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"Red line of death" - Steam Machine encounters its first major hardware fault and it's already got a fitting Xbox-inspired nickname
Eurogamer.net • • technology
Key Points:
- Valve's Steam Machine has experienced its first major hardware failure, nicknamed the "red line of death" due to a red error light appearing on the console's front light bar after a firmware update.
- The issue was reported by a Reddit user who found their Steam Machine bricked shortly after playing No Man's Sky and installing the update, with the device showing no display output, indicating a GPU failure.
- The red error light corresponds to a GPU fault as per Valve's support documentation, and troubleshooting attempts have mostly led to recommendations to contact Valve for a replacement, though replacements may be limited due to low production numbers.
- The nickname "red line of death" references the infamous Xbox 360 "Red Ring of Death," highlighting concerns about the severity and potential prevalence of this hardware issue among early Steam Machine units.
- It remains unclear how widespread the problem is, but the Steam Machine community is closely monitoring the situation to determine if this will become a common failure akin to past console hardware epidemics.
