Red Ring of Death.

[Lordmylar06]

How many of you guys have had the RROD on your 360? I just had mine repaired, and I asked the same question of many of my friends. Every last friend I have that owns a 360 has had the RROD at some point.
Is Microsoft just screwing us out of money here, or is it an honest mistake in development?
Maybe I should ask, has anyone NOT had the RROD on their 360?

[Barkworm]

I haven't had it but my 360 broke anyway.

[Andrew NDB]

On the flip side, I've had my PS3 since it first game out. 20 gig model. I even swapped out the hard drive myself with a Fujitsu 120 gig hard drive, too. Hasn't failed me since, not even any funny business.

I do own a 360 but it just gathers dust, mostly.

[Mutated Turtle]

ive had my 360 for 3 years(i perfer the oringel xbox,and i play oringel xbox more often,even though i dont have XBL for it)and it has not got RROD.i guess im lucky...i dont how it hasent over-heated or RROD...because i used to play halo3 and halo2 and MK:dc universe for HOURS AND HOURS

[Barkworm]

Spell check before you post...

[Mutated Turtle]

Spell check before you post...

i dont have spell check...

[Archon_Turtle]

I too am one of the lucky ones. i still have my Launch 360 and its never given me any problems aside from a sticking door. I eventually retired it for the Elite, because I wanted the HDMI port, but I still use it occasionally at work and what not.

[Mutated Turtle]

the disk drive in my 360 also got stuck...i had to pull it out a little bit.and heres something funny...o.0 my 360 thought that halo:odst was a movie!...i just had to restart it and it was fine o.0

[poiuytre]

Knocking on wood but no red rings yet for me either.

[Roland]

I have a sticky cd tray too, all i do is to press on the cd tray like a button and then it opens. I got a red ring of death because of power serges or unstable power. But didn't send it in for repairs and it still is working fine. But i don't have XBL.

[Samhain]

Got it on my older one but since having my Elite nothing.....yet.

[Ninjinister]

Mine didn't have Red Ring of Death. It just had The Ring.

[The Stryker]

I've had like 2 but I love my 360 too much to ever get mad at it.

Now if my PS3 breaks down, I'll kick the useless thing.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I've been through seven RRoDs. #8 is alive and well for now. Sh*ttiest hardware I've ever owned. Every last one of them had a sticky CD try as well. The PS3 died on me as well, but that was more my fault from when I took it on a trip and didn't pack it well enough. No problems with the Wii, keeping Nintendo's lifelong perfect streak going in my house.

[Turo602]

I've had like 2 but I love my 360 too much to ever get mad at it.

Now if my PS3 breaks down, I'll kick the useless thing.

HAHAHAHA, me too. But haven't had a ring yet.

[Toonami Tom]

My Xbox 360 red ringed awhile back. I think it happened in 2007. It was under warranty, so I got it repaired. It's been fine since then.

[Lordmylar06]

I've been through seven RRoDs. #8 is alive and well for now. Sh*ttiest hardware I've ever owned. Every last one of them had a sticky CD try as well. The PS3 died on me as well, but that was more my fault from when I took it on a trip and didn't pack it well enough. No problems with the Wii, keeping Nintendo's lifelong perfect streak going in my house.

It almost seems possible to call me lucky for getting the RRoD. When I got my Xbox back, the disc drive didn't work. I can't play anything but Live Arcade games, but because they renew the 90 day warranty after the RRoD I'm covered. I wish Microsoft would put some of that mad money they get from selling their systems into good hardware.
Nintendo hasn't had this sort of problem... EVER. The most problems I've ever had with any Nintendo system was having to blow in the cartridge. Guess what? It still works. Yay Nintendo.

[IamtheKnight]

I haven't gotten the RROD yet, but my xbox is having problems playing discs. The only game that I can play is halo 3. On the other hand, my friend just got the RROD.

[Lordmylar06]

I haven't gotten the RROD yet, but my xbox is having problems playing discs. The only game that I can play is halo 3. On the other hand, my friend just got the RROD.

My problem was similar in that all i could play was Street Fighter 4 recently. Today I bought an Xbox 360 Arcade core. What I plan on doing when I get my repaired 360 back is to sell it to a local used games/movies store and hopefully get around $150 for it, sell a wireless controller since the Arcade ed. comes with one, and come close to comping my expenses. Not to mention the 3 year warranty I get with the new 360 I bought.

