Poll: Has Your Xbox 360 Failed?
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I picked up the Elite, which was the new version you mentioned, about a year ago now and I have had no problems with it at all. However my friend picked one up around the same time and his bricked on him a few months back, however with the warranty MS just sent him a new one, that strangely seems to run a lot more quietly.
I've been on the fence about getting a 360 precisely because I keep hearing too many horror stories of RROD and disk drive failure. Is it really that bad, or am I just hearing the sensationalism of a vocal few? It sounds like, from reading the few posts here, that if one want s to get one, the Elite system is the best choice to avoid spontaneous system suicide.
I just don't understand. He's a good boy. But his last test was just unacceptable. I think it might be the drugs. I'm worried for him.
Yours, Concerned
Dear Concerned, you need to understand young consoles at that age need time to grow, expand. Everyone matures at a different rate, some months into their life, some years. That being said, ditch that fucker and just build a medium PC rig.
Yours, Ann
Yours, Concerned
Dear Concerned, you need to understand young consoles at that age need time to grow, expand. Everyone matures at a different rate, some months into their life, some years. That being said, ditch that fucker and just build a medium PC rig.
Yours, Ann
I take care of my 360 about as well as any other console I've had, leave it sitting on the desk, don't put liquids or food by it, don't throw shit near it.
I've had it for about 4 year now, basically a few months after the 360 came out, and it hasn't gotten the RROD yet. Besides, Microsoft sends you a new one anyway if you send yours in. And don't let anyone tell you "It takes them forever", I have a friend who had the RROD last year, sent it in, got it back in about 5 days, and has never had the ring since.
Although that thing can heat up my room like a *****, so I usually crack a window to let the heat out. I have no fan set next to it, and I've played that thing for nearly 16 hours straight a few times (ORANGE BOX FTW!). Its only overheated on me once.
I've had it for about 4 year now, basically a few months after the 360 came out, and it hasn't gotten the RROD yet. Besides, Microsoft sends you a new one anyway if you send yours in. And don't let anyone tell you "It takes them forever", I have a friend who had the RROD last year, sent it in, got it back in about 5 days, and has never had the ring since.
Although that thing can heat up my room like a *****, so I usually crack a window to let the heat out. I have no fan set next to it, and I've played that thing for nearly 16 hours straight a few times (ORANGE BOX FTW!). Its only overheated on me once.
If I'm not mistaken it has three fans. And I ran it for about a week at barely subnormal playing time. I don't think it would've bricked for a month, but that's beside the point. It was damn annoying having it overheat.Altorin post=9.74487.838012 said:
I'm on my second console now; my first one Red Ringed for Christmas '07. Yay. Still, the replacement arrived at my apartment before I got back from visiting family, just seven days after I'd called in for the coffin; and this one's just fine, I think it's even a bit faster than the old one especially now that I've slapped the 120GB drive on it.
-- Steve
-- Steve
i've gotten the "RROD" twice scince i bought it (once from a powersurge another from i think might have been over heating, i was playing force unleashed at the time) does anyone here know what it does becuase my games work fine
Mine is alright, cue furious knocking on wood. There's plenty you can do to prevent (or at least delay) the curse of the red ring, specifically: lay it flat, not vertical; keep the power supply away from the console, make sure the back of the console has plenty of ventilation because that's where the heat comes out, make sure the right hand side of the console (the bit where the USB ports are) has plenty of ventilation because that's where the cool air goes in...
...basically, use common sense and don't give it excessive punishment (maybe turn it off for 15-30 minutes every three or four hours, which is also doing your eyes a favour) and it'll survive a lot longer.
...basically, use common sense and don't give it excessive punishment (maybe turn it off for 15-30 minutes every three or four hours, which is also doing your eyes a favour) and it'll survive a lot longer.
I got mine back in January 2006, when the second batch arrived at my store (I was one of the unlucky ones who was number 51 in an order size of 50 for the first batch in November) It ran fine for two and a half years and then the video card died. I was playing some game and the graphics went all pastelly, when I restarted it just presented me with a black screen, people online told me the videocard had died. As it wasn't the RROD it wasn't covered in the warenty, and as GTA4 was coming out two weeks after it died I chose to just buy an arcade as they had just come down in price. So I got a new 360 (with the supposedly more reliable chip), 5 arcade games (which I didn't have 4 of), a memory card (so I can take my profile to other people's houses) and a brand new warrenty (just in case).
EDIT: I also think the poll should have been made so you could have "No - made before September 2007" and "No - made after September 2007" so then you could see which Xboxes are most at risk.
EDIT: I also think the poll should have been made so you could have "No - made before September 2007" and "No - made after September 2007" so then you could see which Xboxes are most at risk.
