The Red Ring of Death: What part EXACTLY does it effect on the Xbox 360, and how can you fix it?

Question

I am trying to learn more about the Red Ring of Death for Xbox 360. Mine has recently got it and while it is down and I am waiting for the box to send it in, I would like to do some investigating. If any of you are good at knowing/locating the electronic pieces of the Xbox 360 and know what the actual problem with the 3 red ring in the system is, please share. Also if you have any other information on the ring of death like how many people get it, etc. Please I am trying to do some research on this thing and am usually good at looking at things like this, but I do not know any of the parts the function in the system (I know where the hard drive is though). Thanks.

Answer 1

The RROD (Red Ring of Death) is caused by the GPU (usually) overheating because MS have a fatal flaw in their console - the x-clamp. I guess they wanted something that looked like an X since it is an Xbox!

I sell kits on ebay specifically designed to fix this issue (for a fiver) and over 1000 people have already successfully fixed their xboxes with my kit so chances are it will work for you too.

MS have $1 BILLION in the bank to fix RROD issues (and have extended the warranty to 3 years so if it's still within that warranty you could get MS to fix for free). I believe MS expect 1 in 3 Xbox 360s to go wrong. They still haven't fixed the problem with the Elites.

If they had used something better than the cheap thermal pads, a better design for heat dissipation on the GPU, lead solder rather than lead-free and, most important of all, hadn't used cheap BGA chips then the overheating problem wouldn't happen. (BGA is Ball Grid Array and it means the chips have balls of solder under them with stick onto the motherboard - instead of pins fixed to the motherboard.)

Websites that are a good source of info;

http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/repair/rin...

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s...

Answer 2

The R.R.D happen when the 360 overheats.It effects the whole system,except for your hard drive.The box they send to you to send it out in is referred to as "The Coffin"

Answer 3

the guys that i asked told me that the red ring of death is a problem with the motherboard. which is impossible to fix without sending it in. i got mine from overheating it too many times.