Valve's Steam Machine already had enough issues in the wake of its pricing announcement. Now, as people are getting their hands on them, more problems are starting to arise.
As pointed out on the Steam Machine subreddit, one user saw theirs receive an XBOX 360-style Red Ring of Death. In this case, though, I guess it would be a Red Line of Death.
Here's a quick recap of what happened from u/me_hill:
The user later clarifies that the error light code is due to GPU failure. Until then, it's, in their words, "a very expensive paperweight that glows a little."
Valve has a helpful page set up that explains what every LED pattern means on a Steam Machine. The red, slowly brightening light bar does indeed indicate that the Steam Machine is suffering through a GPU failure.
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