I have no aftermarket cooling fans of any sort for it.

The first time it died it was inside my entertainment system so I figured it was airflow, after I got it back the first time I stood it up on a little nightstand next to my entertainment system so airflow definitly wasn't a factor in the last two times. :(

I know the RRoD probably get talked about too much but after 3 times I felt I had a good reason to rant a bit lol.

Mine had Liver Failure :(

I think it's cool to get your frustration off your chest but I think it would be nice for every one if it could be kept to one thread.

We don't need a new thread every time it happens.

I think it's cool to get your frustration off your chest but I think it would be nice for every one if it could be kept to one thread.

We don't need a new thread every time it happens.

Agreed. It happens alot.

Polls like this paint a narrow picture. I prefer the "How many 360's have failed on you?" polls to this. There is (unfortunately) more than one common cause for 360 failures. The DVD drive and RRoD are both quite common. I've lost one to both.

Polls like this paint a narrow picture. I prefer the "How many 360's have failed on you?" polls to this. There is (unfortunately) more than one common cause for 360 failures. The DVD drive and RRoD are both quite common. I've lost one to both.

Just DVD drive for me... so... i guess i'm ...er... lucky?

Polls like this paint a narrow picture. I prefer the "How many 360's have failed on you?" polls to this. There is (unfortunately) more than one common cause for 360 failures. The DVD drive and RRoD are both quite common. I've lost one to both.

Sounds like you "Lucked Out" too.

Sounds like you "Lucked Out" too.

Not only that, but I got kicked in the nuts by their customer support while I was down. Hence my animosity toward them and their sh*tty hardware.

I don't hold any general across-the-board animosity to the games on their platform, but their platform can go f*ck itself for all I care. My experience has sucked and I use/play it only as a last resort for the game I'm wanting to play.

Not only that, but I got kicked in the nuts by their customer support while I was down. Hence my animosity toward them and their sh*tty hardware.

I don't hold any general across-the-board animosity to the games on their platform, but their platform can go f*ck itself for all I care. My experience has sucked and I use/play it only as a last resort for the game I'm wanting to play.

That sucks; i enjoy the games for my 360 but the hardware problems I'm having are getting ridiculous, half the time it doesn't read the discs until i clean them 6 freaking times.

PS3 Hardware > Xbox Hardware. Fact.
Live owns Network though :)

PS3 Hardware > Xbox Hardware. Fact.
Live owns Network though :)

Just to retort (and I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything, just stating my opinions).

If I don't (frequently) play online multiplayer, or chat... there's very little difference to me. I play Warhawk probably 95% of the time I play an online multiplayer game... it's not a platform choice, it's a game[/ I] choice. Xbox Live doesn't really offer [I]me anything special that justifies the price I've been suckered into paying twice now... I understand it does offer some things important to other folks.

If PSN suddenly had counters to all the features XBL had that PSN didn't... I'd still not be using them. I'm trying to point out that while I am biased, that bias plays no part in my opinions on the subject.

The PS3 is becoming a system that i may buy if i get the money, because its getting some good games and not as many hardware problems.

Just to retort (and I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything, just stating my opinions).

If I don't (frequently) play online multiplayer, or chat... there's very little difference to me. I play Warhawk probably 95% of the time I play an online multiplayer game... it's not a platform choice, it's a game[/ I] choice. Xbox Live doesn't really offer [I]me anything special that justifies the price I've been suckered into paying twice now... I understand it does offer some things important to other folks.

If PSN suddenly had counters to all the features XBL had that PSN didn't... I'd still not be using them. I'm trying to point out that while I am biased, that bias plays no part in my opinions on the subject.

I totally know what you mean.
I was an Xbox Fanboy till i got a Free ps3 when my xbox was broke.

Love ps3 now 2.

ok g2g ttul

I've had 3 Boxes get the red rings and i am still loving my 360. I just like how Microsoft knows that America is number 1. So they care about us more than Japan. the other 2 consoles come out with tons of games exclusive to Japan, that we may never see here. Plus i just dont get some of the japanese games . I dont get there horny little perverted games with unnaturally large breasts , that have more physics in the that the motion of the rest of the game.

Plus the games are better

Ok, now, I'm getting tired of RRoD threads. Before i used to laugh, now it just annoys. People, you bought an Xbox, probably aware that the RRoD was an issue, you took that risk in buying it, therefore you should deal with it when it happens. I'm getting slightly tired of it. You can say, dont read it then, doesnt matter if i read it or not, its still there, and people still cry about it...surely you should have prepared yourself for it? If not, suffer in silence and deal with it, rather than whine about it, when everyone knows.

This isn't me being harsh at all, im not trying to be, im just saying, you chose to buy a 360, and the consequences of it, so yeh, get over it.

Oh and the perverted games are basically all wii and ds games....

I actually have had none. I've had two other errors but no RRODs.

And you all call me a PS3 hater, WHILE ROTHY IS A 360 HATER!

I think first-hand justification is the difference. Do you own a PS3? I don't know, I'm asking.

Well... No. You should've known that by now.

Well, I was giving you the benefit of the doubt. So someone's well within their rights to think you have a lot less credibility for your PS3 hate than I do in my 360 hate... imjustsayin'

My first 360 got killed by Dead Rising. Anytime I put the disc in it would play for around 2 minutes then freeze with the vertical dashed lines.

I never returned mine to MS I just got a new one from the store so I have no idea if my old one ever came back from the dead.

I have a weird problem on my 360 where it won't start up the first time I turn it on. I try again, and it turns on. I occasionally get the one red ring, but I just restart it and it's fine.


There's a bunch of different meanings for the different combinations of lights, your composite cable was probably loose or something.

As for the RRoD I have bought so many games for my 360 that I'd be forced to get a new one if mine died... well I could sell them but I enjoy them so that's out if the question. At least I could play another console if mine was off for repair. I'm be WAY more annoyed if it was my only system and it died.

When my first one died it was pre PS3 so I demanded a new one from the store, there was now way I was gonna wait for it to be fixed and it was still within it's 1st year of warranty.

c) Get a pc :thumbsup:

My first one RROD about a month after i got it in 2006. It RROD on Gears of War, and I got it back about two weeks later after the update for the annex multiplayer game mode which I dearly wanted to play. My second one was last year, I got the E74 error code about TWO days before Christmas! But not all hope was lost, because I went and bought an arcade box, and now I have two x-boxes, one I play, and one for backup.

I never got red ringed, but my box did die. I had rented Strangelhold(in my opinion, good concept poorly executed) and all of the sudden i got an "unreadable disc" message. I figured, oh well, its a rental, no biggie, then none of my games worked, then i sent it in. I missed the launch of Halo Jesus, which i was hooked on until Halo Anonymous came out(aka Call of Duty 4). So i was pretty pissed off.

happened to me 3 times as well. As of yesterday it is in a texas repair center. Welcome to the club

how come swapping it out for a gameboy color is not an option?

Welcome to a year and a half ago.

At best it will give you a temporary fix, it's still under warranty so just send it in.

Dude, I just got my 360 like last month, I never heard of it before. Also I do know that it comes back worse when you send it in to microsoft.

