The Xbox 360 is the latest console device from Microsoft Corporation that is creating the buzz in the market. As we all know that the Xbox 360 is the improved version of the ordinary Xbox console that came few years before with few features. But the latest gadget has come with lot have features in it that almost satisfy all sort of costumers around the world. The thing is that the Xbox 360 version was developed within short period of time and was introduced to the market.
DEFECT
The new Xbox 360 console has been found out with some sort of hardware defect in that. Users complain that the console is often getting some sort of red light errors in it while playing and sometimes even in some cases the console gets restarted and spoils the game. Few think that these problems are occurring because the console gets overheated when playing for long hours. Also few complain that the console gets overheated within short period of time when compared with other type of gaming consoles available in the market.
INVESTIGATION
Once such complaints received were far more than expected, Microsoft started to investigate the problem that has caused these errors to occur. Experts after analyzing the repaired console said that the console has some cooling problems. The heat sinks in the console were unable to handle the heat generated inside console as a result the processors beneath the heat sinks fails to operate especially the graphical processing unit. Because of these the settings in the console has caused the red lights to blink. The Xbox 360 has four lights arranged in ring shaped that are capable of glowing in both red and green color. When the operations are normal it will glow in green color and when there are some problem it will glow in red color. There are totally four kinds of error in this console which are named as the single red light error, two, three and four red light errors. Some of the red light errors like the two or the single red light error is easy to solve by the users themselves. Now the problem is that the error occurred in all console is the “Three Red Light Error” which is considered as difficult to solve by the user when occurred.
SOLUTION TO THE ERROR
The error can be solved by providing some additional cooling to the system so that the console does not get overheated when played for long hours. For this we need to remove the X clamps from the motherboard that holds the heat sinks. By doing so air from the external flow to the inside of the console and cools the processor from the downward direction. This method is considered as the simplest and the most economical method of solving the three red light error. Similarly the repairing can also can be done in simple ways. It is possible to repair the console by the user themselves. For this the user need to have a user guide that are available in the internet. These guides are nothing but video tutorial that will help the users to fix the hardware. Thus by this simple procedure you can able to solve the red light error.
The Xbox 360 is nothing but a video game console designed and developed by Microsoft Corporation. These console devices are the high tech devices that are even compared with the operation of a person computer i.e. they have the necessary hardware that are present in a motherboard of the person computer. This shows that the consoles motherboard is capable of performing high speed operation at a very high frequency. Apart from that these console devices has a inbuilt separate graphical processing unit that helps to handle the graphical configuration of the game. These console devices got popular only because of the reason that they are similar in operation to a PC but specially made for playing games.
HARDWARE PROBLEM
The Xbox 360 has been reported with many hardware complaints and all the complaints were told very similarly. The errors were called as the red light errors and in that particularly the “Three Red Light Error” is occurring very often. Few say that these kinds of problem came only with the Xenon type of motherboard and the other types do not have such kind of problems. The red light error is nothing but pre-programmed error mechanism that helps the user then and there when there are problems in the console. But they occur only when there is problem and do not occur very often. The name red light error is because there will be lights glowing in red color near the power ring area when the some error occurs. The Xbox 360 has four different kinds of error which are the single, two, three and the four red lights error.
SOULTION TO THE THREE RED LIGHTS ERROR
Microsoft from the red paired console found that the reason for the often occurrence of the three red lights error is because of the overheating of the console. Generally, videogame consoles hardware are designed to withstand for long playing hours. But, in case of the 360 device the console was not able to work for long hours as they get overheated and then at certain point of time they get hang up or even they may restart and cause irritation to the users as they game advances goes without save the memory. Experts gave a most simple and economical method of solving the three red lights error which nothing but the removal of the X clamps of the heat sinks. The heat sinks are those that are placed over the processors for cooling purpose. But due to the excess heat developed they were unable to perform their operation successfully. Hence by removal the air from the surrounding can flow in to the console from the downward direction.
The console can also be repaired in a most economical method without spending more money. The widely adopted methods today are either you can give your console to a service centre or else you can repair the console on your own. Out of these the repairing the console on your own is the simplest method of repairing as it has more advantage then giving the console to a service centre. The main thing is that when giving the console to a service centre it takes nearly 4 to 12 weeks to get the console back and also there will be no guarantee that the console comes with a permanent fix. For this you need to get a video tutorial that are available in the internet. These are prepared by profession that will help to repair the console and also the fix is a permanent one.
