I have just tried to play my XBox 360 for the first time in a few weeks but I think it is broke. When I first turned it on the dashboard came up but the picture was all screwey and the colours were all out, very rainbowey. I restarted my console and now nothing happens. It starts and it shows that controllers are connected but nothing at all on screen. All cables are fine as I plugged in my daughters 360 to check. Does anyone have any idea on what the problem could be?
Have you had a look at the connections at the back of your xbox it could have come loose or check the back of your tv to see the connections arnt loose there
I have tried the connections and the ones in the tv are fine as the other xbox is hooked up just now.
Any pointless comments attempting to turn this thread into another of the billion anti-console arguments is gonna get deleted I'm afraid. M7ck has an issue and has asked for advice. Let's keep it civil.
I had exactly the same problem a few week ago. After searching the internet I came across a method for fixing it. I had tried taking it apart etc, re-applying thermal paste etc and nothing had worked. I had nothing to lose so i tried the following: Take out all of the leads except for the power lead. Wrap the X-Box up in a thick towel or two to block all of the vents. Turn it on and leave it. After a while it will overheat, shutdown and give you two red rings. Remove the power lead and let it cool down for half an hour or so. After that, plug it all back in and give it a try. Not saying that this will fix it for you, but I couldn't believe it when it fixed mine.
Yeah, I'd just get it replaced if its in warranty. If it isn't, then is the time to start messing around with the myriad of solutions there are out there.
Pretty much exactly what happened to mine when it died: was playing CoD4, colours suddenly went all green and purple, restarted, sound and connected controllers but no video. Would be a dead GPU I'm afraid, either take it back to where you bought it or get started with this: https://service.xbox.com/servicehome.aspx?mkt=en-gb&scrx=1
Normally 7-10 days. It's pretty quick. You should get the same 360 back as well if it's the gpu, I did.
Yup same here, same case and presumably DVD drive, they just swapped the mainboard. Mine was away for about 14 days back in autumn 2008, been fine since.
Depends on what's wrong with it, can't give a definitive answer cause sometimes its replacing parts connected to the motherboard, or just one part that's melted on the motherboard, or the entire motherboard. Or something completely different.
They wanted to charge me £70 for a RROD before they found their way onto Watchdog and then started doing it for free. I doubt it'll be much more than that.
