Xbox360 3 Red Lights of Death Fix Review
A couple of weeks ago, my son goes to power up our Xbox 360 to jam out to Guitar Hero 3, only to find 3 red lights flashing endlessly at him. He called me downstairs to check it out. I uplugged the machine (AV cable and power supply) so see if there was a bad connection or something… I plugged it back in… No luck, just three red blinking lights. So, I pull out the Xbox360 Users Manual (gasp!) hoping to find a shred of information about what’s causing the problem. I find a section under Troubleshooting called “Ring of Light Flashes”. I figure this section will hold the solution… WRONG! I go onto read:
- Four lights on the console flash red: Check your AV cable.
- Two left lights on console flash red: The Xbox 360 is too hot and will not play games until cooled.
- All other patterns: Internal problem requires service. Contact Xbox Customer Support. Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200. You’re screwed! Are you kidding me!!???
I decided that I wasn’t going to call Microsoft since my Xbox was 3 years old and most likely out of Warranty and that I’d do some research on Google to see if I could find a solution to this problem. I had heard that the Xbox 360 had issues with overheating and figured that other people were facing similar issues. During my research I came to find out that The Red Ring of Death occurs because of overheating. The Xbox 360 designers decided to put in the bare minimum of necessary cooling equipment into the system in order to create a slim and light console. So in a nutshell, with all the graphics and CPU processing power the 360 has, it simply hasn’t enough heatsinks and fans to keep the components cool enough. (more…)
