360 Help

[ChrisO]

Ok, my XBox keeps screwing up on me and I'm not sure why, so, I was hoping someone on here could help me out.

When I go to play any 360 game, and it doesn't do this right off, sometimes it does, other times it does it after it's turned on for a little bit. The game freezes up, but, what gets me is that part of the screen turns to static, not completely, but, partially, and you can hear the static as well, I honestly don't think it's the games or the TV set, I think it might be a problem with the XBox.

[- Trips -]

It is indeed your hardware breaking down. Soon you should get the Red Lights of Death and then you'll need to send your console to MS for repairs. There's loads of topics here about what to do next.

[apsham]

Is there ANY reason Microsoft has yet to resolve these issues yet on new consoles.

[oldskool]

The guys at the repair shop like getting mail?

[ChrisO]

Does it cost anything to have it fixed?

[Vilge Duin]

If it's the 3 red lights, free of charge within 3 years of your purchase.

If anything else, free within one year of your purchase. If not within 1 year, I think the standard fee is around $100.

And Microsoft apparently have done a fair bit to fix it, but only really with consoles produced from September of this year on. Anything before is fair game to have the 33% failure rate at any random time.

Why they didn't bother doing it sooner I have no idea, the problem only exists because they rushed to market hoping to get a coupe.

[Toe]

If it's the 3 red lights, free of charge within 3 years of your purchase.

If anything else, free within one year of your purchase. If not within 1 year, I think the standard fee is around $100.

And Microsoft apparently have done a fair bit to fix it, but only really with consoles produced from September of this year on. Anything before is fair game to have the 33% failure rate at any random time.

Why they didn't bother doing it sooner I have no idea, the problem only exists because they rushed to market hoping to get a coupe.

[Captain Eo]

If it's the 3 red lights, free of charge within 3 years of your purchase.

If anything else, free within one year of your purchase. If not within 1 year, I think the standard fee is around $100.

And Microsoft apparently have done a fair bit to fix it, but only really with consoles produced from September of this year on. Anything before is fair game to have the 33% failure rate at any random time.

Why they didn't bother doing it sooner I have no idea, the problem only exists because they rushed to market hoping to get a coupe.

I like sedans more myself.

[ChrisO]

I've had mine since Christmas last year, and it's just now starting to do this.

[Captain Eo]

I've had mine since Christmas last year, and it's just now starting to do this.

[Toe]

I keep getting two lights. This is supposed to mean overheating, but sometimes it does it right away, sometimes not at all even after four or five hours straight. I may buy a cooling thing to see if that will keep it going longer, or just deal with it until it finally shows me the third light I need to get it free.