Red Ring of Death Fix
by BB
We never knew Brazilians were genius technicians. When I think of Brazil, all I think of is Futbol fanatics and alot of trees. But according to this video, these two Brazilian guys have figured out how to properly fix their Red Ring of Death. I could only imagine how long it would take to get it fixed by Microsoft’s customer support team. I mean, in America it takes about a week 1/2. For Brazil…I’d say….5 months.
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Xbox 360, Red Ring of Death Fix, Hack
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July 18th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
yeah thats a neat quick fix. It also works for ipods.(trust me it worked for mine)
July 18th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
This is how you fix all electronics (I can personally verify it).
July 18th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
I had a 360 that was exactly like this. I’d get the rings, whack it on the left side, and it would work again for a while. Eventually it did die completely, though.
July 18th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
They surely did it to get the headlines. They love them.
July 18th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
It’s actually “futebol”.
July 18th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Dude, c’mon!
It’s ok for you to think those things, but not to say them on Digg!
Just so you know, our (I’m brazilian) voting system is far better than yours, electronic and stuff. We get our taxes done with a open source software made by the government. And we probably have less trees than you guys do in the USA.
And, yes, it’s futebol
July 18th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
i don’t know about this, when one of my xbox’s got the rings, it would sometimes boot up fine and be good for like 5 minutes before it crashed again. might be a quick fix though
July 18th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
You mean fewer trees.
July 18th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
The Fonzie works every time!
July 18th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
This will work only a limited number of times. By the time you crack a solder trace or the board itself you got a bigger problem.
(we used to fix Atari ST’s with a technical drop) - same limitation
July 18th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
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July 18th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
i dont trust them. i think they h4x.
July 18th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Ah, a very careful application of percussive maintenance. Clever.
July 18th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
There was a very old Apple computer that would overheat, cause the solder to melt, and the chips would come loose. the fix was to leave the system on for a while so it got hot, then disconnect it and drip it a few times from a height of a few inches. The parts were settled as the solder cooled. I wonder if the fix here is doing something similar.
July 18th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
alot => a lot
July 18th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
I figured that out months ago when I crosschecked my xbox 360.
July 18th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
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July 18th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
IDK what causes the 360 failure, but the above mentioned ipod fix is also my solution to hardrive failure. I’ve traded my ipod in twice under warranty, and when it finally expired, I thought I was stuck with a bricked ipod. After about 2 months of the thing getting knocked around the floor of my room, a friend picked it up, and to my surprise, began browsing through my songs. It was only after later dropping it that I realized how to fix it though. I think its the part of the HD that reads the platter, but I’m not sure. The fix has worked well over 50 times, and I thought it would have permanantly died long ago.
After typing this up, I realize theres no point in my post. I always end up ranting when I get high.
July 18th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
@FastJimmy: percussive maintenance is a good one! Never heard that one before. I always used to call the practice ‘applied science’.
July 18th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
You do realize that Brazil is part of America, and USA is only a PART of NORTH AMERICA, it’s not even the biggest part of america…
July 18th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
hey dude, you are an asshole
take a look what i remember when i think in of american people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE
hahaha
loser
July 18th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
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July 18th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
This works because the RLOD are caused by the mother board being warped over time by the Xclamps that hold the heatsinks in place over the CPU and GPU. It’s simply a poor design, and I’m not sure why MS hasn’t just come out and said this is the issue. The only reason I can figure is this is because they would admit that there is a (potential) for 100% failure rate because this. The 360 is a terrific machine that was poorly designed.
Anyway, the warping cause small breaks in the solder joints (very small, but enough). The wacking cause the motherboard to realign enough to make the connection. Your mileage may vary.
Whatever you do, don’t do the “towel trick.” The 360 cannot possible get solder hot enough to reflow as “theorized.” You’re just expanding the parts through heat, and again making the connections. This and the whacking are both temporary.
July 18th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Awesome! Banging solves everything. It worked for game cartridges. XD
July 18th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Wow you excluded brazil from america, smart.
