- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-
I have a 3 red ring problem on my xbox360, that is different than everyone elses?
Posted on August 7th, 2010 1 comment
Rob asked:
I know that sounds odd, but i got the 3 red lights on my xbox right after i got 1 flashing red light that said i had a hard drive error (E 79). Now get this, i sent it to Microsoft, and then send me back a unit. I plug it in, it works. I attach my hard drive. Loads my stuff. As soon as i put in a game and load a game…game freezes. I turn it off and on…3 red lights. The refurbished system they sent me (different from the origional one i sent them), worked for 10 minutes. Now they are sending me a 3rd unit, most likely also a seperate referbished system.My question is…any chance i have a bad hard drive and this is crashing the xbox? I mean, i know that the 3 red lights are supposed to be a loose chip due to overheating…but i found this to be a very ODD coincidence. And frankly, i don’t want to plug in my hard drive and have yet another non working xbox360 10 minutes later.
Anyone ever heard of the 3 rights being caused by a crappy hard drive?
>>Click Here to Download the Best Xbox 360 Repair Guide Now<<
3 Red Lights Hard Drive, Red Light, Xbox, Xbox3601 responses to “I have a 3 red ring problem on my xbox360, that is different than everyone elses?”
-
It seems unlikely, a fault on the HDD may make the unit not see it or crash but should then clear up if you were to remove the hard drive again.
It’s far more likely that they simply screwed up in the repair center.
I think the replacement ones they send out are ones that were sent for repair that have now been fixed.
My guess is that your replacement unit was sent in for repair but the problem was intermittent, the person at MS who tested it switched it on, saw it worked and put it in the fully working pile without letting it run for long enough for the problem to show up.
It then gets shipped to you and fails as soon as it starts to warm up.
Leave a reply
-
Andrew A August 8th, 2010 at 12:02