Xbox 360 is an unreliable piece of shit

[Ackart The Fox]

Hell, my PS3s (all THREE OF THEM) had shitty wireless internals that would fail to work after about a week past the purchase date. I'm with Dot Fifty, this generation is a joke.

[VirusPunk]

PS3 seems to be the only rock solid console thus far.

Agreed. My 360 got the red ring and I sold it on eBay for a mere $48. The PS3 has better hardware anyway IMO. Just hoping we'll get some better exclusives sometime pretty soon.

[The Dude]

You're lucky then, I went through 3-4 PS2's, funnily enough the UK PS2 never gave me problems, it was my import US PS2 which kept buggering up.

Since mid December when I got my 360 last year i've only encountered one problem when playing Project Gotham *screen freeze and a disc read error*, beyond that no problems but im still not discounting it messing up.
Hopefully I'd just get the standard Red Ring so I can get the damn thing replaced if it does.

Hopefully they'd send the F*cking thing back with the new HDMI port as mine never had one and frankly I NEED the component space for my HDTV

[Dot50Cal]

Keeps giving me disc read errors (the kind where I have to eject the disc and turn the wii off, no other options) whenever I change any settings in the menu and then attempt to play a game.

Basically it seems to happen whenever I go out of a game and then try to load a disc again.

[Umon Daisuke]

My Wii is being sent in for repair. This generation is such a joke in terms of build quality. I've never had to send a console in before for repair.

What happened?

[Dot50Cal]

My Wii is being sent in for repair. This generation is such a joke in terms of build quality. I've never had to send a console in before for repair.

I just bought the Wii this past June, thats not even 6 months. PS3 seems to be the only rock solid console thus far.

[Darkmoon]

I've been elctrocuted a few times, but never by a plug oddly enough. I once got thrown onto a low voltage electric fence.

I'm sure I'll find some way of breaking the damned thing to give me a red ring. Everyone else manages without trying.

[The John Doe]

I was told that the Red Rings of Death was really a safty program. The main thing that causes it is glitches. So you have to cause a glitch to set off the computer chip and make it think there is a problem. Now how to cause a glitch shouldn't be too hard. I was told that the sure-fire way of doing it is to turn it on, let it set for a minute, pick it up and take hold of the addapter where it hooks in to the back of the 360, and slowly and carefuly work it out -little by little. Right before the power is cut the computer chip will read a problem and safty program will kick in. Thus: The Red Rings of Death will come up.

This is all what I been told. I was informed that the plug not being in all the way is what caused my problem in the first place. I can tell you this though. I am sure you will be careful not to shock yourself. I know nothing about Eurepean plugs ins, but I saw what happen to that Roaming Gnome on the Travelosity tv add, so watch out.

[Darkmoon]

The damned thing won't do a red ring. Unfortunately I called the buggers before that, so they know it's not got one either. Alright. Any idea how to make a 360 red ring so I can get the damned thing fixed for free? Preferably without any danger to my home and family.

[The John Doe]

Fire Hazard? No wonder that damn thing was so hot. That guy told me that it would be best if I left home while I had the 360 wrapped up. Good thing I didn't take that part of his advice.

[Dot50Cal]

Don't ever do that towel thing. The idea behind it is to melt the solder into making the connections re-seat. Its a fire hazard and it only works temporarily.

Your 360 is ready to red ring, leave it on when it gives no picture and you'll see them within 10 min. Call 18004myxbox and then go through the process. 3 red lights are covered for 3 years from purchase date.

Even if you dont see red rings, tell them you do.

[Darkmoon]

Yeah, it didn't seem to work on mine. I'm gonna have one last crack at it all then I'm gonna have to think of sending it off to Microsoft. Which is gonna cost me £70 because the warranty has apparently run out. I thought they'd extended the warranty because X-boxes are such pieces of crap everyone's breaks down sooner rather than later?

Mweh.

[The John Doe]

I have no idea what wrapping a towel around it does. I am starting to think the guy at GameStop was pulling my chain and the 360 happen to start working on it's own.

But this is what he explained: Find a heavy towel (like a beach towel) and wrap it side to side.. But make sure you front is still exposed. Turn it on and don't touch it for 15 minutes. When that time is up -turn it off and carefully unwrap the towel (The guy claimed it would be very hot. The towel and the 360). I did all that and it worked fine. I guess if I call back and he tells me to put my 360 in a chair and make it face the corner, I'll know he's been pulling my chain.

[hd25]

A few months ago my brother was playing the GRAW 2 demo and it froze. He turned it off, tried to turn it back on, and all he got was a face full of a red ring. We sent it in to Microsoft, got it back, and haven't had a problem since.

[Darkmoon]

I bought a bunch of rechargeable batteries for mt consoles and remotes and digicam and such. They don't last any longer but at least you can recharge them.

I'll try that towel trick. Got nothing to loose, really.