AudioXVNVX I spent one winter driving my weed dealing friend to GStop to take advantage of his warranty. It felt like once a month but I know I one in particular lasted less than a week. I don't think they were all red rings, though. I remeber a a power brick issue at least once. I got a nice big free nugg everytime. He drove and had a nice car but was paranoid as fuck by that point. He would ultimately get robbed at gunpoint in his own house so he had some justification in being paranoid. Put him out of business. Probably a good thing. He was approaching 30 with no employment history and simply played games all day. It isn't the glamorous life.
One of my strongest memories of my late grandfather was around 2016 he asked why we had an Xbox 360 and no games. (we only ever had like 6, dad stopped playing consoles) This man just opened it up right there and just messed with it for like 20 minutes, never touching one before, and fixed it.
@@Lou-yf1joI’m not smart enough to know that. But he was a paramedic, then a cop, and then a nurse. He fixed cars and built computers on his free time. He knew a lot of things
@Spegimation Wasn't the iphone 10 around $1k. At $750 w/ inflation the ps3 is still cheaper. The only logical argument would be that phones are generally more important hardware than consoles.
@Spegimation The target audience is very different. Iphones are considered as luxury items, while consoles are the Corolla of the gaming industry. Cheap, mediocre and pretty common. Not as the iphones aren't common, but apple makes people believe they are exclusive or something.
Many phones today are filled with better HD tech, and better camera quality tech, which overall makes them cost a lot. That is just the 2 big extras in phones. With consoles, you just need a tv, which most people that have a home have. The consoles are only made to read the disc, send that to the tv, which displays it on the screen. The reason why the consoles are so expensive, yet cheaper than a lot of the newer phones, is because they don't have any really extra stuff that phones have. BUT, if you put a X-Box 1 or PS4 and a tv together, they equal out to be pretty close to being as expensive as the new IPhone. So in reality, they both equal out to being the same.
Nope, wrong 1 ring - most are repairable except E 74 - means your eDRAM is shot and your GPU/eDRAM package needs to be replaed 2 ring- repairable - probably bad paste or severe dust 3 ring - some repairable, some require replacing GPU or CPU or RAM. Some however are just bad caps or MOSFETs - easy fix 4 ring - only on Xenon models - A/V cable broken or missing
@@Josh.Davidson also, i wasnt giving bad info. My joke comment was pretty accurate. And the fact that you wasted your time trying to prove me wrong is depressing.
Hey man , recently had the same experience with my xbox 360 . what i did ( works 90 % of the time ) was taking the console apart , cleaning the fans (dont use compressed air ,it could break the fans ) . And changing the thermal paste (extra) . Should work , atleast it did for me.
CoolBreeze90210 my Xbox is over 10 years old and still works. It was used for many hours everyday for about 5 years, until I got an xbox one - then I started barely using it. That’s probably why it still hasn’t died. I use it to play old games and watch movies occasionally.
I had to send my Xbox 360 for repairs a total of 7 TIMES! On the 7th time, the customer service guy said my unit has been repaired too many times so they gave me a brand new 360 lmao
Dan the Man | Funny Videos! Had that happen too. Wasnt sent that many times, but i owned 3 xbox 360s ( myself and twin sons) and 2 out of 3 RROD. Sent my one sons twice and mine once. While i still prefer my the xbox brand over PlayStation, always have, but no denying this was the worst hardware issue of any console. It was so bad that everyone i knew, that were early adopters of the 360, were victim to the rrod
+knightofdreamz Yeah when I sent my 360 in a got one back with a new/wiped hard drive. Was mad I lost all my saves. I've always assumed it was a different refurbished console.
Yes, our consumer protection laws are bad, but can you own Guns? I'm sitting on a chair made of guns using a PC that runs on Guns, patriotism and rock and roll. What does your shitty country have? A queen and ISIS everywhere? Psshhh.
Mine went in three times. My console was never crammed into an entertainment center or anything; just open air. I finally got one of those Arcade models and it is still kicking.
@@aurastrike i guess the "hardware problem" was because i plugged it into a surge protector with a lot of other consoles into it so it didnt get enough power idk
So I was gifted an Xbox 360 a couple years ago from a friend of mine. After about 2 months of using it, it got the RROD. I looked everywhere on YT and couldn't find an answer. Then I found it. A random video by a 12 year old saying that all I needed to do, was get only half of the red ring. In his video, all he has to do was take/scrape off the end of a Q-Tip, then stick it into the fan so the fan would stop and give me half of the red ring, and when you get half of the red ring, it activates an automatic system reboot, removing all problems with the console. I was so happy, so happy that I now keep those Q-Tips in the Xbox 360's case, everywhere I go incase I ever get it again.
@gabriel sanchez it is very easy to not do it correctly though, I know from multiple experiences of friends ruining their 360's because they were too impatient to send it in
I still have my 2006 Xbox I keep it functional by A. I literally made a new fan port by cutting a hole in it and adding a fan b. I have 2 fans blowing on it constantly while playing it
There's gotta be that one vintage collector somewhere that literally reverse engineers his Xbox 360 and redesigns all components to have liquid nitrogen cooling, physically separated from each other, and sealed in a layer of vacuum, and completely reprogrammed to allow for better debugging...
@@MrSonny6155 I have a friend who's dad did that with a computor, 3 ultra high definition screens with the newest generation graphics engine, a liquid and air cooling system and a liquid nitrogen failsafe. it makes my ASUS look like the original iPod in comparison
I have 2 Xbox 360s, the first one was a 2007 one I received for my 3rd birthday and the other was a 2009 one I won in a contest, both are white Jasper's and both are completely fine, after nearly 10 years of continuous use. I don't need to put more fans in because for whatever reason neither of my Xbox consoles have ever died. The only thing that happened was my 2009 one had a full 4 quarter red ring but that was simply because the AV cable broke, so I got HDMI on that one.
Funnily enough, the RROD happened to me SO freaking often, the deliveryman came to recognize me easily given how often I had to send the console back to repairs. Hell, I had RROD happen even when I was just booting up Halo 3 for the first time ever. As noted, it was Microsoft increasing the warranty's lifespan as well as paying upfront for delivery what made me stick to the console, and love it for all its flaws. As much as I hate corporations, that was honestly a goodwill act that made me trust the brand a lot at the time. It honestly pained me to have to finally pack up my 360 and its games for one last time. For all its problems, it was one of my favorite consoles ever.
I wish you get Xbox one X or the upcoming Xbox Scarlet I really wish you get what ever you want.......... I don't even know you but still.......you are a human like me.... Wish for me too
I put 2 360s a white and a black in storage for a year working perfectly got em out a year later n now they both have red ring cant even open the disc drives :( how can it be heat related if they havent even been used all year
That's because it wasn't actually a red ring of death. The red lights can blink in different orders to indicate other problems, like your A/V cables not being plugged in.
Both my 360s have red ring and the disc drives wont even open to get the game out its a joke :( they both worked out em in storage for a year got em back out the ova day n they was both red ringed :(
I’ve had my launch console since 2005 and it still works fine. Only thing I do from time to time is give it a cleaning inside and replace the thermal paste.
I remembered when my Red ringed, I was terrified of it happening, but by the time it occurred they had the process down smooth. They sent me a another one & I simply returned mine in the same box with the included prepaid shipping label. Was actually extremely easy. Microsoft although had ample opportunity to fix the issues before it got that bad, in the end they really did do the right thing for the customer. That's one of the main reasons I've been a loyal Xbox weenie since day 1. I've owned the original, the original 360 (that red ringed & was replaced) & I sold on eBay to pay for the Halo 3 Edition 360, One, One S traded all three in towards the Halo Edition One, I traded that one in towards the One X on launch Day. Now I'm just waiting for the Series X to launch...
