The Xbox is the first ever hardware device ever designed by Microsoft Corporation. The thing is that Microsoft designed these things and developed those hardwares on its own. Such that the electronic chips program was also developed by Microsoft. With latest technologies available it too improved its manufacturing processes including several additional components to its motherboard. Now, the latest console that was introduced to the market is the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 is considered superior than to its previous version such that the normal Xbox console in term of the processors, their operating speed and the features. The Xbox 360 came with three different types of motherboard series like Zypher, Falcon and the Xenon.
PROBLEM IN THE NEW CONSOLE
The new console such that the Xbox 360 is producing some kind of problems while it is running. Users complain that when the console is running for long hours then the console gets overheated and the system gets restarted spoiling the game advancements. When the restart happens they see three red lights glowing in the power ring area and along with an error message E74 on the screen. In few console when the console is allowed to cool for some time and then when started there is no problem with their operation. But in majority of the console the error happens to cause some permanent damage to the console. In such devices even when the console is allowed to cool and restarted the console shows the same three red lights in the power ring.
The red light errors are those that are programmed to show error messages to the users whenever there are problems within the console. The red light errors in Xbox 360 console are single, two, three and four red lights error. These errors are those that can be easily solved by the users themselves by the type the type of error message that pops up. But out of these errors the three red light error is a bit difficult to solve by the user themselves as the problem is it is very difficult to find the exact error location in the console or the reason for the occurrence of the error.
SOLUTION
It is said that the three red light error occurs because of the over heat that is developed inside the console. The excess heat makes the electronic components to get fail and this happens to be reason for the restarting of the console. So to avoid it is necessary to provide additional cooling to the system to bring down the heat. This can be done in several ways like adding an additional intercooler fan to the heat sinks or removing the X clamps of the heat sinks from the motherboard, etc. The removal of the X clamp is found to be most economical method as it is just the removal and no other adding is to be done.
The repairing can also be done by the owners themselves. You can also give your console to a service station but the drawback is that the time taken for them to repair may go up to 4 to 12 weeks and there is no guarantee that the fix is a permanent fix. But, when repaired under our own, there will be a guarantee that the fix is a permanent one and the time spent is also very less. For this the only requirement is to get a video tutorial from the internet which is available at free of cost. These videos are prepared by professions so that they clearly explain about the procedure for the removal. Thus the repair work can be completed within an hour and you can start playing on the same day with that console.
The Xbox 360 is one of the highly equipped consoles that is been introduced to the market in recent times. The console comes with all set of new features like a DVD drive to install the game into the hard disk. It has newly designed external connectivity such that it can be connected to any type of display devices according to the user’s choice. The thing is that the new console is suffering from some kind of hardware error called as the red light error. Actually these devices have some inbuilt features to inform the users about the problems that the console undergoes while they are in operation. But they are simple and can be solved by the owners themselves as they are programmed to show what is the error that have taken place and where the error have occurred.
TECHNICAL DETAIL
The console has been reported with three red light error. The console has actually four different kinds of error which are single, two, three and four red lights error. The numbers are those that are present in the power rings. The power ring is nothing but four LED lights that are arranged in quadratic fashion around the power button. When an error occur the light shifts from green to red color and the number of lights that are glowing will be according to the type of the error. So when an three red lights error the entire system gets hang and spoils the game advancements and thus irritating the gamer.
The reason for the occurrence of the red light is due to the overheating of the console. Actually the console was designed with ventilators so that the external air can slow through the inside and cool the electronic components. Since the heat developed is very high than normal the surrounding air was not sufficient enough to cool the components. Also the heat sinks of the processors where unable to cool all the heat that has been developed inside. Overall all the hot air that is present inside has caused the system to fail.
ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN
When three red lights error occur it is not advisable to continue operating that console without repairing. We need to fix the problem and there are many simple methods available to solve the problem. The most successful method is by removing the X clamps of the heat sinks. When we remove those clamps there is possibility of external air to flow inside the box. Thus it will help to cool the console to some extent. Thus it solves the cooling problem and makes the fix more economical and simple.
The repairing can also be done in many ways like giving your console to a service point or else the user may try to solve the error on their own, etc. But the simple method will be solving the error by the users themselves as it gives you the guarantee that the fix is a permanent one. Also the time taken for repairing is very less when compared to that of giving the console to service point. The only requirement is that you need to get an video tutorial from the internet. These tutorials are prepared by professions that will help you to fix the problem in a step by step procedure.
The Xbox 360 is reported with some kind of strange error. This error occurs when the console is running and suddenly the console gets restarted. As a result the game advancements are beginning affected as they go as unsaved and the users get very disappointed by this behavior. Begin a new introduced console to the market such bad opinion makes the console to be considered as a poor videogame console. Also the Xbox 360 is just the second hardware that is has been developed by Microsoft Corporation so experts begin to doubt about the quality of the product which is beginning manufactured. These things made Microsoft to seriously analyze the problem that has been taken over all the consoles.
THE ERROR
The console has been designed to have some kind of red light errors. Actually the 360 has four different kinds of error in it and they are the single, two, three and four red lights error. All these are very easily solved by the users themselves when they occur as they themselves will help us solving by displaying and error message on the screen showing where they have occurred in the console. But, in case of the “Three Red Light Error” it is very difficult to find the exact location of the error as they are the results of poor performance of different components in the motherboard. When the console is continued to play with the same then there is possibility for the console to get permanently fail. Hence user call this error by other name which is nothing but the “Red Ring of Death” or shortly as RRoD.
SOLUTION
The error occurs with an error message E74 on the screen hence it is very difficult for the users to find where the error has occurred in the console. When investigated it was found that the console gets overheated when played for long hours. The heat developed inside was unable to cool by the heat sinks that are present over the processors. Though intercoolers were present inside the console it was also a source for the increase in temperature inside the console as large amount of current flow through the motherboard from the source to supply the intercooler fan. Few also said that the components that were used in the motherboard are of poor quality so that have unable to withstand for so long hours. The problem that the designers thought that the external air flowing towards the console would help the console to cool but the hot air developed was enormous and they were unable to cool them.
PROCEDURE TO REPAIR
There is a simple method to repair the console. The X clamps of the heat sinks are removed so that air from the surroundings can able to flow into the console from the downward direction. Thus the repair process becomes more simple and economical. The repairing also van be done in a economical by repairing the consoles on our own instead of giving the console to a service centre. When given to a centre the time taken for repairing may go up to 4 to 12 weeks and there will no guarantee that the fix will be permanent. But, when repaired by our own there will a satisfaction that the fix is a permanent and also the time taken is also very less. The requirement now is to get a video tutorial from the internet. These videos will help to repair the console in a step by step process.
