The RROD is better know as the ‘Red Rings Of Death’, this title was given to the xbox 360 which suffered technical problems soon after its release onto the market. The xbox 360 RROD meant that the console was no longer able to be played. Microsoft catagorized this problem as a general hardware failure and the tell tale sign was three red rings the lit up around the power button. Not long after xbox 360’s release in 2005 there were significant rumblings around the internet about the 360’s poor reliability and rate of failures.
Not long after it’s release reports began to appear around the internet and written publications about the problems with the xbox 360 and most importantly the RROD. A supposed insider who had worked on the Xbox 360 within microsoft and then left had been telling everyone what was wrong with the 360 consoles.
He cited that the Xbox 360’s failed early on due to the system design, the reliability of the material, supply of parts and even manufacturing problems.
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