Does anyone know if the newer style slim Xbox's have the same RRoD problem? Thats what I got and wanted to know if I should be *extra* careful with it.
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XBox 360 -- what game next?
- Thread starter Lokire
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No fanboy, but after 5 RRoDs (two of which microsoft made ME pay for repairs on) I threw the thing away and won't ever buy another microsoft console.
I apologise, I grossly overestimated.You guess wrong.
I'm guess you need to go back to school, and in the meantime you can keep your condescending comments to yourself.
Have a nice day!
The tales of XBOX issues have me concerned about mine. I'll have to do some research online and see what people have done to fix it then take some preventative measures to ensure mine does not break too.
Is there any advantage to burning the game disks to the internal hard drive? Will that help prevent issues?
-Mike
Is there any advantage to burning the game disks to the internal hard drive? Will that help prevent issues?
-Mike
Just be sure that you turn your Xbox off whenever you aren't using it and that you don't have it on for more than four or five hours at a time and you should be good. Most people who have had their Xbox get the RRoD (myself included) had left their Xbox on for hours at a time or simply never gave it adequate time to cool down between uses. That, or they had their system in an area that wasn't getting a lot of air circulation.
Thanks for the tips. I haven't played it more than three straight hours yet, and it sits flat on a stand with open sides. I don't set anything on top of it either.
-Mike
-Mike
This hasn't been my experience. Not saying you're wrong, but I got the rrod without any of these things & the one I have now is still working after 2-1/2 years & it gets used for looooong periods of time.
A big part of the problem has to do with them using lead-free solder. The chip in there gets really hot, and lead-free solder tends to crack when it gets really hot. So what happens is the chip comes loose. When it is on and hot it keeps a good contact, but everytime you turn it off it cools and warps a little bit, which causes a separation from the main board. I have heard that if you do get a RROD, but you are still able to get it to boot up occasionally, LEAVE IT ON!
But eventually it will have to be repaired.
wasn't my experience either, nor the experience of a myriad of friends who have gone through multiple 360s as well. I left mine upright on a flat hard surface in an almost entirely smoke free environment (the occasional "sure you can smoke in here" when a guest was present) and rarely played it for more than a few hours a week. The result was as I stated above, 5 RRoD failures (that's when I stopped, the one I tossed out was RRoD). I've heard that the newer models have pretty much ironed out this problem, but it was the HORRIBLE customer service I received that turned me off of microsoft forever. I must have talked to 30 different reps, and all but a few were terrible... and it was clear that they had fatigue in regards to this issue and obviously having their hands tied and not being able to fairly treat the customers.
when everyone knows that a large percentage of your products are having the exact same problem, and it doesn't seem to be of any fault of your customers... and the product in question costs hundreds of dollars, it should really be a no-brainer to replace/repair the problem when it occurs at little-to-no cost to the consumer. it's absolutely unconscionable to give people the run around and try to charge them a third of the price of a new console to repair YOUR mistake. It would pretty much require a personal apology from bill gates himself to get me to purchase another microsoft product after that debacle.
The slims are RRoD free because they do not light up in a circle the same way as the original console. They get a single light similar to Sony's infamous YLOD.
As far as to what is causing that issue, I'm not sure. The new consoles really haven't been out long enough for them to fail at the same rate as the PS3/old 360. I'm sure when we get somewhere around a year after their release, we'll know for sure if they are going to fail or not.
Just picked up Alice: Madness Returns last night. Visually it's cool. I haven't progressed far enough to say if it's a good game. Entertaining though.
I'm a very casual player, sounds like you are to, and I haven't had any issues at all in 3 or 4 years of having it. Same "setup" to.
The reason for most of the RRoD failures was due to certain components overheating and subsequently melting/cracking/frying/etc... Of course, the first run of Xboxes had its lemons, but this has been mostly been fixed with the introduction of newer components from Microsoft. Still, I would be weary of overheating issues. I've gone through two Xboxes (well, one was mine and the other was my brother's) and in both cases it was due to us overplaying the system just one time and overheating it.
Regardless, Microsoft is GREAT about fixing or replacing failed units. I have to say, if someone has gone through 4+ Xbox systems I'm more inclined to believe that it has something to do with the gamer and less to do with the system (at least within the past 2 years).
Regardless, Microsoft is GREAT about fixing or replacing failed units. I have to say, if someone has gone through 4+ Xbox systems I'm more inclined to believe that it has something to do with the gamer and less to do with the system (at least within the past 2 years).
