Before I get blasted in the comments, I would like to point
out that the Xbox Slim RROD is real, and is a very real thing. I’ve even posted
video of it once in a while. Look down at my previous posts to find it.
The Xbox Slim RROD is not caused by overheating, as the
previous one was. This is because the previous Xbox did not shut down when the
heat of the Xbox got over a predetermined limit. The new Xbox Slim does have
this feature, effectively cancelling out this cause. Other claimed causes for
this include flexing of the main motherboard, like in the old Xbox. However,
Microsoft have fixed this old issue by applying epoxy to the corners of the
processors and the motherboard to stop it from flexing.
So what is the cause of the Xbox Slim RROD? Well, it’s
actually quite simple - The problem stems from an error with the hard drive.
This means that something has gone wrong with the HDD, which means Hard Disk
Drive, and is where you keep all your game data, saves, downloaded movies, and
all of your Xbox Live Downloadable Content.
Many people have reported hearing “The Click of Death” when
their Xbox Slim RROD happens. This is a small squeaking noise that occurs
before your Xbox Slim RROD’s. It has been reported to be quite creepy to listen
too, and when you reboot your Xbox, you have a RROD on your Xbox Slim! The Xbox
Click of Death has been reported to happen whenever you try to access data off
your hard drive, like watching a movie or maybe playing DLC. The click can be
very light, or it can be loud enough to hear across the room.
The Click of Death comes from your hard drive skipping across
the surface of the drive, which either scratches the disc or corrupts the hard
drive with all your saves on. The best thing to do when you hear the click of
death is to immediately turn off your Xbox to stop your Hard Disk Drive from
getting scratched. If you don’t do this in time, you may end up with an Xbox
Slim RROD.
The hard drive skips across the surface of the Hard Disk
Drive because each time it hits a “Bad Sector” on the hard disk, it has to go
to where the sector was remapped too - So if your disc is jumping a lot, then
you need to fix it fast!
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The best thing to do to stop your Xbox Slim getting the RROD
like this is to back up your hard drive contents regularly so when it stops
working, you can just replace it with a new one, all your saves and movies and
DLC available again!
However, there are bound to be a few people reading this
article who have not backed up their disk drive, and I am sorry to say, that if
you have not backed up your hard drive and your Xbox Slim gets the RROD, then you
have lost everything on that disk. You will need to take out the disk and
replace it with a new one, but first take the disk to a hardware specialist to
see if you can get any data recovered.
