Did you experience this?  Armed with a popcorn or pizza, you turned on the XBox console only to see that dreaded light.  Three flashing red lights!  Aaaargh!  But in a write up today in Los Angeles Times, Microsoft stated that it had set aside more than $1 Billion to handle this nuisance. 

What this means?

1.  Microsoft knew that they made a ‘boo boo’ on the hardware design.
2.  The number of consoles that are affected are significant enough to make them extend the warranty.

To their credit, it takes a lot of pride to ’recognize’ that there is something wrong with the consoles and allow consumers to get their consoles fixed.  Setting aside $1 Billion is no joke, and I give them credit for making things better for their customer.  And they are known to get back the sympathy of their customers.

So I think I won’t see a lot of broken Xbox on sale at ebay for now.  Shucks!  If you get the 3 Red Light Syndrome, call Xbox Warranty Program at (800) 4-My-XBox.

It used to be just Blue Screen of Death, now 3 Red Lights!