Here's How Microsoft Solved The Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death

When the Xbox 360 released Microsoft jumped ahead by a year over the PS3, but the cost due to rushing the system to market would end up being a costly one. Today I wanted to take a look at how Microsoft worked to solve the Red Ring of Death with a massive revision over the course of 5 years with the introduction of the Xbox 360 Slim.

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[jamesgriffyn]

Her: What are you watching?
Me: *History Channel*

[thelonewolf]

If my memory serves me correctly, they fixed the red rings by implementing a new motherboard design and the new Jasper chip set. That was the reason why I bought the 360 elite modern warfare 2 edition back in 2009. I previously had the original 360 which died numerous times with red rings. Since I bought the elite in 2009, I never once had an issue especially with the amount of hours spent playing Modern Warfare 2, Halo and Gears. Then with Microsoft’s ridiculous new policies for the new Xbox One in 2013, I jumped ship back to PlayStation and bought the PS4. Now, in 2021, I bought the new Xbox Series S. It’s nice to be back.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I took out and played my 360 elite a few months ago and it still works like new. Had some nostalgia moments especially seeing my friends list. Most of them are offline since 10 years ago. You wonder what they’re all doing now in life. 2007-2012 was a unique time for online gaming as a teenager. Great memories. Time is flying

[rodmunch]

I returned my 360, seven times for RROD - after the 8th time of it breaking, I just gave up and eventually bought a new redesigned model. My friend however, he returned his eleven times, then magically got an original design model that is still working today. The entire thing was a huge cluster.

[MrBirchieBirch]

"How Microsoft solved the Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death"

Money...lots and lots of money!

[_strayfer_]

They removed the red LED lights. Problem solved.

[AlexanderDiviFilius]

Fair play to Microsoft, they’ve always ensured that something like the hardware issues that plagued the early 360s can never happen again. Every Xbox One and Series model has had overbuilt cooling, allowing it to consistently outperform the equivalent PlayStations, both thermally and in terms of quietness.

[UptownErik]

I remember getting my 360 back in late 2006 with TES: Oblivion, super excited when unboxing the system. The first fault right out of the box was the external power supply that had a weird creaking sound and terrible coil whine. Later that week the disc drive stopped reading my discs. Replaced it, the second one did the same thing. Replaced it a second time, got a system that would stop reading the disc in the middle of a gaming session. After this my local Gamestop (EB Games in Sweden back in the day) stopped believing me and made me contact Microsoft directly. With them I had to get the same machine replaced three times, two for RROD (one day before the release of Halo 3, thanks Microsoft!!) and one more time for the faulty disc drive. My friends with Xboxes had to get them replaced at least two times, one of them four times. Oh boy, how I miss gaming with my old pals in Gears of War and Halo 3, the quality of the Xbox hardware on the other hand not so much...

[thedavegamer]

I remember taking apart my 360s for the first time for a deep clean... it took me 4 hours

[PrinsessePeach]

You can’t replace the DVD drive in the Xbox 360 as it’s paired with the console via encryption key. This was to prevent users replacing the stock drive with a modded one.

[Rowlett]

“I got this on eBay, and there’s stuff floating around inside, so this could be fun”

[Kai-vozq]

Watch Peter Moore’s (Former Head of Xbox) interview with Phil Spencer and Seamus (Founder of Xbox). Its amazing how he went in depth with how they had to deal with it. If it wasn’t for Steve Balmer, the Xbox brand literally would have been dead. He did not hesitate throwing down over 1 billion dollars to save the Xbox brand. IGN interview Xbox bosses @ 51:00 in case you wanna see how they had to deal it.

[smgofdvld]

I was playing Nintendo ds during this time but yeah the amount of replacements my friend got oof he got his changed like 4 times lol

[TubbyJ]

when my 360 elite finally died, i remember white dots on screen while playing Outrun XBLA. only a day or 2 later i got my RROD. It died on a Thursday, and the next day was payday, so i went right out and bought a Xbox 360 S after work was finished. I remember moving the licensees and re-downloading data took a whole day though.

[Tgbec]

When my original 360 died, I took it apart and kept its heat sink in its memory.

[thebaccathatchews]

It wasn't a flaw, it was a feature.

[MPYarnall]

Love my 360 S. I bought it brand new in 2010 and it's been perfect ever since.

[Preskryption]

Experienced RROD 5 times, my console was always well ventilated. They refused to warranty it the last time and I was forced to buy the slim. Pretty shitty.

[Ylylguru]

Just looking at the 360 alone made me feel so nostalgic

[gurjindersingh]

3:44 Why does the Hard Drive have the same shape as an HDMI port?

[Theultrazombiekiller]

I have a 1st generation model (Q1 of 2006) that still works perfectly somehow. I do keep it very clean on the inside, have extra fans on the back, and I have gone in and replaced the thermal paste twice over the last 12 years on both chips to keep it active. Still works like a champ.