At the time, a Red Ring of Death did indeed mean the death of your console; at least, until you could send it in to be repaired….
In context: If you were a Microsoft fan back in the Xbox 360 era, you likely remember the infamous « Red Ring of Death. » When a 360 unit suffered from a hardware fault of some kind, its power button LEDs would turn red instead of white, and the system would refuse to boot. The issue is infamous because of how widespread it was — it was not isolated to just a handful of units. At the time, a Red Ring of Death did indeed mean the death of your console; at least, until you could send it in to be repaired. There were a handful of at-home fixes you could try, but the results were inconsistent, and the methods dubious.
