Xbox 360 is a videogame console designed and developed by Microsoft Corporation. By means of Xbox, Microsoft entered the hardware industry. The Xbox’s hardware was totally designed and developed by Microsoft. The chip’s program codes were also written by the Microsoft programmers only. Now, Microsoft has developed its area of interest towards the hardware field also. Though they are the leaders in software making, the hardware might give them a better chance to show case their own software’s in them in an efficient manner. Hence Microsoft developed the console device that would support all Microsoft games in it.
UNUSUAL BLINKING OF LIGHTS
The LEDs will be mostly glowing in green color during its operating condition unless there is any problem in the motherboard. If, there happens to be any problem then the LEDs will be glowing in red in color to inform the user about the condition of the console. Generally, the type of error depends upon the number of red lights blinking in the power ring area. There may be one or two or three or four red lights glowing when any problem occurs. For example, when your console gets heated up you can see two red lights in the power ring area. Thus for each and every problems the consoles hardware are designed to inform the user in this fashion along with a error message on the screen. But, recently the Xbox 360 has been reported with three red light error. Majority of them have complained only about this kind of problem. The user complaint is that the error E 74 often occurs on the screen and spoils the game in the middle. This error has become a nightmare for many gamers and they used to call this as a ‘Red Ring of Death’ or the RRoD.
ORIGIN OF THE PROBLEM
The problem that has occurred in all the consoles after serious analysis is found to be caused by the overheating. The overheating is due to the failure of the cooling system. Though the console is provided with an intercooler to cool the hardware components still there is a problem of overheating. After serious of research works it was found that the problem is with the ventilation. The console design has failed to provide the necessary cooling from the surrounding environment by means of having few ventilation gaps for the air flow.
VIDEO SAMPLES
Three red lights error can be solved by either giving the console to a service centre or you can try repairing own. Because of large number of complaints, Microsoft has increased the warranty period of the console to three years. Hence for consoles which have a valid can use this opportunity to repair your console at free of cost. But, for other consoles you need to pay for the repairing. For those who have difficulty in repairing their consoles due to economic reasons there is a simple way where you can solve the problem without wasting your money and time. You can search guides related to the red light errors in the internet. There are even videos related to this issue hence you can even download them and can do your repairing. Around 90% of people who used this technique in solving the red light error were found to be successful.
