How LONG DOES MY 360 HAVE TO BE ON TO GET THE RING OF DEATH?

Question

PLEASE HELP

Answer 1

Why would you want the ring of death?

Answer 2

The red ring of death cannot be forced and it does not come from being on too long. It is a hardware problem found in many of the early 360's. You do not want to get it because it means your xbox is done and if you want to force it, the only way to do it involves voiding your warranty so you can no longer get it fixed for free.

Answer 3

u get the real ring of death wen something is wrong with ur hard or softwear u get the fake one wen somthing isnt pluged in right, so theres no way to tell how long, ive had mine for a yr and havent gotten the red ring of death

Answer 4

It's not about leaving it on a long time.  It's about poor manufacturing with a chip or something similar in there.  If you bought yours prior to a certain date (what the date is, I can't remember,) you're almost guarenteed to get the red ring.  They have since improved whatever it was so if you bought the 360 recently or had to send it in...you'll probably be fine.

Ours got the red ring about 2 years ago.  Sent it in (had to fight for it to be free of charge...but we got it,) and we haven't had a problem since.  And we leave ours on days on end.