- prometheus25
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- Exalted Mythic Member
Old school Bungie, born and raised,
In the Septagon is where I spend most of my days.
Relaxin', maxin', posting all cool,
Talking about Halo, life and some school.
Got in one little argument, and the mods got scared,
they said "You're gonna get banned and your member title'll be bare!"
The three red indicators in the first, third, and forth quadrants (commonly known as the Red Ring of Death, RRoD, or the three red rings) are evident of a "general hardware failure". The the vast majority of cases, this is a result of solder joints between the CPU, GPU and/or system memory after repeated heating/cooling periods, in where the over-tension of the x-brackets, which hold the CPU and GPU heat sinks tight against the component, warps and bends the board slightly, creating enough tension to break or sperate the pre-mentioned connections, which already have softened from the heat generated.
The problem described is not a "marketing scam", but a simple design flaw, where excess heat and tension combines in a synergistic effect, which, ultimately, disable the console.