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Battlefield 1943 is 2009's final XBLA deal at $7.50
Microsoft is ending Xbox Live Arcade's year in a big way by discounting the online shooter Battlefield 1943 to half price.
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Xbox 360 Wired Controller - Black Sale Price: $28.84  |
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The Xbox 360 Controller features an extended nine-foot cable and an improved ergonomic design. The centralized, glowing Xbox Guide Button grants you quick access to your digital movie, music, and games libraries... |
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Xbox 360 Silver Controller and Play & Charge Kit Sale Price: $42.26 |
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Customize your control. With a D-pad that transforms from a plus to a disc, the new Wireless Controller provides ultimate precision, accuracy and control for both directional as well as sweeping movements... |
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Xbox 360 Component HD AV Cable Sale Price: $4.55 |
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Xbox 360 Component Hi-Definitin AV Cable connects gamers to the world of Xbox 360 games and graphics through high-definition and standard-definition connections. |
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Xbox 360 Wireless Controller - Glossy Black Sale Price: $30.00 |
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Unlike High-performance wireless gaming now comes in black! Using optimized technology, the black Xbox 360 Wireless Controller lets you enjoy a 30-foot range and up to 40 hours of life on the two included AA batteries - and when they run low, you're given ample warning so you can connect a Play & Charge Kit for uninterrupted play... |
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Xbox 360 250GB HardDrive - Xbox Slim Only Sale Price: $80.00 |
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Play, watch, save, store-expand your entertainment possibilities. The massive 250GB hard drive has plenty of space for games, high-definition TV and movies, Games on Demand, game demos and add-ons, music, plus so much more... |
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X-Men: The Official Game Sale Price: $14.98 |
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X-Men 3: The Official Movie Game provides the back-story for the upcoming X-Men: The Last Stand feature film. For the first time ever, the game enables players to truly command the powers of popular characters from the X-Men movie universe... |
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OFFICIAL MICROSOFT BRAND XBOX 360 LIVE HEADSET - BLACK Sale Price: $1.00 |
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GENUINE MICROSOFT BRAND! |
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Xbox 360 Headset Sale Price: $1.20 |
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The Xbox 360 Headset heightens the experience of the Xbox LIVE online gaming community, allowing you to strategize with teammates, trash-talk opponents or just chat with friends while playing your favorite games. |
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Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows Sale Price: $15.99 |
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Wireless WinPC Adapter Xbox 360 |
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Rock Band / Guitar Hero Official Microphone (Wii, PS3, Xbox 360) Sale Price: $6.88 |
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The Official Logitech High Quality USB microphone will work with any system with USB ports (Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, etc). It is compatible with any game requiring a USB microphone (like Rock Band 1 & 2, Singstar, Karaoke Revolution, Boogie, etc)! You can even use it with PC games! |
Cold soldering has so far been reported as the major cause of the Xbox 360 red ring of death. There are lead-free solders located included in the structure of the motherboard and they depend on the correct heat flow for a proper soldering.
With the additional mass of the chips in the game console, this heat flow is impaired which triggers the cracking of the solders because of the temperature variations inside the motherboard. This problem goes hand in hand with the malfunctioning of the cooler that is known to cause the Xbox 360 red ring of death too.
Improvements to prevent the Xbox 360 red ring of death
Due to the large number of complaints in regard to the appearance of the Xbox 360 red ring of death, Microsoft has adopted a number of measures to solve the hardware failure issues right from the design. The use of Falcon motherboards for instance with the Xbox 360 consoles has registered an incredible increase of the reliability over the previous models. Thus, the rates for hardware failure with the Falcon motherboard are not higher than 10%.
In 2007, the efforts to prevent the appearance of the Xbox 360 red ring of death led to the a re-design of the consoles with an official refurbishing of the units. Hence, the new models had larger heat sinks as means to decrease the number of hardware failures caused by overheating. Moreover, extra cooling devices were also introduced by third-party manufacturers.
Warranty for the Xbox 360 red ring of death
Microsoft has extended the warranty to three years in order to cover the Xbox red ring of death failures. However, the discontent of the users has not diminished since there are plenty of other errors signaled by the flashing of just one red light or video problems that are not signaled by the red ring. For such issues, there is one year warranty only, and beyond this term repair services are charged for.
If a bit more research was made before the purchase of game consoles from a certain category, users would definitely have fewer problems. This means that you should investigate to see which models enjoyed the highest success on the market, and last but not least not jump to every new launch without getting some reviews on the way it works.
Getting the red ring of death or the three red lights very frequently is not a good sign. You must do something about this problem as soon as possible but unfortunately, the Microsoft warranty is a drag. There are several guides out there that demonstrate a permanent way to fix Xbox 360 3 red lights using basic home equipment.
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