why the hell is the three red ring malfunction called red rings of death,

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#1 amin915
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I mean there is just three red lights in noway do they look like rings. and when the malfunction happends it does not look like a ring.It is not a circle!!.. I mean i know it is not important but it just gets on my nerves. thanks.

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#2 Shade-Blade
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Red ring of death.....

cause.....

IT DIES

Duh

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#3 elmafia
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Red ring of death.....

cause.....

IT DIES

Duh

Shade-Blade

what? I agree with the TC not that it bothers me but it shouldnt be called "red ring" cause its not a circle. maybe "red lights of death".

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#4 grafkhun
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it sounds better when you say red ring of death. plus it close enough to a full circle.
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#5 amin915
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yea or red semi circle of death!!!! I have not gotten it yet and ive had my system since launch. I have a little jesus candle lit for my system.
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#6 branketra
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It's the Ring of Death because it's not working...therefore, death happens. *shrugs*
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#7 grafkhun
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yea or red semi circle of death!!!! I have not gotten it yet and ive had my system since launch. I have a little jesus candle lit for my system.amin915

red semi circle :lol:

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#8 amin915
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i mean thats what i call it and im getting really nervous. ive had mine since launch, and if it bricks on me before halo. Thats going to suck
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#9 amin915
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i mean thats what i call it and im getting really nervous. ive had mine since launch, and if it bricks on me before halo. Thats going to suck
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#10 Futien
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because "red ring of death" is easier and faster to type than "3/4 circle of red lights that results in your xbox not working"
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#11 FM2000
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i mean thats what i call it and im getting really nervous. ive had mine since launch, and if it bricks on me before halo. Thats going to suckamin915

You have reason to worry,i had mine since launch and mine red ringed lawst week while playing biosho,only way to play it now is that towl trick and it only works for awhile

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#12 EpidemicAHazard
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[QUOTE="Shade-Blade"]

Red ring of death.....

cause.....

IT DIES

Duh

elmafia

what? I agree with the TC not that it bothers me but it shouldnt be called "red ring" cause its not a circle. maybe "red lights of death".

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#13 amin915
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yea i know about that limited time solution. You are not interested in just sending it to microsoft to get fixed. I mean it is free of charge. the only downfall is the turn around time
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#14 darkserpent213
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wow, what a stupid thread. Why is it called an X-box, there's no X on it and that pisses me off?
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#15 Futien
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wow, what a stupid thread. Why is it called an X-box, there's no X on it and that pisses me off?darkserpent213

lol

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#16 elmafia
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wow, what a stupid thread. Why is it called an X-box, there's no X on it and that pisses me off?darkserpent213

you must have a special 360 cause mine has (X)box 360 written all over it.

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#17 gp19
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it's either called "the ring of death" or "3 red lights"... there's no such thing as "the 3 rings of death".
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#18 Psychotic_360
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Because MS was notorious for the "Blue screen of death" in thier Windows programs, the statement of "Red ring of death" is a spin off of that.
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#19 teebeenz
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Because MS was notorious for the "Blue screen of death" in thier Windows programs, the statement of "Red ring of death" is a spin off of that.Psychotic_360
Thats right, goes to show how little the 360 community knows about MS... probably not a good idea.
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#20 TimothyB
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But imagine people that don't know it's only 3 red lights to mean death, and you just pull out the video cable from the back and the system so it will start up with a full red ring (4 lights), they'd be freaking out that they got the red ring of death.

I'm more will ing to complain about why it's NOT 4 red lights for hardware failure. You'd think such a serious thing would be all red lights, but something so low-level as a loose video cable gets to have all red lights.

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#21 elmafia
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But imagine people that don't know it's only 3 red lights to mean death, and you just pull out the video cable from the back and the system so it will start up with a full red ring (4 lights), they'd be freaking out that they got the red ring of death.
TimothyB

exactly

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#22 teebeenz
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You'd think such a serious thing would be all red lights, but something so low-level as a loose video cable gets to have all red lights.TimothyB
You do realise this is for the people who made "Keyboard not detected, press F1 to continue"
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#23 DarkMagic27
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wow, what a stupid thread. Why is it called an X-box, there's no X on it and that pisses me off?darkserpent213

there was an X on the original X-box >.>

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#24 Miguel16
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who cares. its too late to be talking about this. Lets just leave it at ring
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#25 Miguel16
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[QUOTE="darkserpent213"]wow, what a stupid thread. Why is it called an X-box, there's no X on it and that pisses me off?elmafia

you must have a special 360 cause mine has (X)box 360 written all over it.

you obviously dont understand what he means.

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#26 Futien
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[QUOTE="TimothyB"]But imagine people that don't know it's only 3 red lights to mean death, and you just pull out the video cable from the back and the system so it will start up with a full red ring (4 lights), they'd be freaking out that they got the red ring of death.
elmafia

exactly

wow that is exactly what happened to me once.. i feel dumb now =(

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#27 amin915
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EXactly. Im just saying the three red lights dont even represent a ring. I know its dumbbut it just bothers. me heraing people saying i got the ring of death!when in reality there is noring

[QUOTE="elmafia"]

[QUOTE="darkserpent213"]wow, what a stupied thread. Why is it called an X-box, there's no X on it and that pisses me off?Miguel16

you must have a special 360 cause mine has (X)box 360 written all over it.

you obviously dont understand what he means.

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#28 ArsenicA
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well i dont care wut its called... my 360 broke 3 days ago bc of the red semi-circle oflights *tear*