Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death Causes - Top 3 Causes

Xbox 360, once the great gaming console which won over the other gaming hands down is now facing a serious qoute called "red ring of death". It is also called "three red lights error". There are many technical causes for the occurrence of the red ring of death, but the top three causes are

1) Overheating,

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2) Problems in Gpu,

3) Problems in powerbrick.

Let us discuss about these issues below.

The whole one cause for red ring of death as said above is the total overheating of the console. Xbox 360 is nothing different from high end gaming pc, and the only difference is that all the components are tightly packed into a small space. Hence this makes the xbox overheat more often and rapidly than your pc, causing many errors including red ring of death. So,now lets see about the second cause.

Gpu- normal Processing Unit and its linked chips are the second cause for our problems. When the Gpu and other chips inside xbox 360 becomes overheated, they are simply programmed to shut down resulting in a "screen freeze". But, when you restart the xbox, all things seems to be fine. Have ya experienced it?? If you have and wondered about it, then the above qoute is the reason. But,when it happens more often, it will at last lead to red rings of death -our most dreaded problem. Sound similar to the frequent head ache with xbox? okie, lets move on to the next cause...

Powerbrick is the other name of the box containing the transformer, needful for supplying power to xbox. simply powerbrick gets very hot and there is a fan inside to flush all the heat produced, away from the powerbrick. But, some habitancy keep this powerbrick inside a concluded accommodation or some place where there is not much of air circulation and thus causes the powerbrick to overheat beyond its capacity, which will have its corollary on the xbox, prominent to frequent overheating and shut downs of the xbox, then at last to red ring of death error. So, what do you think is the best potential stoppage method, if you have not guessed yet, then read on...

As, you could have seen, most of the problems of xbox is caused by "overheating". The potential way to avoid the red ring of death and other errors is to keep the xbox and the powerbrick in a more airy place. Keep it in a place where air can flush out from all four sides of the xbox and powerbrick. Take your xbox outside of that concluded display cabinet, at least when you play and till it cools down. Thus we have discussed about preventive ways and causes for the red ring of death.

Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death Causes - Top 3 Causes