360 wont turn off

Well, not completely. I hit the power button to turn it off as usual, except the last three times the light goes off, but I can hear the system still running. I now have to physical remove the power cord every time. Anyone hear of this? 

I blame it on gremlins.  Nasty little buggers...

Have you tried turning if off from the Guide button? If you scroll all the way to the right and the bottom option is turn off console. I've never heard of this before though 

" Have you tried turning if off from the Guide button? If you scroll all the way to the right and the bottom option is turn off console. I've never heard of this before though  "

happens to me sometimes, too, but i just hold the power button and it turns off.  
isn't it to finish active downloads?

Yeah it happens sometimes...I just wait a little bit and it goes off.  

Sometimes if you have a controller charge cable plugged in, it will remain kind of running.

" Sometimes if you have a controller charge cable plugged in, it will remain kind of running. "

if you have it set to complete active downloads before shut off this will happen, it also will do this if you have a wireless controller plugged in via the play and charge or whatever that thing is called, it will fully charge the controller before it fully shuts down, just unplug the controller if you dont want it to do that

Are you charging a controller or have any active downloads going?

" Are you charging a controller or have any active downloads going? "

Happened to me once. Just hold down the power button till it shuts down.

I just got me a controller charger. Didn't know they did that. Thanks :)

I find that it eventually turns itself off. 

Happens to me too sometimes, I tried leaving it on for awhile but it didn't turn off and I had to manually do so.

Yep, that means it's either downloading stuff or charging controllers, and it's better to leave it to its business.

" happens to me sometimes, too, but i just hold the power button and it turns off.  isn't it to finish active downloads? "

1.when the system has gotten particularlly hot the fans will stay on to cool it down so no damage is incured.
2.you are downloading things the system will say in standby mode till stuff is downloaded.

" 1.when the system has gotten particularlly hot the fans will stay on to cool it down so no damage is incured. 2.you are downloading things the system will say in standby mode till stuff is downloaded. "

Make sure you turn off download mode. Make sure all usb devices are disconnected from the 360. It shouldn't do this after you've done all of this.

As well one should NEVER pull the cord out of the system when it still running this can kill your system.

Another note if you have a wireless controller hooked up it will stay on to recharge that controller.