"christmas lights" on a stock xbox

I just joined afterdawn today so I don't really know where thsi si supposed to go. Anyway I have a stock xbox with no warranty that turns on/off 3 times then flashes red and green with no audio or video. It wasnt opened before I got it but I don't know if it was sofmodded or not. It was a pawnshop xbox. It is a v1.4 or v1.5.

 

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/332766

 

well no offense but I know how to hot swap and I don't really see hwo hotswapping can help me with my problem. I also know how to unlock, rebuild, clone, and lock an xbox hd and ive hotswapped b4.

 

Arte you sure that it wasnt opened! That sounds like a bad (chip) install to me or a hardware failure!

 

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ok it was opened by me but by no one else, and I am sure it hasn't been hard modded. I was also told to try burning enigma's video mode switcher onto a dvdr and put it in my xbox and start pressing "b" to change the video mode to ntsc but my dvdrom drive couldnt read it. And I really don't see how making the hd stock again will make it stop "christmas light"ing.

 

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Anyting on the screen? I'm pretty sure there isnt but is there? Hotswop is a software soloution, this prob is likely hardware

 

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I get nothing on video and I hear no audio, also the xbox is stock which means is hasnt been hard modded which means it hasnt been modded with a mod chip.

 

get a chip

 

there is no error code if there is no video.

 

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ok if all u wanna post is just hotswap, plz quit posting, hotswapping cant fix a hardwar eprob plus I HAV ENO VIDEO. HOT SWAPPING CAN'T EVERYTHING

 

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thats wat i woulda did

 

i need help with hotswap

 

wats the problem we are here to help lol

 

error 16 i suk at this hotwaping crap

 

Return is your best option. It would be very hard to troubleshoot a hardvare failure. Did they tell you is wasn't working when you bought it.