by Jordi Bercial 5 hours ago 1

Upgrade: It is possible that the videos showing consoles fuming would be false as part of a way to create alarm by social networks (with an unknown purpose, after having acquired the console), as shown by Xbox Studio in the tweet that we can find at this link. Under these lines, the original news:

As we can see on Twitter, some users are seeing how their Xbox Series X begin to throw smoke spontaneously and apparently inexplicable, because although no situation is mentioned that may imply overheating, with a unit failing in the menu of the console itself.

Judging by the density of the smoke that comes out of the upper part of the console, we can well speculate that is a silicon component encapsulated in plastic or some large capacitor , components that we can find in the power supply inside the console.

It should be noted that not all consoles are failing in the same way , with some units turning off without further ado or others emitting louder noises than would be expected from a console or not picking up discs, so It will be necessary to see how the situation evolves and if Microsoft pronounces on the matter about all the consoles that are ceasing to work today.

In any case, although it is always to be expected that defective units will appear at the launch of any device, Bugs as spectacular as this one that we show you are not received and will definitely affect the perception that users have of the Microsoft console.

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Jordi Bercial

Avid enthusiast of technology and electronics. I messed around with computer components almost since I learned to ride. I started working at Geeknetic after winning a contest on their forum for writing hardware articles. Drift, mechanics and photography lover. Don’t be shy and leave a comment on my articles if you have any questions.