360 Red light and error message

CircleFaust · 27 Jun 2006 at 15:22

Hi all
sorry if these details are a bit sketchy, I haven’t seen it first hand.
My mate has an xbox 360. suddenly a fault has appeared.
When he turns it on it starts up but after a bit the circle around the power button turns red and an error message appears.Is there a fix for this. Has it happened to anyone? It’s still under warranty, he bought it from game this year.

NokkonWud · 27 Jun 2006 at 15:25

Cruiser said:
Hi all
sorry if these details are a bit sketchy, I haven’t seen it first hand.
My mate has an xbox 360. suddenly a fault has appeared.
When he turns it on it starts up but after a bit the circle around the power button turns red and an error message appears.Is there a fix for this. Has it happened to anyone? It’s still under warranty, he bought it from game this year.

If the red light is all the way around the button then the console component has died and the console needs replacing. He can take it back to whichever shop he bought it from or send it direct to Microsoft.

If it's only 1 red quadrant then I wouldn't worry about it, mines done around 10-15 of those.

Maniac618 · 27 Jun 2006 at 15:26

tell him to take it back to GAME and ask them to swap for a brand new one, they have to allow him under terms and conditions.

Tell him to make sure the controller and leads at the back are connected properly, sometimes you get red lights if they aren't connected fully.

If it's not that, then yes, take it back.

NokkonWud · 27 Jun 2006 at 15:28

Maniac618 said:
tell him to take it back to GAME and ask them to swap for a brand new one, they have to allow him under terms and conditions.

Tell him to make sure the controller and leads at the back are connected properly, sometimes you get red lights if they aren't connected fully.

If it's not that, then yes, take it back.

If his video connection wasn't connected he wouldn't be getting an error message.

He should just take it back to GAME. It's a 5 minute switch over. Though, he will lose his HDD saves (if it's a premium).

CircleFaust · 27 Jun 2006 at 15:35

NokkonWud said:
If his video connection wasn't connected he wouldn't be getting an error message.

He should just take it back to GAME. It's a 5 minute switch over. Though, he will lose his HDD saves (if it's a premium).

i think it may be red all the way
so there is no way to save the hdd info, he had like 150 albums on there that he worshipped

could he swap the hdd onto the new one?

NokkonWud · 27 Jun 2006 at 15:37

Cruiser said:
i think it may be red all the way
so there is no way to save the hdd info, he had like 150 albums on there that he worshipped
could he swap the hdd onto the new one?

If the Game staff are nice they MAY allow it, I wouldn't hold out much hope. It's possible it's the HDD thats corrupt. When I swapped my HDD onto my mates console it caused nothing but problems too.

dirtydog · 27 Jun 2006 at 15:43

When I get a 360 I'm thinking it might make more sense to buy a 'core' and get a separate HDD to avoid this type of dilemma.

Shikkaka · 27 Jun 2006 at 16:06

Won't that cost more getting everything seperately?

dirtydog · 27 Jun 2006 at 16:20

Steameh said:
Won't that cost more getting everything separately?

Not necessarily, especially as I don't need everything in the Premium pack. But what price can you put on game saves which may have taken hundreds of hours to amass.

NokkonWud · 27 Jun 2006 at 16:29

dirtydog said:
When I get a 360 I'm thinking it might make more sense to buy a 'core' and get a separate HDD to avoid this type of dilemma.

It's no dilemma, just buy a memory card too, even just for taking to a friends house!

dirtydog · 27 Jun 2006 at 16:49

NokkonWud said:
It's no dilemma, just buy a memory card too,

With money from the money tree?

VIRII · 27 Jun 2006 at 16:52

dirtydog said:
With money from the money tree?

They're under £20, peanuts really.

dirtydog · 27 Jun 2006 at 16:55

VIRII said:
They're under £20, peanuts really.

Or I could buy a separate HDD and save the £20 - why spend money on something needlessly

NokkonWud · 27 Jun 2006 at 18:10

dirtydog said:
With money from the money tree?

Yes, but you need the HDD to download any decent content from the XBLM of which there are many, such as the new Ghost Recon addition which is 725mb.

dirtydog · 27 Jun 2006 at 19:36

I'm not sure if we're talking at cross purposes?

I do accept the need (or at least the desirability) to have a hard drive, I just think it might make more sense to buy one separately from the console, so that if one fails, I don't need to return both to the store or the manufacturer.

NokkonWud · 27 Jun 2006 at 19:57

dirtydog said:
I'm not sure if we're talking at cross purposes? I do accept the need (or at least the desirability) to have a hard drive, I just think it might make more sense to buy one separately from the console, so that if one fails, I don't need to return both to the store or the manufacturer.

I see your point. However, the wireless pads and component cables are also valuable additions to the Xbox360 Premium, especially if you come to use the component at a later date, if not, you could get £10 atleast back for it by selling it.

Nikumba · 27 Jun 2006 at 22:36

Have you tired power the 360 up without the hdd drive connected?

Kimbie

dirtydog · 28 Jun 2006 at 03:17

NokkonWud said:
I see your point. However, the wireless pads and component cables are also valuable additions to the Xbox360 Premium, especially if you come to use the component at a later date, if not, you could get £10 atleast back for it by selling it.

True

I'm thinking that I would probably prefer the wired controller anyway though, which I presume is lighter and doesn't need batteries or recharging ever.

NokkonWud · 28 Jun 2006 at 05:31

dirtydog said:
True I'm thinking that I would probably prefer the wired controller anyway though, which I presume is lighter and doesn't need batteries or recharging ever.

Thats true, however, I love the weight of the Xbox360 controller with the battery is, it's so balanced! My mate got both because he thought he would prefer the wired one and he never uses it!

oweneades · 30 Jun 2006 at 13:47

NokkonWud said:
Thats true, however, I love the weight of the Xbox360 controller with the battery is, it's so balanced! My mate got both because he thought he would prefer the wired one and he never uses it!

Couldn't agree more there.

For a week I had both a core unit and a premium (core was in the process of being sold) and I tried the same game (cod2) with both pads and the wireless one felt much nicer imo.