Early last week I had to ship off my 3RD XBOX Pro console after my brother told me it was freezing up on all his games. I had a time trying to get Microsoft to even to ship me a box because they claimed it was out of warranty eventhough I purchased a Service contract through Microsoft for it in December of 2006. When I told the idiot rep that I had a service contract on the console that didn't expire in 2009, he proceedes to tell me that the service contract I purchased in 2006 mind you, was for my Elite Console that I purchased December 29 2007. Not only does this not make any since being that it is virtually impossible for me to purchase a service contract for an Elite console I didn't even own at the time. The Elite was not even out in December 2006. After fighting with him to get the supervisor on the phone, he connects me, and the supervisor just tells me to include a copy of my contract when I ship the XBOX back which I did.

Now fast foward to this past weekend. My elite console gave me the RROD a few times before it started working again. I thought all was fine and dandy until this morning when I discovered my XBOX would also freeze on every game. Yet another call to Microsoft Customer Support and I will have to ship my "more reliable" Elite off as well.

When I get my refurb consoles back, it will be my 4th and 5th replacements, in less than 2 years. If I didn't have the warranty on them, I would try to fix them myself, but from now on I will always purchase replacement plans through the retailer rather than the manufacturer. I will stick with these consoles since they are still under warranty, but I will think long and hard before I buy another Microsoft console. Because this is absolutely ridiculous; these consoles are such pieces of shit! :angry:

 

i had to replace mines twice. knock on wood

good luck bro..

 

my ps3 from the first release date has been running like a champ, same with my ps2, also from the first release date

 

 

WOW, only one send off for me, and that was just recently...

 

This is the first time I've heard of an Elite experiencing the RROD. Did you keep t an an area where it had good ventilation?

 

I've had mine for over two years, and it's been running like a pro just like when I took it out of the box.

 

dang that sucks

 

What the hell are you guys doing to your consoles? I've had the Xbox 360 and now the Xbox 360 Elite, and neither or them have locked up, crashed or RROD'ed.

 

no issues.

 

I have had my 360 for ~2 years and never had an issue either. My Sony consoles have been damn near perfect as well.

 

I had my first xbox for about 2.5-3 years and could have said that same thing about 2 months ago...


Its only a matter of time :p

 

anyone with wii problems at all?

 

Had my Halo edition 360 for almost a year. Not a problem. runs cool even without the fan in back. My friend's Elite runs really hot for some reason.

 

I have been through 2 PS2's both with VERY moderate use. I still refuse to give sony any more of my money for a craptastic PS3...

With that said. i have had my 360 for about a year and a half and still not one problem with it.

 

i haven't bought a ps3 myself yet. i guess i'm not missing out.

 

Yup, my brother's Wii would randomly shut off and refuse to turn back on for 10 or so minutes.

I figured it may be a cooling problem so I waited until its completely cooled then I placed it out in the open, on tile, and it did it again.

None of the wires were kinked, so from my knowledge it wasn't the power supply.

I told him to leave it alone for about a week, and that seemed to solve the problem.

 

problems have come down to the fact that most xboxs get RROD from a bad power supply or having it plugged into a power strip giving it filtered/ weaker power than coming straight from a wall outlet.

 

a friend of mine returned his twice for repair.

 

that sucks, what was the issue?

 

My son abuses his and it works fine...

 

I have mine connected to one of those surge protector boxes in our entertainment room and it's been doing fine the past 2+ years.

 

Both times it just wouldn't read the discs.

 

throws the wii remote when he loses to you in wii sports?

 

He never looses...

 

my memory was foggy, so I asked him why:

the first time the graphic chip overheated from WiiConnect24 and melted
the 2nd time the disc mechanism broke and it wouldnt' eat discs anymore


Discs are a part of your balanced breakfast.

 

I think part of the problem is insufficient cooling causing something inside to warp..

 

....I bought one of those extra fan add on things just to help ventilate better for reasons like that

 

If I had a dime everytime I heard that...

 

You'd have $0.10!!!!

 

Those are bad. They sit upstream of the power converter, so they sap off power that would otherwise be used for the console.

And they can't suck more air through the xbox fan than is already moving.

They're like those "tornado" intakes for car engines.

Best bet is to keep the xbox out in the open in a climate controlled room with lots of space around it.

 

Have you ever put your hand behind one of those while it's running??

That thing pushes hot air pretty good....alot more than what I have felt without it. I'm sticking with it

 

twice here...

 

I got a 2005 360 that ran like a champ all until about a month after I got GTA IV. My friend has a late 2007 360, same with him. All you guys with great-running PS3s and 360s, I dare ya to put in a bunch of cheats in GTA IV. I didn't spam it or anything, I just used to cell phone shortcuts for cheats (when you use the cheat once, you don't have to dial it in again, its like a redial sorta) and I blame it for making my 360 poop itself.

 

I've gotten the red ring of death twice and in both cases, Microsoft sent new (based on the very recent MFR dates) 360's. I don't know why people keep saying that they're getting refurbished 360's, unless of course the MFR dates aren't accurate.

I hope the OP's situation is resolved soon and everything works out well.

 

When was yours manufactured. The 1st gen 360s are prone to dieing. Everyone I know that had a 360 made in 2005 or early 2006 had to send theres in at least once. I had to send mine in twice and my little bro had to send his in twice too. The problem is the chip for some reason it either overheats or gets too cold and can't produce enough heat to function.

 

I got mine in July of 2006 so I'm thinking I may have just missed the bad set

*knocks on wood*

 

I had one of the original releases and it did just fine. No problems, even when I traded it in for the Elite.

 

the thermo paste on the chips arent good, thats why they're overheating. its not hard to fix if you're sol with warranty.

 

my lil bros xbox got the RROD, my ps3 on the other hand....only damage it has is when the cable guy stomped on the HDMI port when installing cable in the house