Xbox 360 finally died... (pics inside)

[silent h3ro]

It is from the 1st batch of Premium Xbox 360's:

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/photos/photo16/cc/66/932479e62109.jpg?_rh=48eppxydznwp5y58v6666b01t

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/photos/photo17/88/f5/e723d8f6fd91.jpeg?_rh=eu238im5wavb9gbc5oj00fysh

Too bad, I have to ship it back to a circuit city warehouse to get it exchanged.

[tesco]

Why did it die?

[silent h3ro]

Why did it die?I'm not sure, lol. It all started when I got Gears of War and I would get problems like freezing and those little red blocks showing and I would have to restart it and then it would work again. Well, today I played Gears of War and it froze and I tried to restart it and it wouldn't even load the Xbox 360 logo without freezing. The green ring of lights lit up red after it would freeze every time I tried to boot my 360. :(

[silent h3ro]

Red ring of death:

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/photos/photo16/8d/c3/0f1bb8cc5eaf.jpg?_rh=4ztozyfhtgf1dfaltyo01288w

[suprafreak6]

does that mean all your game saves are lost? try transferring or something with you taking your harddrive to your friends house saving to a memory card

[mr. nails]

lol, gears of war made ur xbox 360's gpu overheat and it did permadamage!

[gooner49]

overheated probably, i got an intercooler on mine and does keep it a lot cooler
look here www.nyko.com

[tdoar]

how long was it working fine?

[silent h3ro]

how long was it working fine?Almost been a year now... December would have been it's first birthday. :cry:

[Seedler]

infanticide:dry:

[abu_has_the_power]

wow

the warranty's like 30 days too right? damn u microsoft

[DjBas]

damn that is a quick death.... hope you get a new one 4 free, strange that this can happen with such a device... you would think theyt build it to be used a lot.. apperantly not... Maybe zalmann needs to design a cooler for the xboks...

[silent h3ro]

wow

the warranty's like 30 days too right? damn u microsoftI have a 2 year protection plan - that's why I'm sending it to a circuit city warehouse.

@DjBas- Yeah, lol, a Zalmann cooler in the 360 would def. help. I read tho that in 2007 Microsoft is going to change the manufacturing of their cpus to 65nm, which will make it cooler, and quieter and I guess a little more powerful.:dry:

[tesco]

wow

the warranty's like 30 days too right? damn u microsoftI have a 2 year protection plan - that's why I'm sending it to a circuit city warehouse.

@DjBas- Yeah, lol, a Zalmann cooler in the 360 would def. help. I read tho that in 2007 Microsoft is going to change the manufacturing of their cpus to 65nm, which will make it cooler, and quieter and I guess a little more powerful.:dry:
hopefully yours breaks again when those come out then?:P

[silent h3ro]

I have a 2 year protection plan - that's why I'm sending it to a circuit city warehouse.

@DjBas- Yeah, lol, a Zalmann cooler in the 360 would def. help. I read tho that in 2007 Microsoft is going to change the manufacturing of their cpus to 65nm, which will make it cooler, and quieter and I guess a little more powerful.:dry:
hopefully yours breaks again when those come out then?:PI hope so. :)

[suprafreak6]

you can always make it look like it broke!

[lynx]

I'm sending it to a circuit city warehouse. That's a shame, I was thinking you could have organised a wake. :cheers:

[suprafreak6]

i think i could revive it i would just need to figure out some magical spells...

[Busyman™]

If I'm going to play my 360 for awhile, I'm gonna turn a fan on it.

I have heard stories of the 360 getting hot but funny enough this is the first time I've heard of one dying.

I just couldn't bring myself to paying for that intercooler. That was another $25 I wasn't going to spend.:dry:

[Virtualbody1234]

If I'm going to play my 360 for awhile, I'm gonna turn a fan on it.

I have heard stories of the 360 getting hot but funny enough this is the first time I've heard of one dying.

I just couldn't bring myself to paying for that intercooler. That was another $25 I wasn't going to spend.:dry:

How much did you spend on the extended warranty?