The latest Xbox 360 console has been reported with some sort of red light errors especially the three red light error. The device is designed to exhibit an error mechanism that will help the user to fix the problem by their own. The name to these errors came by the fact that the lights in the console will glow in red in color whenever any error occurs. The concern now is that the three red light error is too difficult to solve by the users as they don’t know what exact reason behind the occurrence of this error. Console owners were now in search of an easy solution to the problem so that their money is not wasted.
BEHIND THE SCENE
The console was being analyzed to find the reason for the occurrence of such kind of errors. It was found that the console had problem of cooling the motherboard. The console’s heat sinks were unable to handle the heat generated inside as a result the hot air inside rises and affect the performance of the processors. The console has two main processors nothing but the central processing unit and the graphical processing unit. Out of these only the graphical processing unit gets affected the most and this is the reason for the often restarting of the console in the middle of the game. The problem now is with the design because only poor or unplanned design can cause such kind of problems. Experts say that the Microsoft had brought the Xbox 360 to the market in a hurry without proper testing in order the give a competition to its rivalries.
THREE RED LIGHTS ERROR
The console has totally four different kinds of error which are named as the single, two, three and four red lights error. Generally these are errors are simple to solve by the users themselves but now the problem is that the users were unable to find the reason behind the occurrence of the error, for example in case of two or four red lights error the console system will give its master the warning signal either by the red light indication or by an error message. In case of the three red light error the console system displays an error message called as the E 74 where the user cannot able to understand them.
SOLUTION AND REPAIRING
The three red light error is also called by other name know as the Red Ring of Death or simply as RRoD. The RRoD can be solved by providing ample amount of cooling to the system. This can be done in many ways and the most successful method now followed is the removal of the X clamp. These clamps are those that hold the heat sinks over the motherboard. By removing these clamps the air can able to move indie the console from the surrounding environment in downward direction and cools the processor from below. The repair can also be done in simple ways like either giving the console to service or else the users itself can try to repair them on their own. For repairing the console by the owners themselves, they need a video tutorial from the internet. These tutorials will clearly explain the repairing procedure as they are simple and are prepared by hardware experts. This method is found to be more convenient when compared to that of giving the console to a service point as it takes lot of time to get the console back and also it is bit uneconomical when compared to this method.
The Xbox 360 is a video game console that is capable of running any multimedia games at a very high frequency and better resolution quality that normal PC cannot able to do. The consoles like these were developed only because the PC’s cannot able to do the job and also the game needs some special hardware work for it. This made the debut for many consoles that are manufactured today and once such of its kind is the Xbox series. The Xbox is so much popular that the console is designed and developed by Microsoft Corporation.
PROBLEMS WITHIN THE CONSOLE
The console was introduced to the market in the year 2005. Few months after the consoles introduction there were problems with its hardware. Many users were complaining about that to manufactures. They say that the console gets heated very soon when compared with other gaming consoles in the market and also the console gets restarted suddenly and that too occurs when the console is at the stage of overheat. Because of these errors the gamers were very much disappointed over the consoles performance.
REASON
The console has some kind of cooling problems. Actually the console is provided internal cooling fans to bring down the heat. This process is done by both the heat sinks over the processors and the intercooler fan. The Microsoft experts say that the internal hot air developed were too high than expected and the design of the console were not able to do the necessary function. The reason is that the ventilation gaps provided very minimum as they though it is more than enough to do the cooling from the external surrounding. As a result the heat gets higher and higher and it affects the processors causing the restart of the system.
SOUTION TO THE RED LIGHT ERROR
The hardware problem is referred as the red light error as you will see red lights glowing near the power button. The console has some four lights that are capable of glowing in red and green color. If the operation of the console is normal then green light glows else red light glows. The errors are categorized as single, two, three and four red light error. The overheat problem is termed as the three red light error as you will see three red lights glowing in the power ring. Basically all the red lights are normally easy to solve but this is possible only if the user where the problem is. That why in case of the three red light error user find it difficult to solve the problem as they know what exact problem is taking place.
The console is repaired in two ways one either by giving the console to a service point where the console’s X clamps that holds the heat sinks are removed. The problem in this method is that it takes you time and money. The other method is that you can do the repairing on your own. For this you need to have a video tutorial from the internet. These tutorials will help to repair the console in a step by step process as they are prepared by experts. Thus the console is repaired in an economical way and saves your time so that you can enjoy gaming immediately.
