Topic: When Xbox360 Is On, Tv Says 'no Signal' (Read 100 times)

moederfietser · « **on:** April 10, 2007, 05:43:00 AM »

Hi all,

Yesterday I turned on my 360 for a game of Fight Night Round 3. The dashboard was looking normal, I put the game in the DVD drive, everything was normal untill I had to fight. Everything was blurry and the colors weren't displayed correctly. I quitted the game and went back to the dashboard, which was also blurry and the colors weren't displayed correctly too. I turned it off and back on, but this time my TV simply said: 'no signal'. I still hear the startup sound, I still hear the sound of switching blades or selecting something. Everything works, except for the video. I don't get a red Ring of Light, just normal green. I tried my 360 on different TV's, component and s-video, HDTV and normal TV, but nothing works. Is the graphics card dead or is it something simpler? I don't have warranty left, so shipping back to Microsoft is not an option.

For your info: the 360 is opened before (no warranty), but the only thing changed inside the system is that I installed heatsinks on the memory chips. I did this a year ago, so I don't think that is the problem. Except for that the 360 isn't modified in any way.

Help please? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/uhh.gif)

stratman71 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 10, 2007, 05:37:00 AM »

Simple question, but do you have a friends cable you can try?

moederfietser · « **Reply #2 on:** April 10, 2007, 06:29:00 AM »

Yes I spoke to my friend and tomorrow I can borrow his component cable.

Keep you posted.

This post has been edited by moederfietser: Apr 10 2007, 01:30 PM

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2007, 06:01:00 AM »

well if he tried S-Video and component then it sounds like he's already tried differen't cables.

If you haven't I'd say try playing with the HDTV switch... failing that it's probably the ANA scaler chip...

...Moving to AV Technical.

moederfietser · « **Reply #4 on:** April 10, 2007, 08:06:00 AM »

QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Apr 10 2007, 02:08 PM)

well if he tried S-Video and component then it sounds like he's already tried differen't cables.

No, I mean, on the component cable you also have that yellow connector (thought it was called sS-Video but probably wrong..) for non-HD use. Meaning, the same cable, but different connector.

sinister slipknot · « **Reply #5 on:** April 10, 2007, 07:43:00 AM »

QUOTE(moederfietser @ Apr 10 2007, 01:37 PM)

No, I mean, on the component cable you also have that yellow connector (thought it was called sS-Video but probably wrong..) for non-HD use. Meaning, the same cable, but different connector.

Yellow is composite, afaik there isn't an S-video cable for the 360, i could be wrong though.

moederfietser · « **Reply #6 on:** April 10, 2007, 09:37:00 AM »

QUOTE(sinister slipknot @ Apr 10 2007, 03:50 PM)

Yellow is composite

That was the name yes. Tried that one with the same cable, didn't work. Playing with the HD/non-HD switch doesn't help. Tomorrow I get a new cable to try with.

Keep you posted...

moederfietser · « **Reply #7 on:** April 17, 2007, 05:19:00 AM »

OK, after some time waiting I finally got to borrow my friends cable. It is the non-HD cable that is supplied with the Core package. I plugged it in, turned on my Xbox and, wow, a signal. Still blurry as described in the startpost, but hey, a beginning. The Xbox automatically started playing the movie that was still in the DVD tray, so I pressed the Guide button and the yellow Y button to return to the dashboard, but then the screen became distorted. I had to turn off the console because the dashboard wasn't visible, and after repowering the console back on I got the annoying 'No Signal' screen again. Fiddled some time with my cable and my friend's cable, but I didn't get a signal again.

Conclusion, console broken? Or is this fixable? I am willing to take my Xbox apart to look for 'clues' on which hardware part failed. Help is greatly appreciated as I am getting bored as hell...

This post has been edited by moederfietser: Apr 17 2007, 12:21 PM

aparedes · « **Reply #8 on:** April 19, 2007, 04:08:00 PM »

Hi, I have the same problem, if you figure it out would you please let me know. I started having the problem with the image after i started playing Call of Duty 3 and asked me for an update. Could that be the problem??
Alex

KeenEx · « **Reply #9 on:** April 30, 2007, 09:52:00 AM »

QUOTE(aparedes @ Apr 19 2007, 11:44 PM)

Hi, I have the same problem, if you figure it out would you please let me know. I started having the problem with the image after i started playing Call of Duty 3 and asked me for an update. Could that be the problem??
Alex

DAMN Same Problem here, just bougt at totaly new cable today. nothing works Damn. have to call micro tomorrow
Kenneth

moederfietser · « **Reply #10 on:** May 05, 2007, 03:08:00 PM »

Tried the Y-button and the right trigger trick described in this thread but didn't work for me. Is there anything I can do to make it easier for you guys to check what the problem is?

This post has been edited by moederfietser: May 5 2007, 10:09 PM

token arab · « **Reply #11 on:** May 05, 2007, 04:06:00 PM »

I have the same problem. I went to best buy and got new component video cables and that seemed to resolve it temporarily. What erks me is the no signal, not supported mode is random. I peformed a reset and now I only get the no signal. Sux, cause my warranty expired and xbox wants to charge me to fix it. I'm pissed, rather then sending it back to xbox i'd just assume buy a new console. Here's the thing though, there is no reason why this couldn't occur again and xbox's support staff really have no clue as to what is causing it and how to resolve it. I call this a defect that microsoft needs to handle. I don't want to make a scene I just want my xbox back. Any ideas?

BobBrkersMyHero · « **Reply #12 on:** May 08, 2007, 04:35:00 PM »

This just happened to me...

No signal.

GRR i would rather it be an error message or something.

Also when I try to connect a controller I don't get anything either. It's like the console is on but frozen immediately or something?

rollie · « **Reply #13 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:54:00 AM »

The same happened to me just before my 360 died. If the console was cool and I turned it on it would work fine for a few games of something and then would freeze. Turned off then back on and I would get no signal on tv.
Sometimes when booted from cool and I went to the display settings to change from pal 50 to pal 60 the screen would go all fuzzy and would not settle down (my tv does support pal 60). After a few days of this the 360 red lighted and would not turn on again. Sent to MS for replacemnet.

ARCHA1C · « **Reply #14 on:** October 02, 2007, 12:28:00 PM »

To get this covered under the new 36 month warranty, I have to cause the RROD (red ring of death)... Does anybody know how to cause your console to permanently display the RROD without opening the case so I can send this b*tch back to MICROSOFT??

Here's my situation-

I was playing BIOSHOCK and while playing, the colors in the game got distorted, and some of the objects in the game displayed some artifacting, and some of the solid objects became semi-transparent. I quickly saved my game and shut off my console.
When I turned it back on, everything looked normal (console powered on, and controller connected wirelessly- no RROD) except there was no audio or video out.
After troubleshooting on multiple tvs with multiple sets of cables (SDTV/HDTV- component & VGA) Still no audio or video output......

I called M$, and even though this is my second console, and it was shipped to me from M$ a little over a year ago, the factory WARRANTY did not restart with the new console, it just kept on ticking from the date that I bought my first xbox360 on.... Not only that... The new extended 36 month warranty ONLY covers the RED RING OF DEATH....

I need to cause my console to display the RROD

This post has been edited by ARCHA1C: Oct 2 2007, 07:30 PM

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