RRoD confirmed (Was: Warning signs of RRoD?)

[mugs]

My 360 has frozen up 3 times while playing Lego Star Wars. Does that typically happen before the RRoD?

 

[CKDragon]

Originally posted by: mugs
My 360 has frozen up 3 times while playing Lego Star Wars. Does that typically happen before the RRoD?

I wish I had a warning. I was just sitting there playing Viva Pinata and before I knew it my entire living room was in flames.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: CKDragon

Originally posted by: mugs
My 360 has frozen up 3 times while playing Lego Star Wars. Does that typically happen before the RRoD?

I wish I had a warning. I was just sitting there playing Viva Pinata and before I knew it my entire living room was in flames.

I was just sitting there playing some halo 2 when my dog got shot, my wife left me, i got fired from my job, and lost my house to a flood!

 

[DaveSimmons]

I haven't seen anything here or at Ars about definite warning signs.

Did you take the disc out and check whether the 360 scratched it?

 

[indamixx99]

My 360 RRoD'd 2 weeks ago and I used the towel trick to fix it temporarily. It's been working fine until yesterday. Was playing PGR4 and mid-race the unit just locked up on me. So, I turned it off and back on, got the usual green lights, and it froze up on the Xbox360 startup screen. Turned it off and back on and BAM, RRoD! Good thing I've already gotten my box as this thing will be going out on Wed.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: indamixx99
My 360 RRoD'd 2 weeks ago and I used the towel trick to fix it temporarily. It's been working fine until yesterday. Was playing PGR4 and mid-race the unit just locked up on me. So, I turned it off and back on, got the usual green lights, and it froze up on the Xbox360 startup screen. Turned it off and back on and BAM, RRoD! Good thing I've already gotten my box as this thing will be going out on Wed.

Exact same thing happened to me, but no RRoD. Froze up, turned it off and back on, and it froze in the middle of the startup screen. Sounds like I might have the red rings in my future.

 

[S Freud]

I will suggest something I'm sure you've already thought of. I would put your call in now so that you might be able to at least enjoy it while the box is on its way. Mine was having the same trouble, I never got the RRoD but it was giving my enough issues I wasn't taking any chances. When you get the box and form they don't ask specifically anyway.

 

[EvilComputer92]

I keep getting RRoD while playing games, although the Xbox 360 boots up fine if I leave it alone for an hour or so. Will the technicians at Microsoft still give me a replacement?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: S Freud
I will suggest something I'm sure you've already thought of. I would put your call in now so that you might be able to at least enjoy it while the box is on its way. Mine was having the same trouble, I never got the RRoD but it was giving my enough issues I wasn't taking any chances. When you get the box and form they don't ask specifically anyway.

Bought my 360 at Costco so I wouldn't have to deal with the turnaround time when it inevitably failed.

 

[mugs]

I was at Costco tonight and saw they had ONE holiday bundle left. Not knowing how long it'd be before they got more in and whether it'd be the holiday bundle or some other bundle, I bought it just in case mine died. Sure enough, I started up DiRT tonight and before I even got into a race it froze up on me. Rebooted the Xbox and got the 3 red rings.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I kinda wish mine would die - it is almost two years old now and going strong, but I'd like to roll the dice and hopefully get an HDMI-equipped replacement.

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: mugs
I was at Costco tonight and saw they had ONE holiday bundle left. Not knowing how long it'd be before they got more in and whether it'd be the holiday bundle or some other bundle, I bought it just in case mine died. Sure enough, I started up DiRT tonight and before I even got into a race it froze up on me. Rebooted the Xbox and got the 3 red rings.

Sure it did. We know you killed your Xbox on purpose so you could get that holiday bundle. :evil:

It's crazy the number of RRoDs just from this forum. This is far worse than PS1 and PS2 laser failures and about equal to the bad capacitor plague that effected motherboards back in 2000.

The only place I would buy a 360 is from Costco.

