I had tons of problems with my Xbox 360 after I got it setup. First I had three red lights on the Ring of Light. After getting that fixed, my screen would freeze before the Xbox 360 dashboard would fully load. Eventually I got into Need For Speed: Carbon, but the Xbox 360 would freeze after a minute or less of gameplay. I also witnessed the E71 error message a couple times, fun fun. Microsoft has a page dedicated to freeze issues, although it didn’t prove to be much help in my situation. There are some good troubleshooting tips in there though.
Eventually, I was able to get my Xbox 360 to download an update from Microsoft. After the update was downloaded and applied, I had a totally stable Xbox 360. Downloading the update didn’t seem to work for everyone though. This guy claims his Xbox 360 started freezing after he downloaded the update.
I neglected to discuss the most popular method for fixing Xbox 360 freeze issues. There’s a very simple solution to prevent your xbox power supply from overheating. All you have to do is ensure your Xbox 360 power supply has proper ventilation. Don’t tuck it away back in a corner under a pile of dirty clothes or anything. Keep it out in the open, and let it see as much air as possible. Some people have turned to setting their Xbox 360 power supplies on top of an open box, that way there’s very little surface area touching anything. Setting the power supply on top of an open box will allow better air movement and will ensure air is able to move under the power supply, an area air wouldn’t normally reach if your power supply is just sitting on the ground. There’s some pictures of this method at the GameSpot forums, along with some other Xbox 360 Fixes. Unlimited Gamer has some more information on this method also. Blogcritics has a pretty good post covering a couple different solutions to fixing your Xbox 360 freeze problems.
One of the methods mentioned at the GameSpot forums that you should have your Xbox 360 plugged directly into a wall, not into a power strip or anything. Even if it is in the wall already, it might help to unplug your power supply from the wall for a few seconds and then plug it back in.
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I got my xbix elite xmas of 08…so far it had frozen up on me 3times while playing FABLE 2. and i thought oh, must be a little problem, and i see that it isnt, thats how it all starts out!!! WTF! MS is a mother-rapist..we pay over 500 usually for this shit ass system and we get these problems! My nintendo 64 froze for the first time after 6 years of use man! although i think that their first xbox was much better than this one in the act that IT WORKED! if it wasnt for Halo, ms would be nothing. their pc’s suck and so does bill gates, his eyes are like a rapist out for money…i wanna sell my 4 day old xbox now.
well, hi admin adn people nice forum indeed. how’s life? hope it’s introduce branch ;)
My HDMI 2007 xbox360 got the RROD. Fixed it with the X clamp fix kit and amazingly it worked perfectly for a month, then RROD came back. Tried the towel trick and it worked for a few days perfectly, then it started freezing after 1 hour play. Now it freezes during play and restarting it gives me 20 min of playtime before it freezes again. Console and PSU are kept cool by fans and elevation but still freezes. Simple, Xbox360 is worthless, im getting a PS3. Everyone should. My advice to anyone considering what console to get this Xmas, PS3……………..all the way, you ll be buying a headache with the 360, stay away.
Yeah finnaly they fix the ring of death but whats this!!!!!!! YAAAAY new problems new report of overheating xbox 360 power supplies even catching on fire. I sent mine in about three four days ago, they said it will take at a max of two weeks. Oh yeah the xbox power supply also has been known to catch fire on the original xbox too. in one fire an infant was even killed sad!!!!! once again thank you xbox and keep up the great work dumb@$$e$
ok so my xbox orginally got fixed for the red rings of death last november, and not to mention taking a month to fix (ship to texas???) All was well till i DL the new NXE update and then thought i would dl my Call of Duty WaW game onto my hd. it worked pretty well for a while until the next night i was playingn COD online and it froze then the red rings came 3 and i forget which one wasnt lite up so i thought it just overheated. so i stopped playing and waited the next day to play and i just keeps freezing or going black when i play online. but i have played through a good 1/2 hour of my arcade game N+ with my bro . WTF is up microsoft i used to love you i switched from sony to u just for the 360 and this is what i get a console in the year 2008 that still freezes!! even after you fixed it!!!!! and now my xbox isnt even registered!!!!WTF!!! i need help but most of all microsoft needs help making things that work the first time not the 3rd time. Not to mention ill wait 3 monthes with no system and no internet after i paid good money for a year of live . WTF Ive paid over 1000 dollars to your company in xbox stuff this better be a quick fix help me some1 before i go to sony and pay another 1000. Just checked again and now i really do have the red rings . the second light isnt lite up when its on its side. it wont even go to the main menu.should i risk sending it to microsoft again and have it work fine for another year then break or do i find some tech in st.louis to fix it???? help hhelppppp
@fixer……..
