Sorry if this is old, but I hope this helps since some people still don't know yet.




Three red lights on the Xbox 360 indicator, representing "general hardware failure", known by gamers as the infamous "Red Ring of Death.

The Nyko Intercooler has also been reported to have caused a general hardware failure in a number of consoles, as well as scorching of the power AC input. Microsoft stated that the peripheral drains too much power from the console and can cause the faults to occur, and stated that consoles fitted with the peripheral will have their warranty null and void. Furthermore, it has been stated that plugging the power cord to a surge protector further drains power from the processor and is otherwise unneccessary as the power converter has its own surge protector.

On July 5, 2007, the Vice-President of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division published an open letter recognizing the problem and announcing a 3 year warranty expansion for every Xbox 360 console that experiences the general hardware failure indicated by the three flashing red lights on the console. [10] There is also another sign of the hardware failure, one flashing red light. Error code E 74.

When a Microsoft Xbox 360 console experiences a "general hardware failure", three flashing red lights appear on the front of the console, known by gamers as the infamous "Red Ring of Death". Supposedly, when this problem started arising in early 2006, 30% to 33% of all Xbox 360s were experiencing the fault.

credit: Wikipedia, Microsoft. http://www.xbox.com/support

This post has been edited by Store Keeper: Jan 11 2008, 12:45 PM

reduce chance of RRoD happening is don't play too long lol! there's nothing can totally stop this happen so far as those modders say only lower down the chance to RRoD but it still could happen wheny you start the console +_+