Has the Xbox 360 Impeded You playing Your Top games because of the 3 red light Ring of Death?
I will tell you that your not alone, as it has happened to me a good Three times in 2 very short years. The first console lasted only 2 months from the date i bought it.
Which was ok because the game store just gave me a straight off replacement because it was still under warranty.
However, out of warranty its a right headache.
There is a cost of over $100 to send your console back to Microsoft, plus a cost of two weeks valuable, Game downtime.
Worse still is that I have heard a few reports that when the Xbox 360 consoles came back from Microsoft, the notorious 3 red lights of doom came back shortly afterwards.
So what causes the Hardware failure on the Xbox 360?
The root cause for the ring of death is the design of the heat sinks, mainly the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit).
The GPU Heat sink is underneath the DVD drive of the console, and because of this the heat sink is too small for the heat output of the GPU core. Its only 10mm (3/8) High. On the other hand, the CPU is about 50mm (2) High and is liquid cooled.
Microsoft, in the Elite changed the design slightly so that the liquid cooling extends to the GPU Which keeps the temperature Uniform between the GPU and the CPU and therefore decreases overall temperature that the system operates at.
So the effect of the heat generated is the warping of the motherboard, which cracks the lead free solder joints, causing the red ring of death.
The only free solution was the towel trick, but that can be even more problematic as it makes the warping even worse, and creates irreparable damage to the already weakened solder joints. I unfortunately, experienced this first hand.
As such, the nature of the internet being driven by money, if you wanted good reliable information, your going to have to pay for it. But at least I didn't have to give any money to Microsoft, Again!
I stumbled upon countless guides out there. Some claiming to fix the Xbox 360 in 30 minutes and some up to 2 hours.
Some guides were very good and offered good explanations, but some were shortened versions of the real good guides.
When I got to do the fix for the first time, it took about two hours. And thats with a degree in electronics! So is a half an hour fix feasible for someone thats not technically minded? So I created a page that gives a proper honest opinion on what guide to use. Narrowed down to a choice of Three.
For my top 3, click the link below. - 18299
I will tell you that your not alone, as it has happened to me a good Three times in 2 very short years. The first console lasted only 2 months from the date i bought it.
Which was ok because the game store just gave me a straight off replacement because it was still under warranty.
However, out of warranty its a right headache.
There is a cost of over $100 to send your console back to Microsoft, plus a cost of two weeks valuable, Game downtime.
Worse still is that I have heard a few reports that when the Xbox 360 consoles came back from Microsoft, the notorious 3 red lights of doom came back shortly afterwards.
So what causes the Hardware failure on the Xbox 360?
The root cause for the ring of death is the design of the heat sinks, mainly the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit).
The GPU Heat sink is underneath the DVD drive of the console, and because of this the heat sink is too small for the heat output of the GPU core. Its only 10mm (3/8) High. On the other hand, the CPU is about 50mm (2) High and is liquid cooled.
Microsoft, in the Elite changed the design slightly so that the liquid cooling extends to the GPU Which keeps the temperature Uniform between the GPU and the CPU and therefore decreases overall temperature that the system operates at.
So the effect of the heat generated is the warping of the motherboard, which cracks the lead free solder joints, causing the red ring of death.
The only free solution was the towel trick, but that can be even more problematic as it makes the warping even worse, and creates irreparable damage to the already weakened solder joints. I unfortunately, experienced this first hand.
As such, the nature of the internet being driven by money, if you wanted good reliable information, your going to have to pay for it. But at least I didn't have to give any money to Microsoft, Again!
I stumbled upon countless guides out there. Some claiming to fix the Xbox 360 in 30 minutes and some up to 2 hours.
Some guides were very good and offered good explanations, but some were shortened versions of the real good guides.
When I got to do the fix for the first time, it took about two hours. And thats with a degree in electronics! So is a half an hour fix feasible for someone thats not technically minded? So I created a page that gives a proper honest opinion on what guide to use. Narrowed down to a choice of Three.
For my top 3, click the link below. - 18299
About the Author:
John Devine is an Electronic Engineer and is Passionate about Xbox 360 Gaming. Full Information of his Top 3 are located here: Solve the 3 Red Lights Here
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