point taken……..fuck off.
YOUR XBOX WILL FREEZE UP, DUE TO THE OVER HEATING OF YOUR POWER BRICK. GO BUY A KNEW ONE AND IT WILL RUN FINE. BUT BUY ONE WITH AT LEAST 4 SLITS ON EA. SIDE!!!
GO NOW BUY A NEW POWER BRICK!!!!!!!!!!
POWER BRICK!!!!! GO BUY ONE WITH HOLES. THE HOLES HAS 4 LITTLE SLITS ON EACH SIDE. IF YOU CAN GO BUY A NEW POWER BRICK THEN DO IT!!!
GO BUY A NEW POWER BRICK!!! NO NEED TO SEND IT IN!
DONT SEND IT IN. NO KNEED ONLY THE POWER BRICKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I NOW KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. NOBODY OVER HEAT IT, IT MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS. NO IT WILL CAUSE PROBLLEMS. THE PROBLEM IS THE POWER BICK. CHECK YOURS A.S.A.P. IF IT HAS NO HOLES TO COOL DOWN HURRY AND GO TO YOUR CLOSEST BEST BUY OR GAME STOP. HURRY!!!
Um… I had the 3 Red Lights before around 7 weeks ago, and I used the towel trick and then it started to work again. Now today I got the 3 Lights again… I tried the towel trick. I did everything. I called Microsoft and now I’m sending it in.
ive had this freezing problem which just started randomly when i got fall out 3. does it on all of my games now too. phoned up the help line and the dude said it needed to be fixed. not costing me anything tho.
whats strange is i got my 360 on oct 06. in oct 07 it broke due to a motherboard fault about 8 days out of the warrenty, and now it breaks again more or less around the same time!!! maybe Ms only make their parts last about a year. bastards!
Are you with problems? Towls fix will only overheat the 360 making it having more problems!
FREEZING PROBLEMS: TRY WRAPPING YOUR XBOX IN ABOT 5 TO 10 TOWLS AND BLANKETS. THIS SHOULD OVER HEAT THE XBOX AND NOT FIX IT BUT U CAN PLAY FOR 10-15 HOURS, BEFORE IT DOES IT AGAIN
PROBLEM RESOLVED, after snt it to a technician, he made resold in the memmories and the GPU, and made the cooler works in 12v!
He said that my console was not manufactured well, and never saw a Falcon too hot!
if it starts freezeing thats the first sighn of the ring of death.
ive had 3 xbox 360 consoles same thing happens, over and over again.
i quit im buying a ps3. bill gates can go to hell!
luis sounds like you need to fix the xclip.. just google it
Has anyone ever posted about there xbox only freezing while being connected to live? my xbox only seems to freeze while port cord is not pluged in my xbox. Just faulty connection maybe? i use linksys btw thanks.
I have the same problem, and just after 3 weeks playing Xbox 360. The manufactur date is: 04/13/08 its a Falcon with the BenQ drive…
I have tried etherthing!
1 - removed the HDD Drive, and tried to played. Is seemed to worked well, no freezes after 3 hours
2 - so I´ve deleted all the game saves, Ive played again, but it frozen up again
3 - So I´ve formatted the HDD drive, but it frozen up again
4 - So Ive played without HDD, it has frozen up again
5 - I´ve cleaned with a vacuum cleaner the console and the power supply, and had suspended, it in a box. And guess what? IT HAS FROZEN UP AGAIN!
