I bought a used 360. I want to plug it into my VGA monitor, but I don’t have the cable for it yet. But before buying that, I want to make sure the unit works at all.
I’ve hooked everything up the way it should (except for the TV), but the 360 wont turn on. The light on the power brick is orange when plugged into the wall and gets a little brighter when I plug it into the 360 as well – not sure if that means anything. I think I bought a lemon, but I want to make sure. So does your 360 turn on when you don’t have a screen attached?
(To clarify: The box does nothing at all. It’s not a red ring or anything like that.)
Not having any AV cable hooked up to it will cause it to flash all 4 rings as red before booting up. If it’s doing nothing, I’ll vote that it’s a brick now.
OK, thanks everyone. Tried everything, but it won’t budge. I officially bought an expensive doorstop. Nuts.
Hey, and @Solder: I feel mildly insulted by your insinuation. But I’ll forgive you. To prove it, I can give you a good price on a fine XBox. No red ring or anything.
I did say good luck recouping your money. Meant no offense, just see the same 3-4 Xbox’s constantly resold on my local craigslist. That’s pretty common sadly.
You can always use the shell to make a custom stick!
@BlindWithOneArm: You mean this guy? OK. I figured I’d just sell it on eBay or locally (as “broken” of course). Why him (her?)?
@Solder: Nah, don’t worry, I’m not at all offended. Just goofing around. The idea of making a stick is neat, though. The 360 does have a nice “lap-shape”. I’ll think about it.
Yup, I see this all the time on my setup because I have my sexbox hooked up to my receiver via hdmi. If the receiver is off you get that little light on but no green rings.
