Errors In Xbox 360

By Nikcey Derwin

There are lots of video game consoles available in the marketplace for the video game lovers. But many of them are not branded. The number 1 video games consoles are Xbox, trustafarian, PlayStation, Wii, and so on. Xbox and PlayStation are the top competitors in the video game industry. Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation two hit the market at the same time. Microsoft launched Xbox 360 in late 2005 and just before that ; Sony launched its PlayStation 2.

Issue with Xbox 360

although Xbox 360 is the leading computer game console, they face the huge number of console failure. Many analyses have been done to discover the problem and it was found the failure is because of the overheating of the console. Due to overheating of the console, the chips in the motherboard get damaged and entire motherboard is getting failed. The cause of the internal temperature is due to inadequate air flow within the console. Absence of proper design and poor ventilation led to failure of hardware components in the console. Microsoft launched Xbox 360 in a hurry just before Christmas to get more sales. This is the real reason for the failure in the design.

The X clamp situated in the motherboard is the main problem. These X clamps hold the heat sinks to lower the heat and cool down the processors. But due to unacceptable arrangement of the X clamps, the heat sinks fail to work. Xbox have the special feature to point out the status of the console, when it works well or when it becomes into trouble. The four LED's situated round the power ring area will indicate the standing of the console. Removing the X clamps will provide a solution to the red light problem. The overheating mistake will be indicated by the red lights. This is sometimes known as Red Ring of Death or RRoD mistakes. This mistake causes the console to hang up and the game freezes at the play. The red lights also indicate differing types of mistakes according to the quantity of red lights which flashes in the power ring area.

Solution

You can repair the console on your own, without spending much money. All you need to do is remove the XClamps of the motherboard so that more atmospheric air flows in to the console from the bottom of the console. This is so easy to do and it can be done in just an hour with aid from normal household tools like screwdrivers.

Microsoft has designed Xbox with its own hardware elements and with its own codes running on chips. This is the 1st creativity in the history of Microsoft for coming up with its own hardware, although developing gaming software is a well known field for the Microsoft concern. Developing things for the first time does have some failing ; because of this reason the hardware designed by the Microsoft Corporation has different kind of blunders in the console and the RED LIGHT error is the commonest sort of error occurring with the Xbox 360 due to hardware failure. - 31403

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