1.6 Suddenly Booting 3 Times And Flashing Red/gree Options

[rinrinrin]

hy guys maybe someone can help me i have a strange problem

i chipped an 1.6 xbox with an aladdin chip. the first time it diddn't work properly, when i turned it on it would work for a couple of minutes and after that it started turning off and on automaticly (like some wires made a bad connection)

so, i removed the chip and started all over again with a new chip

this time it worked properly. tested and played it for 24hrs in a row and no problems whatsoever.

but then,

after aprox 3 weeks i was gaming in the morning no probs, i was playing gta:sa untill i had to go to work. saved my game, turned it off and left my house.
when i came home i wanted to continue gaming and suddenly it boots 3 times and starts flashing red/green!!!

now i now what this means (x-mas lights) from the xbox repair guide, but how can this happen? nothing was wrong! i diddn't even MOVE the xbox!

i checked the mainboard, no broken traces or tin splashes. (as far as i can see)
i removed the chip, diddn't help
i installed a new chip, still having x-mas lights...

does someone recognize this problem?
i'm all out of ideas, i'm thinking about ordering some repair parts, but i don't know what to order since i don't know what the problem is!

if someone can help... PLEASE!!!!

i really don't want to buy a new xbox 2 months before release of the x360...

[TripleM]

I'm having the same problem. I don't have a 1.6, don't even remember which version I have (1.2 or sth), but I've been using my chipped Xbox (Xecuter2 Lite) for a loooong time now. Just went to my brother's room, turned it on: first it powers on, off, on, off, on, off and then starts to flash red/green.

I opened up the box and checked to see if everything is in place. It is, and all looks just how I left it when I installed the chip.

I have no clue as to what's causing this, but from what I can tell by Googling/searching so far, this problem will occur if I remove the chip as well.

[oxjeremy334]

I'm having the same problem. I don't have a 1.6, don't even remember which version I have (1.2 or sth), but I've been using my chipped Xbox (Xecuter2 Lite) for a loooong time now. Just went to my brother's room, turned it on: first it powers on, off, on, off, on, off and then starts to flash red/green.

I opened up the box and checked to see if everything is in place. It is, and all looks just how I left it when I installed the chip.

I have no clue as to what's causing this, but from what I can tell by Googling/searching so far, this problem will occur if I remove the chip as well.

If the problem occurs with the chip removed, then there is a ripped trace somewhere (probably the d0)

[TripleM]

If the problem occurs with the chip removed, then there is a ripped trace somewhere (probably the d0)

I just tried removing the chip, booting with the original harddisk works fine. Also booting with my new harddisk works fine. I resoldered the chip, and there it went again. Bad chip than perhaps?

[TKramka]

Sounds like a loose LPC rebuild point to me.

[BOOGZ]

hey guys, i have the same prob with my v1.0 sometimes, it's really weird i have a switch installed so it still works fine with the chip off.

all i do is unplug the xbox and leave it for 30 mins then it seems to be ok, has only happened to me twice before last night it did it a fair few times so i'm taking it to be fixed, will post on what my repair guy has to say!!

[TripleM]

Sounds like a loose LPC rebuild point to me.

I'm not sure what you mean exactly. You mean something's loose on the bottom of the Xbox mainboard? Because I haven't soldered anything there, I just soldered the wires into the upper side of the LPC 'holes'. I double checked every wire now, they're all firmly in place.