Umm... WHAT just happened to my 360...???

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#1 death919
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... I turn it on for the first time in 24 hours... RED RING OF DEATH OUT OF NOWHERE. After some loud swearing, I turn it off, then turn it on again... and it boots up PERFECTLY...??? And is working fine now???

Umm.... yeah....... should I be worried? Or should I just continue playing like normal?

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#2 BlindEffekt
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... I turn it on for the first time in 24 hours... RED RING OF DEATH OUT OF NOWHERE. After some loud swearing, I turn it off, then turn it on again... and it boots up PERFECTLY...??? And is working fine now???

Umm.... yeah....... should I be worried? Or should I just continue playing like normal?

death919
Mine did that a year ago, if its ben running fine dont worry
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#3 death919
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[QUOTE="death919"]

... I turn it on for the first time in 24 hours... RED RING OF DEATH OUT OF NOWHERE. After some loud swearing, I turn it off, then turn it on again... and it boots up PERFECTLY...??? And is working fine now???

Umm.... yeah....... should I be worried? Or should I just continue playing like normal?

BlindEffekt

Mine did that a year ago, if its ben running fine dont worry

Ah ok sweet! :) That's good to know, thanks!

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#4 ZimpanX
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if it was the 3 red lights I think it will come back unfortunally :/
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#5 death919
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if it was the 3 red lights I think it will come back unfortunally :/ZimpanX

I dunno it was just red so I turned it off. :O I hope it doesn't come back though!

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#6 armake21
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That happens more than you except it would, and its happened to me a few times aswell. Usually a short lived red ring like the one you experienced happens because your wires are messed up. If the Visual wires (red,white,yellow) are in the wrong place, or there is problems with the power box, you can expect to see red rings.
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... I turn it on for the first time in 24 hours... RED RING OF DEATH OUT OF NOWHERE. After some loud swearing, I turn it off, then turn it on again... and it boots up PERFECTLY...??? And is working fine now???

Umm.... yeah....... should I be worried? Or should I just continue playing like normal?

death919

It happened to me 2 weeks ago. Everything was fine for the next 2-3 days and then the RRoD happened more often and eventually became permanent. My guess is that the box is on its way out.

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#8 iam2green
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its nothing maybe a lose wire or something but it will come back evenuatly. hope u don't get it any time soon.
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#9 oldschoolplayer
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Just dont be a hero. If this happens again before the end of the three year warranty send it in right away. Dont let Microsoft off the hook for their problem with this machine after your warranty expires. At least they have owned up to the problem and are fixing units but I am still hearing of reports of some newer units doing the same thing. We spend alot of money on these units, games, accessories. They have more money than you will ever see in your lifetime.
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#10 wtfandyk
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Same thing happend to my brother a couple of months ago and it still has been working fine
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#11 shorty8392
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It depends on what type of three red rings you get. Some are fatal, some are not. I got once because the AV cable was out a little bit.
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#12 shorty8392
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It depends on what type of three red rings you get. Some are fatal, some are not. I got one once because the AV cable was out a little bit.
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#13 deactivated-586291ff5899b
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From a article I read, there are 2 variations of the RRoD - the "fatel" RRoD, and another that looks similar, but is usually cleared out by checking all connections into the main unit.
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#14 yucky_straw
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That means that the RROD is near.
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#15 SBDTANGO
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just pray to shiva that your 360 doesnt do that anymore and everything will be fine.
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#16 amozarte
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You may want to check out the Broken 360 Thread, but there are certain red lights that are not the dreaded RRoD. One poster above mentioned correctly that if your A/V cables are loose or disconnected, there will be some red lights, but not RRoD.

If you have actually gotten the RRoD, it is possible that the system could function normally again without repair, but it's usually a temporary situation. Once you see it once, you may as well send it in for repairs because it will be back sooner or later.

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#17 EscobarPR_basic
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This happened to me about a month ago. Just call and have them ship you the box already, cause your Xbox is on its way out. At least you can still play it for a bit while you wait, but its just a matter of time now. Mine lasted 2 days after the first RRoD (also totally out of the blue like yours).
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#18 iwantasong
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Thats what happened to my 360, the stupid red rings, AND it kept shutting off on me for no reason! So I returned it for a new one (back in December) so now my new one has never done what the first one did, and I hope it never does...
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#19 lawlessx
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that happened to me 3 times. did you check to see if the powerplug was moved while your 360 was on?
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#20 str8_messy
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mines done that before but then i got it again and it broke so idk

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#21 thuglove2005
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no problem keep playing long live xbox live!!!!!
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#22 chaoz-king
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Oh yeah. Thats a bad sign. That happend to me. like 5 months ago and I just got the 3 RR's like a few weeks ago.
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#23 PredadorPT
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It probably happened because your wires were messed up, nothing to worry about.
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#24 Spartan874
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same thing happened to me but then about a week later it came back and stayed. its not a big deal though since the repair is free
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#25 LuCKyOn3
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dont worry it dosnt matter
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#26 Dvorack
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im on my 3rd 360 and i have never seen rrod. how bout that? :)
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#27 thedoors199991
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this thing happened to me and when i uplugged it, it worked again for like a day...but then broke again permanantly
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#28 iamdanthaman
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[QUOTE="ZimpanX"]if it was the 3 red lights I think it will come back unfortunally :/death919

I dunno it was just red so I turned it off. :O I hope it doesn't come back though!

Read This:

http://sogamer.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/360rrod/

red lights do not necessarily mean rrod. RROD is a specific problem, only specified by red light in spots 1,3, and 4. If it was a different number or placement of the lights, that means something else, andcould just mean the A/V cable or power plug was loose, don't worry unless you have 1,3,4 red or just 4 red. Those would meansome sort of hardware problem.