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Three flashing red lights around the Xbox 360 power button (nicknamed the "Red Ring of Death" or "Red Lights of Death" or "Red Ring of Doom"), instead of the one to four green lights indicating normal operation, represent an internal problem that requires service. Warning signs may include freeze-ups, graphical problems in the middle of gameplay, such as checkerboard or pinstripe patterns on the screen, and sound errors, and the console only responds to pressing the power button to turn it off. These events may happen once or several times until the hardware failure occurs, or not at all. If the console freezes occasionally, the error will not necessarily follow. The technical problems seem to affect some generations of consoles more than others. e.g. Xbox 360 60GB This error code is usually caused by failure of one or more hardware components, although it can indicate that the console is not receiving enough power from the power supply, which can either be due to a faulty power supply or if the power supply cable is not fully inserted into the console. The 3 flashing lights can also be caused by power surges; if the console is connected to an outlet that receives a power surge, it may have a failure and the 3 lights will appear as long as the console is plugged into the outlet. Turning off the console, unplugging all power cables and plugging them back in, and restarting the console will fix the issue in this case. hope this helps

Three flashing red lights around the Xbox 360 power button (nicknamed the "Red Ring of Death" or "Red Lights of Death" or "Red Ring of Doom"), instead of the one to four green lights indicating normal operation, represent an internal problem that requires service. Warning signs may include freeze-ups, graphical problems in the middle of gameplay, such as checkerboard or pinstripe patterns on the screen, and sound errors, and the console only responds to pressing the power button to turn it off. These events may happen once or several times until the hardware failure occurs, or not at all. If the console freezes occasionally, the error will not necessarily follow. The technical problems seem to affect some generations of consoles more than others. e.g. Xbox 360 60GB This error code is usually caused by failure of one or more hardware components, although it can indicate that the console is not receiving enough power from the power supply, which can either be due to a faulty power supply or if the power supply cable is not fully inserted into the console. The 3 flashing lights can also be caused by power surges; if the console is connected to an outlet that receives a power surge, it may have a failure and the 3 lights will appear as long as the console is plugged into the outlet. Turning off the console, unplugging all power cables and plugging them back in, and restarting the console will fix the issue in this case.

Step 1: Turn on the console, and check the light on your power supplyThe power supply light is located on the black box that is in the middle of your power cord.


Figure 2: The Xbox 360 Power Supply light Back to the top Step 2: If power supply light is green, try this solution
Figure 3: Three flashing lights on the Ring of Light with a green power supply light Solution: Submit a console repair requestYour console is in need of a repair. There are no additional troubleshooting steps. To begin the online repair process, click one of the following links:

• I am a U.S. customer
• I am a customer outside the U.S

Step 3: If the power supply light is red, is orange when the console is powered on, or is not lit, try these solutions
Figure 4: Three flashing lights on the Ring of Light with a red, orange, or unlit power supply light Solution 1: Unplug your console, plug it into a different outlet in a different room, and then turn it onThis will help determine whether the problem is with your power supply, your power outlet, or your console. Solution 2: Request a replacement power supplyIf the power supply light is still red, orange, or not lit, the problem is with your power supply. Contact Xbox Support to obtain a replacement power supply. Contact Xbox Support
(source: www.microsoft.com)Kind Regards

Step 1: Turn on the console, and check the light on your power supplyThe power supply light is located on the black box that is in the middle of your power cord.


Figure 2: The Xbox 360 Power Supply light Back to the top Step 2: If power supply light is green, try this solution
Figure 3: Three flashing lights on the Ring of Light with a green power supply light Solution: Submit a console repair requestYour console is in need of a repair. There are no additional troubleshooting steps. To begin the online repair process, click one of the following links: Step 3: If the power supply light is red, is orange when the console is powered on, or is not lit, try these solutionsBack to the top
Figure 4: Three flashing lights on the Ring of Light with a red, orange, or unlit power supply light Solution 1: Unplug your console, plug it into a different outlet in a different room, and then turn it onThis will help determine whether the problem is with your power supply, your power outlet, or your console. Solution 2: Request a replacement power supplyIf the power supply light is still red, orange, or not lit, the problem is with your power supply. Contact Xbox Support to obtain a replacement power supply. Contact Xbox Support(source: www.microsoft.com)Regards

You will probably need to contact Microsoft and get a refurbished one because the 3 red rings of death usually indicates internal hardware failure. It could also indicate overheating, or a problem with the power supply, so also check that.

OUCH! You have the red ring of death! Did you by chance have xbox on it's side for a long period of time instead of flat? If so, that's why. They say there made to do this, just like the old ps2's, It a load of ****. The laser lens circuit will need to be replaced. If you didn't have it on it's side, then you have a bad graphics chip, or cold solder joints, or the motherboard is shot.
Step 1: Turn on the console, and check the light on your power supply loadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation'); The power supply light is located on the black box that is in the middle of your power cord.