Dude, I just got my 360 like last month, I never heard of it before. Also I do know that it comes back worse when you send it in to microsoft.

And how exactly do you know that? I've sent mine in, came back fine and only took a week from drop off to delivery. How would it possibly be worse to use a warrantied repair over a suspect internet rumor that is designed to overheat your system, something that is bad for all electronics?

It was obvious to me that you'd never heard of it that's why I mentioned that it was not only old news but a bad idea.

I do not know if it is news for you…
However, do you know that also PS3 seems to have similar problem (well at least mine has...)?
Look at this links:

http://videogame-market.blogspot.com/2008/04/truth-behind-ps3-failure-rate-plague.html

Well finally we have our RROD!!!....
I just try to be a little ironic… you know my PS3 died yesterday...I need moral support from you veteran!

I do not know if it is news for you…
However, do you know that also PS3 seems to have similar problem (well at least mine has...)?
Look at this links:

http://videogame-market.blogspot.com/2008/04/truth-behind-ps3-failure-rate-plague.html

Well finally we have our RROD!!!....
I just try to be a little ironic… you know my PS3 died yesterday...I need moral support from you veteran!

I like how there are no numbers in that article... they did use the word "huge" when describing the problem though... so it must be true.

Please don't perpetuate the FUD this article is trying to spread. On the whole, the PS3 is remarkably reliable and stable. Comparing this to the RROD is like comparing people that have seen bigfoot to people that play videogames. You'll find people here and there that claim to have seen bigfoot when it's much more likely that they've simply read about it or they know a friend of a friend of a friend, etc.

You pretty much have even odds that the next videogame player you meet will have had (or personally know someone that has had) at least one Xbox 360 fail on them.

The comparison isn't there to be made... but the contrast is. This isn't a "defense of the PS3" thing, it's a "take a closer look at what's actually being reported" thing.

I've had one RRoD so far. I promptly got my money back, replaced the 360 and got a 3-year product service plan. If it happens again I will likely replace the system, but I'll probably save up money for a PS3 and make the 360 a secondary/last resort system. If it craps out a third time, then that's it. I'll trade in any accumulated 360 games and replace them with PS3 versions.

i have had only one never had a problem after that. even so i dont care it just means the wii will get more play time

What I'd do as you prob have a older 1 just get a new one i dont know anyone with the new model whos had a problem it was the first model that broke theyve fixed all the bugs then if they refund you more you can buy gta 4 as well lol

his roommate has a 360 tho n ps3s are great too. why limit himself

ive had 2 rrods, im sure theres been worse

do the right thing my son, excersise your patients, good will become of it, send it back

WOOOO, I love Microsoft.

My xbox was sent to the repair center Wednesday of last week, registered as recieved on friday, and coming back the Wednesday of this week. One week turnaround paid for by Microsoft. Very Awesome.

Had my first die on me a couple weeks back but it wasn't the RRoD. Was just the general hardware failure associated with one red light...so I had to pay $100 for repairs...

Should be back to me in about 5 days, so they say.

one of my friends told me that he has gone through 3 xbox's in less than 10 months. and 2 of them were lost to the red rings of death. is this very common cuz i dont really want to mess if i get an xbox this summer.

I got one this Christmas and my brother has an Xbox 360 with the Zephyr from before and I must say I think that they really put a lot of work into the new Falcon processor and the fans. His console runs so hot that I can put my hand over the thing and feel it, this new console I have runs so cool I can't feel heat unless I hold my hand directly in front of the fan. I think they've really worked a lot on this new console and as long as you have it where it can get air from all sides it shouldn't be a problem, but it's pretty random I do believe so who knows?

I knew a guy who had to send in his xbox six times before the year was out during launch.

He worked it to his favor and ended up with every Microsoft Studios game that was produced, along with six months of Live for free.

Lol. I guess if you complain enough that the system is new and its already broke and that you're very unsatisfied in their craftsmanship then yeah.

Unfortunately that doesn't sound too uncommon - I am on my 5th system in 18 months.

Dont let that scare you off getting a 360 though - just make you sure you have store warrenty so you can return it directly to the store you got it from if anything happens.

I have only 3 friends that has had 3 Xbox 360's red light on them. One of them with 2 consoles that have had the issue. All 3 were from owner misuse as I saw it. One had hit sitting on a carpet in his living room. The other 2 had there systems placed in very tight spots in there home theater setups. The Xbox 360 on it's own runs very hot but placing it in these kinds of situations will make the system run much hotter.

Another thing I've noticed (With my Xbox 360) is that it runs much cooler when in the vertical position rather than being horizontal. It can be based on the theory that Heat rises. Having the system placed vertical means there is much less area for the heat to float around in the system. In turn, there is less hot air inside the Xbox 360 console overall. Another thing is as a mentioned before, where the system in placed. Some things, like carpets, wood, glass, etc are very poor heat conductors. A majority of home theaters casings are made from wood or glass. Placing a piece of fiberglass under your console can help with issues of having hot air floating under the console. You can find strips of thin fiberglass material in hardware stores or online.

If anything else, the ghetto cooling of a small house fan next to the console blowing cool air always works. Note though that this can cause your xbox 360 to conduct dust inside of it at a faster rate. So if anyone was to want to use this procedure, the fan should be placed around a foot away. On the right side of the console preferably since the left side has a metal plate under the motherboard. Much less cool air will get in having go around that & the board.

These a just a few ideas that an Xbox 360 owners should consider. I've had mine since launch days with no problems to report. Only some freezes occurred. A few in Project Gotham Racing 3 & many in Oblivion before they put out a patch to fix that issue.

-LatinLegacy

It's not as common as people would lead you to believe, at least on the "3 in 10 months" issue. I know many people who are on their launch or second system, while some are on their 4th or 5th.
Personally, I'm on my 3rd since launch. While I am irritated that the problems happened at all, they were certainly spread out further than a 10 month block. Don't let the RRoD issue stop you from getting a 360. Just get the newest chipset and a warranty, and you'll be glad you did.

I think only one person in my school has had the RROD. It just never seems to happen around here. Of course once I say that, my 360 will probably die lol.

me and 2 of my friends have 360's. I've had mine for about 9 months, one of my friends for 6 months and the other for about 2 years, and none of ours have broken at all yet. I guess we're just lucky.

I am still on my first elite that I got from Christmas.

8 consoles in 19 months, largely down to the fact that my first one lasted 7 months and I was told overheating was the problem, so I bought an Intercooler.

Big mistake. They sap the power from the console and force more dust into the system, plus they have a tendency to melt themselves to the console.

I was'nt until that happened that I did some research into the intercooler and found everyone had problems with them.

WOOOO, I love Microsoft.

My xbox was sent to the repair center Wednesday of last week, registered as recieved on friday, and coming back the Wednesday of this week. One week turnaround paid for by Microsoft. Very Awesome.

Was your mommy real quick with the bandaids after she lashed you with a wire coat hanger growing up?

LOL! I'm sorry, that was a bit extreme... but I get a little miffed by the (IMO) misguided praise for MS occasionally replacing 360's "very quickly". It's almost like the speed at which they were replaced erases the Epidemic of Fail™ they unleashed on consumers.

