My 360 is screwed, what should I do.

[Lil Robot]

Getting your Xbox repaired for the RROD DOESN'T cost tons of money.
Call the Xbox Company, and give them the service number on the back of your Xbox.
They will send you a box to stuff your entire Xbox into, first put it back together, but take the hard drive off. (The storage device on top with the little sliver bar.) Mail it to the address it came from OR the address they gave you.
Once done, wait 5-6 days, and presto, you will have your Xbox all repaired, but you may get the 4 rings the first time you start it up due to fixes.
If you had markings or stickers, etc. on your Xbox, and they can't get it repaired, you'll notice it's fresh and clean. They gave you a new Xbox since you couldn't get yours fixed.

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[yuki]

Oh, and RRoD is now repaired free of charge.

[snot2]

mines disc drive since it stayed closed if you pressed the open button

[Rekuddo]

Getting your Xbox repaired for the RROD DOESN'T cost tons of money.

It's free if it's under warrenty, but it's $99 if it's out of warrenty.

[Messes]

 wait 5-6 days

LOL I WISH

[Saxophone]

Found some useful stuff on Wikipedia:

Some have confused General Hardware Failure with a similar looking error warning where four red lights appear, in which case the console does not detect an AV cable is plugged in.

The four lights can sometimes also be seen when power surges or very brief power outages occur while the console is running, in which the console needs to be unplugged and plugged back in again to reset the error. In newer consoles, there can be three lights flashing with a green light flashing in the center for power outages

EE Times reported that the problems may have started in the graphics chip. Microsoft designed the chip in-house to cut out the traditional ASIC vendor with the goal of hoping to save money in ASIC design costs. After the multiple product failures, Microsoft went back to an ASIC vendor and had the chip redesigned so it would dissipate less energy into heat

The game console heats up during use, and given enough time, the temperature inside can reach very high levels due to insufficient cooling. An overheated Xbox 360 is indicated by both left quadrants lighting up red. Because of the way the Xbox is constructed, this may result in stresses building up between the delicate ball grid array solder joints of the CPU and GPU and the motherboard, causing them to break. The problem is exacerbated by the specific type of lead-free solder used, a type which is more brittle than the older tin/lead solder that was used in the past and the GPU's location directly underneath the DVD drive. Microsoft needed to make room for the DVD Drive, so they shrank the heat sink

The Xbox 360 scratched disc problem received little media coverage in 2006;[38] however, in February 2007, the Dutch television program Kassa investigated several complaints from Dutch customers about circular scratches made in their Xbox 360 discs.[39] Some of these customers claimed that their discs became unreadable.[39] Kassa investigation traced the problem to a design defect in which the Xbox 360 optical lens was not restrained sufficiently.[

[Sockton]

the whole ring red means your A/V cords are not plugged in.

yes, that just happened to me today, i was like, "FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-"
but then i remembered it might be the power cord, i pluged it in all the way and it worked :D

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[Thorax]

Way to bump...

@OP: If you're still having problems, head over to www.acidmods.com. They have very helpful tutorials.

[GRAW2fan]

Usually if its out of warranty and it gets 3 red rings they do it for free.
Either that or fork up 99 dollers man.

[Joker Card]

you can get it repaired, but it will cost

[GRAW2fan]

you can get it repaired, but it will cost

Read post dates.

[Comatose]

I Saw A Vid From imSuck On YouTube And It was One Of His friends Calling Microsoft Game services They Can Try To Help You Without Having To Pay For Repairs

I'll Get You the Link To The Vid.

[TapeDeck]

I Saw A Vid From imSuck On YouTube And It was One Of His friends Calling Microsoft Game services They Can Try To Help You Without Having To Pay For Repairs

I'll Get You the Link To The Vid.

Typing Like This Makes You Cooler Than Caps Lock!

[bushner]

I got three rings last week and i just unplugged it, put it on a table and put a fan to cool it down. It worked :D