Mine froze up 4 times over 2 months when it was vertical. I hasn't froze yet in the 3 months it's been horizontal. Also, games like GRAW and Oblivion seem to have less disk activity when it's streaming stuff in since I put it horizontal.
mine's sideways so all the cooling holes are clear, and it fits on my desk easy...I'd rather avoid the trouble of putting a disk in the tray when it's vertical, sometimes my disk would fall out when I opened it.
People assuming that it will overheat if it's horizontal is dumb. They wouldn't make the product if it had a serious flaw like that and if they did there would be some serious amount of recalls and people sending it in, not everyone has it vertical. I 've had my 360 10 months already horizontal the whole time and have not had one problem with it so these assumptions of "vertical is better" doesn't make sense. It works no matter what direction it's in.
i keep it upside down cuz im the only cool one here, it makes the 360 read the disc 5x faster im serious yoAkush47
z0mg! Your going to smash your HDD! oh noes nuclear b0mbz! Kitty:"Meow!" *kitty explodes into tacos* People:"yay tacos!" but the tacos are evil and kill the entire human race. The ghosts of people scare the tacos into killing themselves while the Burger King craps on Earth, causing global warming to speed up burning the earth.
[QUOTE="Akush47"]i keep it upside down cuz im the only cool one here, it makes the 360 read the disc 5x faster im serious yoHyper-Chicken
z0mg! Your going to smash your HDD! oh noes nuclear b0mbz! Kitty:"Meow!" *kitty explodes into tacos* People:"yay tacos!" but the tacos are evil and kill the entire human race. The ghosts of people scare the tacos into killing themselves while the Burger King craps on Earth, causing global warming to speed up burning the earth.
If it will be free-standing, horizontal. But if you have a place for it, like I used to tuck mine between my entertainment system cabinet and my sub, and don't think it will fall over then either. Keep in mind that if a disc is spinning and the console even wobbles, its scratches all over.
i had mines vertical for a while. i got a new entertainment center so i decided to put my 360 horizontal. my games started to freeze and it would get incredibly hot. i switched back to vertical and now i have no problems.
Honestly I used to think it didnt matter. So I had it vertical cause it looked cooler. Then the disc tray stopped opening on the first try and the Disc drive made very disturbing noises. Since putting it horizontal I havnt encountered either of these problems(knock on wood) So know I truly belive its better to have it horizontal.
I used to keep mine horizontal until one day my disc inside got so hot I was freaking out. I then tried it vertical and I noticed a slight difference enough change in heat anyways to give me piece of mind. Everyone needs to know that there is some serious hardware in this thing it does get hot, open up your PC at any given time playing a game, I know mine gets pretty hot anyways.
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I stand mine Vertical but that is because of the lack of space I have around my TV. I have always had mine Vertical and never once have I had a problem except it froze a few times playing Oblivion.
[QUOTE="Hyper-Chicken"][QUOTE="Akush47"]i keep it upside down cuz im the only cool one here, it makes the 360 read the disc 5x faster im serious yopackernation31
z0mg! Your going to smash your HDD! oh noes nuclear b0mbz! Kitty:"Meow!" *kitty explodes into tacos* People:"yay tacos!" but the tacos are evil and kill the entire human race. The ghosts of people scare the tacos into killing themselves while the Burger King craps on Earth, causing global warming to speed up burning the earth.
omg this kid scares me :?
He speaks of that "Tim and Eric Awesome Show: Great Job" Its on tonight and you can download it off xbox live market place and watch it also :D
[QUOTE="Hyper-Chicken"][QUOTE="Akush47"]i keep it upside down cuz im the only cool one here, it makes the 360 read the disc 5x faster im serious yoRentago
z0mg! Your going to smash your HDD! oh noes nuclear b0mbz! Kitty:"Meow!" *kitty explodes into tacos* People:"yay tacos!" but the tacos are evil and kill the entire human race. The ghosts of people scare the tacos into killing themselves while the Burger King craps on Earth, causing global warming to speed up burning the earth.
omg this kid scares me :?
He speaks of that "Tim and Eric Awesome Show: Great Job" Its on tonight and you can download it off xbox live market place and watch it also :D WTF is "Tim and Eric Awsome Show"? anyways thats what will happen if you have your 360 upside down. But then the Pickle Empire starts a war with McDonalds because MD's kidnapps citizens and chops them up into pickles on burgers. Oranges implode faces in summer time.
I kept mine horizontal because a friend kept it vertical and he got the 3 redlights. I put it vertical for about 2 weeks to make room for my new ps3. Got the 3 redlights 2 weeks later. Does it make a difference I dunno. But if what people say about the cheap solder MS uses keeping it vertical may actually make it easier to crack the solder because of gravity? I dunno just a guess.
I have had mine standing 'straight up' for over a year now and (touch wood) its never given me any problems so I am not going to risk anything by suddenly deciding to lay it on its side.
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