Xbox 360 Issue: Red Circle of Death...

[DGCollectables]

Hello all, i noticed a few forum members own an Xbox 360. I wonder if anyone has experienced or knows of the Red Circle of Death? My Xbox 360 has succumbed to this and won't start up or play games anymore. I wonder if anyone could help me rectify this issue. Thanks in advance.
Gary

 

[cp3]

Ive heard bad things about this circle..... call up the 360 helpline and they should be able to work it out

Good luck Gary!

Let us know Im going to call them soon... my dvd rom is making some funny noises!

 

[DGCollectables]

Yeh thanks man. I will give them a call now. I spoke to my gamer repairer mate and he says about 55% of the xbox 360's he knows about have fallen ill to this problem. Bad hit rate eh?

Ive heard bad things about this circle..... call up the 360 helpline and they should be able to work it out

Good luck Gary!

Let us know Im going to call them soon... my dvd rom is making some funny noises!

 

[cp3]

Man go check some numbers...... microsoft poured too much money into repairs its insane!

 

[DGCollectables]

I heard $1US billion to extend its warranty from 1 year to 3 years just for the 3 circle of death issue.

 

[fastbaja5b]

It seems to be limited to the 360's over 3-4 months old, then they fixed the issue "apparantly", luckily I bought mine maybe 6 weeks ago so with any joy have escaped, but sounds like a warranty job

 

[WoobieZarz]

Keep in mind, if you send off your 360:

If you've got Xbox Live and have downloaded games, you'll lose them, and have to re-download (won't have to pay a 2nd time), but you won't be able to play them unless you're online.

Also, all content (games, profiles, saves, etc, etc) on your HDD will most likely be lost.

 

[ducky_poo]

Keep in mind, if you send off your 360:

If you've got Xbox Live and have downloaded games, you'll lose them, and have to re-download (won't have to pay a 2nd time), but you won't be able to play them unless you're online.

Also, all content (games, profiles, saves, etc, etc) on your HDD will most likely be lost.

just thought id bring this up. mine succumbed finally to this dreaded fate. but even though my unit was out of the warranty period, i was able to send it to the xbox repair free of charge to get repaired. easy process over the net or even phone. but net is quicker and less painful

and actually scottie because the hdd is removable they get you to take it out before sending the unit off as the red rings is a hardware fault internally and nothing to do with the external hdd. so its all good

only prob is im gonna be without it for 2 whole weeks. what am i gonna do. im gonna have to start talking to the gf. thats gonna hurt

 

[tss501]

Just sent ours off last Saturday for the 3 LED fault. From what I read on the net it is a problem with the soldering on the graphics chip. The connections go HR.

 

[ducky_poo]

at least they have a good support system

you know exactly whats going on at that exact time

mines already being repaired should be done in less than 2 days

 

[infestacide]

if u want a quick fix, wrap it in towels, leave it on for 30 mins and overheat it untill it turns off (dont like cook it untill u smell burning lol) then try again... my housemate got 3 months longer out of his before he sent it off this way...