Anyone know anything about 360's?
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lol it the " 3 rings of death" it a error message sayin ur xbox is screwed or you forgot to plug the tv cable in
http://www.factpile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/red.ring.of.death.jpg
Red Rings Of Death ! :-
Basically, when you switch on your X Box 360, the 'circle' of lights, rotate, and when the controllers are defined, 1-4, the corresponding quadrant lights, will be shown.
The rings of death, happen, when there has been a major hardware error.
They ALL turn RED, and stay on, usually you get NOTHING on screen, sometimes you get a black screen, with ERROR 74, on it.
This is caused by a couple of known hardware issues, that Microsoft has known about for a while, thats why they extended the standard warranty to 36 months _ but that's NO GOOD for all those folks that flashed their consoles !!
The red rings can be fixed, one way is to install a different heatsink, usually a normal pc heatsink & fan, or use what is called an XClamp kit.
Mainly it is a processor overheating problem, but the newer consoles, ie, the Elite, has a different, better cpu, that does'nt suffer the overheating issues.
Basically, when you switch on your X Box 360, the 'circle' of lights, rotate, and when the controllers are defined, 1-4, the corresponding quadrant lights, will be shown.
The rings of death, happen, when there has been a major hardware error.
They ALL turn RED, and stay on, usually you get NOTHING on screen, sometimes you get a black screen, with ERROR 74, on it.
This is caused by a couple of known hardware issues, that Microsoft has known about for a while, thats why they extended the standard warranty to 36 months _ but that's NO GOOD for all those folks that flashed their consoles !!
The red rings can be fixed, one way is to install a different heatsink, usually a normal pc heatsink & fan, or use what is called an XClamp kit.
Mainly it is a processor overheating problem, but the newer consoles, ie, the Elite, has a different, better cpu, that does'nt suffer the overheating issues.
When you have'nt got the av cable plugged in, you get Error 74.lol it the " 3 rings of death" it a error message sayin ur xbox is screwed or you forgot to plug the tv cable in
http://www.factpile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/red.ring.of.death.jpg
If you get Error 74, and you have got the av cable plugged in, then you GPU * graphics processing unit* is FOOBAR'd !!
I still got the PS3, but not been online in ages. Moved house, and only just got broadband back. BT are telling me my broadband should by up and running this Wednesday But it is proving fussy for Xbox live and PS3 live at the mo, so when they've sorted it I'll be back online properly.
Like any of you needed to know that.....
But it is proving fussy for Xbox live and PS3 live at the mo, so when they've sorted it I'll be back online properly.Like any of you needed to know that.....
Weeble i think your a bit confused there mate if you turn on your 360 without av cable in doesnt mean it is damaged in anyway. There would have been a problem before if it was damaged
Ok after a lil bit of searching i found the number for microsoft.
Assistance by phone:
0800 587 1102
Hope this helps
Assistance by phone:
0800 587 1102
Hope this helps
I've just fixed a 360 with a 'error 74' using the 'X' clamp method,also done some other cooling mods so hopefully it won't happen again(fingers crossed).The error 74 code means its either the av cable that's broke or its the ANA chip.