Overheating Xbox... ABSOLUTE BULL

Yesterday is a prime example... I got Call Of Duty 4, and played it for a total of 16 and a half hours without taking a break... and my 360 and the disk is in fine working order and my 360 is a 2006 model. I think it boils down to the luck of the draw, yes, 360's have problems, but I don't think it's due to overheating, more like design flaws. 3rd party companies who develop those fans for it have taken advantage of the phobia and people are just jumping on the band wagon... as for those who aren't buying a 360 because of these fears of overheating, do you realize you're covered for 3 years? So what if you buy a console, and it goes all redlight on you? You're covered.EnigmaticBeauty

i agree to a point, i think half of those broken consoles are due to human error no matter what people say i am sure they had it tucked in to some little cubby hole not getting air etc. it does come down to luck and how you take care of it IMO

Yesterday is a prime example... I got Call Of Duty 4, and played it for a total of 16 and a half hours without taking a break... and my 360 and the disk is in fine working order and my 360 is a 2006 model. I think it boils down to the luck of the draw, yes, 360's have problems, but I don't think it's due to overheating, more like design flaws. 3rd party companies who develop those fans for it have taken advantage of the phobia and people are just jumping on the band wagon... as for those who aren't buying a 360 because of these fears of overheating, do you realize you're covered for 3 years? So what if you buy a console, and it goes all redlight on you? You're covered.EnigmaticBeauty

I 50/50 agree with you.

Unnecessary quoting FTW.

-Jax.

Yesterday is a prime example... I got Call Of Duty 4, and played it for a total of 16 and a half hours without taking a break... and my 360 and the disk is in fine working order and my 360 is a 2006 model. I think it boils down to the luck of the draw, yes, 360's have problems, but I don't think it's due to overheating, more like design flaws. 3rd party companies who develop those fans for it have taken advantage of the phobia and people are just jumping on the band wagon... as for those who aren't buying a 360 because of these fears of overheating, do you realize you're covered for 3 years? So what if you buy a console, and it goes all redlight on you? You're covered.EnigmaticBeauty

I tell people to stay away. I'll be on my fourth 360 very soon :? I dont care if it's covered having to go through that once was more then enough.

But you are right, I dont think it's overheating, I was not even playing a game for five minutes and I got 3 red rings. I reallly wish M$ would allow me to open the stupid thing up and take a look. I mean.... this happened 3 times now, either I have very bad luck or I'm doing something wrong. My guess it could be dust but..... I treat my 360 just like my Computer, Xbox, PS2 and DVD player and they all work fine.

Yesterday is a prime example... I got Call Of Duty 4, and played it for a total of 16 and a half hours without taking a break... and my 360 and the disk is in fine working order and my 360 is a 2006 model. I think it boils down to the luck of the draw, yes, 360's have problems, but I don't think it's due to overheating, more like design flaws. 3rd party companies who develop those fans for it have taken advantage of the phobia and people are just jumping on the band wagon... as for those who aren't buying a 360 because of these fears of overheating, do you realize you're covered for 3 years? So what if you buy a console, and it goes all redlight on you? You're covered.EnigmaticBeauty

Well if you knew anything at all about how computers work or took any computer classes then you would find that you are wrong.

The 360 does over-heat. Just because you played it for 16 hours and it didn't break doesn't mean that the system is not over-heating. It just means that it did not get to the point to where it was so hot that it completely fried the chips on the Motherboard.

When a computer circuit gets hotter than its supposed to it lessens its oveall life expectency.

Yesterday is a prime example... I got Call Of Duty 4, and played it for a total of 16 and a half hours without taking a break... and my 360 and the disk is in fine working order and my 360 is a 2006 model. I think it boils down to the luck of the draw, yes, 360's have problems, but I don't think it's due to overheating, more like design flaws. 3rd party companies who develop those fans for it have taken advantage of the phobia and people are just jumping on the band wagon... as for those who aren't buying a 360 because of these fears of overheating, do you realize you're covered for 3 years? So what if you buy a console, and it goes all redlight on you? You're covered.EnigmaticBeauty

If your playing a game for 16 hours total, you need to get a life because thats pretty bad.

Yea, they rushed the console so they could get a headstart for Christmas.....people shouldn't have to worry about their consoles breaking down. I have a 5 year old PS2 that got knocked down numerous times and it was in cramped areas but it runs perfectly fine.flowdee79

I agree with that PS2 theory I've had mine for 6-7 years and its been knocked over 3 times. It still works perfectly fine, and I transport back and forth between 2 houses.

