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360-2go

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Help! Sound No Video.. 3 Red Lights
« on: September 04, 2007, 07:29:00 AM »
Hey, this is for anyone who can help,

I was playing GH2 on my 360, and the game froze up. mad.gif  I restarted, and I got 3 red lights
I tried the towel method, and It worked for like 3 minutes, and I got the three red lights again.
I let the console cool down, and it will now turn on, but I am getting sound, but no picture. My
console is now open, with no case.Now, I randomly get 3 red lights, and my error code is 0020.
I think that has something to do with the GPU, but can anyone help me solve this?

Thanks
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SphtKr76

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Help! Sound No Video.. 3 Red Lights
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2007, 05:52:00 PM »
You either need to do the X clamp replacement or the penny fix, both of which can be found here in the General hardware section. I have done the penny fix with great ease and success.....
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twistedsymphony

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Help! Sound No Video.. 3 Red Lights
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2007, 07:28:00 AM »
If you haven't opened your console yet sent it back to MS for a free replacement as it's still under warranty. No need to dick around with some heatsink hack when you can just get the whole console replaced.

and this isn't a Video problem this is catastrophic hardware failure...

moving to the appropriate forum.
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feldiasa

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Help! Sound No Video.. 3 Red Lights
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2007, 12:52:00 PM »
Wow you people need to read, he said his console is open with no case...
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superbee

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Help! Sound No Video.. 3 Red Lights
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2007, 08:33:00 PM »
Don't means to add to your frustrations but if you've toweled it three times chances are the solder ball under the GPU are now so hard that it is possible that not even the xclamps fix, reflowing or reballing is going to repair this console. It depends on how much heat was generated inside  and how long it was toweled for.

The towel fix is one of the worse fix that anyone can attempt, it eliminate the possibilty of any further succesful fixes. Plus it only a short term fix. dry.gif

Error 0020 is GPU related, caused by the solder balls under the GPU.
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yorobbo

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Help! Sound No Video.. 3 Red Lights
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2007, 06:58:00 PM »
i had the same problem but my warrenty label was removed due to drive flash  and the holes on the back of the console were battered where i opened it up it also has taped up wires where i'd fitted fans, i thought fook it and sent it to microsoft to be repaired anyway, 10 days later (yesterday morning) ups pull up with a brand new xbox not a re-con for me, only problem is it's got the philips drive but i can't complain
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Spark

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Help! Sound No Video.. 3 Red Lights
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2007, 01:51:00 AM »
You got a philips drive in it, are you sure ?
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Bruc3LeeRoy

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« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2007, 02:08:00 AM »
ya my xbox was getting no video also i let it cool did the peeny trick and messed with the x-clamp screws and it seems to have resolved the problem... xbox 360 is a dam sensitive machine... one twist of a screw can change everything from having a working 360 to a broken one seriously....
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