Just wrap it in a towel or something. If that doesn’t work, you can always send it off to get fixed. Thanks Cesar for the carving!
According to data released by third-party warranty providers SquareTrade, since the mid-point of 2008 the Xbox 360′s reliability has improved out of sight.
A British gamer has listed on eBay his red-ringed Xbox 360. And it’s in even worse shape than that suggests.
Microsoft’s responded to Game Informer’s controversial survey, which found 54.6 percent of Xbox 360s – among their readership anyway – have gone RRoD. Microsoft didn’t dispute numbers or offer their own, but did concede they’re “constantly improving” the 360′s design.
It’s that time again! Time to talk about Xbox 360 failure rates — you know, the Red Ring of Death and all that jazz.
When Microsoft announced they were extending their warranty for Xbox 360s that received a E74 error, I was curious how different the code was from the red ring of death. Not very, it turns out.
Faced with a red-ringed 360, a user is left with a few options. They could brave Microsoft customer support and send it back. Or… they could make a fighting stick out of it.
March 23 marks the third anniversary of the Xbox 360′s Australian launch. And to celebrate, as Jason Hill notes on his Screenplay blog this morning, gamers who bought their console on launch day will now find that extended warranty to cover “red ring of death” hardware failures no longer applies.