blue artifacts on my 360!?

bluntslide · 12 Apr 2008 at 13:21

hey all
had this problem for a little while so would like to know which is dying, my tv or my 360?
so i use component leads and have been using 1080p since day one. last monthi got blue artifacts over black backgrounds and the hd kept turning off and on. so i step down to 1080i and everthing is fine for a couple of weeks, then it happens again. now im at 720 but wondering how long until it starts again!
so what do you think? tv or 360? my money is on 360 because that would be a lot cheaper!

NeoReloaded · 12 Apr 2008 at 13:43

I your tv a "first generation" of 1080p? Even though im pretty sure they all are :/

yaboy · 12 Apr 2008 at 13:44

Try a different lead and tv

mmj_uk · 12 Apr 2008 at 17:00

It's probably your GPU dying it's not that uncommon, just pray it RROD's so you're elegible for replacement.

NokkonWud · 12 Apr 2008 at 17:06

mmj_uk said:
It's probably your GPU dying it's not that uncommon, just pray it RROD's so you're elegible for replacement.

If his GPU pops it won't 3RRoD, it will only 1RQoD which isn't covered by 3 years warranty. That is what happened to mine.

Alrik · 12 Apr 2008 at 17:08

When my GPU in my 360 died it had 3RRoD

NokkonWud · 12 Apr 2008 at 17:10

kalanium said:
When my GPU in my 360 died it had 3RRoD

Are you sure yours wasn't from your GPU overheating and dying then? Mine actually blew, which is a hardware error - which is 1 red LED. Overheating is 3RRoD IIRC.

Alrik · 12 Apr 2008 at 17:13

God knows lol one day it was working, next day I switched it on and it had artifacts everywhere, then it switched itself off and refused to turn on completely and threw up 3 red rings.

NokkonWud · 12 Apr 2008 at 17:15

Justin Wilkins killed mine in Wales. You'll have to ask him exactly what happened before it died.

Before that I had had a few problems with vertical banding, it was the same error my PS3 had which is why I was pretty quick at sending it back.

bluntslide · 12 Apr 2008 at 22:07

well i was getting all geared up to drag the other tv downstairs to test but looking at your comments its the 360. hmmm, time to head down the nearest cash exchange.....
thanks for your input so far everyone.

Efaws · 13 Apr 2008 at 16:17

cant u just leave it on for 24 hours straight in an electric blanket till it RRODs if only one red ring comes?

Logsi · 13 Apr 2008 at 16:26

NokkonWud said:
Are you sure yours wasn't from your GPU overheating and dying then? Mine actually blew, which is a hardware error - which is 1 red LED. Overheating is 3RRoD IIRC.

I think overheating is 2 lights. When i was towel tricking my old premium i did it for too long and got 2 red lights.

Josh

bluntslide · 13 Apr 2008 at 17:29

well it lives in a cabinet and once i forgot to open the door to it, next thing i know, 360 goes off and two lights come on. opened the door and it was like like standing behind a fighter jet, loud and hot!
shame i dont own an electric blankt though, not that old yet!