Poll: Xbox 360 Assistance Please :)

[jaammiie]

Get it and get warranty. It has good warranty. I had a RRoD and I just sent it to some place in Germany and in one week it was back. As long as you have the warranty, no worries.

 

[SamuelT]

u can never prevent the RROD, ... Get it, it's well worth the risks involved.

I disagree with the first statement, but fully agree with the second.

I bought an Elite three years ago, and it has remained stationairy for that periode, not against a wall on a wooden surface.

Never had any problems with it apart from the occasional hiccup and freezing.

I say buy it.

 

[Droids_Rule]

Don't open your 360 up. You'll void your warranty and if you screw something up then you'll be SOL.

Just get a warranty. The latest 360s are supposedly more durable and less susceptible to the infamous bugs. Mine had an overheatign problem, I sent it in thanks to my warranty, and I got my new 360 is about 2 and a half weeks. They ask yo uto keep your hard drive, so you don't lose any of your saved stuff.

 

[Uszi]

I read this on this site... if you take apart the XBox and place a washer in between the two X-rings, it will prevent it from overheating and thus solve the RROD.

I've had my 360 since Dec '07 and nothing has happened to it yet. Not a single red light or problem.. except that I can't get XBL because of the way my house recieves its internet.

Same here.
Well, I have XBL, but whatever.

I have never managed to make my box red ring yet. At first I've assumed that it was because i used it fairly lightly, but last December (after owning it for a year) I was home from school and did some disgusting 6-8 hour marathons of Fallout 3 and GTA IV.

 

[jimduckie]

get all 3 systems and if ya don't have a ps2 get one too unless u get a ps3 that has bc

 

[Uncompetative]

I read this on this site... if you take apart the XBox and place a washer in between the two X-rings, it will prevent it from overheating and thus solve the RROD.

I've had my 360 since Dec '07 and nothing has happened to it yet. Not a single red light or problem.. except that I can't get XBL because of the way my house recieves its internet.

...and it will void the extended 3 year warranty which covers the RROD fault.

My 360 has had 3 and been replaced without fuss. Unlike my SONY Laptop which was faulty (frequent BSODs), but they wouldn't honour their extended warranty that I had paid for. Hence, no PS3 or PC for me.

 

[ae86gamer]

I read this on this site... if you take apart the XBox and place a washer in between the two X-rings, it will prevent it from overheating and thus solve the RROD.

I've had my 360 since Dec '07 and nothing has happened to it yet. Not a single red light or problem.. except that I can't get XBL because of the way my house recieves its internet.

I never knew the trick about the washer. I might try that. And as for XBL. I can't go on it either. I have satelite(?) internet. But I say go for the 360. Its cheaper so that means you can buy more games for it.

 

[zagazsano]

How much does XBL cost?

 

[GonzoGamer]

If you're going to just buy the cheaper model 360 and not really take it on line, then yes its definitely the better deal.

I went with the ps3 because if I were going to get a 360 I would've wanted to get the better model and hook it up online which right there brings it over the ps3 price. I also wanted a BD player.

The main reason I couldn't bring myself to get a 360 was the RROD. I would've been pissed if I was in the middle of an engrossing game and then had to wait a couple of weeks while the machine gets repaired. That and it was around the time former MS employees were saying that MS knew about the rrod and just wanted to get the console out a christmas early.