Red Ring of Death.

Posted on 12 February 2009

Gates, man.  Fucking Gates.  Two for Two.  How can something be so great, yet still be so flawed.  What a debacle.

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58 Comments For This Post

  1. Matt Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 12:06 am

    Fukes, I got the ol’ RRoD in December and all I had to pay for was shipping. It was repaired much much faster than the 6-8 weeks they quote. It took maybe two tops. Its shitty that they know its broken and won’t really do anything except fix it for free but its a shitload cheaper than buying a new 360.

  2. Swollen Members Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 12:13 am

    Fuck Bill Gates

  3. YurHero Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 12:21 am

    Worst. Thing. Ever.

  4. Justin Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 12:25 am

    I’ve never had any problems with my PS3, and I’ve had enough child porn running on that thing at once to attract a thousand Chris Hansens. Seriously, though, Judge Dredd needs to bring the hammer down. Screw the neighbors.

  5. taylor Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 12:25 am

    send it in and tell them it fucked up a game or two.

    maybe youll get a few comps out of it.

  6. Marti Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 12:29 am

    hahaha that may have been on of the most entertaining videos i have seen in a long time. Call Microsoft man, it stinks but it’s the reality. If not, you could always call Hell Billy. Good luck.

  7. Chris Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 12:32 am

    I’m on my 3rd one. Its like a crazy hot chick, so good yet so broken.

  8. andrew Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 12:35 am

    Most hilarious thing I’ve seen or heard all day. Your reaction, that is, not the situation. Gates is gonna cry when he sees this.

  9. Fatty Liver Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 12:53 am

    That sucks dude. But I love your video blogs. Do more of them

  10. Brian from Centreville Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 12:56 am

    I understand your frustration. The best way to “stop” this from happening is to get your next one at Best Buy. The service plan is good for two years. Even if nothing is wrong, at two years you get a new one. There are many advantages.

  11. Nannerpuss Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 1:13 am

    RROD is not a problem. I’ve fixed a ton of these. With about five bucks of hardware it is fixed in about an hour or so and I am gaming again.

  12. captianslow Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 1:17 am

    This is typical of Microsoft. I am sorry, the Xbox 360 is fundamentally a good machine, but like all things MS they rush the product out (bugs and all) and fix later. They would rather flood the market with their product and deal with the ramifications later.

  13. Ryan Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 1:32 am

    OK, I guess I’m going to be the dick, here.

    First thing I think when I see your 360 is, “Well, of course it red ringed… he has it crammed in this little tiny space, none of the hot air can escape, the thing overheated and melted.”

  14. Justin Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 1:47 am

    Ryan is right.

  15. Stahi Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 1:54 am

    Here’s hoping my new Jasper-XBox doesn’t suffer the same fate. :/

  16. Alex Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 2:03 am

    The only things I got for Christmas were Gears 2 and a year subscription for XBox Live.

    Christmas Eve, my 360 red ring’d.

    Fortunately, I didn’t have to pay dime one for anything, and it was back in 3 weeks.

  17. spyderklamp Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 2:17 am

    So it wasn’t the Nazi’s then… Okay I guess you could say he Chris Browned that bitch and choked it out. I do hate laughing at your expence but that had me and mel loling a few times. I like how you keep looking around for your girl too. If you had land like your pops in Fla that XBox would have been in a hundred pieces. You would be sending what you could find of it back in a baggie. Thx for laughs Dukes.

  18. Gooch Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 2:24 am

    Fukes,

    May I be so bold as to recommend the Beowulf upper receiver with a POF lower…that should put the entire x-box through your neighbors’ wall and into the next complex. The Judge is nice…but a 16 gauge shell just won’t due in these circumstances…a short .50 most certainly will.

  19. Iza Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 4:33 am

    It took me 3 consoles to get one that worked…I just knocked on wood(no homo)

  20. Martin Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 4:57 am

    PS3, don’t hate it because its great….love it because it works. No wonder 360 hard drives are do easy to remove.

  21. bdigs Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 6:55 am

    im on my third too. SCREAMING

  22. bdigs Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 6:57 am

    im on my third box too. SCREAMING at M$ customer support made me feel a little better but in the end, they got you by the balls. just gotta deal with it

  23. brian belenski Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 8:25 am

    typical microsoft bs fuchs… are they gonna help u out somehow… just amazin how many xboxes have crashed and burned… ready for a PS3 yet

  24. Matt Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 10:10 am

    I never realized PS3 is for child touchers.

  25. autry77 Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 10:47 am

    That was so fucking funny. Like most things in life comedy comes from pain. Is the Cap shield made of metal. Loved the skins controlers. Love the show.

  26. The rAnCID sICk Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 10:52 am

    Can’t tell if you have the 4 rings or 3 rings of reddeath.
    4 rings means that only Sauron can use the bitch, 3 means that it’s too hot.
    Had the same problem so I used some dust off and ran a ROOM fan on it while I gamed.

