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When i turn my xbox slim on it lights up with a single red dot in the center and the screen is black. Before the red dot appeared, my console would freeze at a constant rate. I would appreciate any enlightenment on this issue.
Alex R, the only thing that I can come up with so far is the RDOD (Red Dot of Death) If you are still under warranty, notify Microsoft and see what you can do to get your console replaced. If it is not under warrant, check the optical drive. Apparently it can cause the RDOD :-) Check out this guide on replacing the Optical Drive: Xbox 360 S Optical Drive Replacement If that doesn’t work, peruse the Xbox 360 device page for more solutions: Xbox 360 S Repair Also check Youtube for some decent explanations. Good Luck.
Before you go getting all complicated try this. Take your vacuum hose and brush and attack all of the vents. When you get to the one that the fan sits under take off the brush and position the hose over it till the fan spins. Let the fan spin for a moment. After awhile when the CPU cools try starting it up. This has worked several times for me. The better solution is to clean it before this happens.
The unplugging of the fan reset worked. I did replace the thermal compound. But did not put in any new washers or bolts. Just used the old x clamp. And I went from black screen with red dot of death to playing the xbox an hour later. Just watch the you tube video above. I got this xbox for free to is the best part because someone was throwing it out!! :)
Try this guy.. http://youtu.be/0xWCD0-mTC4
I contacted xbox because I have the solid red ring, red dot and the blank screen. They informed me to get a new power cord first instead of sending it in for repair. I am sure the fan is not working because I does not spin when I cut on the console. The tech guy said the power cord may have been overheated and may not be able to sent enough juice to power the system fully
I have an Xbox 360 S but I’ve never had mine freeze before. However, I think I might have a solution to the Red Dot. I saw in a video that the red dot is caused because the console has a problem detecting the hard drive. The guy in that video said that “The Xbox was pushed a lot during transit and it won’t work because of that” and you might have shaked or moved it to convey the same error. In the video, he took the hard drive out and put it back in again, and that seemed to do the trick. I hope that solved it! :)
try uplugging it for two or three days and it will work, or also take it apart if its not under warranty and let it run for 5-10 mins. then put the case back on and it should work like new.
Hey Alex, Within 10 seconds of turning on my Xbox 360 S, even after not playing it for days, the light goes from green to red dot. No screen image or error message. Here’s what I’ve tried to fix it but nothing has worked yet: Checking power cord and box, and using a brand new one, Checked all inner and outer cables/connectors, Pulling out 250 gb hard drive, shaking and putting back in, Taking Xbox apart and cleaning all dust from it, Taking out hard drive and trying to boot, Taking out CD drive and booting, Replaced the fan with a Whisper quiet, Unhooked the fan and let Xbox overheat so as to reset it (did exactly as DB said in his excellent video). I’ve now got my heat sync and chip apart and will buy Arctic Silver 5 today and re thermal paste the chip and reassemble. I hope it works but don’t expect it will because the red light comes on so fast, there’s no time for it to be a heating problem. If any serious tech out there reads this and can offer something likely to work, please do. I have no warranty and the box is about 3 years old (but has been well taken care of, well vented, cleaned, etc. Update (02/20/2016) Okay, I did the Arctic Silver thermal clean and replacement idea and still a red dot. Now I’m trying the DB overheat reset idea again.
Hey everyone. I just had the same problem. The Xbox 360 Slim froze about once every 15 minutes for about 30 seconds. I was playing on system link, and there seemed to be no issues. I woke up the next morning and turned on the console. It lit green for a second and then went constant red. Every time I restarted it it went red after half a second. I fully dismantled the machine and took off the heat sink, and heated the processor up to about 100 degrees (With a hairdryer). I tested it and the light was then green (It overheated quickly because the fan and heat sink were off.) I have fully reassembled the machine and it works great - no red lights. It may have started working because I readjusted all the connections inside the box e.g. Optical drive, hard drive ect. I didn’t find anything super helpful on the internet, so I hope this helps.
Try this first make sure you have no flash drives attached to any of the USB ports if you do remove them and second make sure to reseat the hard drive if you have one by removing then place it back in again now start up the Xbox 360. If still red insert a game disk close the tray now shut off and now turn it on again that should fix it something about the game in first and no flash drives before starting usually does the trick.
I unplugged my xbox but it still goes red please help.
