2007 at 1:08 pm
has anyone tried buying a new 360, swapping the new one with the old one (that doesnt work), switching the serial number stickers, and taking it back and say you just dont want it…then have a brand new 360 ? i know walmart is pretty lax on their return policy so let me know if anyone has tried it and if it has worked?
May 1st, 2007 at 5:21 pm
i did this at best buy and it worked fine.
the new one i swapped also failed so fuck that idea.
May 1st, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Hahaha! Suckers! I have your money, and I don’t care if your XBox 360 works or not. Actually, I hope it breaks so you have to buy ANOTHER brand new one for $479 so you won’t feel so bad for being stupid enough to buy over ANOTHER $200 in accessories and over ANOTHER $300 in games. Hurry up, and send me your money. Daddy needs a new yacht.
May 1st, 2007 at 7:24 pm
how long before the one you swapped died? and what did/going to do now?
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Alas I have come across the 3 red lights of death. Up until now I have only thought of them as an urban legend. At least my 360 was still under warranty so microsoft will fix it for free. But now I cant play for a month till I get it back, and spider-man 3 comes out tommorow AHHHH!!! Anyway,my friends just crapped out too 2 days after the warranty was up, mine 3 days before. Is this a coincidence that the 360′s are failing at the end of their warranty’s or is microsoft (&*$%^$ us all over.