My Xbox 360 is screw up...

[Foxrac]

I got 3 red ring of death, I was like WTF at that and tried fix the power supply, component cable and controller issue, it nothing to help, still 3 red ring of death.

I'm VERY PISSED OFF that can't play Battlefield Bad Company demo today, that's worst luck for me.

It's SO hot in room, PPC use too much heat like Power Mac G5, I feel sweat right now.

[The Highlander]

Xbox 360: Three red lights flash on the Ring of Light


Looks like overheat. Let it to cool down for an hour. If not work then hardware must burn out from overheat.

[Foxrac]

Originally Posted by The Highlander

Xbox 360: Three red lights flash on the Ring of Light


Looks like overheat. Let it to cool down for an hour. If not work then hardware must burn out from overheat.

I don't play it yet, I just start up and it was cool at first time until press power button then became 3 red ring of death and start became more hot after few minutes, also dashboard was crashed after that then reset again and became 3 red ring of death.

It should be hardware failure like some ADers have same problem, like Steel, Derek, sjones and Defmatrixense.

[Foxrac]

Just called MS and explained about what happened, they are send empty package to my home and will pack it for repair service.

I'm still on 3 years warranty.

[Dr. Strangelove]

3 red lights gets you free repair/replacement. I would hope for a replacement, with HDMI.

[Foxrac]

Originally Posted by Dr. Strangelove

3 red lights gets you free repair/replacement. I would hope for a replacement, with HDMI.

lol yup.

Only problem is game saves, it will gonna be mess up due different console ID that cause game saves that had saved in old console then wouldn't load on new console, I hopefully MS will work out with console ID.

[PowerWCRulez]

The new Xbox360 codenamed "Jasper" will be in Aug 2008 or Sept 2008, it's brand new motherboard and 175 watt power. you will see on box information that say 7-xx-2008 or later. I hope should be on white xbox360 to keep the price down.

[PowerWCRulez]

Originally Posted by Pacman

lol yup.

Only problem is game saves, it will gonna be mess up due different console ID that cause game saves that had saved in old console then wouldn't load on new console, I hopefully MS will work out with console ID.

Did you take the HD off from the old console? when you will get box from the repairshop, you can put the HD onto new console, that should be fine..

The Memory or flash drive might not be upload to them because the branded ID..

Use recovery account before you can play a games.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Originally Posted by Pacman

lol yup.

Only problem is game saves, it will gonna be mess up due different console ID that cause game saves that had saved in old console then wouldn't load on new console, I hopefully MS will work out with console ID.

Actually, M$ just released the DRM Tool, which allows you to transfer game saves of Arcade games to a new console ID. Interestingly enough, you can only do it once a year, and it has to be done online via PC or a laptop.

I would recommend HOLDING onto your 120GB HDD. I would not trust M$. When I sent my 360 last november, I kept the HDD. Never trust big corporations.

[Steel X]

Welcome to the club.

I'm still on my 2nd Xbox so I hope it wont ever happen again.

While Xbox360 got alot of great games, but I have to admit the Xbox360 got the worst hardware EVER made.

[Christer]

I watched youtube.com few months ago. Just simple wrapping the xbox360 with towel and turn on your xbox360 for few mins then unwrapping towel but not turn off xbox360 and it works.
YouTube - Xbox 360 Towel Trick vs. CheapyD (Shown on CNBC!)

[Nathan]

ummm, there is only one solution. Get a PS3, no offense. About 85-95% of the Xbox 360 get the RROD(Red Ring of Death) hardware failure and PS3 gets about 1-5% hardware failure. My friend got the Xbox and it got RROD and sent it for replacement only to end getting RROD 3 times and switch to PS3 and he's happy with it.

[PuyoPiyo]

Ohh sorry about your Xbox, hope it will get recovery soon

[Banjo]

Well, the reason why a lot of Xbox 360 turn out like that is due to a design flaw in the mainboard. When it gets hot, the mainboard itself bends and when it does, it can crack and all hell will break loose.

They seem to have fixed it since then though. It's just the first 10 million Xbox 360 sold that are subjected to RROD. That's why they extended the warranty to 3 years. So eventually, all of the Xbox 360s from the first couple years will die on their customers.

[Foxrac]

Originally Posted by Latino Heat

ummm, there is only one solution. Get a PS3, no offense. About 85-95% of the Xbox 360 get the RROD(Red Ring of Death) hardware failure and PS3 gets about 1-5% hardware failure. My friend got the Xbox and it got RROD and sent it for replacement only to end getting RROD 3 times and switch to PS3 and he's happy with it.