And you are saying, send it to the microsoft. But I live in Brazil, and I bought this console in the US. So How can I send it to the support?
I will send it to a technician here in Brazil, solving the problem I will post here!
GOOD LUCK FOR US ALL!
Thanx, I was searching the internet trying to fix my xbox’s problem and nothing seemed to do anything. I just realized that the problem started a few days ago which is about when I plugged it into an extension cord.
x clip fix worked for me yesterday (had my screen freeze and crash then getting the RROD). cost me 6 bucks in parts at the local hardware store (basically 8 5mmx16 philips screws,16 nylon washers, and 24 metal ones) some sites have different amounts of washers but the main thing is the screws.. for me 5×16 was long enough to help with screwing it back in.. in all it took me about an hour and it works without a hickup
I have had my 360 for about a year now, bought second hand. I play about three hours a week and keep two fans on it to keep it cool. Yesterday it started to freeze up on me with COD 4, switched to the Orange Box and same thing. MS customer support ran me through the standard protocols on the phone and decided that it was a hardware failure that would cost me $99 to fix.
Ive read all about the power brick ventilation thing and I really cant see how it matters. As far as I know if the brick gets hot enough the internals just shut it down until it cools off. If there is any actual research on this please post it, or if someone can explain to me why it would matter electronically I would appreciate it.
Lastly, has anyone attempted to fix this problem themselves with one of the red ring / GPU clamp down kits available online? I’m pretty handy and could do the work but I want to know it worked for someone else before committing to it.
Thanks.
yeah I called the stupid hotline, and I got some BS bot that tells you to power cycle, put another disc in, or remove all accesories, a lot of fucking help that was…
Hey guys warranty question,
I bought my 360 fall of 06 and after about a year had general hardware failure. It was a pain in the ass and took 2 months to get a new one sent, but Microsoft fixed it without hassle.
Now here is my problem. About a month ago, (about 6 months since I got my new xbox) my screen froze. Like everyone else who has this problem it freezes anywhere between 5 and 30 minutes of playing. After going through all the BS troubleshooting with the fucktard at customer support he said it would cost $100 to fix it. I argued for awhile and after it went no where I hung up.
Is the xbox out of warranty based solely on when i bought it, without taking into account it broke only a few months after I got a “new” one? I thought that since the one they sent me broke so quickly that it should be covered.
For NOOB people like me who thought saving a few bucks by buying a second-hand Xbox 360… Just buy NEWS ONES, manufactured in 2008 if it’s possible.
For fuck’s sake I hope ms will be punished someday for their crappy machines cause the story is just awful.
Like thousand’s of people, here is the story :
- Had the good idea of buying a second-hand 360 in a video-games store (Score-Games in Lyon, France)…
The first one just scratched all my brand new games after few weeks,
so i brought back the stuff to the store, they gave me a new one.
I just discovered that the second machine is freezing all the time and im really pissed off.
After reading all the stories on the internet, i think that you can’t buy a clean second-hand 360, because all players that have problems are selling it back to that kind of store - the scatter-brained shop assistants just check the boxes for 1 or 2 minutes.
Hopefully, the 360 is on garentee on the store for 6 months so maybe i’ll have the chance to swap for a clean one someday ^^.
F*** ms and sorry for my english i’m learning. Cheers.
after i installed a game update that was required to play game “incredible hulk” , any game that i play after that freezes after 10 minutes of game play .
” my 360 plays backups”
Hi,just turned on my xbox360 in like a mounth and was able to play madden 08 for about 15 min.Then took it out to play halo3 and in like a minute it started freezing up is it my halo disc OR WHAT?
how did you get passed screen freezing i cant even get passed that
well ma manufacturing date is 2007-02-09
@ mbuel
dude even if u put the power supply next to airconditioner, the 360 will still freexe!! freexing problem has nothing to do with power supplY!!
i want to know if any body who previously faced freexing problems got it fixed somhow??????????
