In 2009, gaming retail giant GameStop devised a way to repair and sell "refurbished" Xbox 360s stricken with the infamous "Red Ring of Death," according to a report.
In a story on Bloomberg Businessweek about the state of GameStop, the subject of the RRoD consoles being repaired is mentioned in a discussion about the company's process for inspecting and repairing used games, consoles, and hardware.
"A boon for GameStop in 2009 was figuring out how to solve the so-called Red Ring of Death," the report reads. "GameStop’s R&D team discovered that the problem could be solved by heating up the top of the device while cooling it from below, reconnecting a damaged chip to the motherboard without ruining it."
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