The red ring of death!

Basically anyone that has ever owned a 360, it comes with the territory.

Anyway best of luck getting your 360 up and running again.

 

i think I'm in the rare minority that as of yet (knock on wood... nay.... pound on wood) i haven't gotten the dreaded rrod. I've had my 360 almost 2 years now I suppose and so far it's been okay. maybe I bought one after they realized the issue or something? that or else it's just planning on completely assing me and ruining all my mass effect files that i've been working on beefing up to prepare for the ME2 release. we'll see..

 

i havent gotten it either.

 

i got it back in december.

 

cheers

 

It shouldn't affect your HD, only the console. You have to detach it when sending it in so you shouldn't lose anything, dare I say, should it happen.

I got it on my original release console but not on my elite *knock on wood of course*. My brother didn't get it either on his original console (but he just recently upgraded to an elite as well). My friend's and my cousin's never rrod'd either. I believe they attempted to fix it after the first gens. I was the only sucker I know to have bought an early one. You can get rrd by frying it yourself too, it isn't always the manufacturers fault ( I can't believe I just said that).

 

Yeah I havent had it happen on my elite either, grateful for that.

Dont buy do it yourself stuff, just send it back to microsoft and let them fix it. It takes time, but its better than something that will just break again. All indications are they know how to fix it now and it should work just fine when you get it back.

Not to mention, alot of home fixes will void the MS warranty. Be careful how you go about it.

 

I have had it once, took two weeks to get it back.

 

Previous xmas it happended to me. Longest 3 weeks of my life!

 

3 times baby! At this point i say it like a badge of honor.

That or, ya know, cry.

 

I've had it 2 or 3 times as well.

 

No problem so far.... I think a lot of it has to do with how well ventilated the console is and whether its in an extremely dusty environment.

I have a buddy who has had to send his in like 4 times but he was keeping it in a confined space in a house that is very dusty as well as having an indoor wood burning stove. Pretty much all their electronics fry.

 

We lost a lotta good consoles out there

 

The amount in which you play it is most likely a factor too. Im willing to bet there is a direct correlation between high gamerscores and the amount of RRODs.

 

Thats also whats odd between me and my buddy. I use my console way more then he does, we are talking like 4 or 5 times as much, he doesn't have access to live so he is rarely on.

 

i used to play COD4 like 4 or 5 hours a night for a long, long time. Mine is still trucking along, althought, you dont get gamerpoints for online play on cod4, so that could be the problem....

i agree with the ventalation, i have mine away from my reviece, with nothing around it and laying flat. i also use canned air and clean the vents every so often, just to help. going on two years so far.

 

well i figure if it ever breaks again and M$ won't fix the worst thing that happens is you buy an arcade version for 150 since u already got the HDD and everything...

 

I've had 2 RROD, a hardware failure, and one that froze on launch...so I am on number 5.

 

Took me 4 days. That included a weekend and public holiday. After hearing nothing but bleh about Microsoft's service I was expecting to be gameless for weeks even months. But I guess that's just an American thing

 

we dont have kangaroos to ship them on.

 

yup, its happened to me twice. most recently in december 2008. Its weird though, my launch console lasted longer than my replacement did. oh well

 

Those kits are tough. If you know what you're doing, success rate is about 70% in my experience. I'd only recommend it to people with modded boxes or people that's out of the RRoD extended warranty. And even in those cases, it's easier (imo) to buy a new 360, swap the guts, and return it for your money back at Walmart or Target (paying cash of course).

Just my $0.02... Even in your current position, you can still do it.

 

lmao!

 

Happento me in 07. Shipped it back and it has been fine since.

 

Not unless you can fix that sticker.

 

tell them it came like that. maybe one of the workers dropped his ipod in there and had to get it out cause his zune player froze on new years.

 

I think you can still send it in but they will charge you for the repair instead of doing it for free (if under warranty)

 

I would suspect this to be the case. Maybe there is a telephone number you can call for info? Or email.

 

I fooled around, lived too risky, played it dangerous...and got myself RRODS.

Is there still no easy home fix for this?

 

Something i forgot to throw in... Make sure there's 3 red lights on the ring and not 4. 4 rings means a faulty AV cable or the cable isn't in right.

 

my friend has the 1 red light...can you fix that at home?

 

i've survived that plenty of times.

 

its 3, the 12 o'clock to 3 o'clock quadrant is not flashing. the other 3 are.

 

yeah i was at his house last night. he got it to work after like 15 mins of trying, and then it froze like after 20 minutes of playing lol....he couldnt get it back to work..what do you do?

 

usually, just restarting works. and if he has an intercooler, he needs to remove it ASAP.

 

gods damnit. i never thought it would happen to me.

 

he doesnt have one...and restarting it didnt really work. after it froze he could never turn it back on..ended up playing mario kart on n64 lol