 

[JoPh]

if you buy from costco wont you loose your hard drive?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Naustica

Sure it did. We know you killed your Xbox on purpose so you could get that holiday bundle. :evil:

It's crazy the number of RRoDs just from this forum. This is far worse than PS1 and PS2 laser failures and about equal to the bad capacitor plague that effected motherboards back in 2000.

The only place I would buy a 360 is from Costco.

Well I can't say I was terribly disappointed that it broke. But if I wanted to make it die, I'd have done it when the bundle first came out. Or if I really wanted to be an ass I could have returned it before it even broke.

Originally posted by: JoPh
if you buy from costco wont you loose your hard drive?

Not sure if I can transfer the stuff, but I'll probably just keep my old hard drive and return the new one with my old Xbox.

The downside is that I think I can only play my old XBLA games when signed into Xbox Live from now on, since they're tied to the system they were bought on. Maybe someone else has some insight on that, but that's what my friend has to do since he had his replaced using Best Buy's product replacement plan.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: mugs
Not sure if I can transfer the stuff, but I'll probably just keep my old hard drive and return the new one with my old Xbox.

You can put all your game saves to a memory card. Everything else you can re-download.

The downside is that I think I can only play my old XBLA games when signed into Xbox Live from now on, since they're tied to the system they were bought on. Maybe someone else has some insight on that, but that's what my friend has to do since he had his replaced using Best Buy's product replacement plan.

Call Xbox support. They'll transfer all your purchases to your new 360 so that you don't have to be signed on. They do need a better way to do this though as it is time-consuming.

 

[JDub02]

Originally posted by: Don Vito Corleone
I kinda wish mine would die - it is almost two years old now and going strong, but I'd like to roll the dice and hopefully get an HDMI-equipped replacement.

I just got mine back. I'm pretty sure I got my own non-HDMI console back, although in much worse condition. There were black fingerprints on it and something rattling inside.

At least it works, though.

 

[austin316]

can anyone confirm that they received one with an HDMI port?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: JDub02

Originally posted by: Don Vito Corleone
I kinda wish mine would die - it is almost two years old now and going strong, but I'd like to roll the dice and hopefully get an HDMI-equipped replacement.

I just got mine back. I'm pretty sure I got my own non-HDMI console back, although in much worse condition. There were black fingerprints on it and something rattling inside.

At least it works, though.

There is always something rattling inside - the device that detects whether it's standing vertical or laying horizontal. Are you sure that's not what you're hearing?

 

[randay]

I think im at the point where I avoid using my 360 out of fear of it dying. It still gets a fair bit of use though because of rockband.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: randay


I think im at the point where I avoid using my 360 out of fear of it dying. It still gets a fair bit of use though because of rockband.

You're an idiot.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: randay


I think im at the point where I avoid using my 360 out of fear of it dying. It still gets a fair bit of use though because of rockband.

You're an idiot.

how do you figure?

im thinking the less i use it the less chance of it developing rrod or dvd drive crapping out. im looking forward to a couple of games this year for the 360 and i dont want it to crap out before i get a chance to play them.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: randay


I think im at the point where I avoid using my 360 out of fear of it dying. It still gets a fair bit of use though because of rockband.

You're an idiot.

how do you figure?

im thinking the less i use it the less chance of it developing rrod or dvd drive crapping out. im looking forward to a couple of games this year for the 360 and i dont want it to crap out before i get a chance to play them.

You're an idiot for thinking your typical troll post made any sense. If you're looking forward to playing some games this year, you ought to hope yours dies soon so you can get a warranty replacement before those games are out.

 

[randay]

troll post? what the fuck is your problem. just because i baby my xbox and care if it dies im a troll?

why would i want my xbox to die? how does the replacement unit change anything? ive heard plenty of stories to know that the replacement units arent anymore resilient then any other 360.

 

[blackdogdeek]

please help enlighten me. what is the process for when you get the rrod and need a replacement?

 

[Gibson486]

This is why i sold my 360 (right before the price drop too). I was expecting a phone call from the person who bought it. Luckily, he did call me, not because it RRODed, but because he wanted to know if he could get a lower price because the 360 dropped in price the next week.