Additionally, as a suggestion to all. When reporting problems on sites like this, include ur console manuf. date!!!!
“mbuel
This allows optimal air flow through the power supply, and I think will eliminate alot of freezing problems.”
So you think so? Think again and do some more research!!!!!
“man this is a problem of XBOX freezing”
A hot power supply causes that as well. When my box froze friday night while playing GTA IV for 2 hours, it was almost too hot to touch. Since installing it vertically (tie wrapped it to my desk post) it has been significantly cooler. Place the side that you plug into the wall up, as it has a fan there pulling air out. This allows optimal air flow through the power supply, and I think will eliminate alot of freezing problems.
Also as I said in my previous post, make sure to place your XBOX vertical as well. If you have to, place it up on blocks so that more air flow can get up through the damn thing.
i thought that the xbox pulls air in from the right sid of the console so why would you want to put it vertical or am i wrong
Mbuel!!
man this is a problem of XBOX freezing.. not red ring of death or power supply!
post somethng usefull!
The problem of xbox red rings of death is as follows:
1) Heat. Either your system is too hot or your PSU is too hot. Since heat rises the best way to place both is vertical. Placing the PSU is tricky, and may require string or zip tie.
2) Clean power. It seems that some people have fixed their problems by unplugging the unit from a cheap power strip and plugging it straight into the wall.
Frankly, people have a right to be pissed off. I was in the middle of an online GTA4 session last night when my console locked up on me. I felt the power supply (currently have it horizontal) and it was close to 100 degrees!!! Frankly if placing it vertical can’t get it cool enough, I’m going to do this:
http://www.amazon.com/Talismoon-Energyzer-Power-Supply-Adapter/dp/B000NHNLJ2
By this adaptor and this power supply (which more than meets the requirements of the 360)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817709011
its happen to my xbox to help it plz
i bought my 360 in january, it worked fine till march, then it started frozing up! first time it freexed was while i was playing burnout paradise. i restarted and it freezed again after 5 mins, i unplugged all cables and restarted and it was fine theN!
it worked well for 2 weeks but in april, it started freezing up more frequently but still after restarting it worked!
but now.. since 2 weeks.. as soon as i start it, it freezes up! most times during the Xbox 360 logo, and some times on the dashBorad!!!
Microsoft must face a universal trial in front of the whole world for the crappy machine they prepared!! i dont know why the media is not doing anything over this, every 9 out of 10 xbox users have either freezing or red ring of death problems!!
I have had my X box for about 5 months now and now today it wont even load when there is a game in it. The x box logo will come on and freeze and just stay there. I unpluged everything and pluged it back in and same thing happend. Only the green lights come on and blink for little bit then it freezes. What should I do?
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all xbox’s suck balls mine freeze every second and i got 3 red lights there shit
I thought I was free and clear of the ol circle of death…little did I know that after a year of use (I bought it used) it would decide to crap out on me and it looks like for good….
Just wondering if there is any good advice out there (besides throwing it off a tall building) if you bought a used 360 and it has decided to crash?
I have bought the console /w the HDD for 2 years. I does not play it very often. However, I have faced the freezing problem since the beginning of April, 2008 (^_^||||. It is fun that I bought box in the March of 2006). The console show no error messages, no red colour indicator/s. During the freezing of screen, I can still hear the voices and game play music. I tried to restore the default setting, checked the network connection and also the time setting. No changes. The games I play are: Rumble Roses XX, SvR 2007, Call of Duty 3 and Blue Dragon. All of them are freezed during the game play. Well, according to other users in the Internet, it seems that my HDD may have problem. I have a major concern that how can I backup those savings in the HDD? I payed the extra to buy the HDD so the Microsoft should not suppose me to buy the flash drive for saving anymore. Right? I also payed the membership fees per year for Xbox live. It is pitty that she does not provide the network savings for the games savings. Why not let us to save our game savings in the central sever system so once we log-in from any Xbox 360 console, we can get the savings easily?