Anything electrical can break down, fact of life. I can go out and buy a car for 150 thousand dollars tomorrow and there is a chance of it breaking down next week. Consoles are getting more and more complicated and using the PS2 as a rock solid console is a bad example lol, I went through 4 PS's and each one suffered the same problem... "disk read error" EnigmaticBeauty

build quality has gone down i think, i have an old first gen playstation and that still works even though its been in the shed for the passed 4 years. The first batch of ps2 had problems because the chips that were used were crap. i had a 2nd gen ps2 and that worked up till it got droped down the stairs but that was human error.

my 360 is on a desk with lots of space and airflow, yet it still crashes and has had to be sent in once since last xmas. and im one of the lucky ones :S i like the Xbox, but not MS's cheap tacticsthe_mighty_boos

All this is just some money scam from microsoft...reason why the 360 was made poor and alot of them are crappin out.

If you think that the 360 has no overheating problems, you are naiive. MS admitted to this which is why the 3 year warranty was introduced.flowdee79

Thank you.

Unnecessary quoting FTW.

-Jax.

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Unnecessary posting FTW. Oh, and another uncessary quote too. FTW FTW FTW!

I would get the worst headache if I played for 16 and a half hours. Anyways I've had two Xboxs break on me and both they were only on for an hour or so when they broke. So it probably wasn't overheating for those failures.

[QUOTE="EnigmaticBeauty"]Yesterday is a prime example... I got Call Of Duty 4, and played it for a total of 16 and a half hours without taking a break... and my 360 and the disk is in fine working order and my 360 is a 2006 model. I think it boils down to the luck of the draw, yes, 360's have problems, but I don't think it's due to overheating, more like design flaws. 3rd party companies who develop those fans for it have taken advantage of the phobia and people are just jumping on the band wagon... as for those who aren't buying a 360 because of these fears of overheating, do you realize you're covered for 3 years? So what if you buy a console, and it goes all redlight on you? You're covered.ParadiseAwaits

Well if you knew anything at all about how computers work or took any computer classes then you would find that you are wrong.

The 360 does over-heat. Just because you played it for 16 hours and it didn't break doesn't mean that the system is not over-heating. It just means that it did not get to the point to where it was so hot that it completely fried the chips on the Motherboard.

When a computer circuit gets hotter than its supposed to it lessens its oveall life expectency.

I know enough about computers to know that they are designed to be left on continous. Now, I'm not saying that the 360 is designed to stay on, but people completely overreact with the "overheating" theory, first of all, the machine is no hotter than usual, secondly, if it overheated, it would switch itself off automatically as a safety feature and thirdly, yes there is a design flaw, perhaps it is bad circuitry, who knows, the fact remains that there are many things that affect your console's life span, how well you look after it for instance plays a big part.

My 360 is well ventilated, on a cold surface, the room temperature is baking to be honest, I'm very very expensive during the winter and demand my heat, I have played Call Of Duty 4 for hours, it's not the first time and not the last either and have had no problems.

[QUOTE="EnigmaticBeauty"]Yesterday is a prime example... I got Call Of Duty 4, and played it for a total of 16 and a half hours without taking a break... and my 360 and the disk is in fine working order and my 360 is a 2006 model. I think it boils down to the luck of the draw, yes, 360's have problems, but I don't think it's due to overheating, more like design flaws. 3rd party companies who develop those fans for it have taken advantage of the phobia and people are just jumping on the band wagon... as for those who aren't buying a 360 because of these fears of overheating, do you realize you're covered for 3 years? So what if you buy a console, and it goes all redlight on you? You're covered.bi0hazard187949

If your playing a game for 16 hours total, you need to get a life because thats pretty bad.

I had nothing better to do and I enjoyed myself. Sara was working, and went out with a few of her friends after work...so what's a nicer way to relax and play some games online?

[QUOTE="ParadiseAwaits"]

[QUOTE="EnigmaticBeauty"]Yesterday is a prime example... I got Call Of Duty 4, and played it for a total of 16 and a half hours without taking a break... and my 360 and the disk is in fine working order and my 360 is a 2006 model. I think it boils down to the luck of the draw, yes, 360's have problems, but I don't think it's due to overheating, more like design flaws. 3rd party companies who develop those fans for it have taken advantage of the phobia and people are just jumping on the band wagon... as for those who aren't buying a 360 because of these fears of overheating, do you realize you're covered for 3 years? So what if you buy a console, and it goes all redlight on you? You're covered.EnigmaticBeauty

Well if you knew anything at all about how computers work or took any computer classes then you would find that you are wrong.

