360 dying?

Wossi · 7 Aug 2009 at 21:11

I think my 360 is dying

tried playing the demo of Arkham Asylum and it kept locking up. No red ring just freezing up. Tried Burnout Paradise and that locked up also

cleared the cache but still no joy.

I take it this is the beginning of the end for my 360? Had it since January 2007 and it's never caused me a problem before. It has good ventilation and is not near any heat sources.

Any fix to this or do I wait till it red rings?

Spinal2k2 · 7 Aug 2009 at 21:23

This is how my old 360 started, random lockups, curruption on screen etc, the a few days later 3RROD.

Jan 07 if it get the RROD you will be covered by the 3 year warrenty with MS for RROD.

But if its been opened and warrenty void, you could do the X-Clamp fix.

spydermixx · 7 Aug 2009 at 23:37

(Un)Funnily enough mine kicked it while watching the intro to Arkham Asylum.

Wossi · 7 Aug 2009 at 23:45

How would one, theoretically of course, help the RRoD to appear quickly?

Fenris · 8 Aug 2009 at 00:20

Wossi said:
How would one, theoretically of course, help the RRoD to appear quickly?

Run a heavy graphics game and put it under a few layers of towles, will overheat something rotton.

My mate did this to his to "make it less noisy".

He's not the brightest.

D D Danneh · 8 Aug 2009 at 00:20

Point a hairdryer into the vent. Guaranteed kill.

Wossi · 8 Aug 2009 at 00:31

Didn't have to do anything after all. Turned it on to see if it randomly fixed itself and got the RRoD

Spinal2k2 · 8 Aug 2009 at 02:22

is it within the 3 years - if it is phone MS for a replacment, if it isnt do the x-clamp fix

V4NT0M · 8 Aug 2009 at 02:45

I've heard this before, my xbox was a fighter, it went from launch to just last month, no degradation just died one day, quietly and without incident.

But yes, if it's out of warranty definitely get yourself on an auction site pick up an "x clamp fix" kit and open her up.

Wossi · 8 Aug 2009 at 10:23

Still in warranty. Have gone through the xbox support site to request a repair.