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Let me tell you a little story about something that plagues the Original Xbox, even to this day. It is so much of a threat, people are taking precautions to protect themselves from it, and to keep their consoles working.

Have you ever heard of the "Kill Screen"? No? Well, this devious little error not only breaks your system, it fries the internal components so badly that the Xbox is bricked beyond repair. If you get the error, it is highly advised that you should do what it tells you rather than try to push your luck.

There are 3 signs the "Kill Screen" is imminent:

1: Your Xbox runs hotter than usual, almost too hot.
2: There are noticable graphical glitches in your game.
3: The console freezes on a now bugged and distorted dashboard.

If you get the "Kill Screen", you will start to notice the bootup sequence becoming all glitchy with pixels. The console gives you several warnings to avoid using the console until it is repaired. If you ignore these warnings, you will get a chance to use the built-in Recovery Mode.

Please note that Recovery Mode does not work all the time. In fact, there is a 90% chance that proceeding with the system recovery will destroy the internals and leave the system bricked beyond repair, now only sending you to the "service required" screen with an unknown error code.

There have also been people that have been reporting this to Microsoft's customer support team, and every time, Microsoft cuts these people a check to afford a new Xbox, because not even they can fix this issue plaguing their video game console. It is a destructive bug not even the creators can fix.

At this point, the system is fried, unusable. Back in the day, if you called up the Customer Support team about this, they would issue you a check for a new Xbox. I am not sure if this service is still being provided by Microsoft, but if it isn't, then your only hope is to buy a brand-new Xbox and that to God hope you don't recieve it again.

The "Kill Screen" is a rare error to encounter, with it only appearing on one OG Xbox out of 20,000 every year. If you get the "Kill Screen", do not ignore the warnings and/or errors. Turn off the console and send it away to be repaired or you might just be begging your parents for a new one later on.

This is the only footage of this "Kill Screen" I was able to find.

NOTE: This is not real. This video was inspired by a very realistic Kill Screen video I discovered not too long ago. It is a very amazing and hyper realistic video, and I highly encourage you to check it out.

PlayStation II ~ Kill Screen by Langzorth Oralazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU6fsgoPvlk