Why wouldn't you just go out and buy a new power supply and spare the month turn around period?
Why wouldn't you just go out and buy a new power supply and spare the month turn around period?
Bought my 360 in late March 2007 and it has run beautifully. No issues at all really. (knock on wood) The only scare I have had was the damn ring of red lights that popped up once when the power supply came loose on the back. (I remember screaming "No dammit! Live!" As I frantically tore the cables off of it and reconnected everything)
Now as for a launch title. My friends fraternity, at Kent State, bought a launch console (I waited in line with my friend for it at Wal-Mart) and they play Madden, NBA Live, Halo, and Gears throughout most of the day. Their poor pro system has been subjected to someitmes near non-stop use since launch and the only problem comes from the trey that only opens and closes from the Xbox dashboard. Some people are just lucky.
For one thing I understand there's a chance the console may be damaged from the bad power supply. As long as it's under warranty I'm going to get it repaired/replaced until it's right.Originally Posted by RyanMurf
Power supplies run around $60 (unless someone can point me in the direction of a cheaper alternative) and hard to find in my area. I might get one as a back-up but I'm still going to make MS live up to their end. Besides I've got the Wii, PS2 and original Xbox to keep me company.
A Great article from a Ms secret insider on the failure rate. I thought it was very informative.
If it turned on and booted with a disc it was shipped.
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neo geo system
my arcade is like a month old and seems to be fine so far.*knocks on wood*. HDMI*which i hope one day will be used* and all
I bought a Pro with the Ultimate Alliance/Forza 2 bundle. It's definitely not one of the newer models. It has HDMI though, and it was manufactured in July '07. I bought it, IIRC, in October.
I have it sitting horizontally. At first, I just had it sitting on the surface of my desk. I noticed it got pretty warm quickly. I then decided to prop it up for maximum air flow (about an inch or two off the desk). The bottom of the case BARELY gets warm now.
Of course, I use the 360 only moderately. On top of that, I bought the machine from Target and purchased the extended warranty (3 years on top of the manufacturer's warranty, IIRC). Oh yeah, MS stuck a new sticker over the original that's on the box...so I had to peel that off so I could look at the power information.
I hadn't realized that they changed the power supplies with the new motherboard. Are the new ones keyed differently so you cant use the 230W supply on a 175W console, and vice versa?
My box just broke after being replaced in 12-06 that was also the manu. date. I hope i get a new one that works. That is my second box ive gone through. Amazing they havnt gotten it right yet. Come on Microsoft!!
My second one just died - disc read error. It was replaced with a refurbished one in July and they told me "well, you only have 90 days on the refurbished one so you'll have to cough up $100 to get it fixed". What? I'll be on my 3rd one in 1 year, 2 months and I have to pay *more* money? You're kidding right?
I'm on my second one, received in October of 2006.
The first one knocked out all the electricity in my last apartment which was followed by a Red Ring of Death.
The newer one hasn't had any problems, and I am using the Intercooler with it and giving it plenty of room to cool off by setting it on top of a Rubbermaid tub with nothing else in front of or behind it. I also plug it into a power strip whenever I use it.
I don't play for longer than one hour in a sitting on any games, just because...
Currently catching up on PSN, WiiWare, Wii U E-Shop and Xbox Live Arcade exclusives I missed.
my launch 360 was taken down by the dreaded fall update. probably would've still worked if it never have happened.
I had my 360 "red ring" on me a few months ago (before the Microsoft warranty announcement). Luckily, there were some guides on the Internet which showed me how to fix it... I love the Internet.
lol, did you wrap a towel around your 360?I had my 360 "red ring" on me a few months ago (before the Microsoft warranty announcement). Luckily, there were some guides on the Internet which showed me how to fix it... I love the Internet.
I keep reading about a towel trick and it doesn't make any sense. How would wrapping a towel around a broken Xbox 360 fix it?
temporarily remelts broken solder joints back into place but then shortly after as in very shortly the points brake again. In reality it is actually making things worse every time you do it.
In that case, why not just put the Xbox 360 in an oven?
Hey if you wana try it.. then let me know what happened.
nah you can just send it back to MS when you have problems like that because your covered for 3 years from DOP.
Just giving this thread a bump, anyone had problems with new 360s bought since January?
Mine is still working, and I've been using it for at least one hour per night with the Intercooler attached. Some people think I'm crazy for using the Intercooler, but I haven't had any problems with it so far. This is my second 360.
Currently catching up on PSN, WiiWare, Wii U E-Shop and Xbox Live Arcade exclusives I missed.
I don't think i can put this any more plainly. if you value your 360, you'll ditch the intercooler. The intercooler draws it's power straight from the 360's power supply, which then provides less voltage then required to the console.
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