What I can do is try to remove the HDD and test the console again. If it related to the HDD problem, I have no choice but buy a flash drive to save the game. I do not want to pay more for the console because I only play less than 5 hours per week for the game. In other words, the machine should not have problem within 2 years for the non-regular user. BTW, what I would like to point out is that the HDD is the SATA drive from SAMSUNG. I am wondering that why Microsoft does not use the HDD from Seagate or WD. The quality of both Seagate and WD are better than SAMSUNG who in the fresh bird for the HDD industry.
I had my xbox 360 for 14 months now, and all the things that i have read has happened. The screen always freezes right when you start a gameplay or sit in the dashboard or demo. I contacted xbox after gettng on there website and and tried all there tests and procedures, and found out that it does it even with the hard drive disconnected, which is also a common problem with these xbox’s.
So, I called there stupid customer service number, and deal with there stupid automated peice of crap menu’s, and would not seem to let me talk to a live person, and when i did, the back ground was load, they dude didn’t even speak alot of english it seemed like, and then tried all his things, and he says, “oh well, looks like it is the console, and you will have to send it to us for repair since are records show that it is out of warranty.” I told him, that I spent $400 on just the console, then added the wirless adapater, and extra friggin controller since they only give you one, only have had it 14 months, and my cousin had 2 consoles with the red light issues, 2 people at work have had the red light thing, and another friend had freezing issues as well. And for this kind of money that all of us spent, it better work for more than a year”
He told me he was sorry (yea right) for the issue and assured me that they do last longer than a year and to buy an exteneded warranty next time. I told him, that with all the problems that i have had, and friends, and family, that a PS3 is my next purchase, because I have not heard any problems about there consoles, and there about the same price. Microsoft cant make shi* with out fu***ing it up so bad. XP was a joke, and Vista they should be sorry for.. They need to recall all theses xboxes and refund us so we can get a better system. And for the ones that haven’t had a problem yet, today or tommorw when you turn your console on, and works, consider it a blessing, because next time, it might never work again.
i had my xbox 360 for nearly two and a half years nw and it worked perfect up untill 3 weeks ago when i got assassin’s creed and it worked for a while then the next time i turned it on it froze so i restart the xbox 360 again bt 3 red lights came up so i sent it to mircostoft (quick enough service), came back a week ago but strated frzzing on me :(. so i sold it to gamestop for £100 a few days ago so im off to buy a new one today so hopefully ill have the new one for a good 2 years or more :D
Well I bought rainbow six vegas 2 yesterday and it freezes whenever on xbox live, on halo 3 it doesnt freeze, call of duty 4 after 2 matches it freezes and on guitar hero 3 after I eject the disc i get the E71 code. Ive been getting freezes for this game every 10 minutes or so..My waranty has ended and im super pissed about it. they told me to turn restart my HDD. I dont have any saved games but rainbow six 2, I decided to let it cool off for about 30 minutes (put a fan and switched sides every 10 minutes) it worked it didnt freeze untill 30 minutes now…
now i have no idea what the hell to do im deciding to go back to gamestop and complaining at them about my system freezing up when i only had it for 4 months
any suggestions of what i should do?
-UPDATE-
Now that I’ve unplugged the ethernet cable from my console, the RROD are gone, and I’ve been playing Half Life 2 for about 1/2 hour with no issues. I don’t know what’s going on with my 360.
My 360 worked well for about 14 months. About a month ago, I started playing Burnout Paradise and my system froze. I tried all of my games, and the same thing happened every time within a few minutes.
Tonight I decided to connect my 360 to the internet(I don’t keep ethernet cable plugged into the system because I’m too lazy to buy a longer cord or a router).
Anyway, I signed in to live, and downloaded an update, and now I’m getting the red rings…but only when I power up the system from the button on the console.
If I use my controller to turn it on, then it works for a minute or so and then freezes.
I called the damn service tools, and they told me that they only send you a new or repaired console if they power it up and see the red rings.
So now I have to hope that the red rings continue to appear or i will have to spend 100 bucks to fix this piece of shit that I payed 400 for…
When will they fix these problems?
