Never had any problems whatsoever with it up until this past weekend when it froze during a game of NHL 2k7. I knew it would be downhill from there; I just wasn't sure how long the ride would be.
Not long at all.
I could not get it to boot back up at all that day. It would always hang on the logo screen. A couple times over the course of this past week, I would fire it up to see how it would fair. I never booted it up to a game: just to Xbox Live Marketplace. It would freeze within 5 minutes.
Yesterday I went to turn it on and, of course, it froze. I rebooted it and finally got the official Red Ring of Death: quadrants 1, 3, and 4 were lit indicating a "General Hardware Failure".
What a CROCK.
This thing is literally two weeks outside of the warranty. The system was produced in April, so of course it just falls outside of Microsoft's new anti-class-action-lawsuit initiative where they'll replace any box made in March or prior. So now I'm stuck with a $400 brick.
It's no secret at all that there are MAJOR problems with the reliability of the Xbox 360, regardless of when any particular one was manufactured. No, I did not build an elaborate cooling shrine for my Xbox 360. This is a fscking console for fsck sakes. It's supposed to be simple, straightforward gaming. I took basic measures such as making sure it wasn't in an enclosure and that the power brick was as far away as possible. I know people will tell me as I was asking for it since I didn't buy a mini refrigerator to house it in while in use, but to hell with all that. A stock game console should be reliable and stable enough to thrive in normal operating conditions. These little bastards are dying under far more optimal conditions than people had ever before created for a game console.
Unacceptable.
I'm not going into details, but I'm not going to pay a dime for repair and I'm certainly not going to eat another $400 to replace this... but I will be getting a replacement.
UPDATE 11/04/2006
Yes folks, I got a new 360 and I'm not in PMITAP (sorry
).
And I did it totally legally and totally legit. I'd tell you how, but then you wouldn't be able to continue judging me, so please continue... I'm gonna go play NCAA '07 .
UPDATE 11/05/2006
Or, option B: I don't give a sh|t what you guys think. If I describe what I did as legit, you'll call me a liar. If I tell you something that's not legit, then you'll want me hung for eating babies. The truth of the matter is that the REAL story is pretty uninteresting, but it's lose/lose with you guys, so fsck the lot of you. All that matters to me at this point is that I'll be playing GoW on Tuesday .
Some of you wanted to assume the worst and feel all righteous, so I let you. You should be thanking me .
UPDATE 12/11/2006
Looks like Microsoft is getting sued: Link
GOOD. This is exactly what happened to my Xbox 360. After this thread had already died, I researched at length the symptoms surrounding my busted console, and given those symptoms and the date it occurred, it was obvious that it was the fall update that killed my system.
Not long at all.
I could not get it to boot back up at all that day. It would always hang on the logo screen. A couple times over the course of this past week, I would fire it up to see how it would fair. I never booted it up to a game: just to Xbox Live Marketplace. It would freeze within 5 minutes.
Yesterday I went to turn it on and, of course, it froze. I rebooted it and finally got the official Red Ring of Death: quadrants 1, 3, and 4 were lit indicating a "General Hardware Failure".
What a CROCK.
This thing is literally two weeks outside of the warranty. The system was produced in April, so of course it just falls outside of Microsoft's new anti-class-action-lawsuit initiative where they'll replace any box made in March or prior. So now I'm stuck with a $400 brick.
It's no secret at all that there are MAJOR problems with the reliability of the Xbox 360, regardless of when any particular one was manufactured. No, I did not build an elaborate cooling shrine for my Xbox 360. This is a fscking console for fsck sakes. It's supposed to be simple, straightforward gaming. I took basic measures such as making sure it wasn't in an enclosure and that the power brick was as far away as possible. I know people will tell me as I was asking for it since I didn't buy a mini refrigerator to house it in while in use, but to hell with all that. A stock game console should be reliable and stable enough to thrive in normal operating conditions. These little bastards are dying under far more optimal conditions than people had ever before created for a game console.
Unacceptable.
I'm not going into details, but I'm not going to pay a dime for repair and I'm certainly not going to eat another $400 to replace this... but I will be getting a replacement.
UPDATE 11/04/2006
Yes folks, I got a new 360 and I'm not in PMITAP (sorry
).And I did it totally legally and totally legit. I'd tell you how, but then you wouldn't be able to continue judging me, so please continue... I'm gonna go play NCAA '07
. UPDATE 11/05/2006
Or, option B: I don't give a sh|t what you guys think. If I describe what I did as legit, you'll call me a liar. If I tell you something that's not legit, then you'll want me hung for eating babies. The truth of the matter is that the REAL story is pretty uninteresting, but it's lose/lose with you guys, so fsck the lot of you. All that matters to me at this point is that I'll be playing GoW on Tuesday
. Some of you wanted to assume the worst and feel all righteous, so I let you. You should be thanking me
. UPDATE 12/11/2006
Looks like Microsoft is getting sued: Link
GOOD. This is exactly what happened to my Xbox 360. After this thread had already died, I researched at length the symptoms surrounding my busted console, and given those symptoms and the date it occurred, it was obvious that it was the fall update that killed my system.
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