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360 RROD failures finally explained
Gnomeland Security
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This was a short article linked off fark which finally explains the problems CAUSING the red ring of death...
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/digitaljoystick/archives/129866.asp
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"The main design flaw was the excessive heat on the GPU warping the mother board around it. This would stress the solder joints on the GPU and any bad joints would then fail in early life.
There are also other significantly high failure rates in other areas, like the DVD."
WOW
THat is the FIRST TIME ive heard a definitive answer like that from a microsoft design engineer
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/digitaljoystick/archives/129866.asp
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"The main design flaw was the excessive heat on the GPU warping the mother board around it. This would stress the solder joints on the GPU and any bad joints would then fail in early life.
There are also other significantly high failure rates in other areas, like the DVD."
WOW
THat is the FIRST TIME ive heard a definitive answer like that from a microsoft design engineer
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The interviewee in that article seems to have quite the ego and they seem to have some sort of a grudge almost. The whole "the Wii was my idea and no one would listen" thing, and the wording in "Xbox's mission statement is to preserve the Windows monopoly" just seems very unpolished and juvenile for someone that would be doing an interview of this variety.
beyond that, i just was shocked about the warping problem, id honestly never read that before