Sony: PS4 failure rate is at horrifying 0.4% (oh the horror !)

[Frequency]

kabamarutr said:

Frequency said:
The xbox one we have in the office at work died yesterday evening, would boot up briefly, logo on kinect and console would illuminate then there would be a quiet 'pop' and it would then shut off, we stripped it down (our US machine cannot be exchanged in japan) and found it to be a defective aluminum capacitor located under where the hard drive housing sits, waiting on a replacement we ordered to see if it can be fixed.

Modern tech, it will never be flawless.

You have an Xbox one in yout office?

Had, our tech departments taken it to replace the suspected failed capacitor as since we are located in japan sending it back to US xbox distiro for replacement/repair is too much downtime, but prior to that yes, you kind of have these things when you work as a games developer.