f'ing 3 red lights

[dont do it it'l hurt]

wot did yours do m8 .. when mine was playing up l turned it on and green lights but not sound or picture and then a minute later the 3 red light then after a few goes starts to work fine , and its beens fine for a few days ?

thats wot mine does now
it will play fine the just go off and nothing works and the 3rrod comes on about 5-10 mins later

[smirnoff_rules]

thats wot mine does now
it will play fine the just go off and nothing works and the 3rrod comes on about 5-10 mins later

its the other way around for me . did take 5 to 10 to turn on , but when its on its fine . left it on all weekend and its been fine , just turn on again and its started first time ? strange

[smirnoff_rules]

l was going to send mine back but not going to tho , just installed the rrod fix and started fine .. so l will let u know if its cracked it .. 20 minute job ..

[wozzo]

~~~~, my 1st gen 360 is after staring to red ring.

very intermitent at the moment, sometimes i turn it on it will RR and if i turn it off and backon it will work.



And like someone else said once its on it works fine.


X-clamp is on the way.

[shortyball]

Im sure as most of you know, it is advised to limit such failure is the way the xbox is stored. In it laydown position is probably best in this position if the soldering does get to hot and melt there is less chance it will fall away and cause a break in the connection. Which a common fault for RROD.
Ive always used on of the plastic units to direct airflow more efficently.

Il try and get access to my hotmail at some point and post that tutorial.

[wozzo]

Il try and get access to my hotmail at some point and post that tutorial.

I could do with that, nice one mate.

[shortyball]

link for tutorial - fix-for-the-3rlod.pdf - RROD fix - BADONGO

It is not my tutorial so i dont take any credit for it.

[stevie+]

i got the 3 red lights the other day thank god i had a spare one sitting

[slippy999]

had my box from the start with no trouble untill the other day. with all the news of the lite on drives i thought id give the xclamp a go. got everything i needed from b&q (why bother with flea bay). its been about a week now with no trouble, fingers crossed

[smirnoff_rules]

same here . had the labels to send back .. no point if theres a chance of an on lite drive . 4 quid for the kit and its working fine again

just got another of ebay for 45 quid , works for 45 min and then rrod , if the kit works its a spare

[gizmo.1484]

Is it worth buying a 360 with rrod and doing the xclamp fix?
If so how much should i pay up to for one?
What causes the rrod is it because it has had a mod-chip installed or just a bad design flaw by Microsoft?
I am looking to buy a 360 so just wanted to know which way to go buy one with rrod save a bit of money, but if is going to cause me problems then forget that.
Which is the best machine on the market? I just want it for game play and live (chipped would be an advantage) but can do that myself. Is flea bay the best place to buy one? or are there other sites? Just looking for a bargain.

[smirnoff_rules]

l paid 45 quid for one this week , the guy said it rrod'ed after 45 minutes .. opened up and its was full of dust and blocking the heatsink ..and an easy hitachi 47 in it too , had its working all weekend and its fine , got a x clamp kit just incase but its fine

happy days

[frankharrison]

I hope you don't mind me adding this to the topic for 3 red lights, only I thought it might help someone?

I've done all the conversions (x clamp, etc). Added extra cooling but to no avail.

I then looked at the power supply. It was roasting. So I tried the PC power supply method. This cured the 3 red lights. Bit noisier but it works.

I've tried different PC psu's and found the ones with 2 fans work better.

Hope this helps.

Frank.

[randomuser83]

This is really irratiating to me. Why cant microsoft ensure the quality of there products. They have the highest failure rate among the other consoles.

[smirnoff_rules]

funny as soon as the weather warms up the rrod starts . make sure your box is off the floor . ie on four lego bricks is good . even see if a fan pointed at the box works . if so it needs a blow out