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Figure 2: The Xbox 360 Power Supply light Back to the top Step 2: If power supply light is green, try this solution loadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation'); Collapse this imageExpand this image
Figure 3: Three flashing lights on the Ring of Light with a green power supply light Solution: Submit a console repair request loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); Your console is in need of a repair. There are no additional troubleshooting steps. To begin the online repair process, click one of the following links:

• I am a U.S. customer (http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/registerdevice.aspx?step=repair)
• I am a customer outside the U.S (http://www.xbox.com/support/)

Back to the top Step 3: If the power supply light is red, is orange when the console is powered on, or is not lit, try these solutions loadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation'); Collapse this imageExpand this image
Figure 4: Three flashing lights on the Ring of Light with a red, orange, or unlit power supply light Solution 1: Unplug your console, plug it into a different outlet in a different room, and then turn it on loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); This will help determine whether the problem is with your power supply, your power outlet, or your console. Solution 2: Request a replacement power supply loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); If the power supply light is still red, orange, or not lit, the problem is with your power supply. Contact Xbox Support to obtain a replacement power supply.

you probably did something to where you messed up your xbox motherboard, making it (after less then a minute of power) get short circuited and power fails. i would recommend getting it repaired by microsoft if you have a warranty.

SYMPTOMS Three lights flash red on the Ring of Light (RoL) on the front of your Xbox 360... loadTOCNode(1, 'symptoms'); Three lights flash red on the Ring of Light (RoL) on the front of your Xbox 360 console. The upper-right quadrant light is the only light that does not flash red. Back to the top CAUSE The three flashing red lights may indicate that there is a hardware problem with... loadTOCNode(1, 'cause'); The three flashing red lights may indicate that there is a hardware problem with your Xbox 360 console. Back to the top MORE INFORMATION If you are experiencing this problem, you can submit a console-repair request on... loadTOCNode(1, 'moreinformation'); If you are experiencing this problem, you can submit a console-repair request online. However, before you submit your request, first try the following two steps to verify the problem:

1. When you turn on the console, look at the light on the power supply. The power supply light should illuminate green even if the three lights on the Ring of Light flash red. If the power supply light is not green, please follow the steps in one of the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles: 906101 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906101/ ) Troubleshooting your Xbox 360 Power Supply when the light is red 906102 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906102/ ) Troubleshooting your Xbox 360 Power Supply when the light is orange 906103 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906103/ ) Troubleshooting your Xbox 360 Power Supply when the light is not illuminated
2. Turn off the console. Wait 10 seconds, and then turn on the console again to see whether the problem re-occurs.

If your console continues to display three flashing red lights, your console may have to be repaired. For more information about how to start the repair process online, please visit http://www.xbox.com/support (http://www.xbox.com/support) , and then click Repair your console in the upper-right part of the Web page. Note Online console repair service is currently not available in all countries and regions.If you want to instead contact Xbox Customer Support directly, please visit http://www.xbox.com/support/contact (http://www.xbox.com/support/contact) for information about how to do this.

SYMPTOMS loadTOCNode(1, 'symptoms'); Three lights flash red on the Ring of Light (RoL) on the front of your Xbox 360 console. The upper-right quadrant light is the only light that does not flash red. Back to the top
CAUSE loadTOCNode(1, 'cause'); The three flashing red lights may indicate that there is a hardware problem with your Xbox 360 console. Back to the top
MORE INFORMATION loadTOCNode(1, 'moreinformation'); If you are experiencing this problem, you can submit a console-repair request online. However, before you submit your request, first try the following two steps to verify the problem: 1. When you turn on the console, look at the light on the power supply. The power supply light should illuminate green even if the three lights on the Ring of Light flash red. If the power supply light is not green, please follow the steps in one of the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles: 906101 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906101/) Troubleshooting your Xbox 360 Power Supply when the light is red 906102 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906102/) Troubleshooting your Xbox 360 Power Supply when the light is orange 906103 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906103/) Troubleshooting your Xbox 360 Power Supply when the light is not illuminated 2. Turn off the console. Wait 10 seconds, and then turn on the console again to see whether the problem re-occurs.If your console continues to display three flashing red lights, your console may have to be repaired. If none of these help, pease contact Xbox support at http://xbox.agent.asahost.com/ to talk to a live agent.

hmmm.. The Ring of Death.

The 4 rings mean power faliure.
The 3 rings mean the CPU has been melted.
The 2 rings mean there is a CPU overheat error.
The 1 ring means there is an internal error.

Hope this could of helped you.