I've always been a nintendo fan but i got the elite cuz 360 is pretty bad ass. but i can only open it till xmas. =(. I was just wondering since I'm new to 360, is it ok to stand it up when you play it because it looks cool like that imo. But all my friends say to put it on its side because it messes the disk up if you play it standing up.
Just sitting there vertically its stable enough, but if it gets knocked over somehow its game over for your disc. with electronics, always go with safetyover style. it doesn't really look that bad sideways by the way.
I wouldnt suggest standing it up. I stood it up when i first got it and it scratched the crap out of my game. The same thing has happened to some friends as well.
it doesn't matter, just don't sit it on carpet or in an inclosed space. if it breaks, there is nothing else you can do but complain to microsoft like the rest of us.
On the side definitely, play it safe. I once heard about a guy who had it standing up and when he put a game in it got shredded and messed up his disk drive.
I've always been a nintendo fan but i got the elite cuz 360 is pretty bad ass. but i can only open it till xmas. =(. I was just wondering since I'm new to 360, is it ok to stand it up when you play it because it looks cool like that imo. But all my friends say to put it on its side because it messes the disk up if you play it standing up. ZeldaFan091
either way
and never move the 360 while you have a game on it
On the side definitely, play it safe. I once heard about a guy who had it standing up and when he put a game in it got shredded and messed up his disk drive.Ottosmann
lol i might have to agree with that but it hapenned when i first got the pro console, alot of scratches when standing up
i had my 360 standing up for the first 2 months i had it it then i started to hear the disc
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i started to lay it down the disc runs better um what i mean is it get less damaged so ya but bottom get hotter so sit on some think is good with letting heat escape
i heard some people even take 2 items and and put it on both sides and and sit the 360 on top and it get less hot lol
Okay, I had mine verticle since I bought it (1+ years) and I've had to replace 2 dvd drives, Im on my third. So about a week ago it started making little scratchy noises while playing ME, same noises the other ones made before fail. I got a wild idea to see if the drive made that noise while horizontal. So I took the game out, turned it off and put it horizontal, it has been whisper quiet ever since. Can't help but wonder if thats why Im on my 3rd dvd drive in the first place...
oo ya i had some dude told me he had his 360 stading and when he open it the pins was loser and his friends was lying down and the pins inside holding the harddrive and all that was tighter and he thinks it was the heat melted the glue while it was standing whitch made it lose
well, I keep mine vertical, but that just because it fits better next to my tv like that. I supposehorizontalis more stable simply because there's more surface touching the ground. One thing to remember though, never stand it up or lay it down while it is turned on with a disc inside! This is aguaranteedway of having a messed up disc.
i dunno just dont change the orientation of the box while yer playing a game thats how you scratch discs ive always had mine verticle and have never had any disc scratching problems although my gears of war disc did mysteriously get a huge natty crack goin down the middle but im blaming this on a careless friend
either way is good i have my sitting down sometimes and i have mine standing up some times. ive had it for like a year probably half the time side ways half the time vertical no scratched discs nothing
On the side definitely, play it safe. I once heard about a guy who had it standing up and when he put a game in it got shredded and messed up his disk drive.Ottosmann
That happened to me. Madden 07, Perfect Dark Zero and NBA 2k7 were ruined...
I wouldnt suggest standing it up. I stood it up when i first got it and it scratched the crap out of my game. The same thing has happened to some friends as well.
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Happened to me...Since I plced it flat, no problems. Could be just a major coincidence, but I keep it that way just in case.
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