If you've ever fired a Spartan Laser, or played Cliffs of Dover on Expert you probably know of the Xbox 360 “general hardware failure” as we call it the Red Ring of Death. If you ever felt the poisonous sting of the RROD, you've probably heard “FIX THE XBOX 360 RED RING OF DEATH-NO LIE!!!”, and if you ever did, you realize hey it actually works. Well, if you're like me, you'd know it doesn't work.
The Xbox 360's “general hardware failure”, as quoted by Microsoft, has been theorized many times as to why the Xbox 360 gets this problem. The only practical reason is that, the little soldiers on the Xbox 360's motherboard will overheat causing internal damage to the Xbox 360. When the soldiers overheat long enough- the system gets confused resulting in the familiar problem. The only way to fix this problem is to replace the motherboard or to repair the Xbox 360's soldiers.
So, if you've ever gotten this problem, you've probably done the infamous towel trick. Sure it works, but only for a limited time. By over-overheating the soldiers and cooling, the console is forced to operate because it's taking such a drastic change in temperature. But once everything is regulated, the console returns to it's useless state; equivalent to a paperweight. Your other option is to send it to the “Microsoft Labs”, which allegedly fixes the problem. Not to down on Microsoft, but the problem still will occur with a handful of Xbox 360. You're third option you can do is to try and self repair the Xbox 360, unless you have the money to buy the materials needed to do this, and the training- I won't suggest it.
I think the only way to fix this problem is to drop you're Xbox 360 off you're roof, and get a new one. If you are one of the lucky ones, you don't have to worry about it at all. But if you're like me and the other thousand broken-hearted Xbox 360 owners, I'd save up and get a new one, or send it to Microsoft. Either way the Red Ring Of Death will plague you, until Microsoft sends out the next generation of 360's without this hardware failure.
