It's funny.

**Valigarmander** · 12-26-2008, 10:04 PM

I went to the store today to spend some Christmas cash, and I walked over to the vidya aisle to pick up some new DS games. And as in most larger stores, there were those little exhibition stations where you could play a game at the store. There was a DS one, which worked just fine. No Wii (wireless + waggle = no good in a store). There was a PS3 one, and a PSP one too. So, what about the Xbox 360?

They had one, but the game screen had a message that it wasn't receiving a signal. I looked and saw the store 360 in the glass case. It had the RRoD.

SephirothKirby · 12-26-2008, 10:09 PM

Why would you post this the day after I got a 360.

I'm already paranoid.

Also, is there anyway to prevent it?

Panfan · 12-26-2008, 10:57 PM

I've heard of a towel trick that sometimes works. Look it up.

Robotazy · 12-26-2008, 10:58 PM

^ You'll have to get lucky.

Like me. I never got one.

t3hDarkness · 12-26-2008, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SephirothKirby

Why would you post this the day after I got a 360.

I'm already paranoid.

Also, is there anyway to prevent it?

Simple, follow the care manual, they include it for a reason.

Keep the back of your XBox away from the wall and out of enclosed spaces.

Those fans are in there to keep everything nice and cool.
They do jack **** if there is no room to circulate air.

PONIES · 12-27-2008, 01:18 AM

i've had mine for 5 months and its been workingfine... (i probbably jinxed myself)

Tritoch · 12-27-2008, 02:19 PM

It's also a good idea to install games to the hard drive if you have the space for it so the system isn't constantly using the DVD drive. Fallout 3 locked up on me numerous times before I installed it, but since then I've never had it lock up.

Rainbow Dash · 12-27-2008, 02:22 PM

oh hay tritoch what's up

**Valigarmander** · 12-27-2008, 07:25 PM

A WILD TRITOCH APPEARS

Lurch1982 · 12-28-2008, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by THE KARMA POLICE

I've heard of a towel trick that sometimes works. Look it up.

No don't. That's retarded and will only cause it to retain heat. Its like saying I can cool my computer off if I drop it in the bathtub.

Main tip is to keep it ventilated and off of the carpet. I literally have mine on a small little table by itself. Keep it away from the wall, and make sure it has room to "breathe."

As far as horizontal vs vertical, I found vertical is better in terms of cooling but runs the risk of more disc read errors as the dvd drive gets older. Mine literally cannot run vertically anymore, but is fine horizontally.

For the love of god do not move the system while it is on unless you want a disc to get carved up.

If your HDD is large enough, installing games takes the load off of the DVD drive. It won't really help with the heat, but it will help make sure your DVD drive doesn't flame out (that's the second major problem behind the RRoD).

Also, don't bother with fan kits either. You know, the Pelican things that attach to the back? They don't work, have caused more problems, and will likely void your warranty.

From what I've read, the RRoD issues with the newer hardware is mostly sorted out. I'd still make sure you register the system with MS though.

Demonicus Prime · 12-28-2008, 10:00 PM

There really isn't much else you can do to avoid the RRoD. That's about the same thing I do for mine, and it hasn't red-ringed in almost three years.

Waykam · 01-29-2009, 11:56 AM

The towel thing is for when you get RRoD. It superheats the internals and causes the solder to melt, then when you take the towels off the solder cools and is supposed to renew the connections that may have failed.

Unless your xbox is out of warranty there's no point.

Metal Man · 02-04-2009, 01:01 AM

Also it depends on model revision.

I have the Falcon revision, and a Jasper one just came out. They have smaller chips, which run cooler, and they put huge heatsinks on them. Odds are the board won't warp out of shape on newer ones.

That said, I am still a little nervous from time to time, since mine is but the first revision to be considered 'mostly RRoD free.'

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Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,222 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,553 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	It's funny. I went to the store today to spend some Christmas cash, and I walked over to the vidya aisle to pick up some new DS games. And as in most larger stores, there were those little exhibition stations where you could play a game at the store. There was a DS one, which worked just fine. No Wii (wireless + waggle = no good in a store). There was a PS3 one, and a PSP one too. So, what about the Xbox 360? They had one, but the game screen had a message that it wasn't receiving a signal. I looked and saw the store 360 in the glass case. It had the RRoD. __________________

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SephirothKirby Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it. Gender: Posts: 7,055 Thanks: 365 Thanked 737 Times in 433 Posts	Why would you post this the day after I got a 360. I'm already paranoid. Also, is there anyway to prevent it?

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PONIES Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Griffon village Gender: Posts: 2,508 Thanks: 680 Thanked 54 Times in 45 Posts Blog Entries: 9	i've had mine for 5 months and its been workingfine... (i probbably jinxed myself)

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Tritoch Senior Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: USA Gender: Posts: 7,311 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 5 Posts	It's also a good idea to install games to the hard drive if you have the space for it so the system isn't constantly using the DVD drive. Fallout 3 locked up on me numerous times before I installed it, but since then I've never had it lock up.

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Demonicus Prime Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I Pity The Fool Who Confuses Me With Someone Other Than YoshiFreak. Gender: Posts: 3,108 Thanks: 648 Thanked 129 Times in 87 Posts	There really isn't much else you can do to avoid the RRoD. That's about the same thing I do for mine, and it hasn't red-ringed in almost three years.

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Waykam Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Gender: Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The towel thing is for when you get RRoD. It superheats the internals and causes the solder to melt, then when you take the towels off the solder cools and is supposed to renew the connections that may have failed. Unless your xbox is out of warranty there's no point.

02-04-2009, 01:01 AM	#13
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Also it depends on model revision. I have the Falcon revision, and a Jasper one just came out. They have smaller chips, which run cooler, and they put huge heatsinks on them. Odds are the board won't warp out of shape on newer ones. That said, I am still a little nervous from time to time, since mine is but the first revision to be considered 'mostly RRoD free.'