WARNING: do not use an intercooler on your 360

i want to warn all of you not to use a intercooler on your 360. i was using a nyko intercooler and my power cord malfunction and basicaly burnt the intercooler and reuined the power cord. i called up microsoft and they said the intercooler voided my warentee. i am now going to have to go to a friends house and pray that the damage was only the power cord and that i'll have to only have to pay 80 dollars for a new cord... now my question for you is lets say the power cord is the problem and i geta new one. what doI do tokeep my 360 from constantly overheating? ino that if i do nothing it will just eventually die again butan intercooler will void my warentee.

i use the intercooler fan on my 360 and have since launch and have had no problems so far

I keep my room really cold b/c thats the way I like it, and I have a ceiling fan on all the time, and ive never had a problem with overheating. But, I also dont play for really anymore than three hours at a time at the most.penalsiren

yeah but thats not even saying you need that or a fan like the intercooler or else it will belly up, ive had my system stacked on my hddvd player (not the poor add on for the 360) and then covered the system will lots of games and movies, and ive left the system on for days at a time when the temp in my room lingered around 85 before, just becouse something bad can happen doesnt mean it will, but then again without that marketing ploy the intercooler probably wouldnt have been in stores.....

i want to warn all of you not to use a intercooler on your 360. i was using a nyko intercooler and my power cord malfunction and basicaly burnt the intercooler and reuined the power cord. i called up microsoft and they said the intercooler voided my warentee. i am now going to have to go to a friends house and pray that the damage was only the power cord and that i'll have to only have to pay 80 dollars for a new cord... now my question for you is lets say the power cord is the problem and i geta new one. what doI do tokeep my 360 from constantly overheating? ino that if i do nothing it will just eventually die again butan intercooler will void my warentee.

soxfan2614

what about the other cooler(not sure about the name) but my friend has one, its made so the 360 sits vertically and then uses the USB spot on the back as its power instead of the power cord, and doesnt lock in at all, the 360 basically sits on the stand, not in a bad way though, its not like its going to fall over, its stable, i would recomend it, i think its 15 bucks? and if you say "what about the usb port?" well its a USB cord with a passthrough.

yea, littlejohn, i wasnt really implying that i needed an intercooler. I was kina implying that a cooler room could help out to where you wouldnt have to use the intercooler, but then again it may not help at all. But, IMO and in a commen sense kinda way that might help, and there are definitely downfalls to keeping a room at a cool temp. like i do (electricity bills) LOL. On the other hand, I do have a friend on xbox live that keeps his system on almost all the time even when he isnt using it, he just leaves it on and i know that he doesnt have an intercooler b/c i asked him if he used one since he leaves his console on all the time and he hasnt had any problems with it.penalsiren

haha no offence, i wasnt using your comment as directly talking to you as in individual but as to an example of the whole, yeah im sure all the steps you took do in fact lower the chance the system will in fact fail. But at the same time im pointing out that its imbedded now in everyones mind that if you dont take these steps weather it be making sure the room iscool or that you have other fans orfor some think that they must get some extra cooling agent like the intercooler and that if they dont take these measures steps something bad will inevitably happen. Thats the whole marketing for this product, " get this or something bad will happen" all im saying is that just becouse something can happen doesnt mean it will..... thats why i mentioned how i go against the norm and still am fine. Also the thing to remember guys is that at the very least your warrenty is good till november 08, so you have plenty of time left with the system before anyone has to worry about taking care of it....

I'm sorry to hear about your issue. I got an intercooler for Chirstmas last year, and I debated whether to use it or not. I checked the forums and read that indeed some people had problems with it. Unfortunately, I was pretty much forced to use it because my system would turn off constantly because of overheating. I would use it for long periods of time, so I decided to use it and I haven't had any problems with it since, although there will be times when I turn on the system, the fan makes a really loud noise and the system would give me an error message. I turn it off yhough and the problem is solved.jep78

ok, i know that peoples systems overheat, but how? i've had mine for 6+ months and i've never had mine overheat. unless you have it in an enclosed space or an enclosed cabinet then theres no point in getting a fan, even when i had mine in an entertainment center it never overheated, and it was sitting on top of the satlite box, so theres really no need in getting one.

that sucks bud, ive had mine for about six months and have had no problems also, hope everything turns out well for ya, whats life without video games:P

i use the intercooler fan on my 360 and have since launch and have had no problems so far

bradly_2795

Ditto. I have since moved on to the Pelican Air Flow Cooler, because of the new features and add ons, with no issues.

Looks like you got some bad luck.That sucks,I havent had a problem with my 360 overheating so I never worried about getting the inercooler.HoovenWannabe

Same here =].

I can't believe people are still being ripped off by this Intercooler. Microsoft themselves came out and said they didn't approve of it because it will do more harm to your console than good & that its use would void your warranty.

If you are abosolutely paranoid about your console overheating and must do something, then just get a normal small fan and aim it toward the front of the console.

i use the intercooler fan on my 360 and have since launch and have had no problems so far

bradly_2795

take it off unless u want a voided warranty and a vroken 360

the intercooler does nothin but force more air thorugh the consoel, which doesn't "cool" it.

I had one on my Premium and it fried my HDD and gave me an E36 error (low voltage), once I took the cooler off and the HDD off the console was fine.

I have a friend who works in the Gamestation store I returned the console to and he did say that the Intercooler would be the main cause of the problem.

I exchanged my Premium console for an Elite and now refuse to use the Intercooler due to the damage it has done (I still have my achievements but have lost all of the saved games!).

My advise is to return/sell/exchange the item!