360 - blue graphics corruption - panic time ?

[Sareth]

Turned my 360 on today and the edges of certain things on the NXE were bright blue with some shimmering blue dots in other places, after turning it off and on again it was gone, is this a first symptom of possible failure ?

I bought this at the beginning of April 2007 so I am very worried that it is aiming to fail just out of the three years...

 

[smee]

why is blue always fail sorry dunno

 

[4T5]

I bought this at the beginning of April 2007 so I am very worried that it is aiming to fail just out of the three years...

Ring Microsoft now & tell them it's shafted itself, Job done Guv'nor.
Despite what you read the Microsoft ladies are Lovely.

 

[Sareth]

Unfortunately its working fine now, how likely would they be to return it with "no error found" ?

 

[4T5]

I'm sorry I cannot comment further.

 

[Sareth]

I'll give it a week before considering "options".

 

[Snax]

Do some lengthy gaming sessions on it.

The common cause is to do with gpu cooling (hence the x clamp fix). If you can catalyse the fail before your warranty is up, great. If not then the xclamp fix is fairly easy to perform.

 

[Memphis]

The symptoms you describe are the initial stages of GPU failure. It will begin to happen more often, leading eventually to a total failure of the GPU output (though somewhat annoyingly, every other feature of the machine continues to work!).

 

[Sareth]

Today it turned on with no picture whatsoever but went back to normal on a restart.

 

[marcus_667]

gpus on it way out for an E-74 send it to ms if within warranty avoid clamp fix whilst in warranty

 

[Sareth]

Guess I am "forced" to play it thoroughly over the next couple of weeks then.

 

[MrMoonX]

just send it back

 

[Camalot]

Mine has never had a problem, i've x-clamped it months ago anyway. Yesterday i bought ff13 and played it for 2hrs with no problems.

Today i turn it on and there are 3 red lights flashing away and the console is not displaying any image on the screen.

Is this the GPU failed? Is it likley that its dead beyond repair if it already has been x-clamped?

Anything i can try?

 

[biron_w]

You'll get the E74 warning soon.That's what happened to my 360 and it's now with MS getting fixed.

 

[Camalot]

Not much i can do then since its well outta warrenty and already been x-clamped

 

[Snax]

Not much i can do then since its well outta warrenty and already been x-clamped

heat gun time!

there is a youtube video of wat to do with the heatgun.

 

[DreXeL]

Heatgun/oven fix time. It might only last a few weeks, it might still be ok 12 months down the line.

 

[marcus_667]

also consider new clamp fix at the same time

 

[Camalot]

Heatgun/oven fix time. It might only last a few weeks, it might still be ok 12 months down the line.

Ill ovan bake it in a few days when i get some tin foil to cover the plastic bits.

Just can't find the tools needed today.