Avoiding The Worst Xbox 360 Errors

You抮e playing your favorite game, Gears Of War - and bam... Your Xbox 360 cuts out, lights start flashing and you get a black screen on your TV with a bunch of mumble jumble in error code to go with it.

All you can think is what the hell happened 搃t took me two days to get to this stage?so you flip it off, flip it on, turn it off, turn on over and over again only to end up with the same results nothing, then the next thing that goes to your mind is how the 揾ell am I gonna get this fixed?I don抰 have any money.

The best thing about Xbox 360抯, is when there抯 a problem, the Xbox talks back to you, not speaking to you but telling you with a series of flashing lights and giving you an error code to work with, basically telling you exactly what strong in what you need to do to fix it. That was the whole point of Microsoft creating this type of system. Artificial intelligence!
Depending on the pattern of lights are flashing, which when your Xbox 360 is running properly we抣l all flash green, however when there抯 a particular error a series of different lights flashed red in different sequences.

For example error E74, you抣l get one flashing red light.
What if all 4 lights are flashing red, this is an easy fix, all your Xbox is telling you is that the AV cable is not properly plugged in, so all you need to do is just tighten the cable that connects into the back of the Xbox 360 and your TV screen or if it抯 broken get a new cable.

How about if your Xbox 360 is overheating, you would have two red lights flashing or error code 0011 this is an easy fix is well, all you need to do, is turn your Xbox 360 off and let it cool down. This happens from time to time after the Xbox 360 has been in use for hours at a time, its best to never played are keyed your Xbox powered on for more than 3 hours at a time, because they are known for overheating.

Error E68: this is a voltage error, your Xbox is telling you that it抯 not getting enough power to run properly, this could be happening because you might have some extra accessories attached or in an external fan unit using your Xbox 362 power it. The best thing you can do is just on attach everything, and power back on, if you still getting this error either contact Microsoft for support or take it to a professional for help.

3 Rings Of Death: 3 flashing red lights, if you get this error, your Xbox is telling you there are serious internal malfunctions (hardware failure) is happening. It抯 been said the cause of this is from overheating, that抯 why it抯 recommended you don抰 leave your console on for more than 3 hours a time, if your console is left on for a long period of time and ends up with the three red lights, its caused by soldering melting around the GPU processor. There抯 several method you can do or tricks you can use to fix this error, however if your Xbox is still covered under its warranty you can have Microsoft fix it and no charge and all, in fact Microsoft recently stated in a press release, that if any Xbox 360 gets three red lights flashing, warranty are not can be sent in for a free repair or replacement.

Whenever the error might be out of the 50 that have been documented so far, you can either repair the problem yourself by using various guides, tutorials or videos you can find online using Google more any search engine you like best.