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Microsoft Insider Details Xbox 360 Red Ring Problems

kylemonger writes “A blogger at the Seattle PI has interviewed a Microsoft insider about the Xbox 360 project. The insider purports to have the background story on the ‘red ring of death’ (RROD) failures and why they are so common. ‘RROD is caused by anything that fails in the “digital backbone” on the mother board. Also known as a core digital error. CPU, GPU, memory, etc. Bad parts, incompatible parts (timing problems) bad manufacturing process (like solder joints), misapplied heat sinks or…