At least they took care of you! 🤗 The true mark of a good company isn't how often things go right, it's how they take care of you when things go wrong! 😇
Yeah I remember mine too. It was something like 8 or 9 at night when my Elite finally red ringed after having given a lot of service for a couple of years. I called and spoke to someone when it happened and they set me up for the replacement unit. The biggest problem for me though is that I didn’t have a credit card at the time on which for them to place a hold for the swap. So I had to wait until they received my faulty unit before they would ship the replacement. I was over a month without the console before it finally made it back to me. That was a pretty terrible month as I had gotten rid of all my more modern game consoles at that point. I had to go all the way back to the N64 and Super Nintendo to have something to play.
i had a guy sell me a red ringed xbox for 50$,idiot didnt know what 2 rings ment and it took me maybe 5 minutes to fix it. had like a pound of dust inside though
My dad and I used to share an Xbox 360 back when they began to dim down and started to become cheaper. We used to have to unplug it and set it in the middle of the floor so then it could cool down. A bit much but it was our baby XD
Dis dude: The Xbox 360 red ring of death might be one of the most well-known video game errors besides the NES blinking red light of death Me: *err* blue screen of death
About two of mine have died, but my third one's been excellent for the 6 years that I've had it. My only qualms is that there's the two versions that can't play other PS2 games. Really bugs me.
dangerous1989 Less parts in them and more simple, especially the PS2 Slim. Pretty much the same with the Original Xbox as well ! Although I think the lasers for reading the discs can be dodgy sometimes in the PS2's , but they are cheap and easy to replace.
mine just had ALOT of dust and eventually it got hard ware failure but no red ring the cd reader was broken :( BUT we just put a newer one in there untill it just stoped working
WAIT... I remember playing on my Xbox 360 when i was younger and leaving it on while I ate dinner... I can back to see that it was completely broken... I thought that was because I left it on. Was it perhaps the red ring of death?
Microsoft is lucky this all went down pre-social media explosion. If social media were as as thoroughly integrated into society in 2006 as it is in the present, the 360 Would've been DOA
Yeah, can you imagine how the internet would have responded if Crowbat made a video on the Xbox 360 red ring DURING this time? Hell, ever since his Nintendo Switch video people are now just assuming ALL Switch consoles are faulty. Couldn't imagine how bad that would be for the 360.
Bottom Glass Cinema What's the fail rate of the Switch? 2%? The long-term failure rate of the 360 was what, 90%? People are just hysterical these days...
TheBlackRavenclaw interesting postulation, but I think what you really mean is MEMES and REDDIT... because MySpace was already dead and Facebook was in full force by the time the 360 released
Yeah I meant the full integration of social media into everyday life - which was still a few years away. The gamer community on TH-cam in particular wasn't really established in earnest yet. It was definitely enough to wound the 360, but in a world where headlines and culture generate on Twitter and Reddit faster than in traditional media, the 360 might not have .
+NRK MKW no, hes right. compared to today, social media was a baby. you had myspace and fb was considered the lame site, twitter wasnt as big as it is now and that was pretty much it, today everyone has a smartphone where they can constantly check their handful of social media apps like fb, instagram, snapchat, twitter, and whatever else there is.
I'll never forget. I woke up and threw a CD in my 360 to listen to before work. Boom, red ring. Extremely saddened, bought a PS3 and skipped the Xbone. Not sure if I'll get the current one, maybe later on but I'm happy with the PS5 atm. Had a lotta good times with the 360, loved that damn thing.
I have a fun story. My father won an XBOX before launch in the big microsoft/mountain dew event beforehand. It lasted until we sold it in around 2012/2013, and so until today, I had never heard about the red ring of death. I guess we got lucky. EDIT: I didn't think this was relevant before, but I'm putting it in anyway. My dad actually won the console by going through the trash cans at his office and finding all of the mountain dew caps inside, because a lot of people there drank it. He then, since there was one every hour, submitted them all within one hour, and won.
Cool story. It's possible the ones they gave away were from a good batch which didn't have any problems. The system ran hot because of bad thermal design but the actual point of failure was the lead-free solder they used. It basically started to crack and the CPU and/or GPU would lose contact with the PCB. They could have used better solder on some batches like the ones they gave away, which would explain why they lasted longer.
@@hattrickster33 They weren't allowed to use leaded solder. Lead free is usually fine, really the problem is the the lithography of the processors. They got too hot. I've repaired these professionally and while replacing the solder with leaded can help, they still tend to fail again.
When I was little my brother got the red ring of death on his Xbox and I was absolutely terrified of it, I cried for ages. I’m pretty sure I was only scared because of its name (red ring of DEATN)
@@sanandreasX i was not saying it as you should have gotten the PS3 because it is unbreakable, but just because the PS3 was awesome and has awesome games, but the PS3 failure rate was waaaaaay below the failure rate of the RROD Xbox 360 and all the issues the Xbox 360 has
@@ryanishungry7409 No it wasn't. The best version of the PS3 was the launch version (also known as "the phat") which is counter intuitive, i know. Usually later versions are better. It was built out of more expensive materials, had touch sensors, made less fan noise because it was better ventilated and most important of all... It was backwards compatible with PS1 and PS2 since it literally had the PS2 chips inside as well while the slims did not and could only play PS1. As far as I remember it had more USB slots as well. Overall it was just more expensive to manufacture so the later versions cut down on some of the features to reduce costs.
Nintendo is like the lone wolf of the Console war. It's like a wall. On one side is Xbox V PlaySlation and on the other side is Nintendo doing there own thing
Edward Spassov élève It was more like a sign of upcoming death of unsaved game 1.Crash 2.Message about it crashing 3.some games dont even load when that message shows up when putting them in. 4.Sometimes Red ring of death appeared
This was such a great video explaining everything about the Xbox 360 and you were absolutely right when you specifically stated when the Xbox 360 Slim came out those consuls have a stronger chance of surviving as long as they did and mine is still here in 2024. I love my Xbox 360, so I appreciate your information. Thank you.❤
Aiden one of the potential causes for the red ring is a power cable that's not inserted all the way. If it red rings less than a second after it turns on, then it's a power cable issue
I've always been a PlayStation kid, so I never really thought to give Xbox a try. Now that I'm grown, it's interesting to catch up on all of the stuff I'd missed! I'd heard about the red ring stuff but I was young enough at the time that I didn't really care lol. I really appreciate how in-depth this was, as someone who's kind of a noob to Xbox. Okay that's enough outta me, great video man :D
When BluRay players first came out they were about $1,000. The $599 PS3 included a BluRay player, rechargeable wireless controller, wi-fi, free online, non proprietary upgradable hard drive, and HDMI port. (Original 360's didn't have HDMI ports)
Even after everything that has happened with the Xbox 360, I still think it’s the greatest console of all time. The games, the controller, the daily use, the OS, the media, the players, the hardware, and the support. So many things made this a good console, if this thing didn’t have the red ring issue, it would’ve become an absolute legend. Even the original Xbox 360 with the red ring issue was reliable without the airflow issue. These things were absolute units. And they will forever sit in my heart on a podium as the truly ultimate console. It still has great looking games even after 15 years.
The problem with the 360 was a super easy fix . It was all due to the fact that all the fans airflow was going to the cpu and not the gpu . I have successfully fixed and modded hundreds of Xbox 360 at the time by just adding a plastic divider in the fan shroud so that the airflow was devided into 2 streams , one to the cpu and one to the gpu . Its failure was all due to a simple issue of basic mechanics. Because the shroud had been altered to make way for the standard size cd rom by making the gpu side 1/3rd the size of the cpu side ! The airflow was no longer evenly distributed between both the cpu and gpu and it all went to the cpu , basic mechanics that was obvious to anyone who had ever experienced airflow issues with their car etc . A simple piece of plasic glued into the shroud meant that now both the cpu and gpu would receive air . A case of to many geniuses and not a single basic mechanic to realise the airflow problem. Cheers to all who understand the simplicity of the fix . Ps my units have lasted and are still running strong today.
