Poll: Has your Xbox Failed?
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I never read the "proper care" portion, but I have taken very good care of making sure it's been well-ventilated. My 360 has frozen a few times since I got it, but never really died.
And for the record, mine was one of the Every10Minutes.com launch lottery/sweepstakes consoles, so it was one of the first off the production line. I'm really impressed/surprised that it didn't RRoD like so many others apparently did back then.
And for the record, mine was one of the Every10Minutes.com launch lottery/sweepstakes consoles, so it was one of the first off the production line. I'm really impressed/surprised that it didn't RRoD like so many others apparently did back then.
Nope. mine's one of the new chipset, Limited Edition RE5 Elites. Apparently, the risk of it RRoDing has been significantly reduced, so I'm remaining hopeful.
I went through five 360s before I gave up on the whole system and bought a PlayStation 3.
It's really sad considering I really loved my 360(s). I remember the first day I got mine and how excited it was to experience the next generation of console gaming, how beautiful and amazing it was.
However I also remember my first 360 overheating until the side panel actually warped and melted from the heat. The second one was from a disc drive that sounded like a coffee grinder, the third and fourth were the infamous RROD and the last was an E74.
By the time it died on me the sixth time it was back to a bad DVD drive.. which MS wanted to charge me over a hundred dollars to fix (!).
Oh well, I'm happy with my PS3 and will be picking up the XBox 720 (or whatever) as long as they have some standard of making a piece of equipment that doesn't commit suicide every time you look at it.
It's really sad considering I really loved my 360(s). I remember the first day I got mine and how excited it was to experience the next generation of console gaming, how beautiful and amazing it was.
However I also remember my first 360 overheating until the side panel actually warped and melted from the heat. The second one was from a disc drive that sounded like a coffee grinder, the third and fourth were the infamous RROD and the last was an E74.
By the time it died on me the sixth time it was back to a bad DVD drive.. which MS wanted to charge me over a hundred dollars to fix (!).
Oh well, I'm happy with my PS3 and will be picking up the XBox 720 (or whatever) as long as they have some standard of making a piece of equipment that doesn't commit suicide every time you look at it.
No problem for me, until i got Oblivion, it seems to freeze alot.mspencer82 said:
Seems its more the game , than the machine...
other than that really great game and really great console.
( and i have it in a well ventilated place, that might explain alot.)
A guy i know bought a 360 and it burned a big ring into his disk so he brought it back and bought a ps3 instead.
Im on my original one, it has had a rrod, but i switched it off and on at the plug while it was on which was the reason for the rrod, switching it off/on again got rid of it, and its fell off of a high table and smashed the unfortunate plate it landed on and still works perfectly
It is the game all right, Oblivion is notorious for freezing.brighteye said:
However, it is also a game that puts huge stress on the machine as the world is constantly loading in new textures and graphics.
So make sure when playing Oblivion or Fallout 3 to take a break ever couple of hours to let it cool down! Installing to the hard drive helps too.
I had one RROD after 2 and a half years of no problems. It's 8 months later and I've had no further problems.
I got the RROD about a year after I bought my xbox, I got it back, it's been about 4-5 months and now the disc drive is starting to act slow. I'm hoping it's just a temporary glitch (it plays fine, but I have to hit the button a few times) but I think next gen I'm going with the PS3. It should be cheap enough to afford by then.
Weird I've had mine since Christmas '08 and it does the same thing. Otherwise it runs flawlessly save the few times it's crashed running Fallout 3 but I blame Fallout 3 for that.Darkside360 said:
I had to wait 3 weeks to get a repair booked because the Xbox support site would not recognise my postcode and therefore I was not able to book a repair.
The Xbox support staff refused to register my unit even though I explained why I was not able to register it myself.
I had a repair booked a few weeks ago but I have not sent it in or played it since.
I will book another repair this week because I want to have it ready fro FIFA and PES.
I talked to someone called John green at Xbox support and he told me a load of lies, if anyone has a complaints address for Xbox support - please tell me know.
The Xbox support staff refused to register my unit even though I explained why I was not able to register it myself.
I had a repair booked a few weeks ago but I have not sent it in or played it since.
I will book another repair this week because I want to have it ready fro FIFA and PES.
I talked to someone called John green at Xbox support and he told me a load of lies, if anyone has a complaints address for Xbox support - please tell me know.