Not true, Xbox 360 with 90 nm has 33% of hardware failure and under 10% for Xbox 360 with 65 nm, HDMI built-in, MS had confirmed that failure rate has been dropped in some. PS3 has hardware failure that's less than 5% but more failure from software on innocent gamers, usually via firmware update and Sony had released 2.41 to address the issue.

No thanks, I'm not interested in PS3 anymore and used to own but not happy and hardly to use. I prefer Xbox 360 as one console at home, just for me because of xbox live, a lot of deaf gamers, better graphic comparsion and other thing that met my need since PS3 isn't. I'm hardcore fan of EA games, the games have poor on programming for PS3, such as Battlefield Bad Company, Skate and others. When comparsion on graphic for Battlefield, it looks beautiful and bright on Xbox 360 and duller and little darker on PS3.

I'm playing on PC so often and Xbox 360 for other hours, I'm not get other console in anytime, that waste of time for not using it for long time.

[VamPyroX]

Is the area that your Xbox 360 is in... well-ventilated?

I remember when my DVD player stopped working because my room was 90 degrees.

[dark]

haha, sorry to hear. It did happened to my future brother in law's xbox360 that i was staying at his house for a week to spend the time with my sister and him, however, one day, i played it for few hours, it got red ring death. Man, it got me freak out and shutted down for few hrs till my future bro in law boot it up, it back normal *whew*

strangely, my xbox360 havent get red ring death nor broken even tho i have them for almost 2 yrs and i played it alot too. I think HDD is the one that cause heatover cause i didnt use HDD on my xbox360, just use memory card and didnt have any problem, huh?

[Foxrac]

Originally Posted by VamPyroX

Is the area that your Xbox 360 is in... well-ventilated?

I remember when my DVD player stopped working because my room was 90 degrees.

Yup, I left it in normal temperature until became 3 red ring of death and PPC was spread too much heat to make my room so warm and feel sweat.

[Foxrac]

Originally Posted by dark

haha, sorry to hear. It did happened to my future brother in law's xbox360 that i was staying at his house for a week to spend the time with my sister and him, however, one day, i played it for few hours, it got red ring death. Man, it got me freak out and shutted down for few hrs till my future bro in law boot it up, it back normal *whew*

strangely, my xbox360 havent get red ring death nor broken even tho i have them for almost 2 yrs and i played it alot too. I think HDD is the one that cause heatover cause i didnt use HDD on my xbox360, just use memory card and didnt have any problem, huh?

It has nothing with HDD, Xbox 360 use laptop version of HDD that's low heat and low watts, around 2.5 watts or so.

It was PPC (PowerPC) and ATI graphic, PPC use too much heat, that where Mac is used had PPC until Apple switched to Intel due heat issue, delayed of 3.0 GHz and no G5 chip for laptop.

I wish Xbox 360 will use Intel instead of PPC.

[Foxrac]

I'm ready to drop at UPS now.

[dark]

hm, thats interesting. Well! They will improving the parts/tech to get better and reduce heatover as soon or idk lol

[Foxrac]

Originally Posted by dark

hm, thats interesting. Well! They will improving the parts/tech to get better and reduce heatover as soon or idk lol

It will be next gen of Xbox in 2010 or 2011.

I hope MS learn their lesson for biggest mistake.

Xbox 360 cannot upgrade into Directx 10 due graphic chipset issue, struck with Directx 9 until next new gen of console.

[Banjo]

The reason why they rushed Xbox 360 through was to get a head start on the competition in the next-gen battle with PS3.

I hope Microsoft learned quite a valuable lesson.

[dark]

lmao, they made themselves looks fool for rushed it to beat PS3 ;'[

but hey, xbox360 games r amazingly ^_^

[Steel X]

Originally Posted by Banjo

The reason why they rushed Xbox 360 through was to get a head start on the competition in the next-gen battle with PS3.

I hope Microsoft learned quite a valuable lesson.

Same here. Microsoft is still one of the richest companies in the world so whats the big deal for going for going a head start?

Patience improves everything.

[VamPyroX]

Originally Posted by Pacman

Yup, I left it in normal temperature until became 3 red ring of death and PPC was spread too much heat to make my room so warm and feel sweat.

My friend has one of those cooling fans attached to his Xb