so much for the 360

[Kurokami]

no Im not making a which system is better thread, this is more about my 360 red ringing and being outside of warranty and me not caring enough to spend 100 bucks to fix a design flaw, well I guess fix is the wrong word, more of replace the stupid console with another one that probably has the same stupid flaw and will break down the line again costing me another 100 bucks

there are a few games Ill miss, gears 3, ace combat... something or other, probably mass effect 3 since all my saves are on the 360, possibly saints row 3 since as I understand they did a piss poor job getting the 2nd one to work well on the pc

2nd time my 360 has red ringed, how many 360s has the escapist gone thought?

For what it's worth my PS3 got LYOD twice now. Though Sony was nice enough to fix it for free the first time around.

PS: Love Miguel

 

[Just_A_Glitch]

I had an original 360 for about four years, and the day after Fable 3 released (last year in September), I got the E 74 error. So I bought the new 360 model.

For the amount of time I put into my original X-Box 360, and the fact that it lasted four years, I'd say I got my moneys worth.

 

[j0frenzy]

On my first xbox for almost a year now. Still no problem.

 

[yankeefan19]

I had one xbox that rrod'd after 3 years of use. Eventually I got the 360 slim, which would end up pissing me off because apparently the cheap version doesn't have a hard drive. It still works fine for gaming, but I wish I could play firefight on Halo: Reach.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

2nd time my 360 has red ringed, how many 360s has the escapist gone thought?

I've actually never had a RROD in 4-5 years of the 360.

I got really, really lucky as well as always taking good care of it. Switched it off every 2-3 hours for a break and kept it away from walls and carpets.

The 360 Slim does not red ring, as far as I know, it shuts off when it gets too hot (which has never happened me eihter) - if you do get another one make sure it's one of those.

 

[Ghengis John]

2nd time my 360 has red ringed, how many 360s has the escapist gone thought?

I am on my second Xbox 360. I've had this one since 2008. MS replaced the last one for free, even though it was past it's warranty. This one's been making some complaints now, mostly the disk tray is getting stubborn about opening.

 

[mechman123]

I believe I have gone through 3 Xbox360s (I think) and am still happy with Xbox360 as a whole. Each time it was still under warranty and they replaced it very quickly and at no cost to me (Always get the warranty no matter what console you get). I don't mind it happening so much because of my positive experiences thus far, and I like the console.

 

[Sarahcidal]

*knock on wood* i'm still on my first 360 actually.
had an issue with it not reading the disc for a bit and it was outside the warranty so i took it apart, cleaned it up.. now it works like new again... and this thing gets used CONSTANTLY in my household.

 

[cryogeist]

well my xbox had the 3 red rings of
"TURN THAT SHIT OFF BEFORE IT BLOWS UP!" (by blow up i mean kill itself)
this happens when the power goes out

 

[GasMasksAreForChumps]

I've had my Xbox 360s do the red ring 4 times over the years. But my household usually has 2 xbox360s at a time, so it seems....plausible.

 

[Febel]

None. My PS3 still works fine OH NO WAIT. Yeah, light-hearted jabs aside A friend of mine has gone through at least 5 in the past 2+ years but then again he takes shitty care of them. With love and care your console will last a lifetime. Unless it's a 360 [small]Okay, I'll stop[/small]

 

[Thunderhorse31]

I've had two 360s. One that worked for 4 years... until I unplugged it and upgraded to an S.

My first one never had problems, ever. But then again, I kept it well ventilated and took care of it.

So yeah, two 360s - two perfectly working 360s.

 

[viranimus]

i digress what do you mean from your comment?

What I mean is the bait and switch garbage with removing the PS2 backwards compatibility. The bait and switch garbage of Blocking Linux installation capability. The pursuing litigation against a kid they knew they had absolutely no legal grounds on and even had recent legal precedent in the apple Jailbreaking case. Failing security or Creating a false flag security breach gone horribly wrong dependent on how you want to look at it. Antagonizing those who tried to restore functionality wrongly removed. Pretending like they are the victim. Dodgy shady tactics in the face of congressional inquiry. Suing a second kid for doing the still legal action. Giving an appology program that was little more than a PR stunt so they could push features no one wants.

Need I go on, because there is more.

 

[WaywardHaymaker]

None of mine ever red ringed, but one had another type of hardware failure so I... tried to fix it myself. This did not work.

Then I bought another, and it's COMPLETELY NOT JINXED NOW.

 

[redspud]

On my second.

My first just stopped reading discs one day.

 

[Worgen]

2nd time my 360 has red ringed, how many 360s has the escapist gone thought?

I've actually never had a RROD in 4-5 years of the 360.

I got really, really lucky as well as always taking good care of it. Switched it off every 2-3 hours for a break and kept it away from walls and carpets.

The 360 Slim does not red ring, as far as I know, it shuts off when it gets too hot (which has never happened me eihter) - if you do get another one make sure it's one of those.

as I understand they mostly fixed the problem in the slim model but really the reason it cant red ring is that they dont have the lights anymore

 

[Arafiro]

I had a Core version for a few years, then one day it just died.
I was surprised it took so long to fail, actually.

 

[Infinatex]

I've had 2 360's and I never had a problem with either. I think everyone is making it all up!