| Metallicube said: Microsoft has shown they were never really competent with hardware with the unacceptable rate of RROD. Sure that was mostly rectified with the newer model, but it should have never been an issue in the first place. This has caused me to lose much trust in MS, at least in the hardware department. |
The RROD was caused by the EPA's new lead solder laws. MS had designed the Xbox 360 to handle the heat it generated, but the EPA changed the law and no longer allowed lead solder. MS had no choice but replace the solder with lead free solder that can't handle the heat as well. They ran tests under normal gaming conditions and found that the lead free solder worked so they shipped the Xbox 360. But the lead free solder turned out to degrade over time as it was heated up and cooled over and over. It would develope tiny cracks that MS had no way to know it would happen. Those tiny cracks are what caused the RROD. MS solved the situation by extending the standard warrenty for three years and releasing revisions untill they completely fixed the issue with the Xbox 360 Slim.
MS got screwed over by new laws yet handled it very well. If anything it should give you reason to trust MS. When the PS3 fats got the yellow light of death for the exact same solder reason, Sony didn't extented their warrenty and replace busted PS3 fats for free.
