Microsoft Insider Details Xbox 360 Red Ring Problems

kylemonger writes "A blogger at the Seattle PI has interviewed a Microsoft insider about the Xbox 360 project. The insider purports to have the background story on the 'red ring of death' (RROD) failures and why they are so common. 'RROD is caused by anything that fails in the "digital backbone" on the mother board. Also known as a core digital error. CPU, GPU, memory, etc. Bad parts, incompatible parts (timing problems) bad manufacturing process (like solder joints), misapplied heat sinks or thermal interface material, missing parts, broken parts, parts of the wrong value, missed test coverage. Any one or more, on any chip, or many other discrete components, would cause this. And many of the failures were obviously infant mortality, where they work when they leave the factory and fail early in use. The main design flaw was the excessive heat on the GPU warping the mother board around it. This would stress the solder joints on the GPU and any bad joints would then fail in early life. There are also other significantly high failure rates in other areas, like the DVD.'"

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[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Xboxen dying?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm sorry, but that's damn funny

Re:Caused by NIGGERS!

[strtok_r]

Aspie.

Re:Preventative measures?

[JebusIsLord]

This is why the hubble telescope is still (AFAIK) running a 386 processor. Gadgets are getting more and more advanced, but they're also getting more and more delicate.

Anyhow, on topic:

I rue the day that my 360 dies, but that's because it's such a great console and I can't bare to be without it for 2 weeks! Anyone who says they won't get one because of this issue is being irrational... your warrantee will cover it. The only people who should be upset are MS shareholders.

qwerty

[Sithgunner]

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