the 3 rrod could be associated with the overheating of the xbox which is 2 lights i know this because i've experienced this just this past week yeah and almost always when u turn xbox off then on its really hard to pull off a green light.in a couple of months i will buy a xbox 360 elite which is now $299.99 my xbox miraculously worked with the towel trick during the past year until a week ago when it died completely