| Ask any Xbox 360 owner what their greatest | | | | sign, no matter how you cut the cake, but all red |
| fear concerning their $300-$400 piece of | | | | lights don't mean a visit down south is necessary. |
| machinery is, and you might receive a variety of | | | | Some issues can be resolved from the comfort |
| answers. For some, the words "Halo 3" and | | | | of one's own home. The Xbox 360's ring is divided |
| "cancelled" being in the same sentence might bring | | | | into four separate quadrants. Each division turning |
| nightmares to their otherwise soothing dreams. | | | | red indicates a separate problem, all with a |
| For others, terror might set in at the mere idea | | | | different way of resolving the issue. It should be |
| of trying to afford a new HD television to take | | | | noted that when gamers call the support line |
| advantage of all the bells and whistles associated | | | | about their defective unit, the standard procedure |
| with their beefy console. However, one concept | | | | of operation is to have gamers unplug all cables |
| that is sure to make the blood run cold in any | | | | from the unit, reinsert them, and try booting the |
| Xbox 360 owner's veins is the sight of the | | | | system again. The support worker will also have |
| dreaded "red ring of death". More appropriately, | | | | players remove their hard drive and reboot the |
| the ring of light on the front of an Xbox 360 | | | | system to check and see if that is the problem. |
| flashing red, indicating some major trouble is about | | | | In the hope of speeding the process along, it |
| to go down. | | | | might be a wise thought to run through those |
| Since its initial launch, the Xbox 360 has taken on | | | | procedures before calling the Xbox 360 support |
| a bad rap- in the media at least- as a system | | | | line. |
| that constantly overheats, is poorly | | | | As mentioned, each quadrant on the set of |
| manufactured, and is too unstable to be on store | | | | flashing red lights indicates a different issue. If all |
| shelves. The aforementioned problems are just a | | | | of the lights but the first section are flashing, this |
| few of the reasons people claim to have | | | | means a general hardware failure has occurred. |
| experienced when the dreaded flashing lights | | | | There is little to be done other than trying to |
| illuminate on their beloved console. | | | | unhook and reattach your cables. This problem is |
| Whatever the reason for seeing them, these | | | | a sure sign a visit to the repair center is in your |
| lights are never a welcome sight. We've read the | | | | console's future. If the problem is indicated in the |
| plights of our forum members who've had to go | | | | second quadrant of the system, it is merely |
| through the process of getting a new Xbox 360 | | | | overheating. As too many hours of GRAW will do |
| when they've gone caput, and heard the | | | | that to a unit, the proposed cure here is to unplug |
| problems experienced with trying to get a new | | | | the unit from the power supply, let it sit to cool |
| system. So when several of us at TeamXbox | | | | down, and perhaps begin scouting for a better |
| had our systems go the way of the dodo, we | | | | location to store your precious investment. |
| decided to record the process from beginning to | | | | A problem indicated in the third quadrant of the |
| end, to see what all is involved, and maybe offer | | | | Xbox 360 ring of light is diagnosed as a hardware |
| up some friendly advice for those who've yet to | | | | failure. Once again, try re-inserting all of your |
| experience this issue. We also gave Microsoft a | | | | cords and cables, but this problem should definitely |
| chance to chime in on the subject, and they've | | | | be dealt with by the repair center. If all four lights |
| obliged, which does show us that the console | | | | are flashing on the front of your console, this is |
| maker is all about righting the red-ringed fleet. | | | | perhaps the easiest problem to fix. This is an |
| The dreaded flashing red lights of death! | | | | issue with the AV cable not being properly |
| Houston, we have a problem. | | | | inserted into the back of the console. The cure? |
| Before we take a look at our Xbox 360's journey | | | | Just make sure the cord "clicks" once it has been |
| to the repair center in Texas, first we must take | | | | inserted into the unit. If that doesn't work, of |
| note of why a system would have to be sent | | | | course call the repair center, but the four lights |
| there in the first place. Flashing red lights on the | | | | are the easiest of the problems to rectify. |
| Xbox 360's normally green ring of light is a bad | | | | |