If the fix to preventing an old Xbox 360 Core model from getting red rings was to barely modify the internal fan, why the actual fuck did I never hear about it, or anyone around me who also owned Xbox's during that time period?? >>:''''''(((
You : letz play som moder warfare xbox:NOOO*redringed* brother:MOOOOOOM!! Mom: what bro: the xbox is broken mom : *shuts oof and turns back on* bro thanks mom: ur wellcome you: wait xbox : *ps3 starting up* Bro :WUUTTT!!???
My launch 360 never red ringed, even after six years. What killed it was the disk door jamming, followed by a small child brutally murdering it with a can of Pepsi.
If my Xbox 360 jams, I just hit the top of it and the disc tray comes out fine. Overheating is an issue of I put too much stuff on top of it, but other than that, it works just fine.
To think that they only had to spend 2 Million for test hardware and they could have prevented this. Instead, it costed them Billions for warranty and returns.
That happened to me, ruined one of my discs of Blue Dragon back when that was new. I learned from that though, and I've never moved the console when it was on again. Or any console really.
While this is true, it can also happen totally randomly on its own. I fondly remember playing through Sonic 2006 with a friend over at my place (we love laughing at shitty games) with the 360 just lying on the floor and me using the wireless controller. Out of nowhere, horrible crunching noise, game stopped. Take the disc out and it's got the circular scratch. Thankfully the Video Ezy did DVD buffing and that made the disc playable again. We joked that the console couldn't handle any more of that awful game and decided to sabotage the disc.
Yep, that happened to my friend as well. Our Halo 3 disk got scratched to hell. Couldn't read it at all after that one tiny move from one level of a shelf to another.
Luca lets be real Xbox is not fun because there are no game on it that will make you enjoy 4K and the only game people buy Xbox is forza don’t act like you don’t know this is what I hear from every Xbox owner just for forza
@@Luca-ci8sd i dont get why people would buy xbox. xbox is a fail everywhere in the world except US. if you go to japan, some people dont what what is an xbox haha. xbox is a joke. the real gaming units are either PC which is known worldwide, or the playstation which is known worldwide. only US knows xbox. and we all know US is a joke as well, so xbox is a joke.
@@rav1997 I disagree. PlayStation is a company built off corruption and greed. Not saying Xbox haven't done it in the past but as of right now the Xbox One X kills any PlayStation in terms of specs and performance, the X is also the closest platform to the PC. Not only all of that but Sony is also responsible for not allowing cross-platform matchmaking and other greedy moves like PS Now. (Though Cross-Plat with other consoles changed with Fortnite) While it kills Xbox is sales, Xbox is still headed down a much better direction than Sony, think about the future. Make no haste, I'm not a Xbox "fanboy" I actually owned a PS4 until I sold it for a new phone and keyboard for my PC, just in recent developments I'd much prefer an Xbox over PS4 any day. And the US is a joke? Have you seen some of the weirdest shit in other countries on a real talk? Tentacles, lots and lots of tentacle porn.
Man, what a story! Like two gladiators fighting! My original Xbox 360 never had the red ring of death but only because of the cool temperatures we have where I live, what killed my 360 was when I was playing in summer on hot days playing Red Dead Redemption and the GPU slowly and progressively died due to overheating, it never completely stopped working, but started to become unplayable. What a legend.
Melody Storm This is probably what happened to mine! I loved my Xbox 360 to death (Oof close to literally) and due to my climate having insanely cold winters and unbearably hot summers, my Xbox died in the summer. It never gave a red ring, but I became unable to play games like Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts and Viva Piñata, two of my favorite all time games. In fact, I couldn’t play Minecraft anymore either. Or anything else. I could still turn on the system and play downloaded games, but not discs. Eventually I couldn’t play my Xbox all together; sold it at GameStop for 3 bucks or something.
same i was 6 when mine red ringed and when i turned it on and no signal appeared. i absolutely bawled my eyes out as i had so much data and i didnt have and Xbox live account.
Playing on the 360 was a pivotal moment in my childhood, and probably the happiest iv been. The IRL friends iv made on it and online friends will never reach that height again. Il probably never be as happy again to be honest, the excitement of Skyrim coming out, playing Reach all day… Oh man. I then switched to PS4 and now back to the Series S. I still get the jitters turning my Series S on, remembering what it was like playing my 360.
GMLY yo i even dropped mine atleast 3ft to hardwood off a desk. Put it back upside down because it was dark. Ruined my mw2 disk lol. Xbox was fine though.
I used to fix my red ring 360's by hanging the motherboard from coat hangers in the oven and bake at 400 for 10-15 mins. This would re-flow the solder connecting the CPU and get it going again for another few months. I probably did this like 10 times to 3 different 360 systems I owned.
No it didn't reflow anything. It made the silicon die work again for a while which has nothing to do with solder. A reflow would permanently fix cracked solder balls which is not what happened here. In most cases the CPU or GPU itself were damaged.
@@averycason-rk2oe You put duct tape on a leaking tire. Sure it could work for a while but you definitely didn't fix anything, you just avoided the problem for a while
My dad bought my brother and I a 360 like a year after launch. We were so excited to finally have it. We brought it home, plugged it in, began to set up live, and 3 red ring, hardware failure lol. Called gamestop to complain and they were like "yeah you gotta call Microsoft" We didn't even get it to dashboard before it red ringed and we had to wait a few months before we got our replacement. Good times
Three lit up segments of the ring = ring of death, signals error with hardware. Four lit up segments/complete red ring = you don't have any controllers connected to the Xbox.
Malachi C I got 3 a couple times... my Xbox box is an original I think... has a 120G storage and the disk tray doesn’t come out until I hit it a couple of times...
I loved my old 360. It had an error that would lead to “Disk is unreadable” even though the disk were new or treated amazingly. Had to retire that bad boi back in 2012. Still was my favorite Christmas when I got it.
I have a 2009 Elite Xbox 360, I've put on it 18-hour Ninja Gaiden and Red Dead Redemption solo gaming sessions, 8-hour Halo co-op sessions (2 controllers), and several 4ish-hour four-controller multiplayer sessions, at IT NEVER ONCE has shown a red light. So proud :')
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How to prevent the red ring of death:
1. Open the console up.
2. Remove the red LED.
3. No red LED = no ring of death.
4. Profit.
Voldy356 lol
I put mine in a fish tank full of mineral. Lol
Stonks
5 ???
@@davids1854 why should there be a 5? Lmao
You mean I threw out my 6 year old Xbox because the AV cable fell out.
Baby Boy lol rip
Baby Boy let us take our time to pray for our fallen member.
It was at that moment he realised he fucked up (morgan freeman)
Baby Boy Wow Just Wow
I got a xbox for free it had four red rings so i never used it but never threw it away
if you ever worked at gamestop you know how many of these funerals you had to attend...
Ted Melkoumov haha toggle right stick to receive life insurance
rip
AudioXVNVX I spent one winter driving my weed dealing friend to GStop to take advantage of his warranty. It felt like once a month but I know I one in particular lasted less than a week. I don't think they were all red rings, though. I remeber a a power brick issue at least once. I got a nice big free nugg everytime. He drove and had a nice car but was paranoid as fuck by that point. He would ultimately get robbed at gunpoint in his own house so he had some justification in being paranoid. Put him out of business. Probably a good thing. He was approaching 30 with no employment history and simply played games all day. It isn't the glamorous life.
plus his social security is pretty much non-existent...
AudioXVNVX 😂😂😂
One of my strongest memories of my late grandfather was around 2016 he asked why we had an Xbox 360 and no games. (we only ever had like 6, dad stopped playing consoles) This man just opened it up right there and just messed with it for like 20 minutes, never touching one before, and fixed it.
i don't get it. why did he do?
@@Lou-yf1jograndfather magic
@@Lou-yf1joI’m not smart enough to know that. But he was a paramedic, then a cop, and then a nurse. He fixed cars and built computers on his free time. He knew a lot of things
“You can buy a PlayStation for $599”
No applause
“The new iPhone will be $1,199”
Crowd goes wild
quite hilarious considering shitty prebuilt computers at the time the PS3 was released cost that much in 2006
@Spegimation Wasn't the iphone 10 around $1k. At $750 w/ inflation the ps3 is still cheaper. The only logical argument would be that phones are generally more important hardware than consoles.
