Red ring sighted on Halo 3 limited Xbox 360 consoles

It didn’t take very long for first reports of the infamous Halo Red Ring of Death (RRoD) to infect the newly released Halo 3 limited edition Xbox 360 consoles. Despite Microsoft’s assurances that the new 65nm CPU/GPU (the Falcon chipset) would reduce cases of the RRoD, the image above shows evidence contrary to this statement.

The main problem was said to lie in the overheating of the GPU. There were also speculations that not all of the limited edition consoles had the supposed Falcon chipset. Either way, this does nothing to change the fact that Microsoft‘s console is still plagued with a host of hardware problems.

This was hardly the first time that reports of the RRoD has spoiled gamers’ experience with this next gen console. Hopefully, Microsoft will be able to provide a truly permanent solution to their console’s limitations.

It didn’t take very long for first reports of the infamous Halo Red Ring of Death (RRoD) to infect the newly released Halo 3 limited edition Xbox 360 consoles. Despite Microsoft’s assurances that the new 65nm CPU/GPU (the Falcon chipset) would reduce cases of the RRoD, the image above shows evidence contrary to this statement.

The main problem was said to lie in the overheating of the GPU. There were also speculations that not all of the limited edition consoles had the supposed Falcon chipset. Either way, this does nothing to change the fact that Microsoft‘s console is still plagued with a host of hardware problems.

This was hardly the first time that reports of the RRoD has spoiled gamers’ experience with this next gen console. Hopefully, Microsoft will be able to provide a truly permanent solution to their console’s limitations.