No 'Red Ring Of Death'-style disasters for Xbox One, says Microsoft

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"When a failure of one or more hardware components occurs, Q1, Q3 & Q4 flash red. Unlike the one light error, there is no error code displayed on the connected display."

This rather terse description in Microsoft's documentation was of little comfort to those who experienced what came to be known as the 'Red Ring Of Death' on the original Xbox 360. For many, it was pretty much game over for their consoles, which had to be professionally serviced and repaired, or simply replaced.

It was a chapter that undoubtedly dinged Xbox's reputation, although the fact that the Xbox 360 recently celebrated its 26th consecutive month as the world's best selling console certainly indicates that gamers don't hold a grudge over it. All is forgiven, it seems, but perhaps not forgotten, as Microsoft's Phil Spencer this week referred back to the Red Ring Of Death to reassure gamers that it's learnt valuable lessons since then.

Speaking with Edge Online, the head of Microsoft Studios said that the company learned a lot from the Red Ring Of Death, and is "confident" that the new Xbox One, announced earlier this week, won't face the same hardware woes as its predecessor.

"The last Xbox was Trinity [the Xbox 360 S] and our success rate on Trinity was very high," Spencer said. "We learned a ton from the 360 launch and we took care of our customers with the extended warranty, but I think Trinity is telling." He added: "Xbox One is built by the same Trinity team with the same learning that went from the Xbox 360 into Trinity, and I'm confident in the quality of the new box."

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ShrillPosted:

Good. They have learned from their past mistakes. I have gotten a RROD a couple times before.

ArrangePosted:

Thank GOd man i got that shit like 3 times.

MatsyPosted:

Gossip What is this Trinity they speak of?


Thats the motherboard type of a Xbox 360 Slim

elsePosted:

Never really experienced a rrod on my noraml xbox360, but its nice to here xbox one wont have that problem

SeanR917Posted:

Thank God :) - But didn't they already fix that on the older version of the xbox - XBOX 360 SLIM

SeedPosted:

Danimals didnt they fix it on the slim?


I think they did, I have never seen a RROD on the slim :?

SeedPosted:

Well this is good news, no worries for a broken xbox :)

GossipPosted:

What is this Trinity they speak of?

IIIIPosted:

I have never seen the rrod on the slim and believe me my dad played the xbox for hours and days and no red rings

slapshot101Posted:

Danimals didnt they fix it on the slim?

They didn't completely. There was still the possibility of RROD and some people got it on the slims.