@Spegimation The target audience is very different. Iphones are considered as luxury items, while consoles are the Corolla of the gaming industry. Cheap, mediocre and pretty common. Not as the iphones aren't common, but apple makes people believe they are exclusive or something.
Many phones today are filled with better HD tech, and better camera quality tech, which overall makes them cost a lot. That is just the 2 big extras in phones.
With consoles, you just need a tv, which most people that have a home have. The consoles are only made to read the disc, send that to the tv, which displays it on the screen. The reason why the consoles are so expensive, yet cheaper than a lot of the newer phones, is because they don't have any really extra stuff that phones have.
BUT, if you put a X-Box 1 or PS4 and a tv together, they equal out to be pretty close to being as expensive as the new IPhone.
So in reality, they both equal out to being the same.
I'm disgusted by the truth of this
1 Ring: Youre fine. Its repairable.
2 Rings: Just turn it off for a while.
3 Rings: Its over. Youre screwed.
4 Rings: Fix the cables.
Nope, wrong
1 ring - most are repairable except E 74 - means your eDRAM is shot and your GPU/eDRAM package needs to be replaed
2 ring- repairable - probably bad paste or severe dust
3 ring - some repairable, some require replacing GPU or CPU or RAM. Some however are just bad caps or MOSFETs - easy fix
4 ring - only on Xenon models - A/V cable broken or missing
@@Josh.Davidson r/whooosh
@@gammaray20 your giving people bad info hardly seems like a woosh to me
@@Josh.Davidson the comment is supposed to be a joke you dong. Thats why i whoosed you.
@@Josh.Davidson also, i wasnt giving bad info. My joke comment was pretty accurate. And the fact that you wasted your time trying to prove me wrong is depressing.
"massive 32gb hard drive"
Miss those days
Now 500 or so GB isn't even that much
and now in some pcs have 32gb of ram
My Xbox had 80 gb
@@duck3819 1TB is nothing now, lol.
Yeah good times when games were like 1 gig. Need 105GB free spacr for rdr2 on my ps4 , oooofff. And thats without al the upcoming updates ._.
My dad worked at Celestica as a service technician from 2000 to 2009 and says that he remembers when they were making 360's, it's a small world!
elaborate?
@@tCoL_corp Why
They make fun of sony's price...
**Sony TV in the background**
NLP - Incursion suprised pikiachu face
*laughs in playstation*
We have it better
I got really sad when I saw the red ring blinking in the back 😔🙏
Rip old boi
Same
Felt the same when I got the two lines (For Overheating)
And then you find that it’s just your AV cable has fallen out.
🙏🏿
Hey man , recently had the same experience with my xbox 360 .
what i did ( works 90 % of the time ) was taking the console apart , cleaning the fans (dont use compressed air ,it could break the fans ) . And changing the thermal paste (extra) .
Should work , atleast it did for me.
I remember 10 year old me crying to my parents when my 360 red ringed. I told all my friends at school the next day. It was a tough time.
The same exact thing happened to me. I was playing need for speed most wanted at the time 😭
Yo holy shit dude I've had my Xbox since it came out and it still hasn't red ringed
@@thesarcasticdruid2702 There is no way that system has been played regularly then. Either that, or you just had one of the flawless consoles.
I have the xbox 360 e so it cant get red ringed
CoolBreeze90210 my Xbox is over 10 years old and still works. It was used for many hours everyday for about 5 years, until I got an xbox one - then I started barely using it. That’s probably why it still hasn’t died. I use it to play old games and watch movies occasionally.
0:44 Me, a 2000's kid who doesn't even know what the NES Red Light was: *I totally agree.*
Same.
me nither i was born in 1993
me neither I was born in 1787
The NES Blinking Red Light of Death means that there was a failure to authenticate the game inserted into the console.
I once had an Xbox 360 and I had to get rid of the Xbox 360 I was so sad because I lost my minecraft world I spent so long on.. I litteraly cried loll
I had to send my Xbox 360 for repairs a total of 7 TIMES! On the 7th time, the customer service guy said my unit has been repaired too many times so they gave me a brand new 360 lmao
Dan the Man | Funny Videos! Had that happen too. Wasnt sent that many times, but i owned 3 xbox 360s ( myself and twin sons) and 2 out of 3 RROD. Sent my one sons twice and mine once. While i still prefer my the xbox brand over PlayStation, always have, but no denying this was the worst hardware issue of any console. It was so bad that everyone i knew, that were early adopters of the 360, were victim to the rrod
Wow! I only had to send mine in 3 times. I guess I'm lucky! Went with PS4 this generation because I wanted a reliable console.
+knightofdreamz Yeah when I sent my 360 in a got one back with a new/wiped hard drive. Was mad I lost all my saves. I've always assumed it was a different refurbished console.
Yes, our consumer protection laws are bad, but can you own Guns? I'm sitting on a chair made of guns using a PC that runs on Guns, patriotism and rock and roll. What does your shitty country have? A queen and ISIS everywhere? Psshhh.
Mine went in three times. My console was never crammed into an entertainment center or anything; just open air.
I finally got one of those Arcade models and it is still kicking.
I love how a 360 is red ringing in the background lol
Omg i noticed that too :o
360:whole circle
Red RING of death
RING:circle shape
Ok?
@@heisenberggaming6548 to be precise, the RROD is just a nickname - it's only 3/4 of a ring, 270°
Same lol
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO COMMENT THAT LOL
My x360 (manufactured in 2005) just red ringed this weekend with 3 lights. I unplugged it then plugged it back in and it now works.
That the worst model , i have feb2006 model and didnt fix
@@user-fm7kt2lb5u yeah ik, i should have waited and gotten the slim model because it has no red ring and plus hdmi
Same on my old 360
Wow, that's actually hilarious. Gets red ring of death, casually unplugs it and plugs it back in, hardware problem somehow fixed
@@aurastrike i guess the "hardware problem" was because i plugged it into a surge protector with a lot of other consoles into it so it didnt get enough power idk
Wild stuff. Can't wait for the Joycon drift video in 10 years.
“Red ring of death is most known”
**blue screen**
Dragon Heart both were Microsoft problems
@@alecrac3r22_mcmm even the blue screen on the ps vita
the blue screen isn't exactly a hardware failure, it's just a crash of the OS, not the hardware taking its own life away.
@@andreiarg It could be caused by a hardware failure tough...
@@foco5657 also on ps3
So I was gifted an Xbox 360 a couple years ago from a friend of mine. After about 2 months of using it, it got the RROD. I looked everywhere on YT and couldn't find an answer. Then I found it. A random video by a 12 year old saying that all I needed to do, was get only half of the red ring. In his video, all he has to do was take/scrape off the end of a Q-Tip, then stick it into the fan so the fan would stop and give me half of the red ring, and when you get half of the red ring, it activates an automatic system reboot, removing all problems with the console. I was so happy, so happy that I now keep those Q-Tips in the Xbox 360's case, everywhere I go incase I ever get it again.
did you thank that kid
Be wary, that solution will warp the motherboard and damage the chips, that which you can't fix
You looked everywhere on TH-cam and couldn’t find it? Bullshit
@gabriel sanchez it is very easy to not do it correctly though, I know from multiple experiences of friends ruining their 360's because they were too impatient to send it in
LetsGoToMarsMan I tried a bunch of things on YT without trying to spend money.
I still have my 2006 Xbox I keep it functional by
A. I literally made a new fan port by cutting a hole in it and adding a fan
b. I have 2 fans blowing on it constantly while playing it
There's gotta be that one vintage collector somewhere that literally reverse engineers his Xbox 360 and redesigns all components to have liquid nitrogen cooling, physically separated from each other, and sealed in a layer of vacuum, and completely reprogrammed to allow for better debugging...
