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WHAT THE F***?!
by MetaSmashBro Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:34 am
I just got a 60gig HDD as an early birthday present on Feb 28 to fix my 1 red ring, but yesterday (3/18/10) I was playing MW2 installed into my HDD and my Box-X kept going really slow. So I'm thinking, "Maybe turning it off will help." So I turn it off and turn it back on, to be greeted with 3 Red Rings! I turned it off and on for about 5min and kept getting them. 1 hour later and it was gone.
I heard that playing a game on your HDD sharply reduces your chances of getting The Rings, but I still got it. It's gone now, but I'm sure it'll be back... Is there any little reason as of how this may have happened that any of you know about?
EDIT:
I get it randomly so far, and when I do, it doen't go away for a few hours. The light on the power brick is green when I get it.
So far I've gotten it 4x in the past weekend.
I heard that playing a game on your HDD sharply reduces your chances of getting The Rings, but I still got it. It's gone now, but I'm sure it'll be back... Is there any little reason as of how this may have happened that any of you know about?
EDIT:
I get it randomly so far, and when I do, it doen't go away for a few hours. The light on the power brick is green when I get it.
So far I've gotten it 4x in the past weekend.
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by Kendo Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:02 am
Well you must have bad luck then. I would say buy an Arcade.
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by AnAsianKid1 Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:26 am
That sucks
Thats why I plan on selling my xbox 360 soon.
Not fun anymore.
Well until Reach comes out.
Thats why I plan on selling my xbox 360 soon.
Not fun anymore.
Well until Reach comes out.
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by KidZillah Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:50 am
Kendo wrote:Well you must have bad luck then. I would say buy an Arcade.
- That isn't bad luck, that's common .
And, sulley, trf, and all other people who like the 360, i'm not bashing it .
I'm stating the obvious .
The "inevitable" .
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by TheRighteousFascist Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:27 am
Some games aren't meant to be installed to your hard drive. Examples include Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Modern Warfare 2 may just be one of those games that runs better off the disc.MetaSmashBro wrote:I just got a 60gig HDD as an early birthday present on Feb 28 to fix my 1 red ring, but yesterday (3/18/10) I was playing MW2 installed into my HDD and my Box-X kept going really slow. So I'm thinking, "Maybe turning it off will help." So I turn it off and turn it back on, to be greeted with 3 Red Rings! I turned it off and on for about 5min and kept getting them. 1 hour later and it was gone.
I heard that playing a game on your HDD sharply reduces your chances of getting The Rings, but I still got it. It's gone now, but I'm sure it'll be back... Is there any little reason as of how this may have happened that any of you know about?
Red Ring can also be brought on if you take poor care of your console, believe it or not. Yes, it's ultimately the hardware's fault, but if you're misusing your console then that will push the hardware closer to RROD. Similarly, you may just have a problem with your power supply. Next time it happens, check your power brick. If the bulb on the brick is green, then you have RROD, but if it's orange or red, you have a problem with your power supply.
I think what you say held true a few years ago, but RROD has been significantly reduced.KidZillah wrote:Kendo wrote:Well you must have bad luck then. I would say buy an Arcade.
- That isn't bad luck, that's common .
And, sulley, trf, and all other people who like the 360, i'm not bashing it .
I'm stating the obvious .
The "inevitable" .
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by KidZillah Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:40 am
- It's still MANY 360's out there that get RROD, and it's not rare .
You see how it's kinda shocking that YLOD hits?
You see how it's kinda shocking that YLOD hits?
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by MetaSmashBro Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:21 am
TRF, what do you mean by taking care of my Xbox? It just sits there...
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by sulley Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:54 am
KidZillah wrote:Kendo wrote:Well you must have bad luck then. I would say buy an Arcade.
- That isn't bad luck, that's common .
And, sulley, trf, and all other people who like the 360, i'm not bashing it .
I'm stating the obvious .
The "inevitable" .
ha ha hes caught on. sorry zillah for keep saying it.
but yeah man thats unlucky
microsoft have reduced the incidences of it though through hardware changes etc
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by AxelDemon Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:50 am
I recommend making sure the power adapter doesn't dust in it and that you don't play for too long.
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by TheRighteousFascist Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:13 pm
Well, if it's in an area with poor ventilation or in a heated area or something like that, it's more likely to fail.MetaSmashBro wrote:TRF, what do you mean by taking care of my Xbox? It just sits there...
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by FaytSaratome Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:27 am
That is true for all technology, even the PS3. -glares at you know who- Technology needs a cold environment with plenty of space for ventilation and oxygen(Kind a like fire). My PS3 could overheat the way I have it actually, so I should move it somewhere else.TheRighteousFascist wrote:Well, if it's in an area with poor ventilation or in a heated area or something like that, it's more likely to fail.MetaSmashBro wrote:TRF, what do you mean by taking care of my Xbox? It just sits there...
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by TheRighteousFascist Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:03 am
Right. And in the 360's case it will cause RROD.FaytSaratome wrote:That is true for all technology, even the PS3. -glares at you know who- Technology needs a cold environment with plenty of space for ventilation and oxygen(Kind a like fire). My PS3 could overheat the way I have it actually, so I should move it somewhere else.TheRighteousFascist wrote:Well, if it's in an area with poor ventilation or in a heated area or something like that, it's more likely to fail.MetaSmashBro wrote:TRF, what do you mean by taking care of my Xbox? It just sits there...
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by AxelDemon Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:16 am
AxelDemon wrote:I recommend making sure the power adapter doesn't have dust in it and that you don't play for too long.
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by FaytSaratome Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:04 pm
In the PS3's case, it'll just melt the hard drive which is worst than the RROD.TheRighteousFascist wrote:Right. And in the 360's case it will cause RROD.FaytSaratome wrote:That is true for all technology, even the PS3. -glares at you know who- Technology needs a cold environment with plenty of space for ventilation and oxygen(Kind a like fire). My PS3 could overheat the way I have it actually, so I should move it somewhere else.TheRighteousFascist wrote:Well, if it's in an area with poor ventilation or in a heated area or something like that, it's more likely to fail.MetaSmashBro wrote:TRF, what do you mean by taking care of my Xbox? It just sits there...
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by MetaSmashBro Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:26 am
It's in the same spot it's been since '07. How could it randomly fail because of ventilation?
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Re: WHAT THE F***?!
by TheRighteousFascist Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:30 am
I'm not saying it did. I'm just saying there's a chance, but if you kept it in the same spot since 2007, then it's unlikely.MetaSmashBro wrote:It's in the same spot it's been since '07. How could it randomly fail because of ventilation?
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