How did RROD happen?

[richardhutnik]

toastboy44562 said:

richardhutnik said:

They originally had included a red LED set up in the power start up area to notify of a problem.  They removed it with the S model they now have out.

oh ok so it was built to notify problems like this gotcha

And it became so symbolic of a problem, that they decided to get rid of it.  I believe also they save a few cents by only having a green LED in there instead of also including a red one.  They still give a message out saying there is a problem, just not with the RROD.