Recently Iturned on an Xbox 360 and was presented with four red lights surrounding thepower button. After the huge amount of online discussion about the “RROD” (RedRings of Death), my immediate reaction was to panic!

Whilst worrying about whether this premium console was still under warrantyand if I’d be several days without being able to play my Xbox 360, I turned theconsole off and began checking all of the connections. To my surprise, this wasinfact NOT the RROD problem, but something rather minor that can be fixedeasily.

So, what was it that caused 4 red lights on the Xbox 360 console, and howdid I fix it..?

Apparently there are several errors that correspond to the amount of redlights that are lit around the power button. After a quick search onMicrosoft’s support pages I found that:

1 red light = hard drive failure / problem 2 red lights = overheating 3 redlights = (RROD) hardware problem 4 red lights = AV cable connection issue

The fact that my console had flashing red lights as a complete circleindicated that there was an AV cable connection problem. All I had to do wasreconnect the cable (which came loose somehow? possibly due to someone in thehouse dusting or moving it for some reason) and turn the Xbox back on again.Phew, what a relief!

If this problem has happened to you, try switching the console off andreconnecting all cables like I did. Otherwise, check out Microsoft’s official support pageon Four Red Lights error surrounding the Xbox 360 power button.

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