Three Red Lights, Their Meaning ExplainedIf you have an Xbox 360 and you see the glowing and red flashing of the three?lights on xbox 360 known as the three rings of death, also known as the Red Ring of Death you know the terror it strikes to your heart! There have been many articles written telling about the Xbox 360's failures.?Legal action has also been taken trying to hold Microsoft as a responsible party for its failure rate and to get compensation for the people affected by this problem.?The Xbox 360 has a power button which should have four green lights indicating that everything is normal.?You may get some warning signs before the three lights on xbox 360 come on such as freeze-ups or some problems in the middle of playing the games such as a pinstripe patterns on the screen.?Then you may get some sound errorsnd this is whereou begin therustrating actions of turninghe power button offnd on to get it to respond. And then comes the flashing of the red lights around the power button!?This happens because of an error code caused by a failure of some of the hardware components.?OR, it could be due to a simple power supply problem somewhere on your end.?Check on this immediately!?If you turn off all power, unplug the plugs and wires and then reinsert them all, the red lights may go off and the blessed green ones come on again.?It is always best to do the simple things first before youecideo pull out your hair. Back in July of 2007 Microsoft wrote an open letter to owners of the Xbox 360 telling them that they would have an extension of three years warranty for every one who has an Xbox 360 console experiencing this hardware failure showing the three flashing red lights.?So, if you have one of these Xboxes with the three flashing red lights, your warranty has been extended for three years.?You will have to sent it away for repair or replacement which will take up to 3 weeks for either. Instead of trying to do something to repair the three lights on xbox 360 yourself it would be better to send it away to those who definitely know how to repair it. ...