red ring of death

Thursday, October 8, 2009
Games

Xbox 360 ‘Repaired’ Three Times, Returns Each Time With Red Ring

3:20AM Mark Wilson | Andy Phifer, like many of us, faced a glowing red ring on his nonfunctional Xbox 360. Facing an RRoD warranty technicality, he sent Microsoft $US100 to make necessary repairs. Things didn’t go so well. Here’s his story: More »
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Games

Has Microsoft Finally Solved The Xbox RRoD Problem?

2:20AM John Herrman | Hey guys, have you heard? Xbox 360s die horribly, almost without fail. In the wake of some devastatingly terrible survey results, a third-party warranty company is saying that RRoD troubles are on the wane. More »
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
Games

The Shocking Inside Story of the Epic Defects That Killed Millions of Xbox 360s

5:00AM Matt Buchanan | Dean Takahashi, one of the most respected tech journos around, spent years putting together this mind-blowing expose that reveals the truly epic scale of the problems that lead to millions of dead Xbox 360s. It really is one of the most stunning flustercucks in gaming history. According to his account, Microsoft willfully ignored deep, systemic problems in the console’s production that reached from chipmakers—initially, only 16 out of every 100 of its IBM-made processors worked—to production lines, where just before launch, an unbelievable 68 percent of consoles made were clunkers.
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