3 flashing lights on my 360

[jonc]

My 360 as just started to get the 3 flashing lights ;( and because its modded i cant send it back.Is there still no way of fixing this yet.Also if i buy a second 360 can i take the dvd drive out of my old one and stick it in the new one
Think its this error code 0102

[thetarget]

there are afew ways to fix it mate but i wouldnt like to try them.
the 3 penny one looks most easy to do but that is at your OWN risk
mate

you will most prob need to be joined to this forum for the link to work

_http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showforum=133



i think its possible that you can remove the old drive and stick it in a new xbox BUT you will need backup the firmware from your new drive and extract the key from the backup

and reflash the firmware on the older drive with this new key first
but all the info is on xbox scene you just have to search for it .

[thetarget]

by the way was you playing you xbox on a hdtv or just a normal tv ?

[jonc]

Normal tv m8

[jonc]

the feller i bought it off as just sent me a email saying he can fix it for £30

[jonc]

My 360 is getting fixed at the moment geting the x-clamp fix or something.Just a quick question my firmware is 4.2 xtreme i think and am not banned from live but i was wondering while its getting fixed is it work getting it upgrade to the new firmware

[thetarget]

the latest firmware will only allow full stealth games to boot
so if you upgraded to the latest some of your games what are not fully stealth will not work

that said if you want to stay on live i would use the lastest
as its safer

myself i never use live so im using the lastest firmware that will boot all games
5.3

[jonc]

The only time i use live it to download demos plus am thinking of my be playing the odd game on it but am not realy into that.Most of the games i get are patched with stealth for the new firmware

[tunezzzzzzzz]

hi there


my bro got a xbox360 and did the 3 red flashing lights thing so i phoned microsoft up about it and asked them where can i get it fixed they said they would fix it
for free

there add it for 7 working days and now its like new

give then a call there will fix it for free

Phone

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[jonc]

Thanks for that m8 but my one is modded so there no chance i can get it fixed from MS

[tunezzzzzzzz]

sound to me like its your dvd drive that as stoped work m8

[tunezzzzzzzz]

ive justed been look around on the net to see how you can fit the drive you can fit it the drive on ebay £12.00 its easy to fit to if you can a cd-rom drive in a pc you can fit this

hope this helps you http://www.videogameadvantage.com/instruction_xBox360install.htm

[thetarget]

mate the 3 lights has nothing to do with the dvd drive

its due to the graphics/cpu chips coming away from the motherboard
its a common problem in fact its the most common problem with the 360
its due to overheating and bad design of the clamps that hold the heatsinks in place.

it can be fixed 80% of the time by replacing the xclamps that hold the heat sinks in place the other 20 % will need a solder reflow.


btw installing a dvd drive isnt as simple as you think for the 360.

i'll not go into detail but you just can't plop a 360 drive into a 360
and it works ....you need to inject the correct key string into the firmware of the dvd or the mother board wont allow you to use it

dvd drive and motherboard are married up without the correct key the drive wont work.

[jonc]

Get my 360 back on Thursday had the xclamp thing done but i was wondering if its worth trying to do the 3 penny or rubber trick as well but i would have to do that my self

[thetarget]

when you get it if it works dont mess with it mate


think the best mod you could do yourself is get talismoon wisper fans
and replace the oem fans inside with them


also cutting out the metal grill thats behind the fans is said to make air flow
alot better you wont even know its been cut once you put the case back on

:biggrin

[jonc]

Where can you get these fans

[jonc]

Are these them
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TALISMOON-XBOX-360-GREEN-WHISPER-FAN-UK-SELLER-XBOX360_W0QQitemZ230151377817QQihZ013QQcategoryZ11 2846QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem and what about this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/XBOX-360-High-Speed-Air-Cooler-with-LCD-Display_W0QQitemZ180106559686QQihZ008QQcategoryZ11 2846QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

[thetarget]

the top link is them don't know about the bottom one with temp reader
but i know the wisper fan gets good reviews

gonna get one myself soon

urrent: 160mA - Original Fan: 250mA
Speed: 4100RPM - Original Fan: 4600RPM
Air flow: 46CFM - Original Fan: 29CFM
Loudness: 38d(B)a - Original Fan: 41d(B)a

[jonc]

Got my 360 back played sound for the first day but the next day i got E 74 or 1022

[thetarget]

E74: There is a 90% chance it's a scaler chip problem (the "ANA" or "HANA" chip near the AV cable connection) it can also be caused by a faulty AV cable so check that first. In rare cases it is a problem with the GPU.

[jonc]

Am waiting for the lad next door to come in so i can try his av lead but if its not is there away to fix it ive been looking around but had no joy