The Red Ring of Death

Originally Posted by robrunsfromzombies

A few days ago I quit a game to get back to the dashboard and the screen got scrambled and I was forced to restart the xbox to fix the problem. It hasn't happend since, but now I'm worried. Has anyone else had that problem before experiencing a total system melt down?

Yeah I have, my xbox freezes a lot so I have to switch it off and on again but I've never really thought much of it ...
It freezes randomly too, I could just be sending a message, in a game, loading a game, just browsing the dashboard.
There doesn't seem to be a pattern to it.
But I can't give any helpful advice about it sorry =(

Rob, your issue sounds like some kind of graphics card crash - I had something similar happen to the one in my old desktop PC shortly before it burned out. Not that I'm suggesting that's what's about to happen to yours, mind...

I have had a similar crash on an old PC of mine. Oh well, as long as the xbox completely red rings and dies then i'm covered under that generous warranty. If for some reason the xbox dies outside of that 3 year extension then i'll just have to convince my wife to let me get one of the newly designed boxes that are coming out later this year. Rumors, rumors...

Well mine finally got the RRoD - played it a little last night (GTA: Vice City, just started and had only completed 1 mission and the Ambulance missions) then I turned it on this morning and poof - RRoD

Tried all the solutions (unplug and such) and no go so off to the repair we go.......

Originally Posted by Jason

- unfortunately they're even more expensive than the consoles. However, if you wish to purchase me one, I'm more than happy to own one.

^ this.

i've got a pretty good pc, but i fucking hate the fact i have to upgrade my comp if my hardware can't handle a game i've paid a fair amount of money on.

then again, torrenting is my friend.

Originally Posted by Lance

Well mine finally got the RRoD - played it a little last night (GTA: Vice City, just started and had only completed 1 mission and the Ambulance missions) then I turned it on this morning and poof - RRoD

Tried all the solutions (unplug and such) and no go so off to the repair we go.......

Ah dude... that's awful news.

Not to really rub it in, but I got mine back today. The guy got in touch with Microsoft and they agreed to completely replace the console, as well as throwing in a month's Xbox Live subscription. So once I get the wireless kit and component cable through the post from Amazon, I'm going to be hitting Mass Effect 2 hard.

RrOD sucks man. I had it once and I was able to get it fixed fairly easily, but I was under the three year warranty. It was indeed an Arcade model, didn't make much of a difference for me.

A friend of mine who is very much a genius really went through a lot to get his fixed. He took the whole thing apart, fixed every nook and cranny of it, then it wouldn't work. That's when he realized it was his disk drive that had finally broken. He just went out and bought a new one.

sometimes you get red rings when it's a video error from the output cable. Sometimes if the switch isn't component or composite (whichever is appropriate) it'll blink. We had a scare like that not too long ago.

Mass Effect 2 is SO good. Oh man, I wish I could play it again for the first time! If any of you guys are on the Xbox Live friend me, my gamertag is Justabitoutside.

Yeah, I've got the 360 sitting here staring at me just begging me to play it. I even got Mass Effect 2 second hand (I went into the rental store to grab a rental just to check everything was working, and it was their 'deal of the week - ME2 second hand for £18).

I'm really trying hard to resist it, as the 360 Arcade is one of the early ones, therefore doesn't have an HDMI port, and as ME2 is one of those games that really has to be experienced in HD, I've got a component cable on order.
Also, once I get myself a length of Cat-5 to link the 360 to my lappy, I'll be hitting Live (or more accurately, I'll be hitting Live once I have some games to play on).

@ Rob, yes, actually that's what happens sometimes right before I get the ring! Your post was months ago so I'm hoping all went well