Flashing red lights alarm Microsoft amid mass Xbox 360 crashes
Microsoft Windows PC users are all too familiar with the infamous "Blue Screen of Death". Now Microsoft has to contend with a US$1 billion hardware problem afflicting Xbox 360 consoles worldwide known as the "Red Ring of Death".
For those not familiar with the Xbox 360, the console has a circle on the front panel made up of four quadrants of lights. When all is well, all four quadrants emit a steady green glow. What has been making Xbox 360 owners' blood run cold is when three of the lights suddenly start flashin red, which indicates a hardware failure.
What exactly is causing this as yet unexplained hardware failure is unknown - or at least Microsoft is not saying. However, with about 12 million Xbox 360 consoles in the wild, some estimates are suggesting that affected consoles number several million. With Microsoft admitting that the problem will cost the company US$1 billion, that number appears to be no exaggeration.
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