I’ve been asking myself this question since I got the dreaded red rings of death myself, and it seems ZDNet found an answer, for some of us at least. Now I’ve owned 2 XBOX 360’s, one of the original systems released the same time the original Gear of Wars came out, and after I got rid of it for some $$$ I later bought a used XBOX 360 console from a local GameStop. My original system (I owned it for about a year or two) I just got rid of to have some extra $$$ but then I regretted the decision and within about 6 months I got the used system (which I only had for about 3-6 months).
Why? Why the red rings of death you ask? Well if you read my post Fix XBOX 360 Red Rings of Death and steps 1 and 2 did not work for you, and like me, you’ve had to contact Microsoft (who will send me a replacement refurbished system) its possible that the culprit is, as ZDNet puts it the “… graphics chip, designed in-house, chronically overheat[s] and eventually [gives] up the ghost”. As ZDNet says:
It can seem hard to believe that a company with so many resources can make such an expensive mistake. Yet in electronics design, there is no shortage of hidden problems that can elude every reasonable effort to find them before launch. Chip design is not the exact science you might imagine.
For more info (and a great read) Red ring of death is closer than you think.
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