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Trever Hero Posted on Apr 26, 2014

Why does my Xbox randomly shut off on its own?

NOT ABOUT XBOX 360!!! This is about the original black Xbox from 2001. Everything seems to work fine, every game loads up without problem. But eventually, anywhere between 5-30 minutes it will power off on its own(with a faint clicking sound). There's no lights left on at all, it just completely powers off. To eliminate some irrelevant solutions; All button work fine, including power button. No blinking lights, no discolored rings. (This is the original Xbox, you only see lights when it's on. I don't want any useless 360 solutions) CD tray opens and closes without trouble. It's not too dusty, at least not enough to force a shutdown. Cords aren't twisted, they've never been strained (never twisted tightly around controller/console) I don't have the warranty. I lost that almost a decade ago. OR an instruction manual. Please help me.

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    Trever Hero Apr 27, 2014

    I can't remember if it ever did, but the power button on the Xbox below the large eject button doesn't glow green when the Xbox is on, only the eject button lights up green

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    Trever Hero Apr 27, 2014

    Okay I think I found the problem.

  • Trever Hero
    Trever Hero Apr 27, 2014

    Poor ventilation. I had my Xbox in a shelf under my TV. I placed my Xbox on the floor in front of my TV, I played for hours without any problems.

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Sounds like it's overheating, try moving it to a well ventilated area

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 31, 2007

SOURCE: Xbox 360 Controller Shutdown

hi there

one common problem is if you have other 2.4gzh around the house

try turning off your phones (uniden is a really common one that interferes) or if you have a wireless router change it to a different channel and see if it helps.

good luck

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 01, 2007

SOURCE: Please insert this disc into a xbox 360 console white screen

I just had a similar problem, sent it away in it's coffin yesterday :(

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  • Posted on May 03, 2009

SOURCE: XBox 360 disc tray open

i have the same problem i called xbox and they said that it needs a new disk drive and it would be 100.00 so if you want it fixed youll nedd to call 18004myxbox and they will give you all the info on were to send it or for 100.00 more you can buy a new one like i did

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 19, 2009

SOURCE: Xbox 360 doesn't read games properly

3 Simple Steps to Fixing this problem :1.Take out and disks in the tray and turn it off. 2.Lay the XBOX 360 Horizontally and give the xbox 5-10 medium bangs with your palm or fist (top Left of the XBOX). 3.Turn it on, Put in a Game ! SUCCESS ! Hope it Helps There is a vid, Hope this helped. =D

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  • Posted on Feb 20, 2010

SOURCE: cd tray on xbox 360 will not open or close. Light

Trying tapping on the door. May or may not help. It helped my friend.

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