Was your mommy real quick with the bandaids after she lashed you with a wire coat hanger growing up?

LOL! I'm sorry, that was a bit extreme... but I get a little miffed by the (IMO) misguided praise for MS occasionally replacing 360's "very quickly". It's almost like the speed at which they were replaced erases the Epidemic of Fail™ they unleashed on consumers.

Nah, the first time I sent my box in for a disc drive repair only to end up waiting a month and a half for it. This being the second time I am forced to send in my 360, I'm almost beside myself knowing that as I type, my xbox is in the UPS terminal of OKC, waiting to reach me. Especially since I sent it out wednesday of last week.

And my mommy was always quick to repair the wounds she gave me if I real quick-like on the meth making :tongue:

umm this isn't a very complete poll....... what about those of us who are yet to suffer the RRoD?*touch wood*
i did have one scare but i just turned it off strait away and pecked it away to take her home (i was at a mates place) and when i plugged her back in it was fine :)

okay. thanks. im for sure getting a box this summer.

I have only 3 friends that has had 3 Xbox 360's red light on them. One of them with 2 consoles that have had the issue. All 3 were from owner misuse as I saw it. One had hit sitting on a carpet in his living room. The other 2 had there systems placed in very tight spots in there home theater setups. The Xbox 360 on it's own runs very hot but placing it in these kinds of situations will make the system run much hotter.

Another thing I've noticed (With my Xbox 360) is that it runs much cooler when in the vertical position rather than being horizontal. It can be based on the theory that Heat rises. Having the system placed vertical means there is much less area for the heat to float around in the system. In turn, there is less hot air inside the Xbox 360 console overall. Another thing is as a mentioned before, where the system in placed. Some things, like carpets, wood, glass, etc are very poor heat conductors. A majority of home theaters casings are made from wood or glass. Placing a piece of fiberglass under your console can help with issues of having hot air floating under the console. You can find strips of thin fiberglass material in hardware stores or online.

If anything else, the ghetto cooling of a small house fan next to the console blowing cool air always works. Note though that this can cause your xbox 360 to conduct dust inside of it at a faster rate. So if anyone was to want to use this procedure, the fan should be placed around a foot away. On the right side of the console preferably since the left side has a metal plate under the motherboard. Much less cool air will get in having go around that & the board.

These a just a few ideas that an Xbox 360 owners should consider. I've had mine since launch days with no problems to report. Only some freezes occurred. A few in Project Gotham Racing 3 & many in Oblivion before they put out a patch to fix that issue.

-LatinLegacy

come to think of it my friend had his xbox sitting on some soft carpet. wonder if that had anything to do with it....

Well Mine has broken 3 times 2wice with the RROD and it happened in about 12-14 months. I also have mine on carpet. But the only other place I could put it is on wood but its a confined space. Maby ill put fiberglass on top of the carpet thx for the idea.

like doc and webby from 360gamercast my launch console is going strong still.

like doc and webby from 360gamercast my launch console is going strong still.

Way to jinx it genius.

umm this isn't a very complete poll....... what about those of us who are yet to suffer the RRoD?

It's easier just to wait until you have your first one than to redo the poll. :lol:

It'd be funnier if I wasn't halfway serious...

I went thru 4 in month one. (launch) I got fed up, and bought an Elite when they launched and I havn't had a prob since. It still has the old chipset, but I swear they make them better. It even sounds different when you turn it on. Once u go black...

It's easier just to wait until you have your first one than to redo the poll. :lol:

It'd be funnier if I wasn't halfway serious...


Funny, but he has a point. I do like the 360, but I have suffered 3 RROD's and one broken disc drive. I think that the percentage of failures on the first batch of 360's is likely to end up being more than 90% after 3 years.

Yeah thats probably pretty old news, lol.

:(,

It has happened more than 10 times now. I'll be in the middle of a game, then my sound goes. As soon as I restart my 360, it is fine. Anyone else ever have this problem? Makes me angry, cause restarting is the only way to get sound back, and if im in a party and don't want to leave, I have no choice but to go silent :(

I'm thinking of calling them up but I don't want to hear "Hey, your screwed eight days before GTA4 comes out"

It only happens once in a while, so I don't think it's worth calling them yet. But I hope this won't lead to the RROD... Knock on plastic :P

Try messing with the AV cables. Sometimes my Xbox 1 will have that problem, just disconnect/reconnect and jiggle with them.

Try messing with the AV cables. Sometimes my Xbox 1 will have that problem, just disconnect/reconnect and jiggle with them.

It's not the cables. It does it with component and HDMI.

Have you tried it on another tv ?
Have you tried a differnt system running into the tv, old xbox, PS2 play it for bit see if it does it?
if so it's the ports on the tv if not.

you're screwed eight days before GTA4 comes out SORRY

Phone support

It IS the 360. Don't know what else to say. It just happened again, second time today :(

I really don't want to send it in, they better sweeten the deal... Im feelin' for Dave now...

Who wants to call MS for me? anyone? please? :( "Hey, it appears that this is your first visit, please hold while second timers get first priority"

Man that sucks. Haven't heard of anything like that before, but 360s are known to act weirdly. One time, my friends barely tipped over, and it ruined a disc. A week later, his dog tugged on the power cord and it flew off the high table and flew through the air, spinning end over end, smashed hard onto the ground, only for us to find that the disc had 0 scratches on it. Both of them were on, so I am not sure why that happened

I would call the support line. It's better to go in now and miss GTA IV for a week then it completely breaking the day before GTA IV comes out. You never know, they might be able to troubleshoot the problem over the phone (yeah right :lol:)

You might want to get it shipped out in a jiffy. I've been hearing (and experienced) a one week turnaround by MS for systems to be repaired, be it red rings, faulty connectors, disc drive, and anything else.

paulmess7 let us know how it goes, all the best

:(,

It has happened more than 10 times now. I'll be in the middle of a game, then my sound goes. As soon as I restart my 360, it is fine. Anyone else ever have this problem? Makes me angry, cause restarting is the only way to get sound back, and if im in a party and don't want to leave, I have no choice but to go silent :(

I'm thinking of calling them up but I don't want to hear "Hey, your screwed eight days before GTA4 comes out"

It only happens once in a while, so I don't think it's worth calling them yet. But I hope this won't lead to the RROD... Knock on plastic :P

before you take it to MS, take it to the retailer. so long as you have proof that its not working and a receipt with them for the last 12months, then you can get a straight replacement. Where did you buy it from?

Also go to the sound settings in your thing, if you have it set up for 5.1 surround sound and don't have a 5.1 surround sound system then it will mess up your speakers while its trying to dedicate sounds to the correct places. How loud do you listen to your games? if its very loud then you could, maybe, turn it down a little...

...just a touch

Good Day my fellow sarcastic gamers.

i was wondering if someone could help me, i am unable to find the australian number with which to call microsoft and tell them to send me a bloody coffin so they can fix my RRoD 360.
i know the american number is 1800 4myxbox so i dont need to know that,
unless that also works as an international number as well.
also their open hours would be helpfull.

hope someone can help me :tongue:
thanks 2 all

International (direct dial to U.S.): 425-635-7180

Right there on the contact page of xbox.com

I even went through the trouble of making sure I accessed the australian version of the site, so it's correct.

thanks a heap man
thats why i love this community, the people

ok new problem people, "the call can not be connected"
does this mean that i am calling out of business hours?
does anyone know when business hours are?