By the way, my brother just went through the same deal. He sent his to Microsuck and they sent him a new one. The shitty part is, the new one he received was manufactured in 2006. They could at least send new ones.
Ok. I feel so much better now knowing that the planet is getting the “microshaft” and that it’s now a result of my own bliss-filled ignorance. It seems as though I may have been luckier than some in that my 360 took a deuce and started freezing (much like a typical MS based machine)after 2 months of play instead of the typical 2 days. (2 weeks, 2 hours etc.) I’d like to see Mac have a go at a console…
In the meantime, what to do, what to do, what to do… :sigh:
Just for ur interest.
I have been in Gaming from the beginning, I mean the beginning. I am not a young fellow and have seen some years, but I still love my game machines. Of course I have a tweaked PC for gaming, but I also like a dedicated console. I have owned, and still own, just about every game sytem made. I have an original working tabletop PAC Man. I have a Moded Xbox that I keep in repair and working condition (new laser cannon, etc) with the HD loaded with MAME and other game machine emulators. Great machine for its time, they just aren’t making new games for it. Like us all, I want the current gen. machine for serious gamers. I have waited 3 years for Microsoft to correct the problems with the 360.
Thinking that alls well by now, I ordered one from WalMart.com. On Feb.22, 2008 I recieved my new Xbox360. The console box showed a manufacturing date of 21Oct, 2007. I can’t tell you how much I was impressed by its looks, smell, playing and everything about my new love. My wife was jealous, the first week I would have slept with it if I could. I played the shit out of Carbon (not as good as Most Wanted) during that week to 88% completion. At some point IT did a console update online, which I did not request, to my knowledge. Then, at the beginning of week two I started to get a screen freeze at exactly the same place at the end of a two stage race. Tried another game disk… same thing. Then the screen freeze started when another game started to load a race course. When game demos started to freeze I called Microsoft support. I went through the full tech support knowledge base with them over three days with no solution other than to send me a box so I can send my 1 1/2 wk old machine in for repairs. With shipping time for their box, my return shipment to them, their repair and return time, we are actually 5-6 weeks!!!! THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR A 1 WEEK OLD MACHINE. I tried to reason with them that this was a new machine and that they should cross ship me a new one if I gave them a credit card number as assurance for the return of the defective one. NO WAY! It did not matter to whom I spoke, supervisors etc, that was the way it was. In disgust I informed her that I would just return the damn thing to the store for a refund and that they and MS can work it out. After getting online and reading the various blogs and threads I tried all the solutions with the power brick, separate correctly polarized outlet, machine in the open and orientation with no sucess. At this point I deleted my gamer profiles completely (loosing my game save). Same thing… freeze! After reading of the continued hardware problems, even after three years in which to fix them, in the many sites address these issues, I made the painfull decission to return my machine to WalMart for a refund, despite MicroSoft sending me a return mailer so I can wait a month for it to be repaired. I will not take the risk of the 90 day refund policy expiring before getting stuck in the never ending cycle of machine repairs with the 360. In all my years I have never seen such a fiasco with a console. The lady at the return desk at WalMart stated that they were getting many, many Xbox360’s back because of freezing issues. As usuall with MicroSofts practice with its OS, release a product before its ready and let the consumer debug it at his expense, not ur paid staff!!!! As I stare at an empty space where my 360 sat and the useless games I now have I have a heavy heart and an empty hole in my stomach. For a serious gamer, the PS3 is not the machine as the 360, just as the PS2 to the Xbox. I can not go that route. So, for me the disappointment is great. For now my gaming is over, untill the next generation of machines appear and have had time to show their flaws. As for MicroSoft, why don’t you sell the DAMN division to a company that cares about its products and customers. I doudt that I will ever again take the risk with another MS machine.
“To mess up a Linux box… You need to work at it;
To mess up a Windows box… You need to work with it.”
i hav a green light on my power supply when i turn it on but i still get 3 red rings whats happening?
