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RROD then... not?
raucci | 3:48 PM on 02.25.2008 19 comments


Today I was playing Devil May Cry 4, on the final boss, when the game suddenly froze and my XBOX made a strange pinging sound. I turned off my BOX of X and tried to turn it back on and lo' and behold, three gorgeous blinking red lights. YES!



Now, the RROD has never happened to me before, and I consider myself lucky... but to get it at the beginning of a week just sucked. So I immediately called the Microsoft tech line to get my shit straight and start the process of fixing my console.

While on the phone with my depressed sounding customer service man, he had me repeatedly test my box, turning it on, and off, and constantly testing it to see if anything could be done. We did this for about 20 minutes. Those three red lights kept flashing and life was awesome. I squared away the return policy stuff and my mailing box was on its way... a month without a 360, fine, i would take this hit.

Thirty minutes later I decided to turn on my XBOX 360 and record the three rings on my phone so I could show my friends who actually joked about me getting them sometime soon.

Aaaaaaand.... what!?

My XBOX turned on, worked fine, and I proceeded to play it for an hour and a half with no errors. Now what the hell happened?

I didn't fix anything, I didn't move the console, I didn't even unplug anything since I last talked to the tech guy.
So what caused the initial red rings? I only had my system on for about ten minutes, and it hadn't been on for 2 days, when it worked fine, so overheating seems null.
And what then ultimately led to the system operating perfectly again?

Has anyone else experienced this? And has the RROD reared its head shortly after a miracle such as this?
And what do I do now that I already scheduled my XBOX to go back to Microsoft to be fixed? I understand that about 4 of you will yell at me for not posting this in forums, my bad, I was lazy and I just hopped into this. Plus this gets more exposure and I really want to see if this has happened to anyone else. I once felt invincible to the RROD... then utterly vulnerable... and now like I have some sort of magic.



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MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 16:10
MrSadistic
Your 360 is possessed by the ghost of Jaleel White. Or it could just be screwing with you.
copulatingduck's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 16:16
copulatingduck
It happened to me off and on for a few days. I figured it was just the thing dying a VERY slow and painful death. I just left it on intentionally all night to finish it off so Microsoft wouldn't send it back claiming it wasn't broken. :\
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 16:18
BluDesign
It'll RROD again, believe me. If it does it even once, you need to get it repaired.

Even if you never see it RROD on you again before the coffin shows up, still send it in.

Also, if any of you get RROD, who never have before, here are steps they walk you through. Try these and when you get to that point of the support person's "try and fix this" you can tell them you already tried it.

Unplugging/replugging in the power supply.

Disconnecting the HDD while unplugged, then plugging it back in minus the HDD.

Checking the status light of the power supply (should be yellow, not red)

Tried putting the system horizontal/vertical/opposite of how you have it now


Additionally, do not tell them if you've tried the towel trick or not, they don't care if it worked, and you might end up voiding your warranty by mentioning that you're purposely trying to overheat the system when it's already malfunctioning.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 16:23
BluDesign
Also to speak to Duck's comment, with the speed of the turn around time for console repairs for some people, I don't think they troubleshoot everyone's system, so I wouldn't worry too much about whether or not you can revive the system from a RROD.

If you get a RROD, MS is supposed to unilaterally send you a repaired system back. All three times I've sent the system in, a new one was back in my possession in 6 days. That's way too fast for a "repair" or troubleshooting session, even with my close proximity to McAllen (about 200 miles).
copulatingduck's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 16:29
copulatingduck
Sorry for the spam, but after leaving mine on all night (just in the little intro screen or whatever it is), mine was definitely kapoot. I had the exact same issue where it died, I called, and turned it on one last time to show some friends when it actually worked.

After it turned on, I tried to play some Halo, but about 20 minutes in, the colors started looking washed out, and it crashed again. I called back to talk to a tech, and they chalked it up to failing electronics being more susceptible to overheating. So basically, once it starts to go, it's going to be erratic. They just told me to send it back anyway.

And THAT's when I left it on all night to put it out of its misery. Sorry about your rotten luck.
decoyb's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 16:40
decoyb
Yeah, it's probably toast. I've had a temporary RROD after a quick power outage but if it locked up before the RROD it'll probably die soon.
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 16:49
blehman
Oh god, just mentioning those noises gives me the shivers.
ZServ's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 17:03
ZServ
i had a RROD; Turns out wasnt plugged into a wall. lulz!
MPHtails's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 17:18
MPHtails
This happened to me too, except over a 3 month period. Would have been faster to just send it in, and I had no XBLA games to have problems with, but it's working fine now. Eh.
Atlas's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 17:57
Atlas
Happened to me. It died a slow death.
notdryad's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 18:07
notdryad
They'll probably just send you a replacement unit so enjoy your trip to DRM Hell.
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 18:22
Crunshii
They will always RR, just get used to the MS customer service and enjoy real life for that month of no 360.
Sadie G's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 18:30
Sadie G
overheating?


come to the darkside my friend.
Aziel13's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 21:31
Aziel13
damn another one bites the dust
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