Try this one

Assistance by phone seven days a week.

1800 555 741

Hours of operation (AEST):
7.00am to 9.00pm - Monday to Friday
9.00am to 5.00pm - Saturday and Sunday

Hi Ryobin I had the RROD about 2 months ago Eulogy is right the Australian number you need to call is 1800 555 741. Give the support guys a call and they will help you no problems at all I got my 360 back in a week good as new hope this helps you get it back quick fast!

thanks heaps guys

SHW Edit: This is now the Official RRoD Thread. Post all RRoD related content here.

im on the phone to microsoft support right now getting a coffin sent over for my RRoD 360 nd im on hold and guess what theyre playing?

The halo 3 theme....... now thats just cruel microsoft........ at least i would laugh if they played Ring of fire (the original or the super sarcastic gamer parody)

edit: haha and now theyre playing the song that plays in the background of tsavo highway (i think thats the level)

edit: oh my god its another song! i dont know which level but it sounds like th campain level where you disable the towers and then the flood comes....

(there have been a coupple of other songs in between)

i would like to know if anyone else has had this happen? if any of you still play halo3

I don't play Halo anymore. I guess that is kind of weird that they would play the music though...

i dont think so, after the bungie/microsoft split microsoft would hae an army of lawyers and i wouldnt be supprised if they owned the rights to that song now, plus halo is a major microsoft beacon and most importantly M$ wouldnt have to pay royalties if they owned the song and for some reason i can see that really appealing to them......i wonder why....

i dont think so, after the bungie/microsoft split microsoft would hae an army of lawyers and i wouldnt be supprised if they owned the rights to that song now, plus halo is a major microsoft beacon and most importantly M$ wouldnt have to pay royalties if they owned the song and for some reason i can see that really appealing to them......i wonder why....

The rights to all the music from Halo belong to Martin O'Donnel, C. Paul Johnson, and Michael Salvatori (they wrote it/produced it). I doubt Microsoft will have to pay any royalties because they are the publisher of Halo3, the split was after the release of the game and the soundtrack.

kind of a kick in the nuts for that to be playing but its better than O' Fortuna that is blasted down the line in the UK whenever I phone.

it's one Bungies steps in world domination.

Microsoft owns the rights to these songs, why wouldn't they use them? Would you rather listen to game music/other beat intesive music or Barbera Streizand?

That has probably pissed so many Halo addicts off :lol:

it's one Bungies steps in world domination.

1 Megaselling game
2 RRoD
3 MS blasts Halo theme song on tech support line
4 Create Neo Illuminati
5 World Domination
-From Bungie's 5 Steps to Success: An Online Self-help Resource :tongue:

yep. knew it.

im on the phone to microsoft support right now getting a coffin sent over for my RRoD 360 nd im on hold and guess what theyre playing?

The halo 3 theme....... now thats just cruel microsoft........ at least i would laugh if they played Ring of fire (the original or the super sarcastic gamer parody)

edit: haha and now theyre playing the song that plays in the background of tsavo highway (i think thats the level)

edit: oh my god its another song! i dont know which level but it sounds like th campain level where you disable the towers and then the flood comes....

(there have been a coupple of other songs in between)

i would like to know if anyone else has had this happen? if any of you still play halo3

Don't get me wrong... cause i like halo just as much as the next guy but dude, you know way too much if you can tell what level the songs are on! On the other side... I'm very sorry for your loss... please let the next iteration be more durable

That's one hell of a low blow M$. That's funny as hell though.

When i called Nintendo's CS they were playing the Twlight Princess theme......it was awesome....and painful.

Don't get me wrong... cause i like halo just as much as the next guy but dude, you know way too much if you can tell what level the songs are on! On the other side... I'm very sorry for your loss... please let the next iteration be more durable

I think its just that you dont play enough Halo if you cant tell what parts are from when. If you played them to me I am confident I would get 9/10 correct and Ive only played it for the same ammount of time as everyone else (till they saw CoD4, lol)

well i got another update in my RRoD crusade, i got my shipping details today but since today is ANZAC's Day (Public Holiday) and then the weekend happens i wont get to dent away my 360 untill the 28th (day before GTA's release) and sine my ps2 recently broke i wont be able to do any REAL gaming for the remainder of the holidays and its half yearly's my 2nd week back at school, oh well :undecided:

Apperently there is a disc on some torrent sites that will let you stress test your xbox. This can probably RROD the thing, so if you are nearing that 3 year warrenty up date. Give it a go maybe you'll get a new xbox out of it.

Here is the article (http://megagames.com/news/html/console/xbox360rrodstresstestdiscleaked.shtml)

Description
A Microsoft internal RROD stress test disc has been leaked and is currently available for download through a p2p network.

It seems that the disc was forgotten inside a repaired Xbox 360 console when it was returned to its owner who decided to rip it and upload it to the whole world. The disc is labeled "Ping 17 Test Media" and it is about 7300 MB in size.

Why would anybody do that to his console is beyond us, but the disc is out there.

I do have a launch console =P. I wont RRoD it on purpose though. It has served me very well & only 2 total freezes all together. Both of which were in Project Gotham Racing 3. Oblivion froze alot on saves but that was a game bug. If the thing does crap out. I will just get an elite & just gut the hell out of this one for the hell of it :).

-LatinLegacy

Hmm do you think they will see a relationship between the day it was uploaded and the guys they sent back?

I can't do that to my 360. It has never got the RROD, and I hope it never will.

Apperently there is a disc on some torrent sites that will let you stress test your xbox. This can probably RROD the thing, so if you are nearing that 3 year warrenty up date. Give it a go maybe you'll get a new xbox out of it.

Here is the article (http://megagames.com/news/html/console/xbox360rrodstresstestdiscleaked.shtml)

Description
A Microsoft internal RROD stress test disc has been leaked and is currently available for download through a p2p network.

It seems that the disc was forgotten inside a repaired Xbox 360 console when it was returned to its owner who decided to rip it and upload it to the whole world. The disc is labeled "Ping 17 Test Media" and it is about 7300 MB in size.

Why would anybody do that to his console is beyond us, but the disc is out there.

if you still have one from the 3 year warranty that hasn't crapped out I think it has served well enough. Just start saving for a new one and wait for it to crash.

if you still have one from the 3 year warranty that hasn't crapped out I think it has served well enough. Just start saving for a new one and wait for it to crash.

well if they replace it doesn't it automatically come with a new 3 year warrenty. That way you can spend your money on new games instead of a new system.

Hmm...
Would that actually work?
Plus, it is incredibly risky if it does...

if you have a 360 that has lasted untill for the 3 years wouldnt you just be happy that it hasnt crapped out on you and leave it as it is.....it isnt broken after all why would you want to break it so that they could return it to its previous condition (or maybe not quite as good.......). think about it

So let me get this straight - M$ has a test disk that stresses out 360's, and can cause them to RRoD...which they use to test repaired 360's before sending them back to the customers...

