Xbox 360 Red Ring Of Death Fix
February 17th, 2008 - By: Alex Bailey
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Since the beginning, the Xbox 360 has been an extremely unreliable. Some reports indicate that up to 16.4% of them fail, while its competitors the PS3, and Wii are at 3%. Up to 60% of these failures were caused by the red ring of death. Team Xecuter has now come up with a repair kit which will fix the red ring of death. So far it's been tested and is still working on 18 consoles, both new and old.
The fix isn't the best solution as it requires you to open up your Xbox console to install it. It comes with the needed T10 and T8 screw drivers and each kit will cost $12.95. Considering opening your console voids your warranty, I don't think this solution is practical for the average user. However, if you're a modder, or even out of your warranty then this is the perfect solution.
I myself am quite skeptical of this fix. For the price, what could be in the kit? Not many details are given about it. I'm guessing it will be similar to X Clamp; thermal paste and some cheap hardware.
It has been an awful long time since we have shown any activity in the scene and the break has been much needed after a solid 6 years working at the top level.
Maybe it's a modders last ditch effort to get back in to the scene?
Edit, Team Xecuter has responded to some community concerns and changed the pricing as follows:
1 Kit $9.95 each
10 Kits $8.95 each
50 Kits $6.95 each
100 Kits $5.95 eachAlso some points need addressing.
1. This is not any kind of X-Clamp or washers or screws or thermal paste or anything like that. It's not rocket science and didn't take months of development - more like 10 minutes
2. This is not sold as a permanent fix. You want that then get a new Xbox. All I know is that its simple, easy to do with little fuss and works on the boxes I've tested so far. It's impossible to say how long it will last for - only people actually giving it a try will be able to answer that.
3. Yes you could probably make this kit yourself. All I have done is made the kit to an exact spec in an easy to use and cheap package.
Thanks to Cybernet
1. CEEEJAAAA | February 27th, 2008 @ 9:09 PM |
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Just a note to anyone out there that has the misfortune to have a 360 they didn’t purchase!!! If you own a 360 and you get the “RED RING of DEATH” syndrome, BE CAREFUL!!! Microsoft our VERY CHOOsy just who they’ll repair for under warranty….
Basically, if you have had your 360 handed down or given by a family member, for instance then they will NOT repair it under warranty. I was given one by my cousin, as a thank you for a big favour, (he and his flatmate had one each and didn’t need two). unfortunately they had registered them both and subsequently when I filled in the register online to get it repaired (still weel under the length of warranty term) the system asked me to phone up as there was an “issue”. After a very long call through an extremely poor connection to someone with a foreign accent, I was told they would repair it but only at a cost to me!!!
I argued that as a large percentage of 360’s are probably bought by persons to be given as presents then in fact, most owners were NOT the original purchasers, their criteria for doing warranty work! they could not answer this. My main point is though, that as Microsoft are fully aware of the Fault their machine has and have in fact extended their warranty to accomodate this, what difference does it make if the request for repair under warranty comes from the purchaser, owner, 2nd, 3rd or tenth owner, as log as the warranty is still in date! If you bought a second hand car which developed a fault but it was still within the manufacturers warranty, it would be repaired without question. Why is this not so with the 360????
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