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Pineapple · 22-06-2009, 06:19 PM

Well, this is my second xbox360 in a month, and I've already gotten problems within a week of getting a new one. This time, I thankfully haven't gotten the dreaded RROD, however, I have managed to acquire a mystifying problem. Every once in a while my video picture will get fuzzy, with lots of static and with extreme saturation of blues/greens. This goes away immediately after a quick on/off, but it requires me to drop what I'm doing and restart, which is not convenient. I have a feeling its probably the AV cables, as I have been switching them in/out often, and once they were quite forcibly ripped out at an odd angle when my TV took a tumble. And anyway, my current console is only 2.5 weeks old. It seems to happen most when a lot is onscreen, eg. a fusion coil explodes in front of my face in Halo3. But it also has happened to me right as I turn on my console. So, anyone know whats going on? Had this problem? Will continuing to play affect my console? I can't quite send my console to MS yet, and I'm not sure if I'm under warranty (I got it from an ebay seller). I'm willing to just buy a new AV cable, but they aren't cheap, and I rather not waste money on it if it isn't needed.

22-06-2009, 06:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pineapple Xbox 360 Member GamerCard: SubtlePineapple SubtlePineapple Read my Xbox 360 Blog Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 42	Video goes static, extreme saturation with green/blues Well, this is my second xbox360 in a month, and I've already gotten problems within a week of getting a new one. This time, I thankfully haven't gotten the dreaded RROD, however, I have managed to acquire a mystifying problem. Every once in a while my video picture will get fuzzy, with lots of static and with extreme saturation of blues/greens. This goes away immediately after a quick on/off, but it requires me to drop what I'm doing and restart, which is not convenient. I have a feeling its probably the AV cables, as I have been switching them in/out often, and once they were quite forcibly ripped out at an odd angle when my TV took a tumble. And anyway, my current console is only 2.5 weeks old. It seems to happen most when a lot is onscreen, eg. a fusion coil explodes in front of my face in Halo3. But it also has happened to me right as I turn on my console. So, anyone know whats going on? Had this problem? Will continuing to play affect my console? I can't quite send my console to MS yet, and I'm not sure if I'm under warranty (I got it from an ebay seller). I'm willing to just buy a new AV cable, but they aren't cheap, and I rather not waste money on it if it isn't needed.