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My friend is having a problem to where his Xbox turns itself off within the first few minutes it's on. He let it set and didn't play it for a few days and it still turns itself off within the first few minutes. Dunno what could be wrong with it and it's really not that old. It's a Xbox Slim and I'm pretty sure it's not even a year old yet.

EDIT: He said that it was turning itself on and off all night last night.
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An xbox will turn itself off if it reaches a certain temperature, to protect the console from overheating. Check to make sure the fans are operating properly.
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Mooses wrote An xbox will turn itself off if it reaches a certain temperature, to protect the console from overheating. Check to make sure the fans are operating properly.
It turns itself off literally within the first 3-5 minutes it's on.
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It will keep going on and off if its too hot, he would have to let it cool for a while, hope this helped.
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There is a chance of an electric shortage in your system or you could possible overheating it causing it to shut off at random points.
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cursedday wrote
Mooses wrote An xbox will turn itself off if it reaches a certain temperature, to protect the console from overheating. Check to make sure the fans are operating properly.
It turns itself off literally within the first 3-5 minutes it's on.

I know but on one of my old xboxs the fans were barely working and it would turn off due to heat in a couple minutes. Just make sure the fans are pulling out air, put a piece of paper right behind it to check, if not then I'm not positive what it could be.
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It could be overheated, or there could be a problem where the xbox isn't receiving power
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Finking wrote It will keep going on and off if its too hot, he would have to let it cool for a while, hope this helped.
He didn't play it for 3 days I think. He got on like 10 minutes ago and it turned itself off 2 times in 10 minutes.
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It might not be getting enough power, Check the power bar, Im pretty sure if its red it means its not getting enough power, Get him to try it in a diffrent room thats not on the same breaker as the room where his xbox is
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that happens to me you just need to warm the xbox up use a hair dryer or something its because he hasent turned it on for a few days and its nothing to do with over heating


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