Red Ring of Death?

What exactly is it?

My Xbox lights went all read and turned off, I though this is the end

Nothings changed though, everything's working fine now

Should I be worried?

It depends on what kind of red ring of death you got.

If it's 3/4 full red ring of death then it's fucked.
You get two options.
1. Return to Microsoft and wait for replacement. It comes back with a free gold sub for a short period.
2. Wrap it in hot towels (it works).

It was 3 lights I think, it's out of warranty now though so I can't return it either. But everythings still working OK.

As far as I'm aware Microsoft extend all the warranties pretty much indefinitely due to the high number that get fucked over with it.
I've had it 3 times.

if it's the 3 red rings you can definitely return it to Microsoft for repair even after your warranty has expired. That is, unless you've been fucking about with it to play copied games and shit.

youre fine like macca said 3/4 rings youre done though

Can't even remember, just saw red.

thegunman84 wrote:

if it's the 3 red rings you can definitely return it to Microsoft for repair even after your warranty has expired. That is, unless you've been fucking about with it to play copied games and shit.

Seriously? Ive had 2 xboxes both get the 3 RROD and both out of the warranty so I chucked them and got a PS3 (which is infinatly better- but let's not start that argument lol)
your telling me I threw away over £400 of gaming consols for nothing?!

ps3 is definitely better. no break downs every year and free reliable online gaming. ive had my ps3 since it was released and have never had a problem

Off topic but how do you get to change your picture on your profile, and also add pics/quotes under each comment?

The Goodfather wrote:

ps3 is definitely better. no break downs every year and free reliable online gaming. ive had my ps3 since it was released and have never had a problem

i've had 3 PS3's one went when playing GTA a orange light came on & you couldn't reboot or turn on the PS3 another kept saying hardware not recognised now on my 3rd

Sony have been good replacing it for free plus my first break down gave me £250 on my GAME card to spend & the last break down just swapped consoles after a day and a half

online not very reliable my mates just stopped working & every now and then you get error codes if you had to pay i would want them fixed

well mine is probably just one in a million.the only ever problem i had online was at the start with the error codes but i put in a wireless adapter and ever since the connection has been top class.if you ever have problems you should try it

Ive had mine 6 months and not a sniff of any problems, set up on wireless and the connection is perfect. No problems or error messages so far so fingers crossed

The Goodfather wrote:

well mine is probably just one in a million.the only ever problem i had online was at the start with the error codes but i put in a wireless adapter and ever since the connection has been top class.if you ever have problems you should try it

yeah your one of those that got it on he day it came out and never broke down very few have theres from that day i remember it on watchdog and alot of my online mates who have had it since then had to replace theres

ps3 talk

boschbourne06 wrote:

The Goodfather wrote:

ps3 is definitely better. no break downs every year and free reliable online gaming. ive had my ps3 since it was released and have never had a problem

i've had 3 PS3's one went when playing GTA a orange light came on & you couldn't reboot or turn on the PS3 another kept saying hardware not recognised now on my 3rd

Sony have been good replacing it for free plus my first break down gave me £250 on my GAME card to spend & the last break down just swapped consoles after a day and a half

online not very reliable my mates just stopped working & every now and then you get error codes if you had to pay i would want them fixed

There's a PS3 owner out there who actually admits that it also has issues?

Course it's nowhere near as faulty as the 360 (mine still hasn't broke though, fingers crossed), but the better online servers and additional RAM on the 360 swung it for me. Well that and Mass Effect.

Had my 360 three years and it's been fine . I know microsoft did extend the warranty of the consoles and I think now (in the UK) its three years. I can now see mine dying on me now the warranty has expired

sirdanny wrote:

thegunman84 wrote:

if it's the 3 red rings you can definitely return it to Microsoft for repair even after your warranty has expired. That is, unless you've been fucking about with it to play copied games and shit.

Seriously? Ive had 2 xboxes both get the 3 RROD and both out of the warranty so I chucked them and got a PS3 (which is infinatly better- but let's not start that argument lol)
your telling me I threw away over £400 of gaming consols for nothing?!

erm yes