I finally caught the Red Ring of Death

Monday, February 18, 2008, 12:54pm

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Well, it took two years and three months, but I finally became a victim of the "Red Ring of Death:"

So I’ve contacted Microsoft support and they (hopefully) will repair it. I can’t make it "red light on demand" yet. But pretty much, if I play for just a few minutes it stops working.

This seems to be happing pretty frequently lately, as I’ve gotten a few messages from friends saying "Sorry, I’ll be missing for a few weeks while my system is repaired." So it looks like all the original systems must have been affected, it’s just taking its good old time on some boxes.

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Jason McIntyre

Jason is an IT specialist and systems engineer who stares frequently at screens of various sizes, often with a puzzled expression on his face. He presses buttons with letters and numbers on them until tiny dots illuminate on a flat screen in front of him and appear in a manner and order that he (or someone who is paying him) finds pleasing.