My xBox 360 catches the ring of death.
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I’ll admit one of the reasons I haven’t been blogging much is because I’ve re-discovered the joys of playing on my xbox 360 online late into the night. However a couple days ago I turned on my xBox and got the infamous red ring of death which means multiple hardware failure.
So I called tech support and they’ll be sending me a pre-paid mailer to mail out my xBox for repair. Repair time takes approximately 3-4 weeks. Good news for the couple hundred or so people that read this blog can expect to see more posts. Bad news in that I was just starting to get really addicted to the online multiplayer experience.
Here’s my actual xBox with the red ring of death:
Apparently Microsoft is handling the problem fairly well as the leading cause is believed to be the lead-free solder that’s now used which isn’t as resilient as the older tin solder. Microsoft has reserved over a billion dollars for this problem to spend $100 on every existing Xbox 360 to fix them, or enough to replace every third xBox 360 ever made.
All in all I’m glad I don’t have to put up a fight to get my 360 fixed. Microsoft simply admitted there are faulty units and they’ll fix them. The warranty was also extended 3 years to cover every xBox 360 ever made.