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Common Xbox 360 defects
By ChrisGamingExpert, (DT)
February 9, 2010 11:49 PM PT

Xbox 360 defects - Know About It

Xbox 360 defects have been bothering the gamers for quite sometime now. Xbox 360 is one of the most popular gaming consoles in the world. But after its grand launch the users faced various problems with this uniquely designed thing.

Some of the major problems of the gaming console have bugged the gamer's world over. The most common Xbox 360 defects includes the over heating of the gaming console and the flashing of the three red lights on the console.

The Xbox 360 defects can be quite serious and the flashing of the three red lights or the red ring of death can actually imply that the gaming console is damaged. There are ways to repair and recover the Xbox 360 defects.

The user may send the gaming console to the Microsoft support center for a repair job. Otherwise they can use the repair guide and repair the console themselves.

High Xbox 360 defect rate

The defect rate of the Xbox 360 was as high as sixty eight percent when it was introduced in the US market. The Xbox 360 defect rates were so high that the gaming console got a fierce criticism.

But however Microsoft did not do much to fix these problems and some of the hard ware defects remained even in the later versions of the gaming console.

The common Xbox 360 defects of overheating, error codes, motherboard failure and flashing of the three red lights have constantly bugged the gamers.

The Xbox 360 defects can be identified when the gaming console shows the errors lights flashing, or when the console stops viewing the video. To repair the Xbox 360 defects the company does not provide excellent support system for the users. And if they repair the console they would charge $140 for it.

Thus repairing Xbox 360 defects can be done with the repair guides available on the Internet.