AboutBrian Jay Expertise I'm moving into answering questions relating to the Xbox 360 and related games. I can still answer questions on previous topics (Gamecube/GBA stuff) but please note I will not be able to help at a full capacity.
As always, if I dont know the answer I'll do my best to search for it or point you to the best possible alternative for getting an answer (Updated 31/08/06 and about time too).
Experience I've been a gamer for pretty much the last 14/15 years, so I feel I know my fair share about the subject. I spent the early years with Nintendo, the mid years with both Sony and Nintendo and I'm now just enjoying my Xbox 360, so I have experience with all three groups. I'm not much of a technical buff, but just like before if I cant answer a technical question personally I'll do my best to search for it or point you out to the next best source (Updated 31/08/06)
Question Hey, i don't know if you know this problem, but every few minutes after start up, my TV screen goes all these funny lines and colors, i took out the hard drive, and then it did not do anything, but once i cleaned the hard drive input and output bits, i got the three red rings. I cleaned the hard drive again and the same problem (the colors and lines), it just takes longer for them to happen. Is it a Hard drive problem, or an Xbox problem?
Thank you
Answer Hi James:
This ~looks~ to me to be an Xbox problem. The fact it seems that this just seems to happen after a certain time suggests that's the case (from my experience, hardware problems seem to happen when the harddrive has been directly accessed).
If it is still under warranty, I'd suggest contacting support. If it isn't, I do have a couple things you could try, if you would like to send me your email. The reason I say that, as a lot of these "tricks" that are out there are warranty voiding, and I dont want people blaming me (whoever may read this) for voiding their warranty service.
