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Three flashing red lights on the ring of light with agreen power supply light

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This means it is overheating, so the metal expands and loosens the connection, which then makes the red lights. Here is a repair guide.

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This ethier means overheating so give it a bit of time to cool down or its the red ring of death witch pretty much means its broke and u might need to send it back to microsoft if u can't fix it ur self

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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.

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Figure 2: The Xbox 360 Power Supply light uparrow.gifBack to the top Step 2: If power supply light is green, try this solution 3frlgreen.jpg
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 solutions 3frlpower.jpg
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
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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.

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Figure 2: The Xbox 360 Power Supply light uparrow.gifBack to the top Step 2: If power supply light is green, try this solution 3frlgreen.jpg
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 solutionsuparrow.gifBack to the top 3frlpower.jpg
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CAUSE The three flashing red lights may indicate that your Xbox 360 console has experienced a hardware failure. Please read the letter that discusses warranty changes for three flashing red light hardware failures. 

MORE INFORMATION 

If you suspect that you are experiencing this issue, you can submit a console-repair request online. However, before you submit your request, we ask that you first try the following two steps to verify that you are indeed experiencing this issue: 

1. When you turn on the console, examine 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 that are listed in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles: 

906101 Xbox 360: The power supply light is red 906102 Xbox 360: The power supply light is orange 906103 Xbox 360: The power supply light is not illuminated 

2. Turn off the console. Wait 10 seconds, and then turn on the console again to see whether the symptom occurs again. If your console continues to display the three flashing red lights, your console may have to be repaired. For information about how to start the repair process online, please visit http://www.xbox.com/support, and then click Console Repair in the upper-right section of the Web page. 

Note: The online console repair service is currently not available in all countries or regions. 

If you would rather contact Xbox Customer Support directly, please visit http://www.xbox.com/support/contact for information about how to do this. 

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* Microsoft Xbox 360 Hard Drive (20 GB) 
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