My PS3 RROD'd
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I heard somewhere that keeping the old XBox 360 horizontal is bad for the console, although it's supposed to work just fine either way. Personally I give the console a good foot of breathing room in every direction, except the surface it's standing on vertically. The thing lasted for over two and a half years before it RROD'd on me, and after the motherboard got swapped out no more problems 
I also vacuum around the console on a weekly basis and let fresh air in on a daily basis.
I also vacuum around the console on a weekly basis and let fresh air in on a daily basis.
It does if you hack your software then update, and there is an equivalent, but the odds of it happening are almost negligible, instead of what might be a sure thing at some point.Onyx Oblivion said:
I know most of the RROD problems are caused by a combination of overheating and bad ventilation, so amen to keeping the damn things cleaned out. If you think back, even the NES had these problems--remember blowing out the dust in the cartridge any time it went up and tried choking on itself? Just because it's a shiny new system that cost you a car payment or something doesn't mean you don't have to do the same thing you did years ago--you gotta keep the dust out, or you'll end up with a $300+ paperweight.Nmil-ek said:
Haha I thought the same thing!Hamster at Dawn said:
Of course both systems fail, and it's a proven fact that 360 fails more than PS3. My argument however, has always been "what good is a system that doesn't fail if you don't play it?". I'm not saying PS3 owners don't play their systems, I'm saying if I got one, I wouldn't play it much, so what does it matter whether it fails or not? I've had 2 360's fail on me, and got them replaced for free within a week of sending them off, but at least it gets played on a regular basis.
My 360 and PS3 both died in the space of a month. Not happy. After the 3rd time for my 360, I decided i'd had enough.
My year-old, rarely used PS3 had sat on the sidelines quietly, in an open space and kept dust-free. Had played 6 games and a blu-ray movie. When the 1 game I was really looking forward to playing comes out, it packs in.
For all the 360's faults, in its first year it performed flawlessly. When it RRoD'd I wasn't exactly surprised as I had REALLY played it to death. I'd never even heard of the RRoD and thought I had literally killed it!
My year-old, rarely used PS3 had sat on the sidelines quietly, in an open space and kept dust-free. Had played 6 games and a blu-ray movie. When the 1 game I was really looking forward to playing comes out, it packs in.
For all the 360's faults, in its first year it performed flawlessly. When it RRoD'd I wasn't exactly surprised as I had REALLY played it to death. I'd never even heard of the RRoD and thought I had literally killed it!
A minutes silence for OriginalError's PS3 please
The PS3 doesn't want bloodshed!
See there's your problem, you wanted to be horrible and the PS3 with the Emotion Engine as his father doesn't want you to hurt and kill.OriginalError said:
The PS3 doesn't want bloodshed!
Argh, my 360 died about a week after warranty ran out (last week), which pished me off, to say the least.
MY PS3 is in good health though.
MY PS3 is in good health though.
Are you sure you aren't doing anything different? Cause I've had two PS3's for a couple of years now, a PS2 for about 7 years (there were two, but we dropped the second one on the floor right on the CD drive and denting in the power button to an unusable state), a Wii for 2 and a half years and none have them have ever just "given in".
Also, I have two PCs, one of which had an operating system crash and a hard drive crash that both wiped most of the memory. The other one's been fine, apart from the stuffed column of pixels which I'm typing over at the moment.
Also, I have two PCs, one of which had an operating system crash and a hard drive crash that both wiped most of the memory. The other one's been fine, apart from the stuffed column of pixels which I'm typing over at the moment.
A lot of the new slim ps3s have this problem. mine is a fat one i bought on launch day, and i have never had a single problem, apart from numerous crashes on fallout 3.
apparently, this happens on 2.3% of new ps3s, whereas 53.3% of Xbox360s die the same way within the first six months.
apparently, this happens on 2.3% of new ps3s, whereas 53.3% of Xbox360s die the same way within the first six months.
My PS3 goes green, yellow, then blinks red. Apparently theres no fix for this. But as I hadn't kept my receipt to prove it was less than a year old, Sony said I would have to buy a new one off them for £125. Thanks!
However, after swearing like a pirate at the idiot machine for a while, I decided to turn it on again and it now works. But once you turn it off and on, the same thing happens. I have to turn it on and off repeatedly in order to get it going. It feels like i'm trying to start an old motorcycle!
However, after swearing like a pirate at the idiot machine for a while, I decided to turn it on again and it now works. But once you turn it off and on, the same thing happens. I have to turn it on and off repeatedly in order to get it going. It feels like i'm trying to start an old motorcycle!
Well then, maybe we have a conclusion:
(Crappy ventilation+nerd rage) x whatever console you posess = How bad it breaks (Divided by) how much customer support care = end result + how long it will bloody take them to send it back = the actual end result
(Crappy ventilation+nerd rage) x whatever console you posess = How bad it breaks (Divided by) how much customer support care = end result + how long it will bloody take them to send it back = the actual end result