RING of DEATH as bad as they want u 2 believe?

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#1 J1M-e
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Im jst wondering is the Ring of death really happen as often an as sum fans of other consoles wud like u 2 believe, i meen ive heard people claim that its the reason ther not buyin a 360 or that 360's hardware is shoddy and breaks all the time, i meen i herd that most of the claims of faulty 360's wer false claims dun by people who didnt even own 1 i personally dont have any frends who hav had any problems wid ther 360's and i personally havnt had any wid mine, so wot do you think? 
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#2 tonythestudent
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Im jst wondering is the Ring of death really happen as often an as sum fans of other consoles wud like u 2 believe, i meen ive heard people claim that its the reason ther not buyin a 360 or that 360's hardware is shoddy and breaks all the time, i meen i herd that most of the claims of faulty 360's wer false claims dun by people who didnt even own 1 i personally dont have any frends who hav had any problems wid ther 360's and i personally havnt had any wid mine, so wot do you think? J1M-e
I'm sorry but how can you expect to be taken seriously with well written options for the poll like that?
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#3 p0g0theclown
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Im jst wondering is the Ring of death really happen as often an as sum fans of other consoles wud like u 2 believe, i meen ive heard people claim that its the reason ther not buyin a 360 or that 360's hardware is shoddy and breaks all the time, i meen i herd that most of the claims of faulty 360's wer false claims dun by people who didnt even own 1 i personally dont have any frends who hav had any problems wid ther 360's and i personally havnt had any wid mine, so wot do you think? J1M-e
i've got a launch console and ive never had a problem, and ive never heard anything from any of my 360 owner friends, so ive taken it with a pinch of salt
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#4 imothissucks
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Worse then the BSOD and we all know how everyone loves that
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#5 XxR0gu3Go0sexX
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I tried to understand your post, I really did, but Its not good.... From what I understand its somthing about the rings of death on the 360 and to tell you the truth they happen a lot to me... For many reasons.... Mostly becuase my Hard Drive is Defective, but a few others...
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#6 asmallchild
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1) It isn't a fanboy issue. Microsoft's own forums are plagued with hardware issues: http://forums.xbox.com/281/ShowForum.aspx 2) You really need to fix your English. Wot u dink?
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#7 gnutux
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I'm sorry, I have yet to see a ring of death on my and all my friends' XBOX 360s. I've only seen 1 at an EBGames booth. gnutux
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#8 Kook18
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it was more prevalent in launch consoles. mine hasn't given me a prob (owned it since last april)
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#9 J1M-e
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 the only reason the writing is messed is because i was trying to write it fast, sorry if anyone could not understand it but its not that complicated to read hasnt anyone ever sent a text ?

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1) It isn't a fanboy issue. Microsoft's own forums are plagued with hardware issues: http://forums.xbox.com/281/ShowForum.aspx 2) You really need to fix your English. Wot u dink?asmallchild

1. Some of them are Sony fanboys trying to make the 360 look bad.

 

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#11 deactivated-57af49c27f4e8
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my group of friends has a 100 percent failure rate. it's very, very bad.
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#12 dcm06
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i had it once but i just connected the cable up better and it was fixed.
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#13 chaosX303
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It's not as bad as most people think but it does happen alot but a majority of the time it's user error.
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#14 YearoftheSnake5
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I had to return my first one because I got the Red Ring. Best Buy wouldn't even let me keep my hard drive:evil:. My current 360 has performance issues, but I haven't encountered the Red Ring just yet.

I love the 360 software, but I'm getting fed up with all the hardware BS.

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#15 Ice-Panther
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Three days after I got mine it had 3 red rings, it still played but twenty-seven days later it died all together.
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#16 Raidea
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the only reason the writing is messed is because i was trying to write it fast, sorry if anyone could not understand it but its not that complicated to read hasnt anyone ever sent a text ?J1M-e

There isn't a 180 character limit on the gamespot forums.

Anyway, yes the problem is quite widespread by the looks of it, and not just a few 360s have been effected. Personally though, my 360 is fine, and a couple of other people I know with a 360 (both have had them over a year) havn't had any issues with it.

