The Red Ring of Death

[Tuckerfan]

Pwned!

Microsoft wants consumers to believe that its problems with the Xbox 360 console in terms of hardware failure are over.

But wandering through the Game Developers Conference halls and it’s clear that the problem persists.

On Microsoft’s own stand at the show one of the demo consoles has a rather familiar problem - the red ring of death. There’s no way of knowing if this particular console was manufactured before or after Microsoft identified the problems with the machines.

[Pushkin]

It must make one proud to work for a company that has entered not just one but two highly notable error warnings into popular culture

[Ranchoth]

[QUOTE=Pushkin]
It must make one proud to work for a company that has entered not just one but two highly notable error warnings into popular culture
[/QUOTE]

That end with “…of death,” to boot. Bob Howard couldn’t do better.

[Madd_Maxx]

If only HD-DVD ended with “of Death” they would have the trifecta.

[bouv]

[QUOTE=Madd Maxx]
If only HD-DVD ended with “of Death” they would have the trifecta.
[/QUOTE]

While MS has been steadfastly behind HD-DVD from the start, it was devolved by Toshiba. So not quite as bad, but still…it did die…sniff

[tanstaafl]

[QUOTE=bouv]
While MS has been steadfastly behind HD-DVD from the start, it was devolved by Toshiba. So not quite as bad, but still…it did die…sniff
[/QUOTE]

Yes, but a surprisingly large percentage of the HD-DVD install base was on the XBox. From engadget, the number of HD-DVD devices worldwide…

@engadget

*  Xbox 360 drives (worldwide) - 300k
* PCs with HD DVD (worldwide) - 300k

Standalone players/recorders:
* US - 600k units
* Europe - 100k units
* Japan - 30,000 units

That’s close to 1/4th of the total units out there.

[chrisk]

[QUOTE=Ranchoth]
That end with “…of death,” to boot. Bob Howard couldn’t do better.
[/QUOTE]

And several less notable ones…

[ol]
[li]Black screen of death (Windows 3.x)[/li][li]Green screen of death (Microsoft Xbox 360)[/li][li]Yellow screen of death (uncaught exception on dot net framework websites)[/li][li]Red screen of death (Vista)[/li][li]White screen of death (pocket PC, possibly also old versions of Windows.)[/li][/ol]

Do you see a pattern here?

[Ferret_Herder]

[QUOTE=chrisk]
[li]Red screen of death (Vista)[/li][/QUOTE]

What the hell, mine does a BlueSOD. :mad:

[fluiddruid]

Now that The Game Room has been opened, I am going to move this thread.

[Palooka]

[QUOTE=Ferret Herder]
What the hell, mine does a BlueSOD. :mad:
[/QUOTE]
The RSOD only happened on boot loader errors.

[Ferret_Herder]

[QUOTE=Palooka]
The RSOD only happened on boot loader errors.
[/QUOTE]

Ah, ok - now I don’t feel like I have a substandard crashing OS… uh, wait.

[Rick]

[QUOTE=Ferret Herder]
What the hell, mine does a BlueSOD. :mad:
[/QUOTE]

That is one of the features on VISTA premium. User customizable screens of death. Blue, red, which ever color you wish.

[garius]

Please - as far as errors go, its all about the Amiga and its unwelcome visitor from the east.