Posted 11/26/2008 at 10:21 PM By GamingShogun
Over the last month and a half, we have been fighting a losing battle. A battle against Murphy, his laws, and these dreaded red lights which keep greeting us every time we turn on an Xbox 360 console.
It started with our long-time running first-gen system. It died in its sleep, peacefully, after many of its brethren had met their ends. Microsoft sent us a new system and it immediately flashed three red rings straight out of the box. Using the support system again we sent it in and, once again, they sent us a completely new console. And again, it is DOA as well, flashing three red rings upon boot.
What kind of quality control is (or is not) going on at the Xbox 360 manufacturing plant if two new consoles are both DOA? Microsoft has a huge problem on their hands if this is the kind of craftsmanship they are utilizing.
You can read the whole bloody ordeal at my personal blog here.
From the blog post:
'Just shy of four weeks later, we received the replacement console. That’s right, a full replacement! We were understandably excited at Microsoft’s generosity right up until we plugged it in and hit the power button. Red rings. Three of them, all flashing at us like some sinister devil in the dark. The mood was very sad in the office that day, and as this replacement unit was about to be boxed up, one of us tried again feverishly to see if it was some fluke but it still would not power on. It took four of us to bring the blood-lusting GamingShogun writer back into our own. No songs would be sung that night.'
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