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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I got mine 2 days ago, opened it today and played on ninty nine nights, about half an hour it froze, switch it off then turn back on, three red lights, the upper – right wasnt flashing. Man only half hour it froze up on me.
I am really going to exchange it or get my money back, might as well spend it on something useful, and not a craped out machine >.
Ok i bought a xbox 360. i was playing lotr 2 when the 3 red lites poped up!!!! my warranty is gone! is there a way to renew it?
How can i renew my warranty
Same thing just happend to me, but i had bought the extended coverage for 40 bucks or whatever it was when i first got it, im covered till 2008. Dont know why more people didnt sign up for the extended warranty, i mean its already more than paid for itself.
ok now that i hear abotu all thses problems can i still get warranty? or is it too late now.my warranty expired 1 month ago and i get waranty back or not???? :P
ive had my xbox360 since last xmas and it was fine untill today i went to play it and the dashboard wouldnt even come up it was just a balnk screen with 3 red lights on it and they want 130$ to fix it BULL
im having the same problem. paying another 139 dollars for something that i bought for $400 im having a little chat with the customer support and getting my 360 fixed for free
bann together and stop the abomanation called microsoft
WHAT THE *(&@#. bought my xbox back in december 2005. worked FINE up until 2 days ago..started freezing up on hitman: bloodmoney. 3 red lights, won’t boot up, tried all the lame, worthless troubleshooting solutions which MS KNOWS doesn’t work. called CS and got the same BS story, and the punk a** CS rep had the nerve to tell me, ‘well, at least it’s cheaper than buying a new xbox, isn’t it. BUT once it’s fixed, you can purchase the extended warranty for an additional $60–’ CLICK
guys get the wii. unlike ps3 and 360 its origanl and pretty c00l!
bought mine in may, stopped working about two days ago after playing enchanted arms for about 2 hours it froze.
probably nothing…boy was i wrong.
now everytime i turn it on 3 red lights or able to play for 10 minutes before it froze again. restart would lead to either of those problems.
4 months and some odd days later I spent 450 bucks for a blinking paper weight.
CS had the gall to charge me another 130 for a somebodys broken xbox.
my ps2 is 3 years old and working fine, my xbox1 is 2 years and working fine
filed a complaint at better business bureau:
https://odr.bbb.org/odrweb/public/GetStarted.aspx
filed another complaint at
consumeraffairs.com
thanks for the crappy POS.