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My Xbox 360 has this same problem and all microsoft has said over the phone is send it in for roughly 100 bucks... I had started my own forum then found this one. Here's what happened to me, I'm really considering purchasing the arcade system, because at least then I'll be getting a NEW effing xbox that will be under warranty:
This is just an update as of 5pm 9/10. I went to my nearest gamestop
and purchased a replacement Audio/Video cord compatible with the 360
and tried that, still the same problem. Perfect audio, system working
fine, but still no video being sent out. I have noticed there it does
show a little distortion across the screen as it starts up, like it's
"trying" to send something to the TV but nothing comes up. Guess I'll
be calling up Microsoft support tomorrow.
Ok, so this started yesterday 9/9. After I
got home from work went to play Rock Band 2 for a little while. While
playing it, you could see a "shift" in the graphics quality off and on,
where everything would be grainy and darker, with some white lines
jumping across the screen. I believe the technical term for the lines
are digital noise? This distortion was also on the NXE Dashboard, as
well. Anyway it would switch back and forth periodically, so I figured
the A/V cords were dirty or not connecting right.
Turned it off,
played with all the cord connections, blew any dust out of the 360's
A/V output, and turned it back on. This time there was no video being
shown, but I could still hear the bootup sounds. So I played with the
cords again and this time it came back on, with no problems for a few
minutes, so I figured this was over. I changed games to Silent Hill:
Homecoming. Starts up fine, loads fine, but once I actually get in
game, the distortion comes back on. I was a little angry, but played
for a while, turned it off, fiddled with the cords, and it came back on
just fine.
After all that I said I'll deal with this tomorrow, I
looked online to see if I could find anyone having the same issues, and
then decided that I was gonna try and take a picture to add to my post.
So I've tried to turn it on today, now I'm getting my black screen with
the xbox boot sounds? Nothing I do with the cords will make it work
today, from what I've read online, I should try it on another tv, I
unfortunately only have one at home. I have tried other systems to see
if it's my TV, but my Wii, PS2, and original Xbox are all fine.
Some
other probably helpful information, this is the original Xbox 360 Pro,
I believe I've had it since 2006, the old one! My 360 has overheated
once (my fault), which produced the Red Ring of Death, which Microsoft
fixed and shipped back within 5 days of me sending it off. I'm not
getting the E74 error that I've read about online, because I can't see
anything on the screen, and all the lights on the ring are green. I
have tried resetting the display settings using the "Hold Y, and pull
the Right Trigger during the console startup" with no luck.
Any helpful ideas are greatly appreciated, I wish I would have taken a picture when it was still showing up...
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