What Causes Red Ring of Death on the Xbox 360? Heck, What is the Red Ring of Death Anyway?
A common problem of the Xbox 360 is when three flashing red lights from three o'clock to twelve o'clock appear around the power button on the front of the Xbox -- the upper right quadrant is the only one that does not flash red. This is commonly referred to as the Xbox 360 red ring of death and indicates that the unit is experiencing a general hardware failure.
Basically, there could be any number of things wrong with your Xbox 360. However, the most common cause of the red ring of death is GPU and/or CPU failure caused by the Xbox overheating.
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Contents at a Glance
- Dust and Heat Can Cause the Red Ring of Death
- Has Your Xbox 360 Got The Red Ring Of Death?
- The Nyko Intercooler Can Contribute to the Red Ring of Death
Dust and Heat Can Cause the Red Ring of Death
Dust can also get into the fan axles and cause them to bind up. The dragging fans can place an extra demand on the power supply which can disrupt the constant voltage needed for the motherboard and the graphics processing unit (GPU) and the central processing unit (CPU). As a result, they will stop working and lock up, and you will get the Xbox 360 red ring of death.
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The Nyko Intercooler Can Contribute to the Red Ring of Death
However, it's possible for the intercooler to drain power from the console which can overheat the AC power input and result in hardware failure. Using a Nyko Intercooler can void your warranty if the RMA (return material authorization) processor notices the "brown discoloration" around the system's AC input that can be caused by using the intercooler.
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The heatsink, which absorbs heat from these chips, is clamped to the chips by a mechanism that creates upward pressure on a small point in the center of the chip. This pressure causes the motherboard to flex since it is secured to the base at the edges only (unlike a PC where the motherboard is screwed down in multiple areas).
So, the motherboard flexes breaking the solder connections on the CPU and GPU creating an intermittant problem which gets progressively worse.
These x-clamps can be replaced and this will fix this problem.
An Overheating AC Adapter Can Cause the Red Ring of Death
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- raf raf Sep 6, 2009 @ 5:41 am
- I have a regular xbox and i Also go the damn RROD, I had the 3 blinkin red lights! sucks totaly balls, my xbox couple weeks before i got it, was acting weird, tryen to read disks and not being able to, till i kept on open and closen it till it read the god damn dish. and while i was playen Fiffa 09 while i was in on line team play my screen would fucking freeze. then finnaly the thing just got the 3 red rings and would play disks or go to dashboard. So i brought it to a certrified Microsoft repair place near my house and i droped it off Froday, they said that they are wayen for a part for my 360 n to call them Tuesday.Can't wait to get my new wrking xbox!! i miss my baby.
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- tyler tyler Apr 11, 2009 @ 8:52 pm
- i've had my xbox for about 2 weeks and had been playing halo 3. when i was playing the screen turned green and white then the RROD apeared.
if you can tell me what happened email at clawblawk@yaho.com.
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- redringofdeath redringofdeath Apr 6, 2009 @ 7:00 am
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- Adam Adam Mar 31, 2009 @ 1:25 pm
- I was looking up at how you can tell if your Xbox is getting the Red Ring of Death, and I had none of the symtoms, so I was wondering whether it was the adapter that was causing it, as it is kept behind my T.V, Xbox and computer. When I turn my Xbox on aswell, the Xbox gets the RRoD, and the adapter makes a very weird buzzing noise. Doe's anyone know if this could be the cause?
Also, doe's anyone know if Play.com will take back my Xbox and replace it?
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- keith keith Mar 26, 2009 @ 5:17 am
- I had an Xbox elite for 9 days and got the RROD, havin used it for 45 mins. In that time the brick was not hot, nor the Xbox, however Argos replaced it without any questions, so the new one will be placed flat and the brick moved somwhere safer. I cant believe that they (Microsoft) make a console in such a shoddy manner, you dont buy a dvd player and expect to have to turn it off half way through a film because it isnt designed for you to see or view everything on the disk. They should spend their time designing new cooling methods.
In any event you should also be aware there is a known software issue from downloading the xbox live software, which begins with making the unit freeze (screen sticks with no responce at all, meaning it has to be turned off), and then leads to RROD (after about 1hour for me).
If anyone would like a thorough explanation of what happened to me, please get in touch, carbonpig@hotmail.co.uk
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