The ridiculously high number of Xbox 360 failures might not be so ridiculously high after all. It turns outrrol.jpg that the 360 may have another red ring code other then the ring of death. The code in question is to signal to the player when the video cables have been disconnected. The difference between the two is that the video cable ring is a full circle, while the ring of death, which signals overheating is only three quarters of a circle. Naturally, when some people saw the video cable error they sent fully functioning 360s to be repaired by mistake.

Microsoft is reportedly going to disable the full ring in future 360 to prevent more confusion. It would be interesting to see a statistic showing just how many 360s were sent in for repairs unnecessarily, though it’s highly unlikely Microsoft keeps a record on that kind of information.

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