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#17 asmallchild
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[QUOTE="asmallchild"]1) It isn't a fanboy issue. Microsoft's own forums are plagued with hardware issues: http://forums.xbox.com/281/ShowForum.aspx 2) You really need to fix your English. Wot u dink?PS3_3DO

1. Some of them are Sony fanboys trying to make the 360 look bad.

Perhaps. But I don't think the entire board is infested with Sony fanboys. Wishful thinking.
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[QUOTE="J1M-e"]the only reason the writing is messed is because i was trying to write it fast, sorry if anyone could not understand it but its not that complicated to read hasnt anyone ever sent a text ?Raidea

There isn't a 180 character limit on the gamespot forums.

Anyway, yes the problem is quite widespread by the looks of it, and not just a few 360s have been effected. Personally though, my 360 is fine, and a couple of other people I know with a 360 (both have had them over a year) havn't had any issues with it.

I have never had any problem with mine. This whole ring of death is blown to a whole new level cause cows. One of those things if you have nothing good then just bash others to hope to bring them to same spot.
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#19 borgmaster
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my 360 has never had the three rings.

but one of my friends has had it twice, it seems to happen to 1 out of every ten pepole who own a 360.

it's just that those 10% makes it seems like 60% with all of their whining.

(P.S. the latest time my friends 360 died was my fault:D)

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#20 UssjTrunks
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My friend's has stopped working twice already, each time he had to get it replaced. I only know one other person who has one and their's is fine, although it's seldom used.
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#21 deactivated-5a07ca3443cc2
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Does the TC speak english?
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#22 Runningflame570
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Considering how often we've had to reboot the console at my job and the complaints I've received about the system from people...yes.
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#23 ArisShadows
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This kind of problem only generates more than it is because the feedback of those healthy working systems aren't accounted for, it not saying that it could probably have the highest out of the three of them.
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#24 Riverwolf007
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Every time this comes up 90% of the people say they have never had a problem and the other 10% say they have had anywhere from four to eight break down, it is never some believable thing like someone saying that theirs broke once and they had to have it fixed. I know that people have had defects but its strange to me that in here the numbers are so wierd.
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#25 asmallchild
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Every time this comes up 90% of the people say they have never had a problem and the other 10% say they have had anywhere from four to eight break down, it is never some believable thing like someone saying that theirs broke once and they had to have it fixed. I know that people have had defects but its strange to me that in here the numbers are so wierd.Riverwolf007
Mine broke twice and I had to have it replaced.
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#26 Riverwolf007
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[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]Every time this comes up 90% of the people say they have never had a problem and the other 10% say they have had anywhere from four to eight break down, it is never some believable thing like someone saying that theirs broke once and they had to have it fixed. I know that people have had defects but its strange to me that in here the numbers are so wierd.asmallchild
Mine broke twice and I had to have it replaced.

lol finally.
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#27 asmallchild
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While 7 or 8 consoles is probably unbelievable and a product of fanboys' imaginations, the problem is indeed a real one: http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/24/xbox-360-red-ring-of-death-visits-weekly-geek-show/
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#28 duble_Needler23
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Well...my second one, which I gt because of the red lights...just recntly got it's own red lights, so take for that what you will.  The "ring of death" is 2 for 2 in killing my 360's...
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#31 TrustCo1971
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It does happen quite often. My launch system died, My nephews launch system died, and a friend of mine, his launch system died. I bought another one in Sep06 with a dumb MS warranty this time....I think im done with consoles after this gen is over....
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#32 darker9999
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my mates friend got it and unplugged his harddrive plugged it back in and it works fine
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#33 SemiMaster
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Even fanboys can spell better than that.
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#34 ninjaxams
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My launch system has been fine but one of my friends is on his third.
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#35 Cedmln
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Just to let everyone know, you should get your enducation in places others than the ghettos. Fo sho...

And i don't know about the failure percentage or rate. I don't know anyone who has a 360.