Right, here's the deal - I know NOTHING about the inside of my Xbox, never modded it or even opened it. I loaned it to someone and it worked fine while he had it, except one day when we turned it on the green LED came on and the Xbox made a happy whirring sound but nothing came up on the television - the screen was just blank. I turned it off, waited for the hard disk to stop spinning, turned it on and it was fine.
Since I got it back the problem has gradually started occuring more and more frequently. When I press the power button I always get a constant green LED and a normal whirring noise but no signal and no sound from the TV, so I guess it can't be a problem with the power supply. If I press the eject button when its in this state the green LED starts flashing but nothing happens to the DVD drive, so it's not just a problem with the AV cable.
Usually I can eventually get it to work by turning the Xbox on, waiting, off, waiting, on, waiting... sometimes I just try this for 10 minutes then give up. There are no smells coming from the console, no wierd noises or anything. When I eventually get it turned on I have to eject the DVD drive before the game loads - if I press eject once a game has loaded or turn the console off it goes back to the same problem (green LED flashing, no picture on screen, DVD drive doesn't eject), so I can only play one game for each marathon attempt at booting up!
MS want just under current retail to repair it, which is ridiculous - it's only just out of guarantee. Just wanted to know if anyone's had a similar problem or knows what to do about it, or if I'm on my own on this one? As I said before I have no tech experience at all with consoles, but as far as I can tell there's nothing wrong with the dvd drive, the AV cable or the power supply itself. There's no way I can afford repairs or a new console, so any step-by-step instructions for possible fixes would be appreciated (if it helps at all altho I've never opened a console I've done some basic work inside PCs).
Please, please help!
Xbox Turns On, Green Led But No Signal?, Xbox turns on, green LED but no signal?
Dec 27 2004, 04:56 AM
