Saturday, October 24, 2009

Red Light Errors

By Nikcey Derwin

There are numerous computer game consoles available in the marketplace for the video game lovers. But many of them aren't branded. The number 1 Nintendo games consoles are Xbox, rich kid, PlayStation, Wii, for example. 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.

Problem with Xbox 360

even though Xbox 360 is the number 1 computer game console, they are facing the large number of console failure. Many analyses have been done to find out the problem and it was discovered that 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 insufficient air flow inside the console. Lack of proper design and poor ventilation led to failure of hardware components in the console. Microsoft launched Xbox 360 in a hurry just before Xmas to get more sales. This is the actual 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 reduce the heat and cool down the processors. But due to improper 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 difficulty. The four LED's situated around the power ring area will indicate the status of the console. Removing the X clamps will figure out the red light problem. The overheating blunder will be indicated by the red lights. This is often 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 errors according to the number 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 base of the console. This is very 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 parts and with its own codes running on chips. This is the first invention in the history of Microsoft for planning its own hardware, although developing gaming software is a well known field for the Microsoft corporation. Developing things for the 1st time does have some failing ; because of this reason the hardware designed by the Microsoft Corporation has different kind of mistakes within the console and the RED LIGHT blunder is the commonest kind of error occurring with the Xbox 360 due to hardware failure.

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