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[albitz]

My daughter gave me her x box to fix ,dads can fix everything apparently.The disc drive wouldnt open ,I dismantled it and had a fiddle with the mechanism, put it back together and hey presto it now works fine.Trouble is all 4 red segments are flashing.I know this is not good, but what have I done  :question

[Welung666]

Google for 'Red ring of death' !!!

[albitz]

They all seem to talk about up to 3 red lights.I ve got 4

[waspy]

They all seem to talk about up to 3 red lights.I ve got 4

How old is the xbox?

[albitz]

I think its just over three years.

[waspy]

I think its just over three years.

Not so bad then, at least you've not voided your warranty.
Have you checked all the connections internaly?
You may have disturbed some thing

[albitz]

yup, everything looks ok.although what I know about electrickery could be written several times on the back of a stamp.

[albitz]

YAY.....just fixed it.
Microsoft site says this problem may be caused by AV cable not being connected properly.
It didnt have one connected at all.
Plugged everything in and it works fine,told you I knew all about this kind of thing didnt I.

[Dishevelled Den]

Result

[waspy]

YAY.....just fixed it.
Microsoft site says this problem may be caused by AV cable not being connected properly.
It didnt have one connected at all.
Plugged everything in and it works fine,told you I knew all about this kind of thing didnt I.

I did just the same a while back


Nice one matey

[albitz]

Daughter wil be pleased.Bought the son a brand new one for his birthday last week as his had packed up.might try to fix the old one now,and then flog it.

[KillerWatt]

How old is the xbox?

I think its just over three years.

Buy yourself an X-Clamp kit, it isn't going to work for much longer before you get the 3 red lights.

[albitz]

wots that then? :-/

[KillerWatt]

wots that then? :-/

The 3 red lights is GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) failure.

What actually happens is that the (surface mounted) GPU comes away from the mainboard when the heat builds up (the GPU goes "dry joint")

The modded X-Clamp doesn't cure the actual reason for the fault occuring (the mainboard ends up being "flexed" when the console is assembled), but it helps to alleviate it by quite a margin.

[albitz]

will look into it thanks.this one doesnt get used much but my son is on his 3rd one.Had it replaced by MS once but that one just produces a frozen screen as soon as its switched on now.
no red lights etc,so bought him a new one,but if its possible to fix the broken one might flog it and get some dosh back.