July 18th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
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July 18th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Umm i am from Brasil and yes this is how we fix things…ask my boss Mr Tom
July 18th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
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July 18th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Dam, i tried it, no luck.
July 18th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
“I mean, in America it takes about a week 1/2. For Brazil…I’d say….5 months.”
The guy who posted this video here is more intelligent than the guys at the video, I guess. Where Brazil is located? OMG, It’s in America, actually, in Southern America, but it’s part of America, alright?
“When I think of Brazil, all I think of is Futbol fanatics and alot of trees.”
No monkeys?? =(
Well, and when I think of USA, all I Think of is fat people, having their lunch on McDonalds, drinking Coke, and puluition.
Cheers from Brazil!
July 19th, 2007 at 12:15 am
i belive you are an asshole.. i really do
July 19th, 2007 at 12:31 am
Too bad the guy who originally wrote this back in fucking November doesn’t work here anymore. Nice try
July 19th, 2007 at 12:35 am
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July 19th, 2007 at 12:37 am
That’s two comments which specifically state that “Brazil is in America.”
I thought it was standard English to use America as an abbreviated form of “The United States of America”.
Who has ever used America as an abbreviated form of South America? Or as an abbreviated form of North America plus South America? Is this being taught in the American (be careful, I’m talking about the U.S.A., not the hemisphere containing two continents) school system? Or are the two comments above from people without enough exposure to the school system?
I believe its somewhat common to use the phrase “the Americas” (plural) to refer to the combination of North and South America, but that is obviously not the intent of the author.
It occurred to me that I might be being trolled here, but “AssKilla” seemed really honest in his contempt of the author.
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July 19th, 2007 at 4:06 am
Fine for the 3RL information.
…
Now, why criticize and diminish another country/nation?
This was an stupid and biased allegation.
F***ING PREJUDICE!
I hope that people who came from Digg don’t take the main post too serious.
Brazil as “soccer players and trees”? OMG…
Should we all think that Germans are blond people that use swastika and eat sausage all day long? …or Americans as stupid and fat people that eat burger and bacons for breakfast? …or the French as people don’t wash themselves….
Come on, let’s grow up and face the world with LESS fallacy, foolishness and stupidity.
Let’s be smart, ok?
Thank you.
July 19th, 2007 at 4:13 am
just remedying: forgot the “who” in “…french as people who don’t…”.
July 19th, 2007 at 4:57 am
The writer of this post doesn’t even write for this site anymore, lol @ an old ass post making it to the front page of Digg (and onto other peoples blogs looking through the comments and seeing the trackbacks)
July 19th, 2007 at 6:36 am
LOL! Oh, wow. That’s just awesome. This just further proves if you want something fixed - smack it a few times and it’ll be as good as new.
Steve
July 19th, 2007 at 7:20 am
Since when does smacking it a few times qualify you as a genius technician.
July 19th, 2007 at 8:11 am
The guy just hit the machine as if there where no tomorrow. This is CRAP
July 19th, 2007 at 8:33 am
#40 Chris
mmm, I hope you’re joking.
July 19th, 2007 at 8:51 am
i’m tired of hearing the xclamp crap. the xclamps have nothing to do with the problem. if you will notice, once the xclamps are removed, alot of boards are warped opposite of the way the xclamps exert pressure on the boards, the boards are warped in a ‘u’ fashion opposite the xclamps.
July 19th, 2007 at 9:31 am
Taurus Firearms are made in Brazil and from all accounts, they make excellent firearms that can hold their own with the big boys.
July 19th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Its called wookie repair, bitches.
July 19th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
LMFAO Guy just slaps its on the side a few times some guy should edit this add drum roll effects etc.
You 360 fan boys are screwed
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July 19th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
muddin why do you have to put that shiz on public sites?
July 21st, 2007 at 3:20 am
I have an Atari 2600 4-switch version that still works to this day. Why can’t Microsoft make a game box that doesn’t break 30 days after you have taken it home?
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:24 pm
This will never work. The rings has never happened to me but i am in big fear it will. I tryying to get my brother to let me sell since it is his. He is worried about his files. It will be worth it. Get the ps3. Just wap your 360 in a towel. The red lights can also be from the cords being unplugged. I still on my first 360.
July 30th, 2007 at 5:37 am
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August 13th, 2007 at 1:02 am
It’s gotta be something with either one of the connections on the console, or a virus that has infected the machines firmware causing it not to be able to properly process data. The reason why I say this is because I recently moved over to my brother’s house that has an XBOX 360 and his started getting this error. Since his machine stopped working, I pulled my 360 out so we could still play…now it’s happening on my machine too. When we switched consoles and reconnected the etherent for Live and left all other connections (power/audio/video) connected. So, it’s gotta be either a problem with a faulty connector on one of the cords which is causing overheating…or some update that was pushed through Microsoft Live that did it!!! Just my thoughts though.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:48 pm
OMFG so fukn funny i do that all the time lmfao!
September 27th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Hi everyone just trying to circulate a message in regards to a new class action lawsuit against microsoft that i am assembling. If you have ever experienced the red ring (general hardware failure) issue more than once and have a warranty claim for the problem you may be entitled to some type of recovery. if you are interested in being a part of this pls contact me at madgamerman@gmail.com I have been told by the firm that the more the better so if you know anyone else who has had this problem pls inform them and pass it along. pls include a brief description of your case in the email. Thanks for your support!!
October 25th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
i loled, i expected it to be some in depth fix
November 11th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Brazillian did one thing right! thank you you crazy brazillians…..dont pick on america go pick on japan and plus were better then u (:
November 24th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Sweeeeeet!!!
Can’t believe it worked! Says alot for the quality of microsoft though!!!!!
February 24th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
HHAHAHAHA the man is a genious
March 9th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
this error is cause by ps3 using same net and telling system 2 do a ps3 update coz they user cheaper stuff ps3 needs colling down more so xbox hardwear freezes
April 9th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
The 360 is a joke. I wasted $500 and deserve to be ripped off for buying crap. I’m on my third in a year and a half. People say there are better games and more of them on the 360. Well that only matters IF what you play the games on doesn’t break down all the time. My third one I just got is dated Nov. 2006. I will now support Sony and the ps3. How can I pay for another game when I KNOW my console will die? Ps3 took a lot of slack for the delay but they did what Microsoft was afraid to do and make sure they put out a good product that works. Microsoft was terrified of the competition. They knew the only way to compete was to come out a year early. I refuse to be one of the many suckers who are on their 5th or 6th 360. I’m already a sucker for being on my third 360. I hope the 360 dies a slow and painful death. The worst thing is instead of fixing the problem, Microsoft gives people a 3 year warranty. What are you people going to do when your 3 year warranty dies like the 360 does? Be prepared to spend some cash getting it fixed. When you get it back, they’ll give you an old one anyway. What you spend on repairs could have bought you a ps3 that works. Long live the ps3.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Not finished my rant. Many people are going from the 360 to the ps3. How many people are going from the ps3 to the 360? Ok…I’m done.
April 19th, 2008 at 6:07 am
Who ever is saying that the towel trick doesnt work is lieng. My 360 had the infamous red rings last night. I went online and heard of the towel trick. I tried it and my xbox is still running fine. So if your going to say somethng doest work, make sure you know what your saying fist.
April 20th, 2008 at 7:25 am
the towel trick does not WORK!! it works for about 10 mins and then freezes again u people are just fucking it up completely so when u find a permanent fix post another comment ok!!
April 20th, 2008 at 9:53 am
people i tried a new cure (Well i say new) sitting on the console i started the baby up i was playing 4 20 mins at that point i thought “hoo-ray ive finally fixed it i can buy GTA IV.” the expected thing then happend….”BEEP” screen goes blank!! NO!!!! anyways if u wana try it feel free
April 24th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Um, why wouldn’t you just send it in to have it fixed?
