NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!! 360 !!!!!
Discussion
Looks like my 360 is about to die ! It's a launchday console and I thought I had a good one. Just turned on and installed the dash update, started Forza 2 and 3 red lights.. How lucky is that... ?
Left for an hour and turned back on and it booted. I badly need to back up may saves especially Oblivion as I've 190 hours invested in it.....
Any advice on what happens next ?
If it dies do I have to send back my HD ?
What happens to my profile, gamer points, downloaded content etc ?
Glad I took out that extended warranty...
$hit .....
Left for an hour and turned back on and it booted. I badly need to back up may saves especially Oblivion as I've 190 hours invested in it.....
Any advice on what happens next ?
If it dies do I have to send back my HD ?
What happens to my profile, gamer points, downloaded content etc ?
Glad I took out that extended warranty...
$hit .....
Edited by nick heppinstall on Thursday 10th May 20:25
Dont worry - it can happen and be fine - only if it dies and wont restart is it a problem!
as for your HDD, i dont know, you shouldnt have to send it, and if you dont, tis all on there.
if you do, then you'll lose your save games and downloads - but your gamer profile and points will still be fine.
as for your HDD, i dont know, you shouldnt have to send it, and if you dont, tis all on there.
if you do, then you'll lose your save games and downloads - but your gamer profile and points will still be fine.
when mine failed I called MS who taged my serial number as "dead and replace", they asked me to ship it back, decided that I could not do without it for a few days and drove back to the reseller, who looked up the serial number found it was taged with "dead and replace" and they swapped it there and then. All the bits you want to keep (saves etc) are on the HDD and aslong as thats not the problem you can just swap them over. Someone somewhere listed what the lights mean - its possible its in a starting to fail state, this any help?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/90753
maybe just a dirty or bad disk?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/90753
maybe just a dirty or bad disk?
Edited by David Godfrey on Thursday 10th May 20:33
nick heppinstall said:
Looks like my 360 is about to die ! It's a launchday console and I thought I had a good one. Just turned on and installed the dash update, started Forza 2 and 3 red lights.. How lucky is that... ?
Odd...I got my console first week of January 2006 and it's been faultless. I installed the update yesterday and got three red segments a few times last night, as well as the console just freezing a few times in the menus. Touch wood, it's been fine tonight. I put it down to coincidence (the early build ones are almost expected to fail at some point), but it's odd that you and I should both experience the same thing straight after the update. By this time tomorrow, this'll be a conspiracy theory.
hi guys updated mine yesterday and today got the 3 red lights of doom , took out all the cables and left it for 5 Min's unplugged the power unit from the wall and it now is working again . I looked on youtube while i was waiting for the "towel trick" has anybody tried it yet? . I was going to do it if it never re-started as i figured if its shagged what harm could it do? and would just send it back anyway
Your downloaded live games only become available when your online. This has happened to mine and pissed me right off.
I emailed MS and they said there is no fix, the content you've paid for in the live arcade is keyed to your original Xbox, so offline they appear as demos but online its the complete game.
I emailed MS and they said there is no fix, the content you've paid for in the live arcade is keyed to your original Xbox, so offline they appear as demos but online its the complete game.
nick heppinstall said:
Well afer a rest it seems OK .... Very odd. Have to wait and see what happens. Seems very strange that others with early consoles are having the same problem juat after the update ...
Mine struggled on for a few more days, and died on Sunday. 
Three red lights every time now.jamieboy said:
nick heppinstall said:
Well afer a rest it seems OK .... Very odd. Have to wait and see what happens. Seems very strange that others with early consoles are having the same problem juat after the update ...
Mine struggled on for a few more days, and died on Sunday. Three red lights every time now.I shall be sending it to Xbox heaven tomorrow hopefully.
Sent mine back last month for 3 red lights. Paid the service charge (launch day item, out of warranty). Got a new 360 back, much quieter and runs cooler
Bought a PS3 to tide me over. Really missed the 360's games, but the PS3 is a fabulous high-def media player, way better than the klutzy MS efforts
And the Wii is more outright fun than either (with the possible exception of Viva Piñata)
Still, paying the repair charge for a new 360 turned out to be the best value for money
Bought a PS3 to tide me over. Really missed the 360's games, but the PS3 is a fabulous high-def media player, way better than the klutzy MS efforts
And the Wii is more outright fun than either (with the possible exception of Viva Piñata)
Still, paying the repair charge for a new 360 turned out to be the best value for money
well i feel fecked. not played my 360 much in the past few months. since I got the PS3 but tryed it Friday, after not being used for about 2 weeks. guess what. I got the 3 fecking red lights. already been backto MS once for this problem. now its out of warrenty and i seem to have lost hope in the 360 not falling to bits every 6 months so not sure what to do. I really am looking forward to some of the new games that will be out very soon but it looks like I have to pay more cash for my 360 to work.
RemaL said:
well i feel fecked. not played my 360 much in the past few months. since I got the PS3 but tryed it Friday, after not being used for about 2 weeks. guess what. I got the 3 fecking red lights. already been backto MS once for this problem. now its out of warrenty and i seem to have lost hope in the 360 not falling to bits every 6 months so not sure what to do. I really am looking forward to some of the new games that will be out very soon but it looks like I have to pay more cash for my 360 to work.
Mine showed the dreaded 3 lights yesterday just when i had got some new games.FOrtunatly unplugging from main ands plugging back in seemed to sort it.
Gassing Station | Video Games | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff