If you’ve got an Xbox 360, then you must be an avid gamer. And like all gamers, you don’t want to be interrupted right when you’re in the middle of Halo 3, looking set to progress to the next level. About the worse thing that can happen at that stage is for you to experience Xbox 360 problems.

But believe it or not, that’s exactly what happens when you’ve used your Xbox long enough. In time, you’ll be facing a number of issues with your Xbox console. Some are more prevalent than others. Here are 3 of the most common ones.

1.    3 Red Lights

This is by far the greatest fear in the Xbox 360 gaming arena – the phantom of the 3 red lights. One minute you’re happily plugging away at the aliens as Master Chief, and the next, you’re staring at 3 flashing red lights on the screen. And no matter how much you flick your Xbox 360, they don’t disappear. Your Xbox 360 has crashed. 

You don’t like taunts any more than the next guy, but red light Xbox 360 problems speak of deeper issues with your favorite toy. Hardware malfunction is the primary culprit. Your motherboard has gone into overdrive and overheated. Both the Central Processing Unit (CPU) and the Gaming Processing Unit (GPU) have literally burnt themselves out.

Not necessarily from your prolonged gaming sessions, though. It’s a design flaw in the hardware itself. You probably won’t get this most dreaded of Xbox 360 problems in the first few weeks of gaming.

Over a couple of months or so, you’ll notice the screen freezing occasionally and irritating graphic glitches occurring. Those are the signs that tell you you’re headed down the red rings road.

2.    Scaler Chip Burn Out

Let’s say you haven’t got three red lights on your screen but just one. That doesn’t mean you haven’t got a serious issue, it just means you’ve got a different one. These sorts of Xbox 360 problems can really upset your gaming session.

One red light is possibly an E74 error that points to a scaler chip burn out. This chip deals with the AV cable and the signal that you get on your console. It’s the source of the spectacular graphics that’s got you hooked to your Xbox. You know your scaler chip has called it a day when you’re all revved up to start play and you get an error message onscreen instead.

3.    DVD Drive Error

Xbox 360 problems also come in the form of a non-functioning DVD drive. Your Xbox suddenly refuses to play the game when you slot a game disc in the drive. That’s because it can’t read the disc.

The reason for this is that the connectors on the back of the drive have absorbed too much heat. And your DVD drive goes up in smoke. In a manner of speaking. You won’t resolve the matter by slotting various games into the drive to see if any will work. None will.

These are the Xbox 360 problems that gamers usually face when playing with their Xbox 360. As the console has been on the market for about four years, the likelihood of issues arising from hardware failure or overheating is fairly high.

You should be aware of the most common issues that could arise with your Xbox, especially if you’ve recently bought one. Knowing what will cause your Xbox to crash is the first step to realizing how to deal with the issues when they eventually turn up. Otherwise you just might regard your Xbox as a write off at the first sign of trouble and decide to dump it! 

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