I had a bit of a scare the other day - although fortunately just a Digital Dad-type scare.
I powered up the XBox 360 and the "ring of light" was blinking red. Was that a bad thing? When is a blinking red light not a bad thing?
Now I did a quick search and found that three blinking red lights means a hardwrae failure. But all four? I looked through dox and couldn't find a thing. I did a bit more digging through discussion forums and saw a mention of the display cable. I checked the display cable and gave it a push into the unit. Powered up and . . . tada! Worked like a charm.
So if your XBox ever has all four lights red . . .
That happened to me fresh out of the box. For a split second I thought all the screaming 12 year olds were right. Then I took a deep breath and checked all of my connections. Snapped the video cable in firmly and breathed a deep sigh of relief.
Posted by: pocketDragon | June 06, 2006 at 02:55 PM
Yeah but mine just happened today and it has been the 3rd time this morning.
But only 2 lights were there and were not blinking.
Posted by: Q's | March 29, 2007 at 07:51 AM
x box makes a loud gridding niose when loading a game then screen says unable to read disk
Posted by: john | July 31, 2007 at 04:35 PM
Mine won't stop blinking i've tried everything
Posted by: Q | September 23, 2007 at 03:17 PM
Two blinking red lights is nothing to worry about either, it just means that your Xbox has reached its internal core temperature and you should probably clean out the heat sinc.
But you will have to take it apart for that.
Posted by: Nathan | September 25, 2007 at 07:50 AM
i had the four flashin lights on my 360. i disconnected everything and put it back together. It still won't work.
Posted by: josh | October 01, 2007 at 12:17 PM
whenever i turn on my original xbox, the light blinks green and yellow, and nothing shows up on the screen. whats wrong with it?
Posted by: wave | October 06, 2007 at 10:38 AM
I have four blinking red lights, my Xbox 360 console is also seeming really warm. Everytime i turn on the game system the xbox logo shows on the screen then freezes and a loud beep occurs and the screen goes black then slightly afterwards four blinking red lights appear. It seems like when the Xbox overheats the lights appear, but i thought three lights were the "ring of death" {hardware failure}. Also, after i try and restart the console i get a blank screen, I have tried more than one Audio/Video cable fore my Xbox and nothing seems to help the outcome.
IF ANYONE HAS ADVICE PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT pitbull0567@aol.com
I hope that this is an easy fix problem that is like the topic, but it seems like my four blinking light experience is a bit more of a bother.
Call Of Duty 4 - shanegreen (add me & play)
Posted by: Jacques,Shane,Andy | May 09, 2008 at 02:02 PM
I have four blinking red lights, my Xbox 360 console is also seeming really warm. Everytime i turn on the game system the xbox logo shows on the screen then freezes and a loud beep occurs and the screen goes black then slightly afterwards four blinking red lights appear. It seems like when the Xbox overheats the lights appear, but i thought three lights were the "ring of death" {hardware failure}. Also, after i try and restart the console i get a blank screen, I have tried more than one Audio/Video cable fore my Xbox and nothing seems to help the outcome.
IF ANYONE HAS ADVICE PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT pitbull0567@aol.com
I hope that this is an easy fix problem that is like the topic, but it seems like my four blinking light experience is a bit more of a bother.
Call Of Duty 4 - shanegreen (add me & play)
Posted by: Jacques,Shane,Andy | May 09, 2008 at 02:04 PM
my xbox 360 had 4 blinking lights right after the power went out.what does that mean cant figure out
Posted by: alex capo | August 03, 2009 at 03:36 PM
i got 4 blinking red lights just after i tried to install a wireless network adaptor can anyone help?
Posted by: matt | October 28, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Ouch. If you haven't fixed it yet, trying unplugging and plugging back in the video cable.
Posted by: Digital Dad | November 28, 2009 at 11:31 PM
when i turn my xbox360 on 3 blinking red lights apear in the circle power button thingy. i head that means either hardware or power failure, and i got a replacement cord (175 watt). it didnt do anything. does this mean i need a whole nother xbob360? plz help me
Posted by: zack | June 09, 2010 at 05:04 PM
Sounds like HW failure. Suggest you go to xbox.com and check out the return/repair process. If you bought it at Costco, you should be able to just bring it back.
Posted by: Digital Dad | June 09, 2010 at 08:48 PM