The reasons why the Red Ring of Death occurs

On May 12, 2005, Xbox 360 was uncovered in MTV; Microsoft never thought that they would be facing technical problems. Microsoft denies the fact that Xbox 360’s failure rate is as high as 50% that is why they released an official statement claiming that the failure rate is just 5%. Due to heavy graphic use of a certain game, Xbox 360 may overheat and therefore fails to operate. Due to its imperfect design, once the Xbox 360 console overheats its making small damages to the solder joints and collectively will damage the whole system which leads to hardware failure. When the console heats up, the solders condense and extend leaving itself damages over time.

Repairing and/or replacing the units with the ring of death problem would approximately take up to 3-4 weeks depending on the owner’s location. Those who don’t have their warranty will have to pay a certain amount for shipping and handling.

Due to Microsoft’s warranty policy, the Xbox 360 community must do something to fix their own units by trying and testing different methods. This other ways to repair your Xbox units may work but only for a limited time.

1st method.

The amazing towel

The burning heat in the internal system would be decrease because the towel absorbs it. Allow some 30 minutes to pass, turn off the console, and get off the plug from the outlet. Your Xbox might be destroyed rather than being repaired. If sudden lose of power occurred, make sure to unplug the outlet before power comes back or the power surge may damage the internal circuits of your Xbox.

2nd Option.

Step-by-Step procedure in Xbox repair by means of Angles

It’s the method wherein you tilt your unit and its power supply. To provide an adequate air flow inside your Xbox unit. As long as you believe in that you’re doing the right thing, the ways in reaching it would not matter anymore. How long do you think your Xbox can withstand the 45 degree angle? Place an electric fan in front or beside your Xbox unit to counter the heat in the internal system. Protect the power supply at all times especially from children. Raise the power supply a bit higher from the ground.

3rd Option.

Teach yourself soldering

You can do the fixing of your Xbox so why spending money for shipping? Your warranty card might be declined if you forcefully open your Xbox. You must b 100% accurate in soldering the joints while avoiding all the other parts inside the Xbox. The internal wirings and design of Microsoft’s Xbox is very difficult to comprehend even those self-proclaimed expert.

The damage to your Xbox game console will be multiplied if you perform this approach.

I think I’ll be getting my own Xbox 360 since it’s the next big thing. Many things happened all through the years that went by. Red ring of death causes misfortune to them. The game console Xbox 360’s power button flashes according to what error occur.

Generally, an error code or something will pop up in the screen if only a single red light flashes. There are four red light indicators that surround the power button and when the two of them on the left side flashes, it conveys heating up inside the system. Shutdown your Xbox 360 game console ardently. A minor Audio-Video cable error is indicated by four red lights blinking around the power button. More importantly, don’t wait until you see the 3 red light flashing; start taking care of your Xbox game consoles now. When this happens, it’s time to ship your unit to Microsoft.

Many reasons exist in the existence of the hardwire failure. Most likely, it’s because of a damaged power supply maybe due to power usage. Turn off your game unit if there’s a storm in your ‘coz you might experience sudden surge in electricity. For the reason that your unit is still connected to the outlet, the red light will continue to blink. You can try repairing it in your own by just unplugging your console and then plug it in again. An electronic magazine says that all the overheating of the Xbox 360 units is blameable on its graphic chips. Microsoft puts sub-standard graphic chips that now have posed serious hardware problems. The red ring of death hardware problem has many factors behind it and one of them is the cold solder joints. The old tin-lead solders are already outdated. If not soldered well, it will cause bubbles or also known as cold solder joints. Change in temperature can also make these bubbles to crack, causing damage to the nearby parts. If Microsoft is using the high class solders, the bubbles or cold solder joints won’t even be happening.

It’s not really the end of the world when your Xbox is in the red ring of death state. Don’t experiment. Warranty is void or cancelled if you try to open you have your Xbox opened to another shop besides Microsoft. Microsoft is more than willing enough to accept your console for a price even if your warranty is expired already. There are lots of sources that you can find online in fixing your console. Other topic may work and others may not. Be polite in asking questions in the forum so that others take pity on you and will help you fix your Xbox.

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