Strange fluctuating ring of light - help? (NOT RRoD)

Hi,

Today I was recently playing Devil May Cry 4 on my 360, and everything was going fine. All of a sudden, I see something extremely weird happen: The quadrant of the ring of light on the 360 fluctuates between quadrant 1 and 2. It seems to happen at random, and I'm not sure why. This only started happening today.

Why is this strange? Well, the controller itself will still read itself as connected to quadrant 1, but quadrant 2 on the 360 will be lit, which can't be possible since what that's saying is that no controller is connected on quadrant 1, but there is one on quadrant 2, yet there is only one controller connected and it's reading that it's connected on quadrant 1. The controller will still play normally, even if the rings of light are mismatched in this fashion, but it's a bit unnerving to see this. I can't help but think this may be the first sign of a future RRoD.

What I can't figure out is sometimes it will go back to normal, at random, then back again. I have not changed nor modified anything as far as my setup goes, with the exception of the recent firmware update for the 360 that I obtained over Xbox Live. However when I got this update I didn't seem to have this problem afterwards up until now.

My setup is an Xbox 360 Elite (2007 holiday bundle version) and a standard wireless controller. I use a wireless connection to connect to Xbox Live. Could someone help me understand what this means, or if it is in any way related to the recent firmware update, and if it is a cause for concern?

Thanks so much for any replies!

whatever you do dont go inside your xbox and try to fix the problem, because if you do need a repair, you will void your warrenty by going inside it and then will have to pay for a repair.

I looked online and it says that 2 flashing red lights can ether mean

your console is overheated, problem with your power supply(gray big brick), or the auto off setting is turned on ( to turn off go into the console settings on the dashboard its in there somewhere). If your power supply has a green light while your xbox is turned on that your power supply is fine. Just dont play your xbox for a little while like an hour or 2 to let it cool off. If this happens again call

1-800-4MYXBOX

That will get you to the repair center and they can help you out from there.

I looked online and it says that 2 flashing red lights can ether mean

Aidan00000

That's the problem - it's not an RRoD. The lights aren't red, and the two aren't lit at the same time. Either quadrant 1 will be lit up like normal, as the controller indicates, or it will suddenly light up number 2 and forget about number 1, but the controller still reads itself as connected to number 1.

While it seems there's nothing physically wrong with the console (The lights are green.) it happens without warning and without explanation.

dude then i have no clue call microsoft, or try resetting your connection with your wireless controller, push and hold down the little button on the controler ontop/near the battery pack at the same time as pushing down the little button one the console.Aidan00000

Oh, I'm an idiot... >_< I forgot to mention, yes I did try re-acquainting the controller and 360 with each other and the same thing happened when both recognized each other - quadrant 1 on the controller was lit, but quadrant 2 was lit on the 360.

I'll call them if it turns out to be a very serious problem, but currently it doesn't affect the way anything works, it's just freaking me out a bit, making me slightly paranoid is all. Does anyone else have any idea what it could be?

it probably has something to do with the sensor, it tells if its upright or sideways, that would mean it is messed up so the quadrants are upright

12

34

sideways: 31

24

imagining the ring inside the numbers.

hope that helps

it probably has something to do with the sensor, it tells if its upright or sideways, that would mean it is messed up so the quadrants are upright

12

34

sideways: 31

24

imagining the ring inside the numbers.

hope that helps

qwertyoip

Interessting theory, but I don't think this is the case. He explained the lights were flickering between one and two so if the Xbox was turned vertical that would have it indicate between two and three. That still wouldn't explain why there is suddenly no indication of one being connected.

[QUOTE="qwertyoip"]

it probably has something to do with the sensor, it tells if its upright or sideways, that would mean it is messed up so the quadrants are upright

12

34

sideways: 31

24

imagining the ring inside the numbers.

hope that helps

Ayessua

Interessting theory, but I don't think this is the case. He explained the lights were flickering between one and two so if the Xbox was turned vertical that would have it indicate between two and three. That still wouldn't explain why there is suddenly no indication of one being connected.

i was putting the numbers as the relative position standing up

i mixed up pos. 2+4 on the second thing, but thats irrelevant

Thanks for all the insight. I posted this last night when I was really tired and maybe a bit edgy.

Today I haven't seen this happen, but yes, I am using the black version of the wireless controller. I attempted to see if maybe the 360 itself may have been messing up, and connected a spare wired controller that a friend brought over today. No such fluctuation happened at all.

Unfortunately I don't have another spare wireless controller to see if maybe it's the controller, but as long as it doesn't cause any harm to the 360's operation I'll deal with it.

My 360 stands upright as well (Vertically) so the quadrant readout on my controller SHOULD match the readout on the 360. I understand what's being said about the possible confusion of mismatch, but since mine stands vertically, I don't think that's the case. It's good to see I'm not the only one who has this problem.

One more question: I really have only one friend who sometimes comes over and plays with me, but in the case where I have four people at once on the same 360 (Full ring lit up) will this quadrant fluctuation affect the other players' controllers? Or will it just cease to happen?

Sorry for being a pain in the behind, just never seen this before. Kind of funny now that I think of it.

Edit: Spelling errors corrected.