Now I realise that they need to test the refurbed units before sending them out, but surely running this disk would be detrimental to the 360 - I could be halfway to RRoD before it even leaves M$....

Now I realise that they need to test the refurbed units before sending them out, but surely running this disk would be detrimental to the 360 - I could be halfway to RRoD before it even leaves M$....

I don't think it works that way. You may stress the machine initially, but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't use test media that causes hardware damage. It may cause your box and its processor to hit the panic button, but irreversible damage seems unlikely.

Chances are you need to have a modded 360 to run this, and if you have a modded 360 then you can't send it back to microsoft and get it repaired. There are ways to fix the rrod, but doing this just seems kinda stupid.

I have a launch console, and it's been makin funny noises the past few months, but I'm not a jerk who likes to rip off companies... Seriously anyone who would purposely RRoD their Xbox so they could get a new one is disturbed

Chances are you need to have a modded 360 to run this, and if you have a modded 360 then you can't send it back to microsoft and get it repaired. There are ways to fix the rrod, but doing this just seems kinda stupid.

If that was true how is it that M$ uses it to check xbox's ....

If that was true how is it that M$ uses it to check xbox's ....

M$ has the official disc, a real copy of a game plays in a normal xbox, but a copied one only plays in a modded 360

Smart moves coming up to end of warranty....

mines new though so i dont see the point in me getting it...

it would be pretty pointless to use this, if you do all you do is get rrod sooner. and if you've got a modded 360 you want to stay away from anything that may cause the rrod, which is funny because this disc was requested quite a lot in an xbox modding irc channel

this is just plain strange. so strange i have to write this thread.

I was in my local gamestop and one of the display xboxs had an RROD but the guy at the counter was unplugging it and boxed it. not in the microsoft RROD coffin but in a Xbox 360 box

then a guy walked in asking abotua 360 for his son and the clerk sold him the one still on the counter that had the RROD!!!!!

tell me your thoughts about this scam!!!!!!:evil:

disgusting.

That is really, really sad.

Well you should of told that man what happened:undecided:

Yes that was pretty crappy of GS.

wow... just wow... well, gamestop doesn't lose anything from that. Microsoft repairs the rrod, not them... but still, that's just stupid....

Btw, err uhh, I sold an rrod 360 on ebay, now I feel dirty.

the rrod is fixable. if you said it had the rrod that's fine, but buying a 360, plugging it in and getting the rrod would really suck.

well, just wait for your feedback then

The one on ebay

this is just plain strange. so strange i have to write this thread.Not strange enough to tell the poor guy what was going on? If this is true, your nearly as bad as then guy that sold it to him. :angry:

Wow Gamestop, wow.

Not strange enough to tell the poor guy what was going on? If this is true, your nearly as bad as then guy that sold it to him. :angry:

Yeah I hate to say it but he is correct IMO.

And why would this gameshop sell display models?

You should have at least told the manager....

Who here is honestly surprised?

Who here is honestly surprised?

Even though I kind of expected something like this from Gamestop, it still is terrible.

:huh:ok i was kind in a hurry to leave i was late for an appointment that i had just remembered so i couldnt tell the poor guy:huh:. but it is just completely not suprising:undecided:

I'm gonna have to go with Chorley here, I don't think there are any companies that sell display models.

Generally, I am against the death penalty, except for parking violation (NYC will do that to you). However, I would support slow death for the GS clerk in this instance. Hopefully, this was a rogue, and not someone following orders from above.

you are righjt but when i said display model i ment it was on and it was actually playing a disc but it was a demo disc.











:evil:

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6226/objectioncourtoutoforderg6.jpg

You had an appointment and were in a hurry to leave, and yet you managed to see a 360 with a RRoD, watch as a man boxed the 360 display model and then sell it to a youngster and his dad? Wouldn't you rather be spending the small time you had looking at games or whatever your business in the store was?
Also, how do you know it was a demo disc, can 360s with RRoDs still play CDs?

Btw, err uhh, I sold an rrod 360 on ebay, now I feel dirty.

you would

Btw, err uhh, I sold an rrod 360 on ebay, now I feel dirty.

no offense but with posts like this and other posts i have seen you make, (who would you kill poll, and halo fanboyism) you are in line to become the next reggsroom(the COD4 is not next-gen guy).

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6226/objectioncourtoutoforderg6.jpg

You had an appointment and were in a hurry to leave, and yet you managed to see a 360 with a RRoD, watch as a man boxed the 360 display model and then sell it to a youngster and his dad? Wouldn't you rather be spending the small time you had looking at games or whatever your business in the store was?
Also, how do you know it was a demo disc, can 360s with RRoDs still play CDs?

i know that it was a demo disc. the gamestop employee was taking a disc out and told me demo disc. then i had to buy something from another store but i had gotten it and thought i had time but in fact i did not. :angry::angry: i am so pissed at you people this is what i saw and i was in a hurry because i am somewhat absent minded and check up on new video games. so please what do you think of the topic not ME :angry::angry::angry:


sometimes i think that you are people are to worried about the people posting not the topic

Apologies for the Shakespearian title, though I feel all should enter this thread with a rather sombre and calmed state of mind.. No more than ten minutes ago from the thread being posted, whilst approaching the end of devil may cry 4.

My Xbox 360 died... :sad:

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg170/MJ_Barret/Misc/Condolences.jpg

Why in god's name would you buy that masterpiece for the 3fixme?
(I'm not a PS3 fanboy. I'm a PC gamer.)

Hopefully,HOPEFULLY...my 360 wont die when I get it(whenever that is).

RIP Xbox 360.

"What to good-year, my lord! Why are you thus out of measure sad?"
"There is no measure in the occasion that breeds. Therefore the sadness is without limit."
(That's one of my favorite Shakespeare scenes of all time. Especially because they had Keanu Reeves playing the part in the movie.)

There's no point in crying over something that was bound to happen sooner or later.

The topic is just very unbelievable.
There's no way a manager at Gamestop told an employee to pack up a broken console on display and then sell it.

This is why I never shop at Gamestop. Well, that and the fact that I get Reward Zone points with each purchase at Best Buy.

oh sorry to hear that, my PS3 is fine though.

Wow, they give game/system-retailers a bad name!

2 xbox 360s, 2 red rings of death, 1 very very angry BLACKBIRDD7.
Damn i was almost done with, COD3,assassins creed, PGR 3,Battle stations midway and Gears of war. I was 70% to 90% done with all of those games.
I was happy with my Xbox very very happy. I kept it in a open space, dusted it off every once and a while and played it often. It was in a good home.........
I HATE MICROS$@T.
YARGHHHH.





Sorry about this but im freaking angry....


oh yea, i was playing gears when it happened.....

Aww no, sorry to hear that man. :(

Better get on the phone to Microsoft, quicker to send it off, the quicker it gets back.

It already done...
Good news though, i get to keep my hard drive....

:sad:

Evil and sad...thats why i dont buy from gamestop.
I feel bad for the customer too.

Wow those games are pretty old but classic's none the less. Sorry to hear about your 360, I heard from a few people that the wait times are significantly lower compared to a few months ago.

Damn, you have really bad luck :(

In the UK consumer law means that if you buy something from a store and it is broken when you try and use it for the first time, then you are able to take it straight back to the store where you purchased it.

