XBOX 360 Red ring of death

[technoid]

My bro-inlaw bought a refurbished X360 online a few months ago.  Not surprisingly it got the RRoD after only a few hours of play.  We tried the towel trick, but it didn't work and there was no way I was going to (or wanted to) open up the damn thing.  He brought it back to the internet shop he got it from to see if they could fix it and they kept it for a long time, but he got it back.  Eventually after, he went the Microsoft way and sent it to them.  They paid for the S&H as well.  According to him, it works dandy now, I think (haven't played games on it myself).

[Purplehaze]

you know, Im usually late to these dang posts, but most of it is because when you open your xbox 360 all the way, There is a fan, and on that level is ice cold, but some *Ammo*ing genius at microsoft is a *Ammo*ing idiot and put the X-Clamps and the main chips on the bottom, Instead of growing a brian, he just put some heat asorbing sponges on, They don't work at all, if you want to get your xbox back and working again, and do it for like 5 cents. Do what this video says, I've done it and it works for just about every problem.

The guy is a little corny, But it's kinda funny, And it works, he explains everything easyily done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsz0lNJ6JrQ&fmt=18

EDIT: Now, If your asking yourself, how does this work, this guy has done his homework, read the desciption

EDIT(2): Now the only thing that im skepctical about is the towel trick, if you can avoid it don't use it, It's a terrible thing, if used wrong it can wreck your system

[cheesepuffly]

And that is why i have a Playstation 3 my friend.

[AHadley]

And that is why I have a PC my friend.

[Steeveeo]

PC > Consoles

[AHadley]

PC > Consoles

I do beleive he's got it!

[TheJamsh]

yep. consoles are good for some things, but PC's pwn in most circumstances.

seen plenty of broken PS3's so far as well. i believe theres is the 'yellow' light of death or something.

[Purplehaze]

heh, I wouldn't get a ps3 because i hate their controlers, They look so un-userfrienldy in all cases.

[Nielk1]

heh, I wouldn't get a ps3 because i hate their controlers, They look so un-userfrienldy in all cases.

It is just a PS2 controller with some extra lights...

I prefer the 2 joysticks next to each other to the XBOX/GameCube way.

[Purplehaze]

I don't, But we all have our Preferences.

[Nielk1]

Some people make PS controllers changed around and visa versa.

[Purplehaze]

Hmm, That sounds interentsing, I just never found the PS2 appealing anyway, cept for the large gamebase

[cheesepuffly]

yep. consoles are good for some things, but PC's pwn in most circumstances.

seen plenty of broken PS3's so far as well. i believe theres is the 'yellow' light of death or something.

Really?

And yeah the PC pwns all, but i dont see so many games that i want on it. And it would cost $400 to get a blu ray drive for my PC anyway.

[Warfreak]

*long and exagerated "pffft' here*

BEHOLD, A BLUE-RAY FOR LESS: NewEgg

Also, unless you want 360 games, pc is not your "console"... However, if you seek the treasures to which no console gamer has access too....

STAY IN FRONT OF THE MONITOR. 

[cheesepuffly]

Yeah... the one i am thinking of is high quailty.

Either way, LittleBigPlanet was the game i wanted that made me get a PS3.

Still, the PC is the greatest of all, too bad pirating is killing it.