@@MrSonny6155 I have a friend who's dad did that with a computor, 3 ultra high definition screens with the newest generation graphics engine, a liquid and air cooling system and a liquid nitrogen failsafe. it makes my ASUS look like the original iPod in comparison
I have 2 Xbox 360s, the first one was a 2007 one I received for my 3rd birthday and the other was a 2009 one I won in a contest, both are white Jasper's and both are completely fine, after nearly 10 years of continuous use. I don't need to put more fans in because for whatever reason neither of my Xbox consoles have ever died. The only thing that happened was my 2009 one had a full 4 quarter red ring but that was simply because the AV cable broke, so I got HDMI on that one.
A wild Idioticaly smart man seems to fit you more
Same
Funnily enough, the RROD happened to me SO freaking often, the deliveryman came to recognize me easily given how often I had to send the console back to repairs. Hell, I had RROD happen even when I was just booting up Halo 3 for the first time ever.
As noted, it was Microsoft increasing the warranty's lifespan as well as paying upfront for delivery what made me stick to the console, and love it for all its flaws. As much as I hate corporations, that was honestly a goodwill act that made me trust the brand a lot at the time.
It honestly pained me to have to finally pack up my 360 and its games for one last time. For all its problems, it was one of my favorite consoles ever.
Imagine tattoing a release date then it gets delayed
Yeah, he should tie it to a personal date so at least it works
Not that bad, I mean look at Scott Cawthon..
Hello darkness smile friend I come to see you yet again.....
That's why you tattoo after it releases
Haha lol probably has happend beforw
Been 9 years and my 360 is still kicking, collecting dust, but still works
I've had mine for 6 or more years and it still works fine.
I wish you get Xbox one X or the upcoming Xbox Scarlet
I really wish you get what ever you want..........
I don't even know you but still.......you are a human like me....
Wish for me too
Same
My dad has had a ps3 for 11 years and he still uses a bit everyday sometimes for games other times for movies he's never had any issues with it.
Had mine since it first came out. A whole 14 years. It was my Dads at once tho. I'm lucky.
The guy: plays castle crashers music
*everyone liked that*
The IceKing Gamer *Castle Crashers music
@@AquaRelic23 ye best game ever
It’s not actually geometry dash’s music it’s castle crashers if you even know what that game is
Andre Gaming I feel he knows, but I think he was introduced to the song from there, I mean I was, still pretty dope tho.
IceKing. I like you
Mine never red ringed, It’s literally Queen Elizabeth!
you’re blessed
same
Same my xbox is like 10 plus year for now and it never red ringed
Me too! Not even a Jasper!
Unfortunately, everyone else got a Princess Diana 😬
2006: I HOPE YOUR XBOX GETS THE RED RING OF DEATH
2019: I HOPE YOUR SWITCH GETS DRIFT
Ahhhh whyyy
Dude, the second one is too far
Meh,
Since ma goat brother is here, imma talk about my xbox360
I got red ringed through a game... and it kept on running
My fucking Xbox is Jesus
1tb microsd meltdown: Let me introduce myself
Bloxxer Plays jokes on you I dont use joy cons
When mine died my father tried fixing it unfortunately for him there was a spider family in it
That's scary as fuck
A spider family? Did the exterminators or anyone else kill the family?
@Sans spinel *Yea the spiders are still in there dragon enchanters parents are dead...*
🤮
I thought your comment said your father died while trying to fix the Xbox 360
clicked for info on the red ring of death
got a documentary on the Xbox 360, not what I expected, but still satisfied
Read my comment earlier, I've done research on this and summed it all up.
I put 2 360s a white and a black in storage for a year working perfectly got em out a year later n now they both have red ring cant even open the disc drives
:( how can it be heat related if they havent even been used all year
This happened to me like 4 years ago, I turned it off and turned it back on and it was fine 😄. It still works to this day
mine did that with a full red ring then three rings waited like 1 or 2 days and it still works today
That's because it wasn't actually a red ring of death. The red lights can blink in different orders to indicate other problems, like your A/V cables not being plugged in.
Both my 360s have red ring and the disc drives wont even open to get the game out its a joke :( they both worked out em in storage for a year got em back out the ova day n they was both red ringed :(
Awesome
I’ve had my launch console since 2005 and it still works fine. Only thing I do from time to time is give it a cleaning inside and replace the thermal paste.
When mine red ringed I slapped it and it started working again it still works till this day lol
@seth Pixler lmaoo
Wait what??????
@@thee8858 yup
Wait... WHAT... thats funny! Why isn't this top comment???
i did the towel hack. wrapped it like 5 towels and kept it on for 2 hours. then it worked for like a day. Repeat step 1.
1-800-4-MyXbox.... Its sad that i have that number memorized.
True af 18004MYXBOX lol
"It hadn't quite blossomed into a full blown epidemic just yet"
Oh no
And we have COVID-19 to worry about here!
@@tammywilson6392 Don't buy into all the fear and propaganda... Something fishy is going on... 🤔 I don't like it one bit! 😳
@@ryanmace8804 excuse me? Bruh
@@ryanmace8804 what?
@@ryanmace8804 ? welp some people want to die i guess
13:38 I like how this guy in the chair is talking about the Xbox 360 having the advantage over the ps3 with a Sony tv behind him
You don’t have to play PlayStation to have a Sony tv
That Castle Crashers soundtrack sits in my heart even after my 360 red ringed.
Bro I noticed that right when I heard it at 4:00 lol
@@ColdVsIce Geometry Dash players like me will remember that this song is used as an official level in Geometry Dash World
camping6464 Castle Crashers is more memorable to me but yeah that is in GD World.
@@camping6464 Yeah that track was used in "Jumper" (one of the levels in Geometry Dash)
My childhood game
The actual red ringing Xbox in the background is dope
Is dat meger man?
Yes I saw it too
I remembered when my Red ringed, I was terrified of it happening, but by the time it occurred they had the process down smooth. They sent me a another one & I simply returned mine in the same box with the included prepaid shipping label. Was actually extremely easy. Microsoft although had ample opportunity to fix the issues before it got that bad, in the end they really did do the right thing for the customer. That's one of the main reasons I've been a loyal Xbox weenie since day 1. I've owned the original, the original 360 (that red ringed & was replaced) & I sold on eBay to pay for the Halo 3 Edition 360, One, One S traded all three in towards the Halo Edition One, I traded that one in towards the One X on launch Day. Now I'm just waiting for the Series X to launch...
Yea, I remember that it actually had some creepiness to it.
At least they took care of you! 🤗 The true mark of a good company isn't how often things go right, it's how they take care of you when things go wrong! 😇
Yeah I remember mine too. It was something like 8 or 9 at night when my Elite finally red ringed after having given a lot of service for a couple of years. I called and spoke to someone when it happened and they set me up for the replacement unit. The biggest problem for me though is that I didn’t have a credit card at the time on which for them to place a hold for the swap. So I had to wait until they received my faulty unit before they would ship the replacement. I was over a month without the console before it finally made it back to me. That was a pretty terrible month as I had gotten rid of all my more modern game consoles at that point. I had to go all the way back to the N64 and Super Nintendo to have something to play.
Wait until scarlet project finishes
The only reason PlayStation is better is Bc Xbox exclusive games a trash
I dread the day it will happen to me, all my childhood memories gone in a second :(
You probably won’t get it if you have the right model
Just transfer the heart drive to a new system
Slap it
@@geoffabbythomas7293 watch howtobasic’s video on fixing the red ring of death
If you have had it for 2 years of more you are 90% safe.