April 27th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Anyone even considering buying a 360 now after all the news of the ring of death must be an idiot. EVERYONE’S getting it. It’s not just many people having their 360 die, it’s everyone. The people that haven’t had theirs die yet, will, shortly. People are getting excited about “the towel trick” working? Are you kidding me? If your new tv, sound system, stove, computer kept constantly breaking down, would you be satisfied with wrapping towels around it all the time while tilting it at a 35.25 degree angle in the sunlight at a temperature of 71.3 degrees while a fan blows on it? Look, just admit that the xbox 360 product you bought is crap. Admit that Microsoft only cares about getting your money or else they would have truly fixed the problem INSIDE the 360. I bought the 360 and am a sucker for it. Admit you screwed up, buy a dependable ps3, and move on. Hopefully(in my dreams), the slow painful death of the 360 will bankrupt Microsoft and everything will be right in the world again. Did I mention I’m an unsatisfied 360 owner…sorry, former owner? I know, I say too much.
April 27th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Yeah Microsoft screwed up but they’ve made good on fixing the thing and changed the chipsets on new Xbox 360s. The main logical fault in your argument is that if my TV was busted, I could get a new TV that I can watch the same television shows I did before. When my Xbox 360 breaks, I can’t play Halo 3 anymore. I can’t just play it on any other console. Perhaps you can give it up easily, but I really enjoy Halo 3 and other exclusive games that I play online with my friends.
I don’t think the Xbox 360 is going to bankrupt Microsoft since the division is both small compared to how large the company is and the fact that it’s turn a profit again this year.
By the way: I appreciate your point of view and your comment, but the fact that you started spamming the blog makes you look like a childish a-hole and dampens the validity of your argument.
April 28th, 2008 at 2:02 am
The best solution these days is to just call up micrsoft. I’m in New Zealand and they only took three weeks to fix my xbox 360 when it had the red ring of death.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:20 am
I understand what you’re saying Paul, however I can’t support a company that knowingly puts out a product that breaks down. I can’t keep supporting that company by spending possibly thousands of dollars on its games over the 360’s lifetime. Sony took a lot of flack for the delay. Sony now deserves sticking their neck out and putting out a reliable product. Sony’s goal was a good reliable product, Microsoft’s goal was to take your cash whether the 360 worked or not. By continuing to support Microsoft that knowingly put out a bad product, I would be encouraging Microsoft to do it again. If Microsoft’s next console has the same problems their attitude will be “well, the 360 sold really well despite all the failures.” That’s not the message I want to give Microsoft when making their next console. Microsoft has to know there is a price to pay for crappy products. I can’t support a company doing wrong and spend a lot of money just to play certain games. Both consoles have great games playable only on each console.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:25 am
They’ve changed the chips on the 360? I’ve heard that too. Funny…the 360 I just got back doesn’t have the new chip. In fact it’s from Nov. 2006. Thanks Microsoft. You really are showing where your loyalty is…the almighty dollar.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:35 am
I am a childish a-hole. Although some childish a-holes don’t have a brain and don’t mind getting ripped off. My argument is valid and justified despite my childish ways. I also appreciate your point of view. You make good points and are intelligent. Sometimes getting ripped off makes people childish. However my spam message still stands and is oh so true. I’m sure you yourself have been childish once or twice in your life. It happens.
May 5th, 2008 at 10:17 am
i got red ring of death today, i went on a site and it sed the 2nd quadrent is coz it ova heated, i was not playin very long this mornin, 1/4 of hour tops, anywayz i tried the towl trik an it didnt work
May 8th, 2008 at 10:30 am
It’s how long you play over time, not in one session. That’s one of the worst things about the stupid red rings. Contact microsoft to get it fixed. Don’t do any stupid towel tricks or anything like that.
May 13th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
The towel trick works, but only temporarily.
August 24th, 2008 at 1:05 am
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November 17th, 2008 at 7:42 am
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Visin
June 22nd, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Hi
This red ring of death problem is a real nuisance, and apparently the failure rate is quite high. My xbox went down recently and I needed a quick fix.
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:23 pm
I got my Xbox 360 in December of 2007. I only play on the weekends (except during the summer) and when I play, I play for only an hour and then I let it rest. I usually do not start playing again until 30 minutes or more of letting it cool down. With this playing schedule, is there a chance that I will get the infamous Red Ring of Death?