Ever Wonder What Those Stupid Red Lights Are Trying to Tell You?
OK, OK...
Deeeeeeep breath.
So, your Xbox 360 has dealt you the "comical if it's someone else" 3 red lights error code, huh? Didn't think it could happen to you? Microsoft, in all their wisdom, decided to save a few bucks on their assembly costs, so now you have to suffer.
Well, considering that you are reading this, you probably just want to know what the red lights mean...
So here goes...
1.
4 Red Lights: AV Cable Try unplugging all of the cables from the back of the console, and then reconnecting them.
Next, make sure that the metal connectors on the cables are clean.
If the 4 red lights are still showing, smear peanut butter on the disc drive...
then buy a new AV cable.
You actually might want to skip the peanut butter, unless you have a dog...
2.
3 Red Lights: Uh--Oh General Hardware Failure Suffering from the 3 red lights? Buy every guide book and video repair guide you can find!! Wrap your console in a towel and let it overheat and ruin the flux capacitor! Cmon, let's be sensible...
First thing, restart your console.
Yeah, turn it off, unplug everything, disunplug everything (or replug it, whichever is easier for you) then turn it back on.
Hmmm...
I bet you knew that wouldn't work, huh? Try removing the hard drive and then turning the console on without it.
Still got the 3 red lights? Might be the peanut butter, or the GPU on the rotary girder, thingy.
3.
2 Red Lights: Overheating Could be all that Indian food you fed it the other day.
Or maybe it's all those DVD cases, electronic components, or books you have stacked on top it.
Whatever the case might be, this is a real easy fix.
Just let it cool down for a few hours.
Seriously, take a break and get on Squidoo once in a while.
Oh, one more thing...
I LOVE bad ideas, so I'll share one with you.
To speed up the cooling process, put the Xbox 360 in the freezer! Yep, your console will be cooled in a few minutes...
AND it will be completely useless since all of the sphygmomisticometers and phason doohickeys will be completely ruined by this completely stupid idea.
4.
1 Red Light: Hardware Failure Wow, pretty serious stuff.
This could be anything from the DVD drive to the scaler chip.
I don't have much to say about this.
Ummmmm...
you tried the peanut butter, right?
Deeeeeeep breath.
So, your Xbox 360 has dealt you the "comical if it's someone else" 3 red lights error code, huh? Didn't think it could happen to you? Microsoft, in all their wisdom, decided to save a few bucks on their assembly costs, so now you have to suffer.
Well, considering that you are reading this, you probably just want to know what the red lights mean...
So here goes...
1.
4 Red Lights: AV Cable Try unplugging all of the cables from the back of the console, and then reconnecting them.
Next, make sure that the metal connectors on the cables are clean.
If the 4 red lights are still showing, smear peanut butter on the disc drive...
then buy a new AV cable.
You actually might want to skip the peanut butter, unless you have a dog...
2.
3 Red Lights: Uh--Oh General Hardware Failure Suffering from the 3 red lights? Buy every guide book and video repair guide you can find!! Wrap your console in a towel and let it overheat and ruin the flux capacitor! Cmon, let's be sensible...
First thing, restart your console.
Yeah, turn it off, unplug everything, disunplug everything (or replug it, whichever is easier for you) then turn it back on.
Hmmm...
I bet you knew that wouldn't work, huh? Try removing the hard drive and then turning the console on without it.
Still got the 3 red lights? Might be the peanut butter, or the GPU on the rotary girder, thingy.
3.
2 Red Lights: Overheating Could be all that Indian food you fed it the other day.
Or maybe it's all those DVD cases, electronic components, or books you have stacked on top it.
Whatever the case might be, this is a real easy fix.
Just let it cool down for a few hours.
Seriously, take a break and get on Squidoo once in a while.
Oh, one more thing...
I LOVE bad ideas, so I'll share one with you.
To speed up the cooling process, put the Xbox 360 in the freezer! Yep, your console will be cooled in a few minutes...
AND it will be completely useless since all of the sphygmomisticometers and phason doohickeys will be completely ruined by this completely stupid idea.
4.
1 Red Light: Hardware Failure Wow, pretty serious stuff.
This could be anything from the DVD drive to the scaler chip.
I don't have much to say about this.
Ummmmm...
you tried the peanut butter, right?
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