The terror of when I was younger trying to avoid the ring of death
First time I had it, I had a heart attack, literally.
actually, im still 12, so this still being one of my most terrifying fears
I have a slim
@@inventionscreator8875 why what happens
It dies
Bought a 360 sold it in 08 for an elite the guy i sold it to said it red ringed three months after , I got lucky
Mine did that too before it scared the crap outa me because I was about 7 or 8 and I thought it might explode 😂 But it actually overheated
He probably had it plugged into a power strip
i had a guy sell me a red ringed xbox for 50$,idiot didnt know what 2 rings ment and it took me maybe 5 minutes to fix it. had like a pound of dust inside though
@Chopsy The Homicidal Maniac no idea,it baffles me honestly
Ayy, our two old ass X-box 360s are still soldiering on to this day
(famous last words, I know)
I have a 6 year old Xbox 360, STILL WORKING.
@@thederentor5946 If it's a Slim model it would still be working. Only the Xenons and Falcons had the RROD issue really bad.
⭕ hi....
@KoivuTheHab Calm down, he used it right, he just spelt it incorrectly
@KoivuTheHab he meant soldiering not soldering
I've had my 360 e for 7 years and it still runs perfect
Same I got it when I was 6 or 7 now I’m 13 bro
The E red dots often, uh oh
It's because the e can't red ring
@@kingkayfabe5358 That's a lie.
The E can red ring. It and later S models are the 2nd most prone to red ringing. (Besides Pre-2008 Fats)
Same here I bought an Xbox 360 S in 2010 it still runs amazing.
Xbox: I should last you about 10 years!
my Playstation 2 from 2000: *Hold my Crash Bandicoot games*
@FrostBloodGames ur pc is Gay
Pulls out my snes. How about that
*my Dsi* are you sure about that
Literally my Wii U that works even without the GamePad which is a ripoff of the now-defunct THQ’s uDraw GameTablet: *are you sure about that*
@@thereallincolntakanashi
*My crappy computer* fight me
I don't even own a xbox and I found this to be interesting and satisfying
I agree.
John Chastain same
John Chastain
Me to
You should get one. It’s pretty good
My dad and I used to share an Xbox 360 back when they began to dim down and started to become cheaper. We used to have to unplug it and set it in the middle of the floor so then it could cool down. A bit much but it was our baby XD
My Xbox 360 still lives :D
my 360 still live and I bough the original 360 lol
Garret McCormick damn like and u know it
Dis dude: The Xbox 360 red ring of death might be one of the most well-known video game errors besides the NES blinking red light of death
Me: *err* blue screen of death
*video game errors*
Yeah, that’s not a video game error. You could never touch a video game in your entire life, and still experience the BSOD
@@Brother_Piner the video actually said hardware errors
Err
It's an OS not a console and also the blue screen of death never really became a plague on any particular Windows version.
Meanwhile, PS2's seem to be immortal and running like new lol
About two of mine have died, but my third one's been excellent for the 6 years that I've had it. My only qualms is that there's the two versions that can't play other PS2 games. Really bugs me.
The eye on my 2 went to shit and then gamers went bankrupt soooo
SO TRUE
the nes still be immortal
dangerous1989 Less parts in them and more simple, especially the PS2 Slim. Pretty much the same with the Original Xbox as well ! Although I think the lasers for reading the discs can be dodgy sometimes in the PS2's , but they are cheap and easy to replace.
My xbox who survived 2 red rings: ☠
Me: Come, this is no place to die
mine just had ALOT of dust and eventually it got hard ware failure but no red ring the cd reader was broken :( BUT we just put a newer one in there untill it just stoped working
Mine survived 3 rings out of the 4 rings
Mine lived....
*In the living room*
I fell on mine
@@skeleten5439 that's tough...
"The hot holiday toy"
Literally
Yes I bet it can be used as a fire
@@vx767 Not as bad as AMD Cpus oh no no no. I could roast marshmellos with one of those.
WAIT... I remember playing on my Xbox 360 when i was younger and leaving it on while I ate dinner... I can back to see that it was completely broken... I thought that was because I left it on. Was it perhaps the red ring of death?
Completely broken.. how? It turned off, did it glitch out?
@@theta_clips I meant it just didn’t work... didn’t turn on
Solid video. Very well done!
+Rerez Go figure you would watch this Shane.
Oh hey
Rerez I’ll take that old XBOX 360 console, if you still have it
Rerez iI
Rerez 666 likes
*You expect me to focus on whatever you are explaining WHILE making me jam the absolute fuck out of my ass with Castle Crashers soundtrack?*
*NO*
Microsoft is lucky this all went down pre-social media explosion. If social media were as as thoroughly integrated into society in 2006 as it is in the present, the 360 Would've been DOA
Yeah, can you imagine how the internet would have responded if Crowbat made a video on the Xbox 360 red ring DURING this time? Hell, ever since his Nintendo Switch video people are now just assuming ALL Switch consoles are faulty. Couldn't imagine how bad that would be for the 360.
Bottom Glass Cinema
What's the fail rate of the Switch? 2%? The long-term failure rate of the 360 was what, 90%? People are just hysterical these days...
TheBlackRavenclaw interesting postulation, but I think what you really mean is MEMES and REDDIT... because MySpace was already dead and Facebook was in full force by the time the 360 released
Yeah I meant the full integration of social media into everyday life - which was still a few years away. The gamer community on TH-cam in particular wasn't really established in earnest yet. It was definitely enough to wound the 360, but in a world where headlines and culture generate on Twitter and Reddit faster than in traditional media, the 360 might not have .
+NRK MKW no, hes right. compared to today, social media was a baby. you had myspace and fb was considered the lame site, twitter wasnt as big as it is now and that was pretty much it, today everyone has a smartphone where they can constantly check their handful of social media apps like fb, instagram, snapchat, twitter, and whatever else there is.
I'll never forget. I woke up and threw a CD in my 360 to listen to before work. Boom, red ring. Extremely saddened, bought a PS3 and skipped the Xbone. Not sure if I'll get the current one, maybe later on but I'm happy with the PS5 atm. Had a lotta good times with the 360, loved that damn thing.
I have a fun story.
My father won an XBOX before launch in the big microsoft/mountain dew event beforehand. It lasted until we sold it in around 2012/2013, and so until today, I had never heard about the red ring of death. I guess we got lucky.
EDIT: I didn't think this was relevant before, but I'm putting it in anyway. My dad actually won the console by going through the trash cans at his office and finding all of the mountain dew caps inside, because a lot of people there drank it. He then, since there was one every hour, submitted them all within one hour, and won.
Cool story. It's possible the ones they gave away were from a good batch which didn't have any problems. The system ran hot because of bad thermal design but the actual point of failure was the lead-free solder they used. It basically started to crack and the CPU and/or GPU would lose contact with the PCB. They could have used better solder on some batches like the ones they gave away, which would explain why they lasted longer.
@@hattrickster33 They weren't allowed to use leaded solder. Lead free is usually fine, really the problem is the the lithography of the processors. They got too hot. I've repaired these professionally and while replacing the solder with leaded can help, they still tend to fail again.
Same, my Xbox is almost 11 years old and it still works fine
I have two 360s and I've never had problems with either one of them. Besides connection issues with the internet
Noice
When I finally had my red ring of death on my Xbox 360 i thought it was gonna explode or something xD
Hello fellow robot
I am also a tf fan
Every week another red LED lights up, once they have all lighted up it will explode, you have 4 weeks. Do not fail
Me too lol
Thanks for casually dropping that thing about the Tylenol murders, I'm gonna spend the next hour of my life on it
@your mom xD yes.
There's this little video about that. th-cam.com/video/A6bYdBJvRqg/w-d-xo.html
When I was little my brother got the red ring of death on his Xbox and I was absolutely terrified of it, I cried for ages. I’m pretty sure I was only scared because of its name (red ring of DEATN)
No not the read ring of deatn
The castle crashers music gives me so much nostalgia. Glad i can still play it in the xbox one.
