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My xbox is dead

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Benson23
Posts: 1713 - Karma: 15

i got the three red rings of death... fuck ive got nothing to do on boring sundays/saturday mornings for a month or two. Any suggestions newschoolers? its not ski season yet here so i had to rule that one out

Sep 13 2009 10:29AM
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shintastic48
Posts: 2909 - Karma: 46
Cool Story Hansel
Sep 13 2009 10:41AM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,270
sell the dead one as is on ebay, buy a used console only, you lose only like 30 bucks max if you're really desperate
Sep 13 2009 10:44AM
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Animal.Party
Posts: 311 - Karma: 158
this happened to me yesterday try rapping it in towel and letting it overheat for 15 minutes and then turn it on after letting t cool for 15 minutes it should work
Sep 13 2009 11:11AM
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stickerman
Posts: 2043 - Karma: 147
just send it back to microsoft.  mine had the same problem the day i bought it.  just call em, tell them you want a new one and they will send you a box to ship it to them and you will get a brand new one.  make sure to take off your harddrive because they won't give you one of those.  they sent me my brand new xbox in 4 days.
Sep 13 2009 11:15AM
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InkShrink
Posts: 1079 - Karma: 30

PS3?

Sep 13 2009 11:17AM
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cultrara
Posts: 5147 - Karma: 46,851
ive got a friend that mods xboxs. he could fix yours or get you a new one cheap
Sep 13 2009 11:26AM
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DaveM
Posts: 2936 - Karma: 1,558

Alright i just got red rings yesterday and there is a way to fix it me and my friend did it. You have to take your xbox and wrap it in 2-3 towels and let it overheat for at least 5 mins. When you do this the 3 rings should change to 2 rings which means its just overheated. after you do this let it cooldown for a while and theres a good chance that itll work when you turn it on. Im not kidding it actually worked for me so its worth a shot

Sep 13 2009 11:28AM
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SteezyOhio
Posts: 6044 - Karma: 60
suggestion...get some fucking friends
Sep 13 2009 11:32AM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,398
it does work, i did it a bunch while waiting for my box from microsoft
Sep 13 2009 11:38AM
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artfullydodged
Posts: 8358 - Karma: 1,674
friends would do ya good
Sep 13 2009 11:40AM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,270
it works but its a very temporary fix, you have to wrap it every day or so or else it just goes back to red ring
Sep 13 2009 12:01PM
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rj.
Posts: 3323 - Karma: 28
Sep 13 2009 12:41PM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
Posts: 3018 - Karma: 8
As the guy said send it back to xbox, i just contacted my local microsoft branch and they had a guy come to my house, check out my xbox, and he handed me a new one their and then and took my old one away.
Sep 13 2009 12:43PM
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GORlLLA
Posts: 1950 - Karma: 45
Smash the shit out of your xbox for fun.
Sep 13 2009 12:54PM
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ElbridgeGerry
Posts: 5902 - Karma: -27
It is a temporary fix..but I would suggest not doing it. If you really want to fix it there are demos on Youtube demonstrating how to fix it using thermal paste and stuff. If it's already messed up you have nothing to lose.
Sep 13 2009 1:14PM
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shintastic48
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Sep 13 2009 1:25PM
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yojimbo
Posts: 3631 - Karma: 27
smoke a bluntayyy
Sep 13 2009 1:29PM
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