3 red leds flashing after Hitachi drive flash.

[joe2025]

Hi all.

Sent my Hitachi drive away to be flashed, and got it back today.

Connected it all back up, and now it has 3 red leds flashing when i power it up, have checked all connections and they seem to be ok.

Its the 1st, 3rd and 4th led that are flashing red.

Any help fixing it greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

Joe.

PS - Never happened before the drive was flashed.

[lhys09915]

sounds like hardware failure.send the drive back telling them exactly what's wrong.

[joe2025]

Ok, a bit of an update.

It came on, but takes a few power ups to do so.

I think it maybe an overheating problem, as its getting really hot, and it never did b4.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Joe.

[lhys09915]

take it apart. and clean inside.make sure the heatsink is clean.i had a freind who gave me his to fix.i had to remove the heatsinks and put some good quality heatsink compound on.that sorted it.

[orangeman]

Sections 1, 3, and 4 are flashing red
- General Hardware Failure
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The specific type of hardware failure can be determined by a "hidden" error code
Turn the xbox 360 on, and wait till the 3 red lights are flashing.
Press and hold the sync up button (the small white one), while holding that button press the eject button.
The LEDs will now blink the first number in the code (as described below).
Release the eject button and press it again.
The LEDs will now blink the second number of the code.
Release the eject button and press it again.
The LEDs will now blink the third number of the code.
Release the eject button and press it again.
The LEDs will now blink the forth number of the code.
Release the eject button and press it again.
The LEDs will go back to the 3 red flashing lights.
You should be able to determine the difference between the 3 flashing lights and the error code lights by the rate in which they flash.

Here is how you interpret the LEDs to get the code number:
All four lights flashing - 0
One light flashing - 1
Two Lights flashing - 2
Three lights flashing - 3
0001 power supply problem
0002 power supply problem
...
0010 over heating
0011 over heating
0012 over heating
0013 over heating
...
0020 (Not yet known, possibly overheating)
...
0102 unknown error
...
1022 (Not yet known)

THINGS TO TRY
Try restarting the console.
If restarting the console does not resolve the behavior, follow these steps:
Turn the console off.
Unplug all the power and AV cables from the console.
Unplug the power cord from the wall socket.
Firmly reconnect all the cables.
Turn on the console.
If these steps do not resolve the behavior, turn the console off, remove the hard drive, and then turn on the console. If the 3x Red LED error light is no longer displayed, turn the console off, re-attach the hard drive, and then turn on the console.