[Mutated Turtle]

My problem was similar in that all i could play was Street Fighter 4 recently. Today I bought an Xbox 360 Arcade core. What I plan on doing when I get my repaired 360 back is to sell it to a local used games/movies store and hopefully get around $150 for it, sell a wireless controller since the Arcade ed. comes with one, and come close to comping my expenses. Not to mention the 3 year warranty I get with the new 360 I bought.

you should have got a elite 360,(i dont have one...but i want one.)

[Roland]

My xbox360 is busted. It got a its last red ring and now i need to fix it or get a new one. If i need to get a new one which one should it get? An elite?

[Mutated Turtle]

My xbox360 is busted. It got a its last red ring and now i need to fix it or get a new one. If i need to get a new one which one should it get? An elite?

You should probably get an Xbox 360 elite,or a Xbox 360 arcade.

[Roland]

Thanx. How do a person open a xbox360 to see the inside i can't find any screws.

[Peanut]

1) You probably shouldn't open it. If you bought the 360 within the last 3 years it's still under warranty.

2) There aren't any screws in the outer 360 case, there are a series of clips that need to be popped out. Some of them are only accessible through the vent holes on the sides, which you need to stick something tiny through, then there are some on the back.

[Roland]

1) You probably shouldn't open it. If you bought the 360 within the last 3 years it's still under warranty.

2) There aren't any screws in the outer 360 case, there are a series of clips that need to be popped out. Some of them are only accessible through the vent holes on the sides, which you need to stick something tiny through, then there are some on the back.

Wait a minute a 3 year warranty i have to check that out my xbox 360 is two years old. Thanx for the advice. The big problem i have now if they don't swap me for a new one where can a person go to fix it. Where would you go to fix a console in your country?

[Brodie]

There are a few places that can work with 360s, but its just so much less of a hassle to go through Microsoft (see also: cheaper).

As long as you bought it new, through a store, and so on, your warranty should be fine if its within the 3 years.

Make sure you contact Microsoft before trying to take your 360 to anyone else to fix it, cause that'll void your warranty instantly.

[Peanut]

Wait a minute a 3 year warranty i have to check that out my xbox 360 is two years old. Thanx for the advice. The big problem i have now if they don't swap me for a new one where can a person go to fix it. Where would you go to fix a console in your country?

Yeah, man. All 360's come with a standard 3 year RRoD warranty. If you go to xbox.com and go through the customer support stuff, you should be able to find a page where you can type in the serial number of your 360 and it'll tell you if you're eligible for it.

Just make sure you don't take it apart or mess with it at ALL, because that voids your warranty.

[Mutated Turtle]

Would this be related to RROD?I put GOW in the disc tray,but it said:To play this game,please insert it in a Xbox 360 console.Below that,it said the same thing but in Chinese,Etc.I turned it off then back on and it stopped.

[The Deadman]

uhh...well....did you see red rings when you turned the system on?

[Ninjinister]

Would this be related to RROD?I put GOW in the disc tray,but it said:To play this game,please insert it in a Xbox 360 console.Below that,it said the same thing but in Chinese,Etc.I turned it off then back on and it stopped.

Prooooobably not.

[Peanut]

Would this be related to RROD?I put GOW in the disc tray,but it said:To play this game,please insert it in a Xbox 360 console.Below that,it said the same thing but in Chinese,Etc.I turned it off then back on and it stopped.

Disc drive is f*cked. This happened to me out of nowhere with my Elite.

[Roland]

There are a few places that can work with 360s, but its just so much less of a hassle to go through Microsoft (see also: cheaper).

As long as you bought it new, through a store, and so on, your warranty should be fine if its within the 3 years.

Make sure you contact Microsoft before trying to take your 360 to anyone else to fix it, cause that'll void your warranty instantly.

Yeah, man. All 360's come with a standard 3 year RRoD warranty. If you go to xbox.com and go through the customer support stuff, you should be able to find a page where you can type in the serial number of your 360 and it'll tell you if you're eligible for it.

Just make sure you don't take it apart or mess with it at ALL, because that voids your warranty.
I found this link
http://www.xboxgaming.co.za/guides/hardware/how-the-xbox-360-warranty-works/. It looks like have to pay R680 because i can't find my pay slip. Im doomed that is the price of one xbox game.

[Mutated Turtle]

Disc drive is f*cked. This happened to me out of nowhere with my Elite.

Is it the laser that reads the games?

[Roland]

I found a site that tells you how to disassemble your xbox360.http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/repair/Xbox-360-Disassembly.htm. But you need special tools. There other stuff to help with the red ring problem and cd troubles.