Xbox 360 red rings on GDC show floor
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2-19-2008 @ 4:21PM
DjDATZ said...
There is NO key. Mine has always been lying down and I've had 2 red-rings like that. RRoD is pretty much completely RANDOM. Only thing you can pretty much guarantee with the RROD is that there is a 99% chance that you WILL get hit. lol
2-19-2008 @ 7:41PM
dylan said...
All I know is my xbox is on its side and has had no problems, I put my Wii standing up and it fried.
2-19-2008 @ 4:23PM
saylorsgang said...
Fool-proof way to not get RROD, don't turn it on.
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2-19-2008 @ 4:24PM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
Like I said on another forum, it's not really surprising.. It's just like 95% of the PS3's I see frozen at nearly every store I've been to. Small enclosures = Bad
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2-19-2008 @ 7:41PM
John Maroli said...
PS3's official failure rate is 0.02. Thats 1 in 500.
2-19-2008 @ 7:59PM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
@ John
I'm not sayin they have a bad failure rate or anything, hell I've had Zero issue with my PS3.. my Wii & 360 on the other hand, different story. I'm just sayin every time I go somewhere where there is a PS3 on display it's frozen almost every time I see it. Not because of hardware failure but probably because of the crappy enclosure they're put in.
2-19-2008 @ 8:30PM
CL34N3R said...
.02 would be one in 5000, not 500.
2-19-2008 @ 9:39PM
darth balls said...
pretty sure you moved the decimal 2 places on that one, so it is 2 percent which is 1 out of 50, nice try though guys. 16 percent is still bad but it is already about half of what it was said to be before so it is improving.
i must say this pic is hilarious, i'm surprised MS dont have about 10 secret service like security guards standing in front of the thing. it's almost like no one cares. at least turn the thing off.
2-19-2008 @ 4:27PM
stinger503 said...
Embarassing to Microsoft? This is nothing, anyone remember when Bill Gates got the blue screen of death during a presentation? Or when he was on tv with conan o'brian and the Media Center (maybe) wouldn't work with his remote? That's embarassing.
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2-19-2008 @ 4:36PM
Christopher said...
"The Red Ring of Death", oh noes!.
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2-19-2008 @ 4:40PM
DiddlyKong said...
What is the Red Ring of Death?
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2-19-2008 @ 4:42PM
Magic Whiskey said...
When your 360 dies.
2-19-2008 @ 4:41PM
Magic Whiskey said...
The moral to the story really should be a good one; odds are if you have this, or have had this happen to you, you didn't cause it.
I agree with some of you guys too.. never display your console vertically. I've had one brick up on me and it was positioned vertically.
Now, I sit mine horizontally with two empty DVD cases underneath, allowing a better airflow. It doesn't hurt.
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2-19-2008 @ 4:58PM
xboxlivesucks said...
your an idiot.
2-19-2008 @ 5:41PM
Magic Whiskey said...
Read the following comment to see me burned...ooh...
2-19-2008 @ 5:14PM
Psymon0666 said...
um has anyone else noticed that it's only showing 3 Red lights...a 3 Quarter ring
and not 4 red lights...a FULL ring
which means that the power supply was probably not fully connected. I got the same red lights yesterday twice,when the power in my house Blinked due to the Storm outside. so I just reset my system and it was fine.
no death.... more like a cardiac arrest.
that X-box in the Video right there was just shotty Techman work.
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2-19-2008 @ 5:25PM
matt said...
uh 3 red lights is death, from 3 o'clock to 12 o'clock... not 4 quadrants
2-19-2008 @ 5:26PM
Amber said...
Wrong.
3 rings = RRoD
4 rings = mistaken power
Don't believe me? Use the google to search "red ring of death" and you'll see the 3 rings are RRoD. And go to your xbox, unplug the power, and note what pattern you see there.
2-19-2008 @ 5:27PM
Ashraam said...
Actually, the RRoD is only 3 flashing lights. If I'm not mistaken, 4 red lights means the AV cables aren't attached properly.
There are cases where the 3 red lights can be caused by a problem with the power supply. I'd guess that's what caused yours to show up.
2-19-2008 @ 5:40PM
Thursdae said...
3 Lights is RRoD
4 Lights is usually just some kind of small error. IE- AV Cables loose, Power Cable loose, Hard Drive issue.