I was playing COD4 last friday just as i had logged in and about to join a game and my xbox froze!!! I turned it on and off and it froze before the console had even loaded. i then left the console for 6 hours or so turned it on and it froze after about 2 minutes. it does this every time i turn it on now waitin for xbox to come and collect my console!!! any ideas???
I was playing Halo 3 like 1 week ago and then all of a studden it froze and it did this for about 5 times and then the infamous “Red Ring of Death” started to flash and all that bongo. So, I did the tempory towel fix by overheating the xbox and cooling it down. (this resets your whole xbox). I then plugged all the cables and HDD back in and now it keeps on freezing. I didn’t even update Halo 3, it just started freezsing and the lights were flashing.
Any ideas??
I’ve had my Xbox 360 for a little over a year now with no problems what so ever. I was playing Blue Dragon a few days ago when I noticed that the game would randomly start to freeze. I ended up beating it, and played Rock Band for three days with no freezes at all. Today, I bought Culdcept Saga, had some freeze issues, then I got the 3 red lights. After unhooking everything for a minute or two, I plugged it all back in. The 3 red lights are gone, but now I just get vertical lines and it won’t even load to the dashboard. Does anyone have any suggestions on this, or should I send it in? Thank you very much!
I’ve had my Xbox 360 for a little over a year now with no problems what so ever. I was playing Blue Dragon a few days ago when I noticed that the game would randomly start to freeze. I ended up beating it, and played Rock Band for three days with no freezes at all. Today, I bought Culdcept Saga, had some freeze issues, then I got the 3 red lights. After unhooking everything for a minute or two, I plugged it all back in. The 3 red lights are gone, but now I just get vertical lines and it won’t even load to the dashboard. Does anyone have any suggestions on this, or should I send it in? Thank you!
Whenever I am playing guitar hero 2 or guitar hero 3 my xbox freezes while in game and doesnt come back on.And now when it says activision when u put in disc it says it before main screen and it freezes at that and I have too turn it off constantly!!!Please tell me how to fix it!!I know its not the game!!
I just tried unplugging/replugging all the cords, taking out the hard drive, putting the power supply on an open box, and made sure the 360 is in a good positon for cooling.
It’s freezing, giving me a black/green screen, or giving me a dirty disk error even faster now.
My 360 either gives me a dirty disk message (the disk is not dirty), a black screen, or just outright freezes whenever I try to play it. It works for a few hours in the morning, but then pretty much refuses to work for the rest of the day. Any ideas?
well i just got Bioshock for christmas and now my xbox freezes after about 5 min of game play but the first time i played bioshock i played for a good hour then things went down hill. also with Assassins creed i can play like a about 30 min then it freezes and assassins creed updated my xbox. any suggestions?
After recently aquiring a copy of Call Of Duty 4 things went fine. Then after a few weeks, the screen starts freezing after a few minutes of gameplay. First thing that happened was a red ring with thankfully just a green power supply light, then it starts freezing. Thing like this didn’t happen often before the recent update, does it have to do something with it?
where can i buy a 360 elite power cord seperate.I NEED HELP:(
wow… im just in shock right now.
I just though’t i’d try that xbox trick to see if it works (check out link) because the power suply thing didnt. I was gonna have to do warranty but this way took 15 seconds and now my xbox works.. lol no one can believe it when I told them
Vertical XBOX360 works much better for me. Horizontal XBOX360 screen freezes quite often. Switched back to vertical and the screen freezes were fixed–they dropped away. I took the advice, plugged the power cord into an outlet and made sure there was plenty of air flow. I think vertical position was the fix. LOL
Microsoft have tried to save some dollars on the components inside of the console. Now it will cost them billions of dollars to satisfy all of the customers that have this problem.(ring of death)
However in 2008 a new version will be released with another motherboard that will not have these problems. They will use another generation of chips (65nm instead of 90nm) to avoid the ‘heat’ problems. The ‘ironic’ part is that the new version will be cheaper to produce. At least for Micorsoft that is…I don’t think that will be the case for the customer.