    No excuse for it though. Tray shouldn’t stick and the fucker shouldn’t melt on the inside because it’s in a lil cubby. Hell I remember a little machine called the NES that would sit slathered in dust and dried soda and still manage to pump out Hours of enjoyment. WTF when will the riches conglomerate in the world do some consumer courtesy and finally fix this shit.

    Oh bonus too, if it is the 3 Ring, no return without a warranty.
    They only comp true Red Rings of Death

  27. Stahi Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 11:26 am

    rAnCiD, the XBox 360 is basically a PC in a small “gamimg-format” box with different programming. The hardware is theoretically the same and because of it’s power it’s going to create a lot of heat. Heat kills computers. Why do you think server rooms are well ventilated & have massive air conditioners to keep the rooms they’re in around 60 degrees or less?

  28. Taco Willy Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 11:27 am

    Fukes, I’m on my fourth xbox, and they downgraded me to the arcade version last time. Its time for pitchforks and torches!

  29. TruMayheM Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    My second xbox just died too, now a e74 error keeps going around killing 360’s. I’m back to my first one which took over a year for those bastards to get it fixed, and now the support is f’ed up can’t get a way to fix the new one…

  30. Mike B. Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

    Seems about right its almost like when the original NES would fuck up and everyone thought they knew how to fix it, lets blow on it, clean the game with a qtip and then push the game in half way slam it down…all that crap is worthless and if you have to do that its bullshit…microsoft better fix that

  31. mosquitogates Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    Say what you will about the ps3 but the shit works,unlike my Vista driven pc. Try hitting ctrl, alt, delete on your xbox. Bill likes that as a fix to all microsoft problems.

  32. Janet Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    Hey

    This is scary how many people have told you the many x-boxs they are going for. From the little I know, the new model codenamed jasper, is better. It is crap if they are sending out referbed old models that will just break again and they aren’t making friends with their customer by doing this. The bigger thing is up here in Canada where I live they sold this holiday bundle and if you go by the rumours on the web and follow the check they say to see what model is in the box it is these old crappy models. my brother thinks they are trying to unload them up here. They are still trying to clear these holiday bundles out now in february and it is still called the holiday bundle

  33. ivan Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    what up Dukes. Here is my take. I follow the show everyday and agree with most if not all of what you do and say. I have to disagree with you on this though. Though Microsoft is powerful and has many great products, I cannot understand how this company makes a product like the 360 with so many flaws! I could not spend 200 bucks and then have the shit for a year and spend another 200 bucks to get another one. According to you this is the third one which means in total you have spent 600 bucks on xbox360 consoles excluding the amount you spent on accessories. Mirosoft is f’n with people man, they sell you a product that is defective and then treat you like ass when you call them to fix it. why do think they have all the exclusive titles! they want to make sure you get the console and spend money on the exclusivity contracts instead of fixing the damn system or putting a product that works. guess I am just pissed too.

  34. hokeywebb22 Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    That’s terrible. My friend had the same thing happen to his box yesterday.

  35. One inch wonder Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    Only thing missing from this video is a pound of snot hanging from Chad’s nose and him capping the piece off with “Im sooo…scared”…

    Go get ‘em Dukes. Fuck Microsoft.

    And Drab is gay.

  36. Arya Namvar Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    it happen to my xbox 2 years ago

  37. kells Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    Dukes, i called earlier you seem to be mechanicly inclined enough to dig the melted shit out of the back use small picks like metal toothpicks it works!!!!! have fun in p-cola from Rich boys hometown myself Mobile,Al

  38. GamerTravis Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    Just recently got my system back from its 1st RRoD. You would think they would have been able to find a workable fix to all this crap. And ignore the slap heads trying to bust balls for where your Xbox is located. Mine is free standing in the goddamn open and I still got the 3 light RRoD.

  39. H Mack Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    Chad going postal and flipping out is one of the funniest things you’ll ever see. No matter what

  40. zachary Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    Dukes if you go out and buy a new one look for the word jasper on the bar code on the back. xbox just released a new chip set and if you send it in they are sending the new chip sets. so you should be go and just to make you feel better my friend has been through 13. i’m not jokeing so it will be ok.

  41. Boz Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    I linked to the video on my blog. I am happy for the restraint Dukes, my XBox did this twice too.

  42. Martin Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    Is there someone in your apartment that is after you?

  43. Edward Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    Relax Dukes. I don’t want to hear Buzz read a story about a man who shot his Xbox.

