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My XBox 360 is Broken

Like Kevin, my 360 broke this week. I first got a blue checkerboard on my screen, and then today I got the three red rings of death. Microsoft is shipping me a box and it should take about 2-3 weeks total. Unlike Apple, no overnight shipping here, but hey - it is a bit bigger than my nano. The support experience so far was pretty good, but we'll see how it goes.

It's a little weird that my machine, along wth so many others, died now, considering Microsoft announced this new support plan and I had no problems for 9 months.

I guess I'll actually have to be productive over the next few weeks. Ugh.

Only published comments... Sep 29 2006, 08:49 PM by Tim

Filed under: XBox 360, Gaming

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My XBox 360 is Broken

	Daniel said: Mine crashed all of the sudden too. I received the blue checkers shortly after downloading the newest update for COD2. Something tells me that if we all are experiencing "crashes", perhaps it has something to do with this patch? Did anyone else notice this when they downloaded the patch? September 30, 2006 10:04 AM
	Tim said: Was there a new patch released in the last week? September 30, 2006 12:34 PM
	Kevin C. Tofel said: Tim, did you get your 360 back yet? I didn't get my original unit back; Microsoft sent me a refurb within 2 weeks and so far no problems. October 24, 2006 11:04 AM
	Tim said: Yes, I did just get it back on Friday and so far no issues - and they did replace, not repair it. Still sort of curious that all of them seem to have died around the same time. October 24, 2006 11:09 AM
	justin said: mine is doing the same thing how do i fix it January 7, 2007 1:37 PM
	Tim said: Justin, unfortunately I had to send mine back in. I haven't found anything that you can do to fix this issue yourself. (As I mentioned, they replaced my unit - the SN was different). January 7, 2007 2:55 PM
	Aaron said: Mine did the same thing, i was playin guitar hero2 when lines went across the screen and the red lights came on. ive only had mine for a month. July 6, 2007 11:28 AM
	Tim said: Aaron, you should definitely get a new one. Because you've only had it a month, you might try bringing it back where you bought it (that is, if you bought it in a physical store). July 6, 2007 11:31 AM
	kc said: i got the blue checkers too but i didnt get the red ring of death? on some of my other tv's i got sound but no picture. did any of that happen to you guys. i cant return it for free if i dont get the 3 rings????? July 8, 2007 11:57 AM
	Tim said: KC - if it's not working, I would recommend calling up Xbox support - they may still replace it if there are problems with the console. As you may know, they recently upped the warranty to 3 years which means that all consoles are covered until at LEAST next year. July 9, 2007 10:41 PM
	IRM x0 PANDA 0x said: ok the three rings of death dosent actuly meen ur 360 is going to die soon. u may also get these "rings of death" if u plug in your xbox and the video and audo cabel isent connected.and this happend to me,lets say there was a poweroutage from a storm of somethingm your xbox will shut off and get these rings.if u want more information my gamertag is IRM x0 PANDA 0x.the 0s are zeros not Os July 22, 2007 1:31 AM
	Carlos said: I got the three red rings of death a couple of days ago but yesterday I turned on my 360 and everything was fine...Whats going on and should I still send my 360 in? October 19, 2007 1:22 PM
	Carlos said: I got the three red rings of death a couple of days ago but yesterday I turned on my 360 and everything was fine...Whats going on and should I still send my 360 in? October 19, 2007 1:22 PM
	Jason said: had my 360 for about a month as well. I was in the middle of playing a game and all of a sudden i got the three red rings and error. I had sent it back to them and it took about a month until I got it back. Within no time mine went back to red ring again. I didn't feel like waiting another month so the next time I searched google and found www.videogame911.com. They specialize in xbox 360 repair and they had my system back to me in about a week. I have had no problems since. I'll post again if anything happens to go wrong. October 23, 2007 3:15 PM
	trae said: mine did the blue cheakerbored thing the power butten went red how do i fix it December 8, 2007 9:53 PM