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The Red Ring of Death, also known as RROD, is a hardware failure in your Xbox. What it means is that that you need to ship your Xbox 360 to Microsoft to get it fixed.
If your XBox is no longer under warranty there is still some hope. The RRoD is a sign displayed by the XBOX 360's "Ring of Light" when there is some kind of hardware failure. While this can be caused due to excessive heat, which stresses the solder joints on the CPU and GPU.
What is the reason behind Red Ring of Death in XBox 360?
- Number 1 reason is the heat. There are a lot of high powered components within the Xbox 360 that are crowded into a small space. Each of these components emit a lot of heat.
- Microsoft uses lead free soldering because of the need to remove lead from all the places. Lead free solder tends to be more brittle.
- Microsoft failed to remove some foil on the heat sink.
- The soldering process was completed at too low a temperature. When solder which is lead free is heated to a lower temperature, the resulting joint is not strong enough to sustain.
How to remove the RROD error from your XBOX?
- First try to restart your XBOX.
- If restart did not work, there could be a loose cord or cable.
- If you are using a defective surge protector, plug strip, or extension cord, your xbox may not be getting adequate power. Try plugging the power brick directly into the wall.
- Try removing any dust buildup inside the machine.
- Cool off your console with a small fan.
- It may be possible that your console needs to be repaired. There is nothing additional you can do.
- The best thing to do is to keep your Xbox in a well ventilated room or one which is air conditioned - this will keep your Xbox 360 from overheating.
- There is plenty of video and information available on the Microsoft website for the problem which can help you repair the red ring of death - try to locate for instructions which shows some audio visual steps.
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