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Offline FYB

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Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« on: January 20, 2010, 12:23:51 AM »
Okay, so I've tried EVERYTHING.

X-Clamp
Penny Fix
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Over heat
Cooling systems

I don't know what to do!  :furious

Please do not post any "Get a PS3" or anything of that sort. Any information would be very much appreciated!
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Re: Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2010, 01:06:29 AM »
There was a bunch of you tube videos on repairing x box but cant remember what they ere called
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Re: Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2010, 01:08:29 AM »
Might just need a new one
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Re: Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2010, 07:28:53 AM »
Bought my son's for him Christmas of 2005.
Since then, we've had to send it in for repairs on of the Red Ring of Death 4 times.
Last time, they just sent back a completely new one........looked last month like it was gonna get sent in, but musta been a glitch, cause he plays it or watches movies on it daily.

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Re: Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2010, 08:16:52 AM »
The fail rate of XBox360 just blows my mind.



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Re: Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2010, 08:26:50 AM »
It was a soldering issue on the originals, the cheap solder would crack and break off. You can try and solder it yourself if you have run out of warranty.. The xbox 360 elite version seeems to have few problems.
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Re: Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2010, 01:17:57 PM »
Also if you have it sitting vertical it causes over heating problems always have it sitting horizontal. Mine is left on almost all the time for the past 2 years no problems at all.
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Re: Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2010, 01:49:00 PM »
Gunna take a shot in the dark here, but to the op.. I presume you are getting red rings? I have the elite version myself, and while mine didnt red ring on me it did one day just quit reading discs.

I tried using those lense cleaning discs to no avail. What it does is, when I put a disc in the little disc icon thing at the dashboard will spin around for a bit like its trying to read it then shortly after that it will peter out and just say no disc found insert one whatever.

Its worth noting ive tried several games and movies and get the same thing. All the discs appear to be fine no scratches or anything. This (luckily I suppose) happened when my interest in playing it faded away. So I never bothered getting it fixed, im sure it was out of warranty anyway at that time (im sure it is now)

That reminds me of the sega dreamcast. I remember getting mine when they first came out, those things were insanely picky. Seems like if there was so much as a breath mark on the thing it wouldnt read it. Im not sure if it was just mine or an issue with the early ones, but didnt really matter as very shortly after they came out they stopped making the dang things.

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Re: Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2010, 02:40:07 PM »
The fail rate of XBox360 just blows my mind.

I read in a Gamer Magazine a while back that the Fail rate for a 360 was 33%! Though the owners of 360's said they'd rather just get a new one than convert to a PS3 or Wii. Guess what the lowest fail rate was....Nintendo Wii at .3% !! Nintendo makes some durable stuff!  :O

I wonder if Microsoft has somehow increased the reliability of their 360's since then?

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Re: Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2010, 03:05:12 PM »
Please do not post any "Get a PS3" or anything of that sort.

Get a Wii  :lol

Sorry couldn't resist  :bolt:

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Re: Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2010, 03:11:22 PM »
why didnt u just send it in to Microsoft? mine red ringed a few months ago, the fixed it for free
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Re: Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2010, 03:20:07 PM »
Ahh...the joy of having a PC...mine rarely break and when they do, it's usually fixable in a snap.
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« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2010, 03:26:44 PM »
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Re: Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2010, 04:20:17 PM »
FYB, That is a neat avatar you got at the bottom.  took me a few seconds to make out of it. 
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Re: Xbox 360 - Major pain in the arse.
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2010, 05:43:23 PM »
throw it in the trash, problem solved