2 red lights on the ring of light

2 red lights mean its getting overheated i noticed this was happening 2 mine whilst i was playing halo 3 so every 30 - 40 mins i saved and quited and placed a fan infront of the back pannel for about 5 - 10 mins this cooled it down and could be played for longer without thret of over heating

p.s saveing and quiting can be frustrating every 30 mins so do it after that level 30 mins through. :)

its deffinly an overheating problem on the gpu or cpu i used to work for xbox in uk and fixed many many of these consoles at the repair centre allthough there are several solutions to fixin this problem that ive read about on the net. the best way i recommend is to clean of thermal paste on the gpu and cpu and replace with new paste and also buy a thermostatic cooling adapter or better fan for the back of the xbox and then it should continue to work fine also make sure the console is in a open a area so it can breathe , the biggest problem with this console i didnt understand is why didnt they didnt put a fan on the gpu heatsink and the cpu heatsink you dont see a pc without one or a good graphics card for a pc without one the cooling design is very poor and that dvd drive completely covers the gpu heatsink just think of all that heat in the plastic im supprised i never had one on fire lol, but now they have made some updates with new floating heatsink for gpu which is cool. best of luck people.

the best solution is to VACCUM the dust out of the xbox before you get other problems. The collecting dust is making ur xbox overheat. So keep it clean before you get the 3 or 4 rings of death!

2 red lights on the ring of light

clean the cilicon of the cpu & gpu .
new cilicon in the cpu & gpu .

2 red lights mean overheating!

I had it just before I had the 3 red lights and then I had to repair it with the eraser fix. I found some information searching on Google that refer to it as overheating problem as well. I believe it is a warning stage before the 3 red lights. The 2 red lights can be prevented and fixed by a few simple actions:

1. Give it some air! Put your console in an open space where it can ?breathe? and get some cool air.
2. Let it cool down for a few hours, be patient! Wait until the console is really cool and then turn it on.

Some prevention I recommend:

1. Make sure the console sit in an open space with nothing blocking the air from coming in and out.
2. Be careful not to put the console next to a hot item such as stove, radiator etc.
3. From time to time check on it and make sure all the fans are working and that your console does not over heat, if it does you might want to buy some kind of a cooling system.
4. DO NOT put your console outside in the cold weather or in the freezer it might cause even bigger problems!
5. If you still have your warranty now it is a good time to exchange your console for a new one! Don?t wait like I did?

From my experience this should prevent the 2 red lights from coming back and from the appearing of the 3 red lights which means your console need to be repaired!

I have found that if your xbox 360 is getting the red light problem the best thing to do in order to help it cool down if you are in a room with not enough ventalation is get something like a electric fan and turn it up to tbe coolest and just hold it over your xbox for a few mins and it should help to cool the system off

The problem might be your `Transformer` ( I think thats its name) , you know, the big black box thing which you plug into the wall sockets and then plug your xbox into the transformer, try cooling that down. I dont know why but when I get 2 red lights I cool the transformer with a fan (yes I unplugged the transformer first) then plug it back in, the last time i did this it worked for about 3 hours before it broke again.. this is just a temporary fix not a permanant one. The only other thing I can suggest is send it in!

hoover all the dust out!

Great advice! thanx! I had this problem too, I just moved my console to an open place where it have more air coming in and out. Now it is working great and the console does not get stuck anymore!

This problem usually happens when you have already had the 3 red lights fix and normally it happens because whoever fixed it didn't screw everything back in correctly and tightly so make sure everything is screwed back in correctly. But I have also heard that it could be the first signs of overheating so if that true get it fixed and get yourself a fan there only about a tener.

I had to put risers under the motherboard and also had to put a intercooler on the back vents and now my 360 works fine

umm well what i did for the 2 flashing red lights is that i sucked most of the dust out with a vacuum not any old house vacuum but a tough one like da big ones u see at home depot and stuff but i put the vaccum so it sucks the air out of all the holes on the xbox the ones on the side on top the back and on the bottom it works fine now

I'm having the 2 redlights also. But my xbox 360 will only run for 20 seconds and then cut off and the 2 redlights will show after it shuts down. At first it was having the 3 lights. I replaced the 4 rubber pads as shown on this site. after I put it back together it started doing 2 lights. atleast we got it to run but for only 20 seconds....could this be over heating in that short of a time...please help

Great job, tips saved my xbox just in time for Christmas;

one thing i think needs to be stressed, and that is to NOT over tightening the screws as you reassemble your xbox. Mine did not work initially after the eraser fix, but after loosening it works like a champ

again, wonderful walkthrough thx so much

send it back

Thanx daniel for the wonderful tips. I hope this will save my console from going bad.

Thank you for your suggestions, I was able to cool down my console and now it works great. I just hope it will never happen again.

well for people that have it like an airplane quite at first then really loud and then goes to 2 red lights i have figured that it might be your fan, there r 2 fans in the back of ur xbox and one is not working i just ordered a new fan and waiting for uit to come in

Yea. you defenately need to clean out the cooling fan. Your problem was overheating.