  44. Bunmi ( boomee) Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    Hey Man I feel your pain i heard about all of this on the radio today. Just to let you know i have been through 6 count them 6 360s not including the 2 my brother has been through. I am a tired and frustrated gamer ths crap is getting old. as of Christmas i switched to the Dark side and Got a PS3 and replace most of my games since they came out on both systems. I will never endorse Microsoft again out of my house there are 4 gamers and no one in my family can ever endorse them again. I hope you get another 360 soon dude Street fighter 4 comes out Monday ( i got my Collecters edition waiting for me monday)Peace out

  45. The Rev Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 11:28 pm

    Chad, that was the best spur of the moment video ever! Damn I wish you had shot it! I was already doing fist bumps, I’d have been doing round house kicks if I’d seen that!

  46. Eric Says:
    February 14th, 2009 at 1:14 am

    I agree with you that something needs to be done. Consumers are getting screwed. More needs to be accomplished than them extending the warranty to give a person a refurbished model.

  47. Stahi Says:
    February 14th, 2009 at 1:14 am

    Zachary, MS doesn’t put “Jasper” anywhere on the XBox360 case. You need to look for two things.. The lot # (0842X or later, but still inspect one) on the Box and the amperage rating on the 12V rail seen to the left of the serial #.

    Here’s a good example when it comes to the Arcade box:

    http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3472&p=2

    When I went to Best Buy in Manasass, all the Arcades were Jaspers while the Pros & Elites were Falcon chipsets. When I was in Target I saw a really new Pro which had a Manf. date of 11-13-08 (lot #0846X). But when I examined it more closely I saw a rating of 16,5A. ..It’s the ORIGINAL XBox360 Motherboard w/HDMI support so MS is being a bit sneaky.

    MS is sneaky that way. But look for the 12,1A as it’s a Jasper.

  48. CJ (Curtis J Jr. off of facebook) Says:
    February 14th, 2009 at 9:34 am

    I feel u’re pain. my 360 caught the red light like a week ago lol, some bullshit

  49. Danny Icefire Says:
    February 14th, 2009 at 2:07 pm

    Man really if you are gullible enough to fall for the microsoft add campaigns then you get the red ring of death on the xbox, or in windows the blue screen of death. If a company has never, and I repeat NEVER, gotten any of their products to work properly then expect it. I use vista and I know that it is a piece of shit, and I already knew about all the shit that the 360 had wrong with it so why would I want to spend a little less than what I paid for my ps3 just to have it break. I have 4 brothers that are on the 360, and except for the 360 bought this past xmas, all have had to been returned, an on top of that every one I know that has a 360 has had to deal with this.

    Seriously man, microsoft is the worst company to believe any hype for, but since you are so into drinking the kool-aid, if they came out with oceanfront property here in KS that played halo wars, would you want to buy it?

  50. Justin Says:
    February 14th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Just noticed the nice 2001 reference. HAL 9000 PWNS Xbox 360

  51. Tim Says:
    February 16th, 2009 at 7:17 pm

    I’m on my 4th X-box and have no idea what else to do. I don’t have it standing up, have plenty of ventilation, and don’t leave it on when I’m not playing. Damn the man.

  52. BigWreck Says:
    February 22nd, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    Never understood what you’ve got against the PS3, why would you give another penny to Microsoft when their product is nothing but suspect. If you want to give your money away let me know - I could use a few extra dollars. Good thing you didn’t shoot that P.O.S what a waste of good bullets.

  53. coffee Says:
    March 28th, 2009 at 12:49 am

    i have tried the fan replacement E74 fix and it still hasn’t worked, but i’m not giving up yet

  54. frank Says:
    April 8th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    I am currently on my 5th XBOX 360 2 were replaced by microsoft, the other 3 outta pocket! I would have to pay $99 and wait a month to get it back cause it was out of warranty. Go Screw

  55. tim Says:
    April 26th, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    Red ring of death on my xbox today..RIP

  56. Rocky Says:
    July 18th, 2009 at 7:17 am

    Nice Video,
    Microsoft Sucks! I had got this so called RROD problem a month back and last week I had figured it out. I will share a link here for those who are suffering from this Red ring of death.
    http://www.squidoo.com/xbox_360_red_ring_of_death_fix-how_to_guide123

    I don\’t understand why this big guys don\’t invest money on their R&D. Going out and throwing millions of money on marketing is not that good then.
    Let it, This problem is solvable and any can easily repair your xbox on your own.

  57. mid-night-toker Says:
    August 4th, 2009 at 1:31 am

    LMAO shitty… but fukes same thing happened to me 2 months ago- mine was only one flashing red light, i call up to microsoft, he says unfortunately we only cover 3 red lights in the one year warranty and its gonna cost $200 bucks that i dont have- then i said, oh did i say one i meant 3 red lights Then he says, sir we record these calls and you said 1 flashing red light- then i said i wanna speak to your supervisor… two weeks later LOL my 360 is better than ever free of charge! STill bullshit though that i had to go through that lol but do that if u have to ya know

  58. mid-night-toker Says:
    August 4th, 2009 at 1:46 am

    Just realized this was from february lol see ya online sumtime

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