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Your 360 is possessed by the ghost of Jaleel White. Or it could just be screwing with you.
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. :\
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.
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).
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.
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.
Oh god, just mentioning those noises gives me the shivers.
i had a RROD; Turns out wasnt plugged into a wall. lulz!
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.
I've heard of this before, I know a couple of people this has happened to. It'll do it on and off but not permanently. It will eventually really RROD for reals, send it in.
Happened to me. It died a slow death.
They'll probably just send you a replacement unit so enjoy your trip to DRM Hell.
They will always RR, just get used to the MS customer service and enjoy real life for that month of no 360.
overheating?
come to the darkside my friend.
damn another one bites the dust