Chances of RROD

Hello,

I am thinking of purchasing a 360 in the upcoming weeks- however, I am a tad concerned about its hardware quality. I know there are good games (oh my god yes! Halo! Alan Wake! Gears of War...okay, going to stop now)and the online interface is excellent (looking forwards to gaming with my friends) but I have also readthreads which said that the failure rate was as high as 54%?! Even if there was a 3 year warranty with it, I wouldn't be happy if it died every fortnight tbh (I don't really like the idea of carrying my console around and then waiting for days to collect it), but then my friend told me that the new batch of eliteshave solved the problem? That there are no more RROD problems around anymore?Does anyone know what the current failure rate for the elite models are or has the problem really been eliminated :D?

Your help is appreciated ;)

I've had three 360s go RROD on me, but I just consider myself unlucky.Dylan_11

You sir are unlucky ive had one..Im still on my second an that got repaired on me..Im hopeful for this one to go..Ill go out an buy a new hd one..at least now there only 200..Not to bad..Back than they where 4-500 so im not complaining if mind goes..Ive had this unit since the day one..That be at least 4-5 years now..Cant remember the year of 360s release..Ive got 2k7 some place madden i think..Might be 2k6 in ther also..

no dude.. the chances are less than 20% with the new console that are shipping now. hope this helps.

My console is from 2007. Got the RROD last august, had it fixed/modded in september then got RROD again in october, then it magically started working again a couple days ago lol.

My GPU failed after 18 months and I kept it spotless and well ventilated, can't fault the repair though at least they fix it free unlike the PS3's YLOD

In terms of numbers Microsoft has announced that with their new Jasper Chip RRoD is down to 5% of all consoles, which is pretty much on par with the Wii and PS3.

Somebody told me that the Arcade models have Jasper....or any Xbox made or manufactured after December 2008.Correct me if im wrong....but i belivet that he wasn't lieing.....Installing games to your hard drive DEFINATELY helps against RROD.(If you are still unsure)

if you go to gamestop or something and buy a NEW one, you'll be fine

Mine had a fan brakedown, my fans must be working at like 50% preformance because I keep on overheating, the weird part is that it didn't overheat ever last summer and all of a sudden it keeps on overheating, I am going to call Microsoft and get it fixed, does anyone know the warrenty length of a Xbox 360 with broken fans?

But don't worry about the failure chance. They're mostly overrated and even if you happen to be unlucky to get one, it won't take long for them to repair the console and deliver it back to you.Zoldaire

very true..ive only had my jasper xbox since october 09 and not had any problems but its actually over a year old cos its a RE5 limited edition which were released c. march 09..and a load of my mates have had xboxes for years and never had any problems with them..

the jasper models have something like 12v 12,1a;5v 1a on the back of the console above the made in china sign

Thanks for the answers ppl :D....just one more thing though: Elite Models all have jasper chips right?