Gaming Strange Red Ring Encounter

[Mars]

So I just came back from vacation and I decide to try out my then unopened 360 elite. Immediately, I receive three red rings. However, after waiting a while,
I come back and the starts normally. It has been fine so far, but does anyone have an explanation for this? Forgot to add, I did have the package in my luggage.

 

[light_kun]

Sometimes that happens to me too, I just turn it off and turn it back on. Somehow it magically works.

 

[Mangofett]

RROD isnt always over heating, its general hardware failure... which isn't good, get a replacement at a store.

 

[754boy]

Same thing happened to me last week. Started of with the mysterious sudden RROD. Then it escalated to full time RROD a day later.

 

[Mars]

Ah well I can't return seeing as though it's a gift.

 

[Mangofett]

Ah well I can't return seeing as though it's a gift.

Go to Walmart, say you lost the receipt, and want an exchange.

 

[deathfisaro]

One of the most frequent non-permanent RROD is power problem. They can range from electrical surge to contact being loose.
I guess your console could have picked up some charges from static electricity, 360's ground isn't a true ground AFAIK.

 

[GN-001 Exia]

LOL I am still on my launch X360 and haven't had any kind of problem with it.

 

[MC DUI]

One of the most frequent non-permanent RROD is power problem. They can range from electrical surge to contact being loose.
I guess your console could have picked up some charges from static electricity, 360's ground isn't a true ground AFAIK.

This is true, whenever I get a power surge at home my 360 shuts down and starts flashing the 3 reg rings.

Just a reboot and everything is normal again, hopefully this is what happened to you.