My 360 burned up

[Unsullied_Spy]

Wow lutach, wasn't expecting that out of you. That's like someone posting a problem about their T-Maxx and people jumping on them for not buying a Savage...

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

Wow lutach, wasn't expecting that out of you. That's like someone posting a problem about their T-Maxx and people jumping on them for not buying a Savage...

My fingers went out of control . I like that one prank call though. I never got the hang of the 360's control.

lol, glad it woorked out for ya dude, its funnhy how badly 360's are built when ya take em apart huh?

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by big greg

lol, glad it woorked out for ya dude, its funnhy how badly 360's are built when ya take em apart huh?

Oh geez, it's one step up from cardboard and duct tape. I don't know who designed the hardware on the XBox 360 but he needs to be fired.

tell me about it i have been through 4 of em so far.

[Gee]

Originally Posted by Modding_out

fix it your self and sell it at at discount, no reason to destroy a perfectly good xbox.
what I understand the red ring of death to be is a glitch in the system that after it over heats it goes onto this vicious circle were even after it's cooled down it's still telling it self it's to hot to run. And the only way to break the circle is to "heat cycle" (bad) or the "penny trick" (good).

what beaks the cycle with the penny trick is you have to disconnect the power supply along with every thing else to fix it, and the penny's just keep it from happening again.

If it happens to my xbox I'll do a full wright up on here doing it the right way, with a fan, custom made heat sinks, and thermal epoxy.

(look it up on you tube you'll see how it's the best method out there but could use some improvement)

That sound a lot like the stuck rotor on the Novak HV ESC. Once it thinks the damn thing is stuck there nothing you can do to change it's mind. Other then send it in for a 75.00 blipping upgraded esc.

[Unsullied_Spy]

It worked for a few weeks, now it's back to the 2 rings. I tried tightening down the heatsink some more and it went up to 3 red rings. Backed off the screws and let it sit for a while and it runs for maybe 3 minutes before the fans go nuts again. I have been going over every component on it and none of them had exceeded 105 degrees at the time of shutdown, that's well within the acceptable limits of the hardware.

Forza 3 comes out in 3 weeks, I am really tempted to go buy a new Arcade and put my Elite's hard drive in it and then either toss my Elite or keep it for parts (I may take the case off and put it on the Arcade, the black looks SO much better).

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

It worked for a few weeks, now it's back to the 2 rings. I tried tightening down the heatsink some more and it went up to 3 red rings. Backed off the screws and let it sit for a while and it runs for maybe 3 minutes before the fans go nuts again. I have been going over every component on it and none of them had exceeded 105 degrees at the time of shutdown, that's well within the acceptable limits of the hardware.

Forza 3 comes out in 3 weeks, I am really tempted to go buy a new Arcade and put my Elite's hard drive in it and then either toss my Elite or keep it for parts (I may take the case off and put it on the Arcade, the black looks SO much better).

Just buy the Elite and be done with it. Or if your a COD fan, reserve the special edition 360 Modern Warfare editon with two controllers and the 320gig HDD.

[Modding_out]

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

It worked for a few weeks, now it's back to the 2 rings. I tried tightening down the heatsink some more and it went up to 3 red rings. Backed off the screws and let it sit for a while and it runs for maybe 3 minutes before the fans go nuts again. I have been going over every component on it and none of them had exceeded 105 degrees at the time of shutdown, that's well within the acceptable limits of the hardware.

Forza 3 comes out in 3 weeks, I am really tempted to go buy a new Arcade and put my Elite's hard drive in it and then either toss my Elite or keep it for parts (I may take the case off and put it on the Arcade, the black looks SO much better).

don't the 2 rings have some thing to do with the fan?

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by J57ltr

Or you could do what a guy I know did and buy a new one then swap the guts and take it back.

HEHEHE, so I am not the only one who uses the "lifetime replacement warranty procedure"!!! The only way to fly, IMO. Wlmart has gladly taken back many "new" itews from me, no questions asked. Why should I pay twice?

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

Oh geez, it's one step up from cardboard and duct tape. I don't know who designed the hardware on the XBox 360 but he needs to be fired.

Designers these days are all snot nosed brats straight out of college... (said in a very winy voice, the kind that belongs to a kid whos mom wiped his ass thill he was 15) "I deserve this designer job, I went to college and made a 3.0 gpa..."

I would presonally like to open hand pimp slap (with the left hand, no less) all of this little POS kids. Some of the crap I have to deal with trying to repair these days is beyond reproach... Just let me get my hands on them, it will only take a few seconds to get my point across!

Originally Posted by Gee

That sound a lot like the stuck rotor on the Novak HV ESC. Once it thinks the damn thing is stuck there nothing you can do to change it's mind. Other then send it in for a 75.00 blipping upgraded esc.

Go Novak!!!

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Modding_out

don't the 2 rings have some thing to do with the fan?

Send evonuts (or whatever his name is) a PM. He traded me an Xbox 360 that was the really old version and it has all kinds of upgraded fans and other crap on it. Runs like a champ! He knows what he is doing.

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

Just buy the Elite and be done with it. Or if your a COD fan, reserve the special edition 360 Modern Warfare editon with two controllers and the 320gig HDD.

I would change my pre-order to the special edition XBox, but money is too tight right now to drop $400 or whatever that thing costs. I'd rather get an Arcade, swap over my case and HDD, and be done with it. Forza 3 and the new GTA 4 expansion come out later this month and I don't intend to miss a moment of it

[lutach]

The PS3 has a nice price to it. No need to do all the mods to make it work good. I'm doing a test right now on mine. It's been on for a week now.

[Unsullied_Spy]

Must I repeat myself? This is not thread about the PS3, it's about the 360. I know 2 people with PS3s, and a few dozen with 360s. I bought the 360 over the PS3 because 1) I'd rather have people to play with and talk to 2) Every game on the PS3 worth playing is available on the PC, and 3) They keep changing PS3s around so I never know which one it is that I want, I would want a reverse-compatible one with the biggest hard drive possible.

[suicideneil]

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

I bought the 360 over the PS3 because I enjoy trying to get it fixed every 5 minutes when the damn thing overheats (again).

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