Zeta Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 OK, today I was playing some Knights of the Old Republic and I noticed this wavy type of thing going down my screen. So I turned my game off and made sure all plugs were in tight. I played again for about a half hour with nothing wrong. Then I stopped for about 30 minutes and decided to play again. In the middle of a starship battle (where you control the gun turret for those who play this game) the wave thing started again. Then suddenly the game itself turns off. The screen goes black, but my X Box is still on with nothing showing up on the screen. There are no scratches or anything on the disk, so that's not a problem. Any ideas of what can be wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petie Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 [color=blue]Could be an actual Xbox problem. I'm not sure what would cause it but you can check to see if it is by just playing something else for the same amount of time.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50 cent Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 [COLOR=Blue][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial]Well I can most likely tell you what is wrong with your xbox, but first I need you to tell me if it does this with every game or just that one, and if it does it to everyone do you here the sound or not, and does it read any cd's or dvd's. After you tell me this tell me if you even see the main screen thing( with the music thing and stuff). I will get back to you once you tell me what I need to know.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeta Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 It happens with all games I have tried so far(KOTOR, Halo, The Sufferng). It plays them for a bit, then the wave thing starts, and eventually it just shuts off. There is no sound. It just takes me to this black screen and stays there. Once the game shuts off like that, I cannot see the main screen. I was also thinking. Could this be a problem with my AV jacks? and not the X-Box itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natetron46 Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 i was thinking it could be a tv problem, but maybe not, 50 cent might have a better answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 [color=magenta]Here's My best Advise-trade in the X-Box and get a nice shiny new PS2. You'll thank me later.[/color] For real, though. It sounds liek the AV plugs, not the X-Box. Can you still hear? If so, it is. Wiggle the Visual plug (Usually the yellow one) until it comes back. If it doesn't, blow into the hole, then do it again. [size=1][font=Century Gothic]_[color=#ff00ff]-[/color][color=black]N[/color][color=#ff00ff]a[/color][color=black]t[/color][color=#ff00ff]e[/color][color=black]-[/color][color=#ff00ff]_[/color][/font][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeta Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 No there is no sound. I managed to play for about 45 minutes again today, but then it did the same thing. -_- It probably is the AV jacks....my T.V. is getting kinda old. I have a PS2...and I hate it. ;-) So no thanks incoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Well..then..I don't kow what's up with it. It's either the...check where the AV chord plugs into the X-Box. That may be messed up, or it may not. Cause that would affect both Audio and Visual. HOW DARE YOU DISS PS2!?!?!? j/k _-Nate-_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50 cent Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 [COLOR=Blue][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial]Well ZetaReticulum I think it could be shortages in the av wires. If not that your laser could be dying, or you have a shortage somewhere else. My advice just bring in to the place you bought it and ask them, they will most likely fix it for you or just send it in to get it repaired, and if it's not repairable then you get a brand new one. Hope I helped. [/FONT] [/SIZE] [/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gendou ikari Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 Roaches could possibly be living in your K-BOX. I'm serious. It happened to me. Or since you mentioned the fact that it has no sound, it's probabaly just that your Audio video cable is broken. Try bying a new one. Thats all I can come up with. If your desperate enough then pay 99 dollars to get it fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasil Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 I've had the same issue with KOTOR, so it's not your Xbox, or your game, or your AV Cables--well, not your AV Cables exactly. For the longest time, I've had both my DVD player AV cables and game system AV cables going into my TV's plugs. I would constantly have to switch them in and out when I would want to play Cube, then switch again to play Xbox. I started getting the lines in KOTOR; they were most noticable in the Undercity on Taris. Back when I had the 'box in my basement, when I had a set-up that was less than optimal (going right into the TV/VCR), I had the waves. Here's what I did. I bought a switcher box, Pelican's Universal Game Selector. You can get it for cheap, 20 bucks or less. Try that before getting a new TV, lol. I plugged all my systems and DVD player into it, and it consolidated everything into one set of AV cables. I tried out KOTOR, no waves at all. Tried a few other games, no waves at all. I honestly think the problem is that the Xbox AV cables just aren't made for certain types of connections, and bringing your system in won't help a cable problem, but certainly don't invest in third-party cables, [i]especially[/i] Mad Catz. Stay away from the Catz. They make great non-electronic accessories (carrying cases, etc), but their controllers/memory cards/cables will destroy your system, lol. As for the Shutting down issue...my Xbox does that occasionally, as well. Every system has mechanical glitches like that. Cube freezes occasionally, my Xbox does, too. PS2 fails more often than either. Hope that helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petie Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 [color=blue]I use an AV switch too. If the problem is as simple to fix as that, it's worth the $20. If that doesn't fix it, at least you now have a game switch. It is very helpful when trying to connect multiple systems to one TV.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50 cent Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 [COLOR=Blue][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial]Well Petie and Bean all av jacks work the same, there is nothing new or different aobut any of them so it is not about if it is made for those av jacks because they are all the same. It is simply his xbox, not the av cables because he does not see it on the tv or does he hear it. There for there is a shortage in his xbox.