Unexpected red rings

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#1 NYCbrisk
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So I just bought a vga cable and tried it on my asus 24inch monitor and then suddenly my xbox glows 4 red rings? I have played on the xbox before with component cables but I decided to switch to a vga cable to play on my monitor and it doesn't work. Why is that?
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#2 BlendThree
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Guessing the two events are unrelated? Sounds like the red rings of death to me :(

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#3 RoslindaleOne
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Guessing the two events are unrelated? Sounds like the red rings of death to me :(

BlendThree

It's not the rings of death.

NYCbrisk, 4 red lights means the Xbox doesn't detect audio/video. Maybe it's a faulty cable?

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#4 NYCbrisk
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I just bought the cable online from ebay.
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#5 RoslindaleOne
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I just bought the cable online from ebay. NYCbrisk
New or used? Have you tried it with another monitor or tv?
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#6 NYCbrisk
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It's new, and I've tried it on my monitor and on my 32inch tv. Still no luck as it glows 4 red rings.
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#7 insane_metalist
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If I were you, I'd just go with HDMI. It's a sharper picture and no bs with cables. 4 red rings means most likely something isn't plugged in correctly.

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#8 Ilikemyname420
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[QUOTE="BlendThree"]

Guessing the two events are unrelated? Sounds like the red rings of death to me :(

RoslindaleOne

It's not the rings of death.

NYCbrisk, 4 red lights means the Xbox doesn't detect audio/video. Maybe it's a faulty cable?

Or it's not plugged in properly, or it's got dust or some other obstruction in the connector.
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#9 NYCbrisk
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If I were you, I'd just go with HDMI. It's a sharper picture and no bs with cables. 4 red rings means most likely something isn't plugged in correctly.

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It's an old xbox, it doesn't have hdmi
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#10 NYCbrisk
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[QUOTE="RoslindaleOne"]

[QUOTE="BlendThree"]

Guessing the two events are unrelated? Sounds like the red rings of death to me :(

Ilikemyname420

It's not the rings of death.

NYCbrisk, 4 red lights means the Xbox doesn't detect audio/video. Maybe it's a faulty cable?

Or it's not plugged in properly, or it's got dust or some other obstruction in the connector.

I've tried removing any kind of dust and re plugging, still nothing ; (
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#11 insane_metalist
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Check your power brick. I feel like, your cables is the problem.

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#12 NYCbrisk
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My power brick shouldn't be a problem because I have used the same power brick with an component cable
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It sounds like u need a new xbox.

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#14 Blueresident87
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My power brick shouldn't be a problem because I have used the same power brick with an component cableNYCbrisk

If any of the cables are loose at all it's a problem.