[QUOTE="U_Got_Boyd"]why does wrapping towels around it fix rrod (well for a little while) ? I mean isnt rrod caused by overheating..? wouldnt wrapping towels around it over heat it more lol makes no sense Tjeremiah1988

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the RROD are caused by overheating, yes, but an overheating GPU/CPUI more specifically -- NOT just an overheated system (in general). The reason for this is that the connection between the heatsinks and GPU/CPU chips might as well have been made with silly puddy bc they suck and after a while come loose. When the chip cant dissipate heat via the sinks, they overheat and BLAMMO!

what the towel trick does is block all vent holes and exhaust so that the inside of the box gets H.O.T. By doing that, the thermal paste (silly puddY) between the sinks and the chip reheats and reforms a connection. Let it cool again and now the chip can dissipate heat again and [should] work.

[QUOTE="BadBoy_Lo"][QUOTE="dongagan"]so what is the cause of it.....can i fix it myself ?...without the towel trickTjeremiah1988

Have you used any cheats?? if thats the case you cant get it on that save file.tony_fjellborg

I have left 4 dead and it really good but I need something diffrent ive beaten all the levels a bunch of times. I want a third person.Warrior427

[QUOTE="sizzlingdviper"][QUOTE="PlasmaBeam44"]

You can't do that on the 360.

Wiishy

No-I've never seen any defrag settings in 360 system?

I kid.

quit throwing a blanket on it while playing.....jk lol but seriously give it more room to breath. RROD from my understanding is from the mobo warping which it a heat issue. My mobo stays cool when I stand it on the side and give it 6 inches of room in each direction. When I play with it horizonal the bottom is as hot as a christmas ham out of the over.ttobba07

the issue is not the motherboard warping. rather, it is the gpu overheating to the point it will not operate (could be the cpu as well, but usually it is the gpu). There are large heatsinks attached to both. When the physical connection between the sinks and the chips become loose, the chips will not cool properly. This is faulty design, really, not "poor gaming practices". You should be able to play your console for as long as you wish in relatively tolerable conditions without anything happening, so relax: you didnt do anything wrong.

No, gaming is expensive

People should stop looking for handouts

Either you can afford the hobby or you can't

I agree with this.

that is a bit one-dimensional, isn't it? If it were that cut and dry, why would there be a gamerscore in the first place? I understand what you guys are getting at: it is what it is so stop trying to milk it for free stuff. Got it, but my interpretation is a little deeper than that. See, it's about innovation; people looking for innovative ways to make an existing product better. Everyone feels a certain way about gamer points - either they are useless or are great - so why not bring added value to them? Perhaps not necessarily by creating an exchange rate to MS points, but something more than just a score.

so what is the cause of it.....can i fix it myself ?...without the towel trickdongagan