I was at a birthday and it was nearly 2 in the morning when my friends Xbox red ringed and it scared the hell out of me
I remember i was like 7 and begging my xbox to come back to life
should have got a PS3
@@johnanderson-wo7mi i did, i got the super slim brand new and it had disc drive issues. Couldn't win either way.
sanandreasX should have got the PS3 slim. That was the best version of PS3
@@sanandreasX i was not saying it as you should have gotten the PS3 because it is unbreakable, but just because the PS3 was awesome and has awesome games, but the PS3 failure rate was waaaaaay below the failure rate of the RROD Xbox 360 and all the issues the Xbox 360 has
@@ryanishungry7409 No it wasn't. The best version of the PS3 was the launch version (also known as "the phat") which is counter intuitive, i know. Usually later versions are better. It was built out of more expensive materials, had touch sensors, made less fan noise because it was better ventilated and most important of all... It was backwards compatible with PS1 and PS2 since it literally had the PS2 chips inside as well while the slims did not and could only play PS1. As far as I remember it had more USB slots as well. Overall it was just more expensive to manufacture so the later versions cut down on some of the features to reduce costs.
I jut realised my dads lasted 12 years wtf
Edit: And we gave it away and still works
Mine lasted like ever since it was first real eased
I've had my xbox 360 for over 6 years and nothing bad ever happened
I guess I'm lucky
6 years isnt that long.
Had mine since 2009
Original xbox
Had my 360 since day one
Still do
And got the new model
10
Years
Nintendo is like the lone wolf of the Console war. It's like a wall. On one side is Xbox V PlaySlation and on the other side is Nintendo doing there own thing
Angel Gaeta right yoooooo😂😂😂
That’s because Xbox and PlayStation are aiming for the same audience
True
used to be Nintendo V Sega rip
Angel Gaeta they used to fight Sega, until they won
I've gotten the red ring of death multiple times and my Xbox still works. Also, the 360 that I have was from 2006.
Kitty Kitty Cat my is from 2011
Kitty Kitty Cat when my xboz had red ring it meant that it usually crashed in middle of games
Edward Spassov élève It was more like a sign of upcoming death of unsaved game
1.Crash
2.Message about it crashing
3.some games dont even load when that message shows up when putting them in.
4.Sometimes Red ring of death appeared
Kitty Kitty Cat mine is from...
I don't know
I got the late xbox 360s around 2012-2013
This was such a great video explaining everything about the Xbox 360 and you were absolutely right when you specifically stated when the Xbox 360 Slim came out those consuls have a stronger chance of surviving as long as they did and mine is still here in 2024. I love my Xbox 360, so I appreciate your information. Thank you.❤
Mine still hasn't red ringed (its 2019) when i got it 12 years ago too lol
Lol, min either
*mine
Same
My old one is 7 year old . Still fucking works 😂😂😂
I got mine 4 years ago
One time, my sister TOLD on me because it happened. But, all I had to do was unplug it, and then plug it in again.
Unless you do the power cord trick.
Aiden Then it probably had 4 rings
Aiden Your not talking about any thing xbox related are u?
Aiden one of the potential causes for the red ring is a power cable that's not inserted all the way. If it red rings less than a second after it turns on, then it's a power cable issue
Aiden all my brother had to do is move the xbox to standing up
I just love his red ring blinking in all his facecam every clip
True!
I've always been a PlayStation kid, so I never really thought to give Xbox a try. Now that I'm grown, it's interesting to catch up on all of the stuff I'd missed! I'd heard about the red ring stuff but I was young enough at the time that I didn't really care lol. I really appreciate how in-depth this was, as someone who's kind of a noob to Xbox. Okay that's enough outta me, great video man :D
When BluRay players first came out they were about $1,000. The $599 PS3 included a BluRay player, rechargeable wireless controller, wi-fi, free online, non proprietary upgradable hard drive, and HDMI port. (Original 360's didn't have HDMI ports)
Yami Brian deadass that's alot
You hit the nail on the head. As a total package, the ps3 was much cheaper
$600 is still a lot for a console, not matter how much you get for it.
todesziege exactly
Don't talk trash about xbox because we all know xbox and ps are have a different system and work total different ...
I have a xbox 360 since 2005 around the launch date and still works I think mine is the longest lasting 360 console ever
Graceshot YT I still have my 360 for the day it came out lol
TakeoutLemon937 k
TakeoutLemon937 You're a fucking lier. Ur voice in ur Roblox videos sounds like u we're not even alive when the console even came out.
2005 is the year I was born
I got a friend who still has his from 05 and it still works, we still play on it whenever we hang out
Did i really just watch this 30 min video on a console i never had at 1am on a school night lol.
aye_lil_juan you have school in july?
K J Sauser summer school 😪😒
I did
aye_lil_juan Ohhhh gotcha
aye_lil_juan :3 shame
Even after everything that has happened with the Xbox 360, I still think it’s the greatest console of all time. The games, the controller, the daily use, the OS, the media, the players, the hardware, and the support. So many things made this a good console, if this thing didn’t have the red ring issue, it would’ve become an absolute legend. Even the original Xbox 360 with the red ring issue was reliable without the airflow issue. These things were absolute units. And they will forever sit in my heart on a podium as the truly ultimate console. It still has great looking games even after 15 years.
The problem with the 360 was a super easy fix . It was all due to the fact that all the fans airflow was going to the cpu and not the gpu . I have successfully fixed and modded hundreds of Xbox 360 at the time by just adding a plastic divider in the fan shroud so that the airflow was devided into 2 streams , one to the cpu and one to the gpu . Its failure was all due to a simple issue of basic mechanics. Because the shroud had been altered to make way for the standard size cd rom by making the gpu side 1/3rd the size of the cpu side ! The airflow was no longer evenly distributed between both the cpu and gpu and it all went to the cpu , basic mechanics that was obvious to anyone who had ever experienced airflow issues with their car etc . A simple piece of plasic glued into the shroud meant that now both the cpu and gpu would receive air . A case of to many geniuses and not a single basic mechanic to realise the airflow problem. Cheers to all who understand the simplicity of the fix . Ps my units have lasted and are still running strong today.
Yes, seems like such a simple issue to fix and I can't believe they didn't realize it before it shipped.
I love messing with fans and cooling.
this for real?
If the fix to preventing an old Xbox 360 Core model from getting red rings was to barely modify the internal fan, why the actual fuck did I never hear about it, or anyone around me who also owned Xbox's during that time period?? >>:''''''(((
wam bam thank you 'mam
I just opened mine up and put a strong fan on it... Genius? I'm the kind of person who doesn't care what it looks like as long as it works n_n;...
My Xbox was made in 2008 too but it's still alive
I'm in 2018
That's 10 years
Thank you everyone for 1.2k likes and 235 replies
2018 me too
Mustafa Orsoglu mine is the same but rip mine now cuz just got de one :/
Same
Mustafa Orsoglu happy anniversary
Me too
My Xbox red ringed then my stepbrother yelled for my mom. She pressed the power button and turned it back on. It still works just fine.
notaphan then it was a normal "tier 3 error" not a RROD
notaphan the rrod can also be caused by an improperly inserted power cable.
You : letz play som moder warfare
xbox:NOOO*redringed*
brother:MOOOOOOM!! Mom: what
bro: the xbox is broken mom :
*shuts oof and turns back on*
bro thanks
mom: ur wellcome
you: wait
xbox : *ps3 starting up*
Bro :WUUTTT!!???
Have yaaaaa trieeed turrrnning ittt onnnn annnd offff
@@mvstreamsniper3124 Do you live in like 2011 or what?
My original 2005 360 is still working perfectly, never a red ring. But every 2 years I tear it down for a deep cleaning and new thermal paste.
Thank you for the Castle Crashers music. I needed that.
Will Vicini yes thank god
Thought i was the only one 😂
Yes I noticed that too
STBC SniperZ nah that games an a classic
Pododododo Ehoh i still play it on the xbox one
Looking back on this makes me miss the good old days.
BIGWORM 510
Yup. But I gotta admit, I’ll give up the good old days for games like today. Even if it means tearing my soul in half to pay for it
My launch 360 never red ringed, even after six years. What killed it was the disk door jamming, followed by a small child brutally murdering it with a can of Pepsi.