I am almost certain that the US has a similar law, otherwise this would be happening all the time. Gamestop in this instance would have been liable to exchange the broken one for a new one.

Apologies for the Shakespearian title, though I feel all should enter this thread with a rather sombre and calmed state of mind.. No more than ten minutes ago from the thread being posted, whilst approaching the end of devil may cry 4.

My Xbox 360 died... :sad:
Well at least it is surrounded by the people that loved it...

oh sorry to hear that, my PS3 is fine though.

Ouch. Way to be comforting in his moment of pain *sobs*

Lol.

Do we really need a whole thread for yet another dead 360? My condolences to your loss.

There should be a "My 360 has died" thread...and if anyone decides to make one now, give some credit for the idea :lol:

If you have RROD stories, please keep them to this thread, thank you. :)


I hadn't played my 360 in the past week because stuff has gotten in the way, but I really wanted to play some GTA 4. So I turned it on and had just started in my apartment when all of a sudden the screen when black. I didn't what was going on, and thought maybe a plug had come out or something. I looked down at my innocent little 360 [Halo 3 edition. I got as a gift], and screamed. 3/4's of the green ring had turned red.
I screamed for about two more minutes, and then turned it off while praying to God and Jesus to not take away my 360 after all we'd gone through. I turned it on again, and it worked fine, but I turned it off after about 5 minutes.
Should I do anything?

rrod is 3 red lights..... maybe its motherboard?

nah, just make sure that all the plugs are in properly. If it happens again look at the external power supply and see what colour that is.

Should I be worried? =( Well, I am, but should I call Microsoft or something?

That can cause three of the lights to go red?

if it worked the second time it should be ok

You SURE? O_o

yah, just play GTA

That happened to me once. Everything was going wrong that day, my computer wasn't working, then my printer stopped working when I needed to print a paper, so I went to play some 360. I got those red rings and freaked out, and unplugged the power cord, waiting a minute, then put it back in. It worked, and I still have the same 360 to this day :lol:

Oh man, I know that feeling. =D
One time, my computer screwed up, my Zune wouldn't work, and my xbox live was acting up like a mofo.
Notice it was all Microsoft products. D:

There should be a "My 360 has died" thread...and if anyone decides to make one now, give some credit for the idea :lol:

Good idea. I'll make one when I get a chance, and merge all of these seperate threads into one giant RRoD sob-fest. PC all the way!

The title says it all, Please keep to using this thread for your RROD stories to stop the clutter of the same thread. :p

Its been done, there's a thread buried somewhere in this forum.

And that has been merged with this one (after much experimenting with the 'merge' function.)

2 xbox 360s, 2 red rings of death, 1 very very angry BLACKBIRDD7.
Damn i was almost done with, COD3,assassins creed, PGR 3,Battle stations midway and Gears of war. I was 70% to 90% done with all of those games.
I was happy with my Xbox very very happy. I kept it in a open space, dusted it off every once and a while and played it often. It was in a good home.........
I HATE MICROS$@T.
YARGHHHH.





Sorry about this but im freaking angry....


oh yea, i was playing gears when it happened.....

That's too bad, I've had my console since almost launch and still no rrod. You can fix the rrod without sending back to M$.

Sorry to hear about it. Reliability issues were one of the reasons I went with a PC over a console.

There is now one big thread for RRoD related events. Merged.

On the second day of my Xbox 360 arriving I nearly had a heart attack. I switched my baby on and it started making a wierd "Whirrrrrr" noise. Then, it came. 3 red lights after just one day of playing my Xbox... I was pretty p***ed off so I unplugged it and nearly threw it across the room.

Later, I plugged it back in and turned it on and by the luck of the devil it was OK...



Spooooky

i got the new motherboard that is not supposed to be able to get RRoD

i got the new motherboard that is not supposed to be able to get RRoD

You got a PS3? :thumbsup:

You got a PS3? :thumbsup:

How can you hate rothbart when he is just so witty?

Its threads like these that enable PS3 fanboys.

True. When I saw that rothbart posted in here I knew what it was going to be about. Still, when people get so loyal to their inanimate objects, its easy to see why the way they act the way they do.

Well, mine had RRoD me twice, but I put three times because the first time, my TV fell on it...

Well, mine had RRoD me twice, but I put three times because the first time, my TV fell on it...

wow...

I am proud to say i never git the RROD.

Well, mine had RRoD me twice, but I put three times because the first time, my TV fell on it...

wow...

yea...

Actually, a lot of people on the GTR forums hate him.

GamerTag Radio forums? People hate me there? A lot of people? Link or it's not true... :tongue:

Oh and guys... it doesn't take a "fanboy" to mock the 360's red ring of death problem... that's easy. It takes a fanboy to keep acting like it's no big deal or somehow "the cost of gaming" as Xboxes keep failing.

when i got this i was like noooooooooooooooooooooooooo but i got it fixed in a couple of days so its all goodhttp://achievements.schrankmonster.de/Achievement.aspx?text=RRod%20caught%20R.I.P%20%20x box%20(i%20told%20you%20i%20was%20ill)

I am proud to say i never git the RROD.

*hands block of wood*

Start knockin'.

Its threads like these that enable PS3 fanboys.

It's comments like rothbart's that enable antifanboys.

I've had mine go down "thrice" times...
The third time was horrific though. :shocked: Still have nightmares about it...

i am blessed that i can not get the honor of a RROD because i am broke and can buy an xbox 360.....

which sucks.....

ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!

My 360's sound isn't working very well.... At LEAST once a day it will sound like you pull out a headphone (that click noise) and then no audio at all.... I got it about 6 months ago, so I think I should get it fixed before the one year mark... but weeks without my 360 is sad :(

this is just plain strange. so strange i have to write this thread.

I was in my local gamestop and one of the display xboxs had an RROD but the guy at the counter was unplugging it and boxed it. not in the microsoft RROD coffin but in a Xbox 360 box

then a guy walked in asking abotua 360 for his son and the clerk sold him the one still on the counter that had the RROD!!!!!

tell me your thoughts about this scam!!!!!!:evil:

i lol'd

i lol'd

i cried.

The question should be rephrased, to how many times has it been serviced or repaired.

I'm answering "once", but in reality my 360 has died a lot. It red rings, then allows me to play it... then eventually dies again. It's nickname is Rocky, it won't stay down.. and I haven't thrown in the towel (meaning both: not give up on it AND it hasn't needed the towel trick).

I think I'll be sending it in for service finally, it's getting worse.

Got my 360 the day it came out and it broke for the seventh time 5 mins after GTAIV release time =[=[=[=[

thank god my xbox has not died yet
fingers crossed

Got my 360 the day it came out and it broke for the seventh time 5 mins after GTAIV release time =[=[=[=[

roflcopter lol

unlucky
my disc tray broke once...

My DVD Drive broke, had to pay £60 to get it repaired only for it to come back for it not to show me a picture, only give me sound. So two failures, one immediately after the other, means that I've barely played GTAIV or Dark Sector both of which I have only had 2 hours on each since they were both released. The biggest release in gaming history and I miss out. Typical.

