Comments on: Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death Repair Guide

By: Darin Heavilin

Darin Heavilin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:52:12 +0000

My Xbox 360 just got the RRoD last week. This is the second time it has happend. The first time my Xbox was still under the warranty so I sent it to Microsoft to have it fix. They sent me a new one, but now this one died as well. I was hoping if anyone could help me find a way to fix it myself for free. If so, please email me at email removed

By: Arthur

Arthur — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:16:25 +0000

Except that they’re not. The game library is not nearly so extensive, and it lacks a strong enough collection of exclusives to be considered “perfect.” It’s better to struggle with console errors and a few meltdowns than to spend $400 on a glorified DVD player.

By: XEXM

XEXM — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:06:31 +0000

I got this 4 years ago and have been playing it practically every day since, usually I don’t get Microsoft, (Apple all the way), but this was amazing! it has everything, a dvd player, the best online gamer I’ve ever seen, play music, and more. It also comes with an arcade which is very fun and I use frequently it also has very good cooperative play, pretty much anything you could ever want from a gaming console in one.

By: nemo

nemo — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:42:35 +0000

My Xbox is out of warranty by 3 months, MS won’t fix it. Typical MS bull. Can’t they do anything right?

By: du

du — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:22:26 +0000

I nice read. To to tell the truth, I was hoping to find an author with no morals offering a free fix guide. Oh well :(

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:31:17 +0000

all of the 360s have bin rubish dont buy 1 get a ps3 they are perfect

By: Fifer Sheep

Fifer Sheep — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:04:59 +0000

RRoD (Red Ring of Death) is usually caused by frequent temperature changes. Basically, after a while the solder begins to crack, and eventually gives way.

This isn’t the case though if you 360 has been manufactured from May 2008 onwards, where iI think it has been manufactured in a different way. So if your Manufacture Date is before May ‘08, it’s likely you’ll recieve RRoD at some point.

By: David Pringle

David Pringle — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:04:16 +0000

I have a 360 Elite. I was quite perturbed to turn my Console on, only to Find the 3 Quadrants light up red, As i`m a little Too familiar with the BSOD(BlueScreenOfDeath) on PCs I thought if it is a hardware failure, I started by taking the first bit of hardware off which was the HDD. I turned the Console back on and it worked fine. Ran a new system setup and turned it off, Replaced the HDD and it`s worked ever since. It`s just finding which bit of hardware is Causing the the problem. So if anyone has the 3 quadrants light up, 2 Bottom and upper left quadrant, Providing it is lying down, Then try the above solution.

By: sj

sj — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:21:47 +0000

for the red rings u get 3 years warranty
for normal damage u get 1 year
mayb enen ifu passed these years of warranty there still might be a way to negotiate with micrsoft gaming

my friend had two ds which were in bad a condition some slots never worked and he got brand new ones for 30 buks each
so mayb 360 makes u pay like 50 for a new one

CANADA ALL THE WAY BABY!!!

By: Elite's Die too

Elite's Die too — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:47:08 +0000

Just a head’s up to those in the comment section:
Elite’s Die Too. I am sitting here waiting for mine to come back from microsoft. They get either a complete hardware failure (3 RROD but controller ports 1,3,4 are lite up) or the ever prominent 4 RROD which is a complete death of the circuits. If either of these happen your sending your xbox360 back if you want it work properly again.

By: 2nd one bites the dust

2nd one bites the dust — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:50:22 +0000

So the 360’s other than the Elite that are brand new 2008 models still have all the same problems? As in if I go buy an arcade to replace my busted 20 gig 360 I’ll probably get the same problem in 1-3 years???????????

By: SEO Dave

SEO Dave — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:12:59 +0000

My son has been using his Xbox 360 on a regular basis since the repair and so far no problems reported. It’s well over a month since I repaired his console, so looks like it’s permanently fixed the red ring of death fault (I just love the name of the fault, red ring of death :)).

Couldn’t be happier, saved quite a bit of money on repair bills and also helped a neighbour fix their broken Xbox 360 last week.

His console stopped working over the summer, but he couldn’t afford to get it fixed (or buy a new one), so had been without a Xbox 360 for months (he’d put it in the attic already as a lost cause).

Turned out his console had exactly the same fault as my sons, so was very easy to find the fault and fix it: took me less than 40 mins from opening the first screw to turning the console back on to find it working normally again.