Even PC can't stand against a small child with Pepsi
Computer Nerd 128 So you can kill it in "self defense."
smashhawk mine was just a disk door jamming and soon resulted in a red ring. I lost my hitman game in it
If my Xbox 360 jams, I just hit the top of it and the disc tray comes out fine. Overheating is an issue of I put too much stuff on top of it, but other than that, it works just fine.
Mine had disk jamming problems too, eventually the tray stopped opening.
To think that they only had to spend 2 Million for test hardware and they could have prevented this. Instead, it costed them Billions for warranty and returns.
Yup. I’m pretty sure they learned from this really well!
One Hardware issue i remember is that, when you move a running Xbox with a Disc inside that it damages the disc
2ExtremeReviews it damn sure did. ruined my copy of Guitar Hero 3.
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The disc drive was made so poorly it didn't even have typical disc-protective thingamajigs.
That happened to me, ruined one of my discs of Blue Dragon back when that was new. I learned from that though, and I've never moved the console when it was on again. Or any console really.
While this is true, it can also happen totally randomly on its own. I fondly remember playing through Sonic 2006 with a friend over at my place (we love laughing at shitty games) with the 360 just lying on the floor and me using the wireless controller. Out of nowhere, horrible crunching noise, game stopped. Take the disc out and it's got the circular scratch. Thankfully the Video Ezy did DVD buffing and that made the disc playable again. We joked that the console couldn't handle any more of that awful game and decided to sabotage the disc.
Yep, that happened to my friend as well. Our Halo 3 disk got scratched to hell. Couldn't read it at all after that one tiny move from one level of a shelf to another.
Congratulations on making this video! Detailed research, beautiful writing, amazing editing, it's pro from all points of view. Keep up the good work!
I got a PS4 ad on this video lmao
i think since X1X is making progression like with the RDR2 i think Ps4Pro Owners only can cry is x1x vs Ps4Pro like next vs last gen XD LMFAO2
@@Luca-ci8sd lmfao rofl Xbox One X is not even selling more than Nintendo Switch Lmfao Rofl kiki
Luca lets be real Xbox is not fun because there are no game on it that will make you enjoy 4K and the only game people buy Xbox is forza don’t act like you don’t know this is what I hear from every Xbox owner just for forza
@@Luca-ci8sd i dont get why people would buy xbox. xbox is a fail everywhere in the world except US. if you go to japan, some people dont what what is an xbox haha. xbox is a joke. the real gaming units are either PC which is known worldwide, or the playstation which is known worldwide. only US knows xbox. and we all know US is a joke as well, so xbox is a joke.
@@rav1997 I disagree. PlayStation is a company built off corruption and greed. Not saying Xbox haven't done it in the past but as of right now the Xbox One X kills any PlayStation in terms of specs and performance, the X is also the closest platform to the PC. Not only all of that but Sony is also responsible for not allowing cross-platform matchmaking and other greedy moves like PS Now. (Though Cross-Plat with other consoles changed with Fortnite)
While it kills Xbox is sales, Xbox is still headed down a much better direction than Sony, think about the future.
Make no haste, I'm not a Xbox "fanboy" I actually owned a PS4 until I sold it for a new phone and keyboard for my PC, just in recent developments I'd much prefer an Xbox over PS4 any day.
And the US is a joke? Have you seen some of the weirdest shit in other countries on a real talk?
Tentacles, lots and lots of tentacle porn.
I love how he used the music from castle crashers one of the most iconic Xbox 360 games in my opinion.
Man, what a story! Like two gladiators fighting! My original Xbox 360 never had the red ring of death but only because of the cool temperatures we have where I live, what killed my 360 was when I was playing in summer on hot days playing Red Dead Redemption and the GPU slowly and progressively died due to overheating, it never completely stopped working, but started to become unplayable.
What a legend.
Melody Storm
This is probably what happened to mine! I loved my Xbox 360 to death (Oof close to literally) and due to my climate having insanely cold winters and unbearably hot summers, my Xbox died in the summer. It never gave a red ring, but I became unable to play games like Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts and Viva Piñata, two of my favorite all time games. In fact, I couldn’t play Minecraft anymore either. Or anything else. I could still turn on the system and play downloaded games, but not discs. Eventually I couldn’t play my Xbox all together; sold it at GameStop for 3 bucks or something.
I still remember FPS Russia shooting an X Box with red ring
Da lol
The Red Ring of Death kept me from sleeping at night...
same i was 6 when mine red ringed and when i turned it on and no signal appeared. i absolutely bawled my eyes out as i had so much data and i didnt have and Xbox live account.
Playing on the 360 was a pivotal moment in my childhood, and probably the happiest iv been. The IRL friends iv made on it and online friends will never reach that height again. Il probably never be as happy again to be honest, the excitement of Skyrim coming out, playing Reach all day… Oh man. I then switched to PS4 and now back to the Series S. I still get the jitters turning my Series S on, remembering what it was like playing my 360.
This video was made 2 years ago and it's in my recommended today..
Same
Tup
Nobody cares
Your point being?
Red Ring Of Death is just a “Cool” way to say Your console is broken
Mine was made in 2007 and is still gong strong.
Ah making me miss my 250 gb elite.
Was going strong till 2013, fucking tornados.
Mine has never had a red ring of death at all, but it gave a ring around some of my Xbox 360 discs or scratched them leading to them being unplayable
GMLY yo i even dropped mine atleast 3ft to hardwood off a desk. Put it back upside down because it was dark. Ruined my mw2 disk lol. Xbox was fine though.
greenthumb lol that's one tough xbox
Are you fn kidding me still going till this day wow
My uncle had to return 4 360’s from red ringing and when it happened on his 5th he threw it away and waited until the PS3 Slim released
I still have an original launch console, it’s still working just fine and we play it pretty much every day.
Same here
Mine started lagging too much
shite4brains same
I used to fix my red ring 360's by hanging the motherboard from coat hangers in the oven and bake at 400 for 10-15 mins. This would re-flow the solder connecting the CPU and get it going again for another few months. I probably did this like 10 times to 3 different 360 systems I owned.
this is either a troll or you're insane
@@allen.simmons9150 Dead serious, not insane, and it worked.
No it didn't reflow anything. It made the silicon die work again for a while which has nothing to do with solder. A reflow would permanently fix cracked solder balls which is not what happened here. In most cases the CPU or GPU itself were damaged.
I tried it and it worked biyatch
@@averycason-rk2oe You put duct tape on a leaking tire. Sure it could work for a while but you definitely didn't fix anything, you just avoided the problem for a while
My dad bought my brother and I a 360 like a year after launch. We were so excited to finally have it. We brought it home, plugged it in, began to set up live, and 3 red ring, hardware failure lol. Called gamestop to complain and they were like "yeah you gotta call Microsoft" We didn't even get it to dashboard before it red ringed and we had to wait a few months before we got our replacement. Good times
My Xbox 360 always red rings and it never dies.... idk why it doesn’t die for good...
Do you get 4 red lights or 3?
Three lit up segments of the ring = ring of death, signals error with hardware.
Four lit up segments/complete red ring = you don't have any controllers connected to the Xbox.
Malachi C I got 3 a couple times... my Xbox box is an original I think... has a 120G storage and the disk tray doesn’t come out until I hit it a couple of times...
Same with me
Because it's God
Can I just say the only thing I can focus on the Xbox RRing in the back ground XD....
You noticed too?
I did dat to
I loved my old 360. It had an error that would lead to “Disk is unreadable” even though the disk were new or treated amazingly.
Had to retire that bad boi back in 2012. Still was my favorite Christmas when I got it.
This is in my recommendations after 3 years
I have a 2009 Elite Xbox 360, I've put on it 18-hour Ninja Gaiden and Red Dead Redemption solo gaming sessions, 8-hour Halo co-op sessions (2 controllers), and several 4ish-hour
four-controller multiplayer sessions, at IT NEVER ONCE has shown a red light.
So proud :')
They have the red light of death (RLOD)
That's because jaspers are the shit (in a positive way)