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pruester Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 i mite have an answer to the problem, do you play dvds in your xbox. Cause i was informed by microsoft that dvds weaken the laser in an xbox and ps2. So you prolly want to get it fixed or buy a new one lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasil Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Fiddy, if it were only his Xbox, and [i]not[/i] an issue with the AV cables that are packaged with every Xbox sold, then I wouldn't have had the same problem, now would I? lol. If it's a problem exclusive to [i]his[/i] system, then I should not have had any problem at all. But the fact of the matter is, that I experienced the [i]same exact[/i] problem he did, and the solution I offered, the Switcher Box, solved the problem at a minimal cost. The Waves issue is not exclusive to his Xbox, lol, nor his copy of KOTOR. If the AV cables work fine on your system, fine. You don't see the waves. But Zeta here is getting waves, and I've gotten the waves in the past, so clearly, all cables do not work the same, even though they may be the exact same cable. Get what I'm saying? Different entertainment center configurations may give a better or worse picture, and that's what's happening here. [quote][font=Arial][size=1][color=#0000ff]because he does not see it on the tv or does he hear it[/color][/size][/font][/quote] And this piece of evidence does not outright confirm that his Xbox is the issue. In fact, it only further strengthens the analysis that his AV cables are the issue here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petie Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 [font=Verdana][color=blue]I agree with Bean on this one. Not only wiill the A/V switch most likely fix the problem (going on what Bean said), it will also provide a convinence in hooking up multiple systems. Using it, you can plug 5 things in (to the Pelican model) using standard A/V or S-Video cables. The, only 1 set of wires goes out of that box and into the TV so you don't have to keep switching cords if you only have one set of A/V jacks.[/color][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desbreko Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 [color=indigo]Yeah, you can't rule out the posibility of it being the AV cables. They may be standard AV cables, but there could be a bad connection somewhere between them and the TV. Running them through something else might fix the problem, but I might just suggest trying a different set of AV cables before going out and buying anything. (Unless, of course, you don't have any other AV cables around). If that is the case, with it being a bad connection, it could cause the picture/sound to go funny and/or cut out. No audio/video signal getting though the AV cables to the TV means a blank screen with no sound, exactly as he described it. One thing you might try when it cuts out, is wiggling the AV cables or uplugging and then plugging them back in and seeing if it does anything. If it does affect it, then you'll know it's something with the AV cables.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petie Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 [color=blue]I agree with you here. I was just saying that if he was going to get the switch, it wouldn't be completly usless. I have had a bad set of A/V cables giving me a blank screen and no sound but what he seems to be describing is waves and lines [i]in the picture[/i] which means he can see what's going on.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desbreko Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 [color=indigo]Yeah, but stuff like that can also be caused by bad AV connections. I've had similar things happen on other consoles, and messing with the AV cables or RF switch fixed it. And he also did say it did the wavy thing for a while and then cut out altogether, so that's what I was refering to.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petie Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 [color=blue]Oh ok then. The other thing it could be though is the TV itself if it cuts out completly. THe TV I have downstairs has front AV jacks that are broken now and the video jack doesn't really work at all without holding it in a certain way. If this is the problem, the only way to fix it is to plug it in somwehre else, use S-Video, or try to bring it in to get fixed.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natetron46 Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 i think it is probably the tv. i think the plug in is just broken, and as it is used, it slowly degrades into not working. repairing the tv is probably the best solution, or buy a new one :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeta Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 Yeah, it is the connection on my T.V. I went and plugged my DVD player in yesterday, and the same thing happened. Waves occured, and the screen started to flash a bit. I went and moved the cords around in the av plug thing on the T.V. and managed to get picture back. That is what I have been doing so far, just moving the cords around when something is going on. I'll be investing in that A/V switch box as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Don't Care Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Wow! This post may be old, but so is the problem with the A/V cord for X-Boxes. If you got one when it just came out, or around that time, then there might be a technical error with the cord itself. As of now, X-Box has a policy of replacing that cord (I don't know why they would bring up the problem now and I don't know why all the cords will suddenly malfunction..at once). Anyways, if you call 1-800-4MY-XBOX they will replace it for you. It was free of charge last I checked, but we haven't had customers with that problem in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 I actually got a letter in the mail from them about replacing it, but I registered my system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamuro Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 yeah, I got the same, I've heard they've had a lot of certain re-occuring problems, and if it is the X-BOX it might be wise to see if you can get some kind of refund or something, considering you have a warranty or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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