[Busyman™]

If I'm going to play my 360 for awhile, I'm gonna turn a fan on it.

I have heard stories of the 360 getting hot but funny enough this is the first time I've heard of one dying.

I just couldn't bring myself to paying for that intercooler. That was another $25 I wasn't going to spend.:dry:

How much did you spend on the extended warranty?

$0

[Virtualbody1234]

I've never heard that Circuit City would ever offer free extended warranty.

[Busyman™]

I've never heard that Circuit City would ever offer free extended warranty.

I never heard that I had one.

[suprafreak6]

haha vb's getting people mixed up

[Virtualbody1234]

haha vb's getting people mixed up

Yeah I noticed. :slap: :blushing:

[silent h3ro]

I've never heard that Circuit City would ever offer free extended warranty.

I never heard that I had one.Yeah, Busyman meant that he paid for no warrenty.

I really reccommend you buy a cooler for your 360. A kid in one of my classes in school is already on his fourth replaced 360. Get that Nyko intercooler if it helps. Also, when did you buy your 360? The earlier versions are more prone to overheating.

[silent h3ro]

you can always make it look like it broke!Once the new version of the 360 comes out, I will just cover the air vents and let it overheat. :devil:

[nizrulesall]

i heard that the nyko intercooler was too much of a drain on the 360's power supply. i'd find another way to cool the box.

[silent h3ro]

Damn, Circuit City finally accepted my return and I have to wait 3 weeks (or, I guess it said 21 buisiness days (wtf?)) for a replacement Xbox 360 to be shipped to me.

[Busyman™]

i heard that the nyko intercooler was too much of a drain on the 360's power supply. i'd find another way to cool the box.

Regular fan. I'd turn it on after about an hour of play.

[Busyman™]

I never heard that I had one.Yeah, Busyman meant that he paid for no warrenty.

I really reccommend you buy a cooler for your 360. A kid in one of my classes in school is already on his fourth replaced 360. Get that Nyko intercooler if it helps. Also, when did you buy your 360? The earlier versions are more prone to overheating.

I just bought it recently from Dell. With all the discounts, I got a Premium for about $300 and free next-day shipping.

I got GOW for $40 from Buy.com (with Google Checkout).

I got The Outfit for $10.
I got Quake 4, Condemned, Gun, and COD 2: Game of the year Edition for $17 each.

That should tide me over for awhile.

[silent h3ro]

Yeah, Busyman meant that he paid for no warrenty.

I really reccommend you buy a cooler for your 360. A kid in one of my classes in school is already on his fourth replaced 360. Get that Nyko intercooler if it helps. Also, when did you buy your 360? The earlier versions are more prone to overheating.

I just bought it recently from Dell. With all the discounts, I got a Premium for about $300 and free next-day shipping.

I got GOW for $40 from Buy.com (with Google Checkout).

I got The Outfit for $10.
I got Quake 4, Condemned, Gun, and COD 2: Game of the year Edition for $17 each.

That should tide me over for awhile.Damn, fucking nice deals, busyman. Were you able to stack your Dell coupons or was it one $100 instantly coupon (for the 360)?

[Gripper]

Stick it in the fridge if your playing for a long time. :)

[Virtualbody1234]

Stick it in the fridge if your playing for a long time. :)

Did your doctor advise you to do that? :lol:

[Gripper]

Stick it in the fridge if your playing for a long time. :)

Did your doctor advise you to do that? :lol:

:) Yes,yes he did:D

[Virtualbody1234]

Check out this post about a class action lawsuit against Microsoft: http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/news-section/t-xbox-360-gamers-sue-microsoft-over-buggy-live-update-141804

[silent h3ro]

Check out this post about a class action lawsuit against Microsoft: http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/news-section/t-xbox-360-gamers-sue-microsoft-over-buggy-live-update-141804Interesting, but I haven't been connected to Xbox Live in months so I never got that update . I'm pretty sure my 360 just overheated a little too much.