Edit: And by the way, I'm still waiting for it to come back for the second time, which means I've been 360-less for nearly a month now... *sadface*

My DVD Drive broke, had to pay £60 to get it repaired only for it to come back for it not to show me a picture, only give me sound. So two failures, one immediately after the other, means that I've barely played GTAIV or Dark Sector both of which I have only had 2 hours on each since they were both released. The biggest release in gaming history and I miss out. Typical.

Edit: And by the way, I'm still waiting for it to come back for the second time, which means I've been 360-less for nearly a month now... *sadface*

I feel for you man ive got to play GTAIV for a grand total of 14 seconds and all my friends keep going on about it and the fun theyre having online which i havent got to play yet so... pretty bored and suicidal lol :thumbsup:

you should be able to change your vote, I'm up to three now.

I feel for you man ive got to play GTAIV for a grand total of 14 seconds and all my friends keep going on about it and the fun theyre having online which i havent got to play yet so... pretty bored and suicidal lol :thumbsup:

Just going to say right now, that Oblivion thing in your sig is HUGE.

Sigh guess I get to join the mass of people with dead xboxes. No ring of death here though playing GTA heard a loud clunk. Then my screen went black the 360 cut off I turned back then I got an unplayable disc error. Tried every disc I owned still the same called microsoft now I have to wait my month.

I have never had the RROD (knocks on wood). My first 360 that I got at launch, mysteriously "malfunctioned" when the Elite came out...not sure what happened! But Best Buy had to give me a nice new Elite since I had the Product Replacement Plan. My Elite has never had any issue yet (runs outside and knocks on all trees within a 50 mile radius).

I had Gpu failure on my launch unit, it looked like a freakin x-mas tree on the screen, colors all seperated out. Now mine has developed the "I want to randomly freeze" issue on certain games. *eyes gta VI*

I hate rrod. I got it twice

I got the Rings twice but my 360 only died on me once. Right when i got it. I dont know how i did it but i fixed it.:confused: I just kinda messed with it a little.

Twice but due to power failures.

mine never but this week my friend's went red.
First person I know personally who it's happened to.
We've both had our consoles a year and a bit now..?

8 months, no failures.

It doesn't matter anymore because they'll fix it for free or repay anyone who had to pay for repairs in the past. It also now has a 3 year warranty, for free.

yep never happened to me and I'm on month 9 (got an elite with halo 3) i not worried at all, although on purchase day, i did debate getting a PS3 instead because of the RROD while i was in Best Buy

nver had a problem!:grin:

nver had a problem!:grin:

I've always had a feeling that one time our "wii friend" broke ur 360 that that may have been due to hardware failure.

I've always had a feeling that one time our "wii friend" broke ur 360 that that may have been due to hardware failure.

Doesnt count! HE F-ing KICKED IT!!!!

Mine should be arriving from the repair centre tomorrow \o/

A way to stop this deadly epidemic is needed!

Buy a kick-arse PC!:wink2:

Buy a kick-arse PC!:wink2:

A way to stop this dilemma that doesn't require you to sell your house for the monies is needed?
:D

A way to stop this dilemma that doesn't require you to sell your house for the monies is needed?
:D

Buy last year's kick-arse PC!:thumbsup:

A way that doesn't require a PC?

No PC? Who could think of such a thing?

Other than that?

Suicide.

All I really want to be able to do with a PC is be able to play WoW, and Counter Strike really well, and be able to play BF:2 decently.

Captain DDL sent me a message over Live... seems his 360 red-ringed on him yesterday (or the day before.) Chalk another one up guys...

We should total how many 360s the "staff" have lost... that'd be an interesting number to see.

Captain DDL sent me a message over Live... seems his 360 red-ringed on him yesterday (or the day before.) Chalk another one up guys...

We should total how many 360s the "staff" have lost... that'd be an interesting number to see.

We should also see how many times you have pointed it out with glee after that event.

We should also see how many times you have pointed it out with glee after that event.

Then can we add up the number of days I've owned a 360 and haven't been able to use it as intended? Because that would total in the months... it was a lot more compelling when I hadn't had my 360 for a year yet, but it's still an impressive number.

I have every right to bitch about my 360 experience... it was horribly screwed up and several things about it should've never been able to happen to an end customer.

Then can we add up the number of days I've owned a 360 and haven't been able to use it as intended? Because that would total in the months... it was a lot more compelling when I hadn't had my 360 for a year yet, but it's still an impressive number.

I have every right to bitch about my 360 experience... it was horribly screwed up and several things about it should've never been able to happen to an end customer.

Did I ever say you couldn't bitch about your 360 experience? No.
I simply said that you seemed a little cheerful on some occasions that others have reported the problems, thats all. Thats just a personal opinion, so you don't need to rant at me (you being you though, thats probably a hard thing to let go).

So did you hear? I've gone through two 360's... :lol:

So did you hear? I've gone through two 360's... :lol:
That sucks, I never have had any problems with mine personally, but some of my friends have.

That sucks, I never have had any problems with mine personally, but some of my friends have.

What kind of problems have your friends had with your 360? It's a jealousy thing isn't it. It always is... :lol:

What kind of problems have your friends had with your 360? It's a jealousy thing isn't it. It always is... :lol:

Well, on a couple of occasions I have played a game on my 360, and then they want to borrow it. I let them, and later that day they will tell me that the disc freezes a lot. It seems like sometimes the discs only work perfectly on my 360.

Well, on a couple of occasions I have played a game on my 360, and then they want to borrow it. I let them, and later that day they will tell me that the disc freezes a lot. It seems like sometimes the discs only work perfectly on my 360.

I had the dreaded DRE (disc read error) problem on my first 360, not so much with #s 2 and 3 (knock on wood!) I'm willing to bet rather than your 360 being special, theirs is probably close to failing in some respect regarding the DVD drive (a fine point that's not covered under their extended warranty that really bothers me because I've already had one fail due to the DVD drive tray not opening...

I had the dreaded DRE (disc read error) problem on my first 360, not so much with #s 2 and 3 (knock on wood!) I'm willing to bet rather than your 360 being special, theirs is probably close to failing in some respect regarding the DVD drive (a fine point that's not covered under their extended warranty that really bothers me because I've already had one fail due to the DVD drive tray not opening...

On occasion (maybe once every two weeks) my disc drive will not open when I first try to, and it will sound like it is trying to open but it is stuck. All I have to do is push it in for a second and then it pops out.

personally ive nevr had my 360 die or do anything like that (eg overheat) but my friends one did the day i needed him to bring it so we could link em up at a party, that was freakn annoying we had to go hire one

This kid at school, he has a 360 that has the rrod 3 times, but, he has never sent it back to M$, why? Because he justs unplugs it and it works fine, and, it was, a LAUNCH MODEL :shocked:

I'm sure it works fine while unplugged, but how much gaming does he get done?:lol:

I'm sure it works fine while unplugged, but how much gaming does he get done?:lol:

I lol'd at that one... :lol:
Haven't had an RRoD in over 6 months... Pretty happy about that. I was expecting the disc drive to shatter again... A new disc drive in an old console? I was expecting the old to slowly overturn the new, and force it to break... So far, so good... :cool2:

This kid at school, he has a 360 that has the rrod 3 times, but, he has never sent it back to M$, why? Because he justs unplugs it and it works fine, and, it was, a LAUNCH MODEL :shocked:

That actually happened to me once. I turned my 360 on and I saw the rings, I unplugged it and plugged it back in and now it works fine. That was like a year ago also, so if that was just a stall it was a pretty damn long stall.

