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A dying box?

Khaotik_Impulse

Shared on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 11:05

So over the last couple weeks or so I have run into a frustrating problem. I'll be playing a game...and all of a sudden it will freeze causing me to have to reboot. I've run into that before, but now when I go to turn the xbox back on I get flashing red lights. I let it sit there for awhile and after an hour or so it seems ok to get on again. I have only seemed to have issues with games that have been installed onto the hd. Has anyone heard of that being a problem? As far as I knew that was supposed to keep things running more smoothly and cooler. The 360 itself is on its side with nothing around it and a fan blowing towards it from across the room so it doesn't seem like ventilation is the problem. Suggestions?

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 20:30
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Automan21k's picture
Submitted by Automan21k on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 11:10
which lights are flashing?
Khaotik_Impulse's picture
Submitted by Khaotik_Impulse on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 11:28
the 2 left and the lower right
Automan21k's picture
Submitted by Automan21k on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 11:35
yup, ...RRoD...check your warrenty.
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Submitted by Bad_Santa on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 11:37
Pretty sure this has nothing to do with the hard drive. Freezes followed by the 3 red lights normally indicates an arc somewhere in the board. My first attempt at an easy fix would be to grab 2 q-tips, and place them in the both of the fans with the system fully intact. Turn on the unit and let it run until you get 2 flashing red lights (over heat). Unplug the system and wait for about a minute before you turn it back on. If this doesn't cure it, and you would like to fix it yourself you can pm me and i'll give you more details on where to from there.
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Submitted by Khaotik_Impulse on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 11:47
@ Auto, yeah it's from early 06' I think the warranty has expired by now. @Santa, I'll give it a try and see what happens.
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Submitted by TANK on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 11:50
Ya it's dieing a slow death. Installing games to the hard drive doesn't have any significant impact on heat, mostly it's speed and noise that are reduced. Other crazy stuff happens with HDD installs too like i know a bunch of people who can't play a specific gears 2 map that was only available via DLC, it erros out saying disc read error ?!?!? HUH ?!?! It's not even on the dvd! Anyway dude, your system's on its' way to RRoD. Look at it this way though, if you have to buy a new one you can get the latest all 65nm version which only uses 150 watts and runs a lot cooler and quieter.
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 21:37
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