"Red Ring Of Death"

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#1 69ANT69
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Hi, I'm getting an Xbox 360soon my mate told me about a fault on the consoles called the "Red Ring Of Death", what is this and when does it usually happen?
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#2 cybermario
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Ring_of_Death
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#3 69ANT69
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Thanks
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#4 Fyper
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It's a nickname for system failure, deeming the console unuseable. It happens randomly, nothing can be done to prevent it. The percentage of failing consoles is not known despite what some sites say. It can happen at any given time and with any Xbox 360.

You are automatically covered with a 3 year warranty against the Ring of Death. So despite it might happen to you, you really have nothing to worry about.

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#5 69ANT69
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OK, Phew! thats a relief, Thanks!
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#6 Izzymoney
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3 year warranty will cover everything.
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#7 fazio93
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more in depth: it is a design flaw where the gpu overheats warping the motherboard/metling the soldering and that which causes the hardware failure.