Mark Inglis Blog

If your Xbox 360 has quit working and you are going through the III red light problem don’t panic, there is hope. With some easy to find tools and a nice fix manual you can perform the Xbox 360 Fix.

You will need a set of torx screwdrivers, If you do not have a set you can scoop up a low priced set at your local hardware store.

The III red lights problem means there is a general hardware failure. The 1st thing you want to try is to dis-connect everything and let your Xbox 360 sit for 20 minutes disconnected from the power. Re-connect everything in and try it another time, If you are still getting the problem remove the hard drive and re hook it. it isnt rare if they get loose and you get a bad hookup.

If that quick fix method didnt resolve it you will have to pop it up at this point. The most common failures are no video or disks will not read. Both the video and the game disks can be repaired fairly quickly.

If you have no video showing you can try a different video cord, steal a friends cable cord if you do not have an alternate one. If you still have no video but sound is working you will have to check the soldering connections on the main board for the video cord. Take a look at the guide before attempting this or any other internal repairs.

If your Xbox 360 is not scanning the disks or getting disk errors make sure your disks are clean. After that you may have to replace the DVD drive or if you have the skills you can remove the DVD drive and replace just the pick up assembly. This is a lot cheaper than swapping the whole drive. Again read the Xbox 360 Repair manual before attempting this.

Your other choice is to send your console off to Microsoft and Wait. Nothing worse than having Halo 3 and not being able to play it. I rather to do my own mods and Xbox 360 Repair. The system Xbox 360 repair unit is very similar to your home PC, it is actually a small computer. With a little patience anyone can learn how to do there own repairs.