I think the 360 was a pretty special console at the time. And because of that, it got away with some bullshit. The upmost of which was the ridiculous "Red Ring of Death" hardware malfunction that, from what I remember from some statistics, effected upwards of 35%-40% of 360's for quite a long time (basically until the slim's release, although I heard some of those were effected too).
Xbox 360 Slim Red Dot of Death. My Xbox 360 (S)lim was working perfectly this morning. I turned it off around 9am today, and when I turned it on around 12pm I got the Red Dot (NOT RING, it's a Slim) of Death. Mind you I've done some researching today and before anyone jumps to conclusions, no, I do not have a removable hard drive to take out
If you've ever been around an Xbox 360, chances are you've heard of the Red Ring of Death—a catastrophic failure caused by overheating that was rampant in nearly every revision of the console. Finally, after a drastic redesign to the processors and their heat sink in the Xbox 360 S, Microsoft seems to have the overheating issues under control
My Xbox 360 is not Booting i dont know why.I FOUND THE SOLUTION :(Relase RGH/JTAG Because its Manipulation Your DOT Light from Red into Green)Yeah I have mee
Ppl just need to get their facts right. "Red ring of death" is an indication of "hardware malfunction". Yes, is that vague. And it can go from a blown mosfet that prevents feeding the right voltages to different parts of the motherboard, to a dead chip like the southbridge, to a short on the USB ports, to a cold solder below the XCPU or XGPU, and so on.
Fix and Prevent RRoD. Wrap 4 sets of 2 pennies each in electrical tape. Apply a thin layer of thermal paste to the black RAM chips where the old pads were. Now, put the pennies where the old pads were, and apply the optional super glue to them (only a little) to help them stick when we put the case back together.Xbox 360 slim red ring of death - Microsoft Community. Skip to main content. 2 people found this reply helpful. Sorry this didn't help. Great! Thanks for your feedback. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.
You can't get red lights on the Slim, the console will just shut down instead. Never happened to me though. Had it on my Xbox 360 S shortly after I bought it to replace my Xbox 360 (Zephyr model).