Hi.,

For me i did very small i can use any games easly even near kitchen oven !!!!

just fix a small fan like used in pc processor with stick in upper panel .

Raheeeeb

i tihnk you can do the towel trick

send it back

I had this problem and it is related to overheating issues, in the GPU to be precise, I was able to fix it by replacing the factory THERMAL COMPOUND (which was totally dry) with a high quality thermal compound, after that my console has been working just fine!! I know this is not the answer but it will give you an idea as to where to start.

There are plenty of guides online to open your Xbox360 and take care of this issue.

AGAIN IF YOUR CONSOLE IS UNDER WARRANTY, STAY AWAY FROM OPENING YOUR XBOX AND VOID YOR WARRANTY, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND SEND IT BACK IN!!

This problem is really simple but the thing you want to avoid leaving the console on for more then 5 minutes if the power brick is green if its yellow its on stand by and your fine  you just want to take apart  the console and take off the x clamps and heat sinks for the gpu and the cpu then clean the thermal paste on the gpu and cpu and apply new thermal paste which you can buy at most computor stores. Also make sure your fan is working and also have the fan cover on before testing it .the fan cover directs the air flow to the gpu and cpu now turn it on and it should work no problem.the xbox does not need to be very hot to be classified as overheating people confuse this by thinking that it gets hot enough to cause a fire and if you dont want to fix it you can send me your xbox and $50.00 i will send back a refurbushed one just go to GamerRepair.com and go to contact us and send me a message i use paypal only. I will also be putting up easy guides with pictures to fix you xbox 360 the right way without a charge 

i just turn on my xbox and i see the 2 flashing lights

If you try all the other suggestions available, then I have a solution. My xbox was doing the same EXACT thing as yours, so I opened up my 360, (voiding the warranty) and saw that the entire inside, especially the intercooler (or w/e it's called) was COVERED in dust! If you're out of options, then this is going to be your fix. So far I have had no more trouble with mine. :)
If you need any more help, email me at xLDS_TEENx@hotmail.com

how to fix 2 lights help please

For the people with two red lights on the xbox360

Firstly i should point out if the lights appear TURN OFF YOUR CONSOLE FOR IT TO COOL DOWN, ignoring this will serouisly mess up our console

1. Move Xbox360 into a area where it can breath lay down
(DO NOT PUT ON CARPET AND DO NOT STAND UP!!!)

2. Do not buy intercoolers, most peoples houses have gone up in flames because they are not that good

3. That massive grey power brick, is it too hot??? have it lay on a cool surface such as wood or stone, DO NOT LAY ON CARPET

4. If you can get a decent amount of gameplay out of xbxox before lights come on, try using someone elses grey power brick instaed of your own

5. With the new look dashboard you can copy the game off disk to xbox hard drive since most people have two red lights while playing most HD games the harddisk may be a way around it

DO NOT WRAP IN TOWELL, it will overheat and damage it

DO NOT PUT IN FREEZER this will damage it

And now for those who cant even load dashboard, your console has a very bad hardware fault due to it overheating, ways around this are to repait the heatsink (although it may be too late)

Xbox shrunk this down in older 360's to make room for the DVD player, in the newer 360's the heatsink is a "floater" which is at least a bit better

For those of you who have given up hope and are considering throwing in the towell, threaten microsoft repair line with "im going to buy a PS3!" or for the repair charge which doubled is the cost of an xbox anyway your choice, i hope this has helped some people out any q's my email is darkrockstar25@hotmail.com

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i found out that the best way to fix the 2 red light problem is to first go to google and find out how to open up the 360 properly,once u know that then open it up get a hoover and hoover all the dust from inside and wipe everything down with a dry cloth.Especially where the two cooling fans are.Please note that if u do open it to do this that it breaks any warranty u have on your xbox but wot the hell its fixed.The reason for the two red lights is the console is over heating,In my case i found out that my cooling fans were clogged with black dust which actually stopped them from working,ever since i did this techniche myself my 360 has never had the 2 red light problem again and everything works much better .So my motto is **** xbox and do it yourself its a whole lot cheaper. If u need more help email me my address is joey-crafty@hotmail.co.uk

its very simple to fix.if u have left it to cool down for a day and it still doest work you are going to have to ring mircosoft.they will fix it but it will cost about 80 bucks.i said that i got the 3 three red lights because they will fix that promblen for free...hop this helps

after playing a game for 5min or less plying on an xbox 360 the screen turns off and the xbox has 2 red lights on the ring

i just had this problem the other day.. Do not go to the website.. you can fix this yourself... All you have to do is open your xbox.. you can find out how to do that on youtube.. just type in Open you Xbox 360.. and vacuum all the **** inside it.. there must be lot's of dust.. that's it... there are many videos on youtube that can help you.. they helped me..

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I'm sorry man. Your 360 has been infected with something called the red ring of death. Your Xbox 360 console becomes infected with this from playing on Xbox Live with other people who have it. It causes an inner meltdown of the system so I think you need a new Xbox 360. There is no known way to fix it. You're in luck if your 360 is still under warranty, but if it isn't, then you got to pay money for a new 360. Hope this helps!!!!

