hello and help

hi all, im a mate of the infamous scottish jedi and pretty new to the xbox / gaming world. He pointed me in the direction of this forum. have been playing a fair bit of MW2 and getting a bit hooked at times. Had no problems until i got the recent update from MS and since then the machine started freezing mid game on xbox live and sometimes on start up. Now doesnt want to start and has 3 red lights on the front. It did start after i came back from being away for a couple of days but its back to the 3 red rings...

did come across a thread after a search on google which sounds like a similar problem I think the secondary error code originally came up as 0110 but did it again and got 0111.

Anyone got any thoughts / advice?

cheers Matt

hello mate 3 red light s is the infamous red ring of death,phone customer suport as you need to arrange for it to be sent of for repair,its all free to you.

you say your new to xbox,if your xbox is under 12 months old just take it back to the shop for a new one,easier than sending off for repair

didnt know if it was the infamous ring of death since its only 3 out of the four lights? Was my brother in laws xbox before i got it so will have to check when he got it etc. for warranties etc

rrod is 3 lights buddy

ah cool, tried turning it on just there and it started and then froze a minute later when going through the menus. Is that usual with the RROD?

no it usually wont turn on at all

have probably managed to turn it on 3 out of 5 or 6 times since getting the rings the first but have been reluctant to keep trying incase it makes it worse. It was freezing up mid game online and had to restart but didnt get the rings straight away when that happened.

welcome in matt.
watch mavs advice as he is a manc and is probably trying to rob you

fuckoff weeji

Hehe hello Matthew.... Come to help us take over the land of FWG I see. Mwahahahahaaa

something like this off ebay should sort it. you will need some specialist screwdrivers but i have a set

MAVERiCK FWG wrote:fuckoff weeji

looks like someone has low blood sugar from all that sudden exercise

Hi Mate

Welcome to the forum

Matt

hello mate welcome to the site. The problem you are describing is exactly the same as what happened to my old machine. If it is still in warrenty for the Red ring of death (3 years) then send it in under this fault as it is practically the same issue and id be very surprised is MS got arsey about it. If you are out of warranty it is possible to repair yourself. Bassically as the machine heats and cools with use over time the solder joints on the CPU and/or GPU dry and start to fail which causes the freezing you speak of when the machine starts to get a bit warm. You will need to remove the heat sinks from the processors and clean the up applying new thermal compound then you can bassically allow the machine to start with out connecting the fans. this lets the machine over heat and "re-balls" the solder on the proc's. Loads of "how too" guides on youtube but its never garunteed. I did mine and it worked fine for 7 days then went back to the RROD so I need to try again but could save you an arm and a leg if it works and its pretty simple to do with just a few basic bits

cheers for the info, will get onto it as soon as i can get hold of the brother in law, he's out the country

another quick query, have registered, got the confirmation email, clicked the activation link which took me to the home page but still can't log in?

Is there some kind of special initiation I have to go through?

admin will sort it for you mate

Sorted for you matey, your account is activated and when you next login with your account you should see a lot more of the forum.

Welcome to the site and feel free to send out as many FR's as you like

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Is there some kind of special initiation I have to go through?

Is Marky still doing his special digestive biscuit initiation ceremony?

Welcome Matt. Feel free to chuck a few FR's around. I really do feel sorry for you knowing Andy

jelousy!

Welcome to the site buddy, unlucky on knowing Andy, we try to get rid of him (well Craig doesnt) but he hangs around like a bad smell

cheers guys, sorted on the sign in!! Just need to sort the paper weight now!!

Noticed Craigs fasination with Andy on his bios, has he seen anyone about his problem? Don't know whether to feel sorry for Craig or look at getting him put down, would be the humane thing to do lol

Either

Getting him put down would benefit all of us i guess, i will look at having him tazered in the bollocks.
Welcome to the site mate and like the others have said tough luck on the whole Andy thing :/

hope your talkin about tazzerin andy and not me :-)