The 360 does over-heat. Just because you played it for 16 hours and it didn't break doesn't mean that the system is not over-heating. It just means that it did not get to the point to where it was so hot that it completely fried the chips on the Motherboard.

When a computer circuit gets hotter than its supposed to it lessens its oveall life expectency.

I know enough about computers to know that they are designed to be left on continous. Now, I'm not saying that the 360 is designed to stay on, but people completely overreact with the "overheating" theory, first of all, the machine is no hotter than usual, secondly, if it overheated, it would switch itself off automatically as a safety feature and thirdly, yes there is a design flaw, perhaps it is bad circuitry, who knows, the fact remains that there are many things that affect your console's life span, how well you look after it for instance plays a big part.

My 360 is well ventilated, on a cold surface, the room temperature is baking to be honest, I'm very very expensive during the winter and demand my heat, I have played Call Of Duty 4 for hours, it's not the first time and not the last either and have had no problems.

Your ideas have no basis in fact.

Do some research before posting. You can't base facts off your unique experience alone.

CPUs and GPUS are supposed to stay below 100 degrees Farenheight.

That being said, you lost the argument when you made this thread. Research before lying to the community.

To anyone who has had to repair a console more than 3 times, just complain. The customer service reps will MOST likely offer you free things like games and controllers.

@TC-I've heard suspending your power brick in the air actually cools down your console and prevents it from overheating. Try it out.

one of my teachers at college (who is a computer wizz) says "for the temps the 360 runs at the fans need to be running at max RPM all the time". they packed to much stuff in too smaller box.clyde46

They probably put it all in a small box due to the criticism they got from the original Xbox, which was huge.

A very effective way of ventilating your 360 is to have it horizontal, and place a book or something like that under it. I have done that, and dont have any over-heating problems.

Yesterday is a prime example... I got Call Of Duty 4, and played it for a total of 16 and a half hours without taking a break... and my 360 and the disk is in fine working order and my 360 is a 2006 model. I think it boils down to the luck of the draw, yes, 360's have problems, but I don't think it's due to overheating, more like design flaws. 3rd party companies who develop those fans for it have taken advantage of the phobia and people are just jumping on the band wagon... as for those who aren't buying a 360 because of these fears of overheating, do you realize you're covered for 3 years? So what if you buy a console, and it goes all redlight on you? You're covered.EnigmaticBeauty

agree 100 %

Some of you guys are getting me on edge a little here haha, I mean the XBOX 360 breaking on the first time you play? That is ridiculous and as for the member who said they packed it into a smaller box, because the other was ridiculed...I never even found the box to be that big in all honesty, I thought it was a reasonable size, wasnt the size of the television.

^^^A lot of the time the freezing is to do with the game itself, especially Oblivion so I wouldnt worry too much about it

I bought an elite a month ago, I've had it freeze 3 times so far, but no ring problems. When I feel the back it's pretty dam,n hot. I have it horizontal, but I wonder if keeping it verticle helps it cool better!? Then again, I don't ever play for 16 freakin hours straight! Don't you do things in your life? geez, 15 hours max! lol.

No seriously though, it's the bad heat sinks inside, that cause teh GPU to overheat. Funny thing is, these new HALO edition boxes have the 65nm cpu, but the cpu is never what overheats, its always been the gpu. Problem NOT avoided. They really need to make a fan module, and man I wish the dvd drive was quieter!

As far as I know, Microsoft hasn't given a specific explanation for why the RRoD occurs. Some have asserted that it is overheating, but my impression is that there are multiple causes. I would guess that a large number come from people misusing the console and not reading the instructions, and another large number come from a design flaw. The problem is that the RRoD is a non-specific error message. There are a number of failures that could cause it.

These devices are complicated and put out a lot of heat. The guide that came with the 360 pretty clearly stated how it should be placed, and it's obvious people either didn't read it or ignored it. So it's really no surprise that there are problems. That said, at least Microsoft is covering the problem with the extended warranty, and it looks like nearly all of the problems are fixed in the more recent consoles.

That's better than most companies would do.

Dude, 16 hours... That's insane. Sure, it didn't screw up and die this time; but keep playing for such exaggerated lengths of time, and you'll have an expensive paperweight in no time. You really shouldn't play for more than two to three hours (and three is pushing it) at a time, and give the 360 plenty of time (at least an hour; possibly more) to cool down between sessions.

What do you do for a living that you can play a game for so long in one sitting? Christ, I'm a college student and damn-near full-time employee at a bulk foods store... I'd love to have that kind of free time.