Power Cord

Godmoney · 1 Week Ago

I just sent my 360 away to get fixed. On the instructions that came with my FedEX box, there was a picture of my power brick and the cord for it that plugs into the outlet on your wall. The picture showed a 3 prong power cord, but the one I use for my XBOX 360 is a regular two prong. I didn't think anything of it until after I sent the 360 in the mail.

I have reason to believe that I mixed up which power cord went with which thing when I had to move things around in my room a few months ago. My computer has a bunch of power cords that are three prong style, and I think I had extras that may have been mixed in after everything was all un-hooked. This may have caused my eventual over heating and breakdown... at least I have a hunch that it could of, since I am running the power cord into a six way power bar that has almost every spot taken up.

Anyway, I wanted to know what everyone else had here. My XBOX was manufactured in 2006, if that helps at all. So I want to know, did your XBOX 360 come with a normal two prong, or a three prong style for the power cord?

runmofo · 6 Days Ago

Any electric device can only draw a certain amout of amps and volts. I does not matter if it has 2, 3, or 25 prongs. There can however be a surge of power to a device. That is what surge protectors are for. I don't suspect that was the cause.

Godmoney · 6 Days Ago

Alright that is informative, but that doesn't answer my actual question.

Did your XBOX 360 come with a two prong plug, or a three prong?

If I mixed it up, Microsoft might send my console back.

GreenStreak · 4 Days Ago

2 prongs.