the green lights on xbox 360 mean normal operation.
the green lights on xbox 360 mean normal operation.
what do the green lights on xbox 360 mean?
normal operation
three flashing red lights around the xbox 360 power button instead of the one to four green lights indicating normal operation represent an internal problem that requires service. this error was soon nicknamed the "red ring of death", echoing windows' blue screen of death error. warning signs may include freeze-ups, graphical problems in the middle of gameplay, such as checkerboard or pinstripe patterns on the screen, and sound errors; mostly consisting of extremely loud noises that can be affected by the volume control, the console only responding when the power button is pressed to turn it off. these events may happen once or several times until the hardware failure occurs, or not at all. if the console freezes occasionally, the error will not necessarily follow. the technical problems seem to affect some generations of consoles more than others, e.g. xenon or zephyr. those problems may also cause some freezing screens.
xbox 360 technical problems
the xbox 360 system software includes built in software emulation support for the original xbox game system. software emulation is achieved with downloadable emulation profiles, which require a hard drive. not all original xbox games are supported; the last reported update to the compatibility list was in 2007 and support has since been discontinued for adding new titles. there are more than 400 titles on the list which covers most of the big name titles, and as a requirement for backwards compatibility the users have to have a hard drive for their xbox 360, specifically an official microsoft-brand xbox 360 hard drive. in contrast, xbox 360's successor, the xbox one console was not backward compatible at launch, but after applying the november 2015 "new xbox one experience" system update it also supports a select group of xbox 360 games using a software emulator, similar to xbox 360's backward compatibility feature. however, there are also notable differences between the ways of their emulations—unlike xbox 360's emulation of the original xbox, by xbox one's emulation of the xbox 360 games do not have to be specifically patched but instead need to be repackaged in the xbox one format.
xbox 360 system software