Xbox One Designer Explains why the Console Is So Bulky

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

DJEVOLVE said:

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

DJEVOLVE said:

Also I think they didn't want to point to the past, They wanted to make sure, with out a doubt RROD never happened again. This system has enough room to cool down, even when people put them in tight areas. I wouldn't close it up in a box but I think that was some of the feeling. Do not let that f'ing thing over heat was passed down, the engineer made sure.

The reason RROD occurred was because of faulty soldering.

With out the heat the soldering would have held.

Aye but there's the rub: the solder was meant to hold together components that generate heat. Better cooling wouldn't actually help the problem because heat goes through the solder before it reaches the fan. Thats why newer models had less chance of RROD with either same fan, in the case of the S models, or what ever the second revision 360 were called, and in the slim models ith smaller fans because they used higher grade heat resistant solder.

In fact, overheating has been blown out of proportion for consoles.