The case of the 2 red lights that appear on the left side of the ring on the XBOX 360 is due to and over heating issue. There are a few ways to cure this problem. Please see below for more information.

The help article through Xbox.com can be found by following this link http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/kb.aspx?ID=907533&lcid=1033&category=hardware

1. Purchase a spray can of air from your local retailer and try blowing it in all the air ports including the fan duct to remove the dust that has built up over time.

2. You can open up your Xbox 360 and use the air can to clean out all the dirt from all the hardware pieces such as the processor and so forth within the Xbox console, however if your console is still under warranty through Xbox it will VOID the warranty by opening the console up.

3. Send your Xbox 360 to Microsoft Xbox to have it repaired, However if your system is out of warranty it will cost you $99 to have this done. But if its still under warranty it will be covered free.

To learn how to send your console to Xbox for repair, just visit the below link to get instructions and how to do this.
http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/default.aspx

and click the link located on the left lower side that says repair your console, but do note that you need to be signed into your xbox live account through the website to use this feature, or you could always just call the support center of Microsoft.

rap the xbox in 2 towels for 20 minutes. after 20 minutes remove the towels and turn of the xbox. turn the xbox back on and it should work.

The 2 red lights indicate a overheating error of the CPU and GPU. In short the heat sinks that are attached to the processors on the XBOX 360 need to be 1) Reseated, 2) Have new thermal Grease applied and Reseated or 3) The exhaust fan needs to be replaced.

All of these options can be done personally with little to no cost to you. As long as you have a No. 10 and a No. 8 Torx Bit ( * ) similar to star bits. then you have the most difficult to find repair components. Other than that, just search for red ring fix videos and you will see exactly how to disassemble the XBOX 360 and repair the unit.

i used the vacum it's seemed to have sorted the problem out

Two red lights means the unit is overheating. Take it apart and clean it with a shop vac on low. Anyone can do this.

Hi,

I had a similar problem. I opened up my xbox and found the air vents were blocked with dust. I simply vacumed evry bit if dust I could find and the box has not overheated since. SIMPLE.

ok so i had this problem for about 2 days after i fix the red ring of death every time i would turn on the xbox 360 it would work for about 3 second and the fans would get really loud for those 3 second and then the 2 red lights would pop up and the fans would stop and the 2 red lights would just keep blinking and the screen would be black..... so heres what my problem was


I open up my xbox 360 and notice that the GPU was not touching the processor o there was a little space between the GPU and the processor. So i put a washer in between the x-clamp and the mother board so that the GPU would be tight and pressed up against the processor but not too tight and then i check too see if the 2 red lights were gone and they were gone and now my xbox 360 works.


So i figured the 2 red light means that your GPU pressed up against the processor and the system is trying to tell you that its over heating because it cant detect the GPU... and this could probably be the same with the CPU

Good Luck!

My boyfriend's XBOX 360 just had the 2 red light thing start the other day. The fans would cut off like 3-5 seconds after cutting on. The system wouldn't turn on at all. It wasn't an overheating problem though. We also noticed on the gray box, that's with the cord that plugs in, that the light wasn't turning green, it was staying yellow. We got on here and looked at some solutions and after he took the entire console apart...he decided to start small and check the silicon in the gray box of the cord. He fixed those and checked the system. To both of our amazements, it worked! The green light came on with the gray box cord thing, the red lights went away, and the fans stay running now! My reccomendation to people in the future with this problem, check the inside of the gray box on the cord that plugs into the wall first before taking the whole thing apart. It very well could be that. Our problem had nothing to do with overheating. :) Good luck to all

i have the problem of 2 red light ! i let it to heat and i turned on bu i still have that problem ! before i had problem like E 74 ! what should i do ?

When I turn on the xbox 360, there are 2 red flashing lights around the power button and the I can't continue. What do I do?

ok here is how to fix the 2 and 3 light do the x-clip fix and make sure you use arctic silver 5 on the chips so that it stays cool i did mine two day ago and have had no problem with it sence
i hope this helps

ok here it is the two light mean over heating to fix this problem you must fix the x-clip problem and make sure u put arctic silver between the heat sink ant the two chip this is what i did and now it is work great...did it yesterday and no problem with it played halo 3 for about 4 hrs and no problem with it at all
hope this helps...

ok every1 why not try buying a king cooler? im ganna get 1 2moz.

send it in

send it in and they will charge you or do the towel trick

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move it out of any area where is it overheating!

try cooling it down and then try turning it on again

I had the same problem, I went to xbox 360 website and It is a heating problem so what I did was that I put the xbox rigth by the ac vent and it works fine ,I can play for hours and no more ploblems, but vacuum the vents of the xbox is a good idea1 ,im going to do it .

for the three red lights it is a possible hardware error

there should be a number to call in the manual and they will send you a pre-paid box

mail it to them and they will fix it and mail it back to you in 2-4 weeks