So I was browsing My Singstar Online (PS3) and ran across a video for Culture Club's "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" with an Xbox 360 in the thumbnail... I suspected... I played it and it was a hilariously choreographed performance of a red ringing Xbox 360 opening and closing its drive tray to various parts of the music. I laughed, I cried, then I laughed some more. Then I squinted really hard at my 360 and warned it not to get any ideas.

I bought my 360 from eBay (Yeah not a wise move I know but I couldn't afford a brand new one with games) and I got the RRoD almost immediately after setting it up. Luckily the previous owner hadn't registered on Xbox.com so I got my full 3 years warranty and had it repair. It's been fine since.

NEVER buy any electronics off ebay! Its always broken.

Hehe yeah but I got 3 games with it plus it was replaced for free by Microsoft so I ended up with a new one. :wink2:

NEVER buy any electronics off ebay! Its always broken.

i got my xbox form ebay Christmas 2 years ago and got the red ring of death yesterday, turn xbox off then turned it on less than 2 hours later and it was fine :grin:

i got my xbox form ebay Christmas 2 years ago and got the red ring of death yesterday, turn xbox off then turned it on less than 2 hours later and it was fine :grin:

No it's not. It's not "fine"... it's waiting. :lol:

LoL this is my fourth xbox. I never drop them they just die.

No it's not. It's not "fine"... it's waiting. :lol:

My 360 will never die! It loves me too much.

*runs over and makes sure it didn't just die*

lol, if your launch Xbox 360 never died, than you have the holy 360.

Yes, yes I do.

*hugs 360*

No it's not. It's not "fine"... it's waiting. :lol:

yep ur right its completly dead now but at least he didn't go down without a fight!! LOL

yep ur right its completly dead now but at least he didn't go down without a fight!! LOL

I'm not laughing at your misfortune... I'm simply laughing at you. You know what I mean... :lol:

mine hasn't gone yet, but I fell it's only a matter of time.. damn it.

Just to let you know if you didn't know, putting your 360 in a vertical position causes the parts to vibrate more and possibly scratch your game disc, that's why the horazontal position is better.

Says who? Nobody's proven beyond speculation that one orientation is better/safer than the other... the best people have is the lesser fear of knocking over a horizontal 360 and some apparent thermal imaging that doesn't prove your horizontal 360 is any "safer" from RROD than a vertical one.

By your reasoning, virtually all Microsoft marketing materials have the 360 in the least safe orientation. What's that supposed to mean?

Just to let you know if you didn't know, putting your 360 in a vertical position causes the parts to vibrate more and possibly scratch your game disc, that's why the horazontal position is better.

Says who? Nobody's proven beyond speculation that one orientation is better/safer than the other... the best people have is the lesser fear of knocking over a horizontal 360 and some apparent thermal imaging that doesn't prove your horizontal 360 is any "safer" from RROD than a vertical one.

By your reasoning, virtually all Microsoft marketing materials have the 360 in the least safe orientation. What's that supposed to mean?
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk208/DeathByWaffle/pwned.jpg

The 360 is as unreliable as hell freezing over, no matter which way you have it positioned.

The 360 is as unreliable as hell freezing over

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m95/rothbart_photos/hello-my-name-is-inigo-montoya-you-.jpg

"...I do not think that word means what you think it means..."

Hell doesn't freeze over, so it's not unreliable? That means it's reliable... but it's not. My head hurts... :shocked:

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m95/rothbart_photos/hello-my-name-is-inigo-montoya-you-.jpg

"...I do not think that word means what you think it means..."

Hell doesn't freeze over, so it's not unreliable? That means it's reliable... but it's not. My head hurts... :shocked:

Ouch...I am going to go lay down.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m95/rothbart_photos/hello-my-name-is-inigo-montoya-you-.jpg

"...I do not think that word means what you think it means..."

Hell doesn't freeze over, so it's not unreliable? That means it's reliable... but it's not. My head hurts... :shocked:
:lol:

unreliable

adjective

1. So weak or defective as to be liable to fail: trick, undependable. See strong/weak.
2. Not to be depended on: undependable, untrustworthy. See trust/distrust.

See number 2 :D

I have a degree in English so don't try me :lol:

I have a degree in English so don't try me :lol:

But... shouldn't it be as reliable as hell freezing over? Since hell doesn't freeze over, that'd make it not reliable.

That's just an incredibly awkward statement you made... when it's already so easy to make fun of the 360's reliability.

But... shouldn't it be as reliable as hell freezing over? Since hell doesn't freeze over, that'd make it not reliable.

That's just an incredibly awkward statement you made... when it's already so easy to make fun of the 360's reliability.But hell freezing isn't something you could rely on happening, so that makes it unreliable. do you get what I'm saying? Go make the podcast already :lol:

But hell freezing isn't something you could rely on happening, so that makes it unreliable. do you get what I'm saying? Go make the podcast already :lol:

exactly... hell freezing isn't reliable, but the unreliability of the Xbox 360 is reliable. Get it? Reliable unreliability.

Both hell freezing and the 360 are unreliable! Stop trying to confuse me :lol:

Both hell freezing and the 360 are unreliable! Stop trying to confuse me :lol:

Hell freezing over is reliably untrue...

I had a launch (brought a year and a half after launch though, so I must have ended up with old stock). Had some RRoD issues, but the real problem was freezing and graphical issues. Got it back 2 weeks latter. Never had a problem since. Same xbox. It keeps cooler now though

Un****ingbelievable. My new HDMI falcon super spiffy 360 just rrod. Faster than any of my previous boxes I might add and Ive actually played it a lot less in that time span than I did the other ones too. Thats what... my 5th console now?

**** you MS. Go Sony/Ninty.




....luckily I do have a backup that I procured on the fly/cheap for this eventuality -_-

Un****ingbelievable. My new HDMI falcon super spiffy 360 just rrod. Faster than any of my previous boxes I might add and Ive actually played it a lot less in that time span than I did the other ones too. Thats what... my 5th console now?

**** you MS. Go Sony/Ninty.




....luckily I do have a backup that I procured on the fly/cheap for this eventuality -_-

Maybe it just hates you.
I have had my 360 since launch, and I have had no problems with it. Sometimes the disc tray will not pop out, but all I have to do is push it in and then it works. It seems like everyone has all of these terrible 360 experiences, so maybe I am just lucky.

No, you have the Holy Xbox 360.

Raptor Jesus blessed it :D

Mines gone, well it was yesterday. Today it's working again, but I'm waiting..
typical friday 13th.

I made sure not to touch my 360 on Friday 13. That could have been bad.

I made sure not to touch my 360 on Friday 13. That could have been bad.

Nothing bad happened to me on friday the 13th :eek:

You are truly blessed.

I think I have Raptor Jesus in my favor. Probably all of those young children's souls I sacrificed to him.