Post by: moederfietser on April 10, 2007, 05:43:00 AM
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)
Post by: stratman71 on April 10, 2007, 05:37:00 AM
Post by: moederfietser on April 10, 2007, 06:29:00 AM
Keep you posted.
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Post by: twistedsymphony on April 10, 2007, 06:01:00 AM
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.
Post by: moederfietser 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.
Post by: sinister slipknot 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.
Post by: moederfietser 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...
Post by: moederfietser on April 17, 2007, 05:19:00 AM
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...
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Post by: aparedes on April 19, 2007, 04:08:00 PM
Alex
Post by: KeenEx 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
Post by: moederfietser on May 05, 2007, 03:08:00 PM
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Post by: token arab on May 05, 2007, 04:06:00 PM
Post by: BobBrkersMyHero on May 08, 2007, 04:35:00 PM
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?
Post by: rollie on May 11, 2007, 11:54:00 AM
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.
Post by: ARCHA1C on October 02, 2007, 12:28:00 PM
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
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Post by: Mr-Blackz on October 02, 2007, 10:31:00 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??
Remove this or you will be banned its considered fraud believe me i know theres a possibility of you getting banned for asking a question like this
Post by: sowa99 on October 03, 2007, 08:30:00 AM
Has anyone method to repair it? I tried replace Xclamp but it is not worked for me
Regards
Post by: moederfietser on October 09, 2007, 02:35:00 PM
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Post by: h4xx3d on October 11, 2007, 02:40:00 PM
1st: The box was old... so I put in "the darkness" and used it to update the dash. I did this using the sound and guessing... At some point if it's asking if you want to update the dash, you will have only 2 options, which you can tell by listening as you press up and down on the d-pad.
This fixed the issue for a while, but alas... it was not permanent.
2nd: I used rubbing alcohol and cotton swabs to clean the mobo [it has a strange residue on it, I'm assuming the previous owner spilt some energy drink on it...]
3rd: Purchased and installed the X-clamp fix which was ridiculously easy..
4th: Powered on console, powered down again and let sit for a fair while, booted up again and it was working perfectly and has been since. Good luck!
Post by: dmath1n on May 12, 2009, 08:47:00 AM
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Post by: nagamin on June 07, 2009, 02:40:00 PM
I had repaired several console with no video signal successfully.
Strip off heat sink from MOB, clean up. Reflow heat gun, especially HANA and GPC area and video connector area. Top and buttom. Warring, let MOB to cool down before you flip.
Use 2x1mm washer between MOB and heatsink.
There is alot of tutorial for that.
You will be happy after you did that.
Post by: jano_lapino1990 on September 21, 2009, 10:25:00 PM
QUOTE(soulinertia @ Jun 9 2009, 04:06 PM)
Same thing just happened to me last night! Blurry dim colors right in the middle of a game, then it went grayscale. I turned off the console and when I turned it back on - no signal.
No audio, no video. Please someone help. I was using standard A/V cables. Can this be fixed?HEY THERE i got a fix for you!
the same shit happened to me, EXACTLY THE SAME DUDE (i tried fkin everything, even the Y + RT trick, with no results). I called microsoft and they said my video card was ruined. SO i said no thanks to the 140$ fix and thought to get a red ring of death so i would be covered by warranty (not a good idea). my last hope was gone and I said to myself... LET'S DO IT
so i put it in my BIG winter blanket so it could overheat. i did that for 25 minutes (without hard drive or DVD) and waited until it was pretty hot.
then i waited 10 minutes to cool a bit
Then i plugged it in, and my xbox ventilators were going crazy because of all the previous heat. i had to resync my controller 3 times (i don't know why, maybe part of the fix, who knows) until my tv got FINALLY the signal
BUT it was all weird and looking the same as before it went off (like green stuff everywhere and blurry i dont know), so i got to display settings, and put my xbox in "best settings for my tv" and thant in "1080P" mode (even if my tv is 720P) and my tv got reset at the same time as my xbox and everything worked like before!!!
i don't know if I went lucky or it's a real fix but... it WORKED!!!
what do you have to lose? i had 140$ to lose, so i did it. but if you are covered, don't try it.
PS: i will test if its a permanent fix, and give news about it.
Post by: jano_lapino1990 on September 24, 2009, 02:30:00 PM
. ha i'm so lucky after all... conclusion: towel trick works... but only for a short period of time...