xbox 360 red circle of death?
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- lukefry
anyone had this happen to their xbox?
the computer just freezes, and the circle flashes red?
- ernexbcn0
Looks like this:
- Llyod0
just smack it and turn it parallel to the ground
- ernexbcn0
Symptons:
You see three lights on the Ring of Light (RoL) flash red on the front of your Xbox 360 console. The upper-right quadrant light is the only light that does not flash red.Cause:
The three flashing red lights may indicate that your Xbox 360 console has experienced a hardware failure.
- sintaxera0
yup. I just got my xbox back from microsoft. had to send it in for repairs. I guess they had alot of problems, so the warranty has been extended for the ring of death.. I didnt have to pay a dime. BUT it took a month.
- There's a link for repairs on the right.
http://www.xbox.com/…sintaxera
- There's a link for repairs on the right.
- ernexbcn0
I haven't had the 3 red lights of death, but my first 360 stopped reading game discs, it could play DVDs well but refused to detect games.
Had to call MS, they gave me instructions over e-mail to put the 360 in a coffin and UPS picked it up and sent it to the repair centre in Germany (that's where they go in Europe).
About 2 weeks later I had another 360 back and so far no problems.
- Same thing happened to me, just sent mine in last week....here's hoping.Rushmore
- ernexbcn0
There are other lights for other symptons (also on the power brick there is a light):
- CincodeMayo0
Yeah, it's happened to me...twice. First time I sent it back to MS and didn't get a box back for almost a month. My problem was that I bought my 360 off some random dude so I didn't have a warranty or receipt. So here's what I did.
Call your local Best Buy or go in and talk to someone. Find a cute chick, a cool dude, whatever. Ask them some q's and work in the XBOX and then mention the rings. Tell them you got the 360 as a gift for Xmas but whoever got it for you didn't buy the warranty. Tell them you'd like to purchase it. It's like $50. You can get it for 2 years. I did, and anytime it acts up, gets the red lights, anything, you can take it back for a new one. Better yet, if newer versions of the 360 have come out since you bought it, you'll automatically get the new one. I had a first gen box and now mind is upgraded (I think HDMI was added or something). It's worth the money and saves a ton of headaches.
- MSL0
A 360 is now guaranteed for 3 years by Microsoft regardless of who/where you bought it from. Ring them up and you'll be sent another - contrary to other people whenever I have rung them up, they have always been spot on.
- Jimbo820
Mine was out of warranty so got it fixed from a guy off ebay for £30, sent it off on the monday, got it back on the friday.
Bingo Bango
- jasontroj0
I hope I never get this problem. That's why I leave mine with plenty of air access on all sides.
I kinda hope this happens to me too though, cause my late night productivity levels are way down thanks to Call of Duty 4.
- OnesandZeros0
just got it over the weekend.... fuck nuggets.
i called microsoft and talked to their tech people. now they are sending me a pre-paid shipping box and fixing it for free.
hot damn
- kona0
just had this happen 4 weeks ago, i JUST got my xbox back last night. the 'ring of death' as it's called. call xbox. they are well aware of the problem. once you're on the phone with the guy he's going to make you run through a checklist of things. remove the hd. turn it on. now test the power supply, remove the plugs, put them back in, turn it on. what's the color of the light on the power strip? once you go through all the bullshit they'll tell you it's a hardware failure. no worries. you're covered for 3 years now even if you DIDN'T ever send back in the warranty card or register the machine. mine was over a year old and i never registered it. the guy did it over the phone no problems.
they'll send you a box via ups. package it up EXACTLY following the instructions. tape the number they give you to the side of your xbox. take it to ups and everything is prepaid. in 3 weeks you get a brand new xbox back.
mine had a big superman sticker on the side, it was gone and also before i sent it i put a small black dot in the lower corner of each panel and there were no dots on any of them. it's a brand new box.
yay. don't worry. the worst part is not having it for 3 weeks. good luck.
- OnesandZeros0
that's a good idea kona - with the dots. I'm going to do that before I send mine out.
- when i got mine back, there was a note saying they replaced mine w/ a different refurbished xbox.sintaxera
- ETM0
Do we know we are getting news ones or just the last guys refurbed one?
- joyride0
this is one reason I got a ps3... seems to be not a matter of if, but when.
- jasontroj0
I eventually will get a PS3, mostly for the Blue Ray. But XBox 360 has much more games, and XBL is the greatest thing.
- CincodeMayo0
See above...that's why I got the Best Buy warranty, so whenever this does happen I get a brand spanking new box as opposed to a bunk refurbed. Plus I get it back that day. No questions asked.
- mg330
CincodeMayo - I forgot to get the best buy replacement plan, I had only 30 days to do it from purchase but forgot to do so.
You're saying you can still get it well beyond the 30 day time period?
- Yeah, probably. Just find someone cool. I didn't even buy my 360 there and one girl was willing to see me the 2 year.CincodeMayo
- So now I'm hooked up and when mine goes down I bring it in and they swap me a new one.CincodeMayo