WTF 3 lights???

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#1 ZEDMAN2003
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was about to start playing fifa yesterday turned on my 360 and 3 red lights and a black screen with different languages on screen.

 many many swear words later i decided to switch it off turned it off and on took the disk out it, never got back to the dash board tried again and it worked. its been working fine ever since. 

Has anyone else had this or am i just lucky my xbox did not die.

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#2 ShadowDeathX
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No ur not lucky, thats a start up error.
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#3 guitarer1
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my friend said something like this happened to his too...
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was about to start playing fifa yesterday turned on my 360 and 3 red lights and a black screen with different languages on screen.

 many many swear words later i decided to switch it off turned it off and on took the disk out it, never got back to the dash board tried again and it worked. its been working fine ever since. 

Has anyone else had this or am i just lucky my xbox did not die.

ZEDMAN2003

just got one red light today which basically means the same thing as three, i turned it off and turned it on again and it worked without any problems, hope it doesnt brake on me this is my second one :(

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#5 rbrown3
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[QUOTE="ZEDMAN2003"]

was about to start playing fifa yesterday turned on my 360 and 3 red lights and a black screen with different languages on screen.

 many many swear words later i decided to switch it off turned it off and on took the disk out it, never got back to the dash board tried again and it worked. its been working fine ever since. 

Has anyone else had this or am i just lucky my xbox did not die.

elmafia

just got one red light today which basically means the same thing as three, i turned it off and turned it on again and it worked without any problems, hope it doesnt brake on me this is my second one :(

three red lights and one red light are very different things, 3 red lights means hardware failure, 1 red light is a software problem (usually a corrupted file on the hard drive)
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#6 ZEDMAN2003
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well what ever it was im just glad it still works,

 ive been ill for the past 6 months so ive been playing it quite alot lately just spoke to a mate and he said he had the same kinda thing a few months back and never had a problem since so im happy :) :)

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#7 rbrown3
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well what ever it was im just glad it still works,

 ive been ill for the past 6 months so ive been playing it quite alot lately just spoke to a mate and he said he had the same kinda thing a few months back and never had a problem since so im happy :) :)

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you still may want to call Microsoft about it while it's still under warranty, may as well get it fixed/replaced for free now as opposed to waiting and having to pay to have it taken care of later
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#9 ZEDMAN2003
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i think you are right i will ring them later see what they say but i brought my 360 second hand and only got 3 weeks warrenty on it and that was about 9 months or so ago so i would of have 2 pay if anything did go wrong but god willing its ok
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was about to start playing fifa yesterday turned on my 360 and 3 red lights and a black screen with different languages on screen.

many many swear words later i decided to switch it off turned it off and on took the disk out it, never got back to the dash board tried again and it worked. its been working fine ever since.

Has anyone else had this or am i just lucky my xbox did not die.

ZEDMAN2003
It's like the song "Burning Ring of Fire". It means that something (hardware) has failed, or going to fail. I had it once, and I simply turned the xbox off, then back on an it came again, so I brought some fans, I got the Nyko Intercooler, and the Pelican fan stand, and no problems, not even any heat coming from the xbox, the disks come out cold, and the xbox is like it's never on, and I have never had the lights, or a lock up since. PS Sign the tunes, in voice "burning ring of fire".
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#11 ZEDMAN2003
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was thinking of buying the Nyko Intercooler think i will just to be safe probably sounds stupid but i would be lost with out my 360 at the mo untill i get better
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Has anyone else had this or am i just lucky my xbox did not die.ZEDMAN2003
Yes, I have. My first Xbox started acting up exaclty like that. I only had it for a month before I returned it due to that malfunction. I called MS support and they advised me to return it. That was no prob since I bought it at Best Buy and also bought the extended warranty. But yeah, it'll keep doing that. Sometimes when I turned it on nothing would happen so I'd have to turn it off then back on and then it would register. And then some times when I'd turn it on I'd get the three red lights with the error message. My advice to you is take it back if you can. -K
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#13 ZEDMAN2003
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i can not take it back so i am stuck with it unfortunately...

one question about those intercoolers though are they noisy just been looking at them on the net and three fans have got to put out some noise

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#14 zero5link
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mine got a red light wen i didnt plug in the cords all the way
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#15 Comorat
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Well using that POS intercooler is probally the best way to ensure your 360's demise.
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#16 rbrown3
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Check the manufacture date on the back of your console, whether you got it 2nd hand or not, Microsoft still warranties the system. If the manufacture date is before 01-01-06, you have a life time warranty, otherwise your warranty is good for 1 year after the manufacture date. So as long as the date on the back of your console is todays date 02-24-06 or later, you are still covered.
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#17 DatsClownin
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make sure all the cords are plugged in completely