how common is it for a 360 to die?

[Robdav]

my elite died last week (brought sept 07) with the 3LOD error. Took it back to the highstreet store where we purchased it and they swapped it over without question.

strange that they never noticed the rather obvious marks where the case had been popped ... lol

 

[Kreeeee]

It's not the heat, it's the xclamp. The GPU's aren't dying, it's the solder joints getting damaged by flexing. That engineer is a retard if he's directly blaming heat.

 

[benji182]

It's not the heat, it's the xclamp. The GPU's aren't dying, it's the solder joints getting damaged by flexing. That engineer is a retard if he's directly blaming heat.

if M$ were to change the design would that be like admitting they made the console faulty ?

 

[Red Porsche]

My friends elite has just rrod'ed after 2 weeks.

Placing it in well ventilated space will help, so will not playing excessive amounts.

 

[Kreeeee]

if M$ were to change the design would that be like admitting they made the console faulty ?

Yes, then it's class action lawsuit time.

 

[montymint]

ah well, just got my 2nd xbox. Hope this one doesn't bugger up ..

 

[DaveOwl]

The one I sent for repair which arrived on the 1st July has been shipped back to me on the 2nd. Looks like they are twiddling their thumbs just now with repairs...

 

[weringo]

I'm on my 3rd and it's only been 18 months from my first one, shocking really

 

[Nanoman]

Actually surprizing how many people are still having issues, the falcon failure rate must still be quite high.

 

[NokkonWud]

Actually surprizing how many people are still having issues, the falcon failure rate must still be quite high.

Why? As I mentioned above, only 2 of the links posted were Falcon. Those that continually go are older models.

 

[Nanoman]

Yea just theres been about 7 or 8 people in this thread with falcon 360s that have failed.

 

[NokkonWud]

Have they? I didn't see them.

 

[Nanoman]

If you cba re-read the thread I counted about 7 or 8 people with recent failures. Anyway its a lot lot better!

 

[WatchTower]

Bought mine in April and I live on it. Still runs just dandy.

 

[RobertN]

another one bites the dust here about 18 month old not a falcon

coloured square hangs then 3 red lights a day later

build quality is shocking replacement better be more reliable

 

[Kreeeee]

another one bites the dust here about 18 month old not a falcon

coloured square hangs then 3 red lights a day later

build quality is shocking replacement better be more reliable

Build quality is fine. The design of the components is far from ideal though.

 

[Zico]

If you cba re-read the thread I counted about 7 or 8 people with recent failures. Anyway its a lot lot better!

7 or 8 recent failures does not mean that all 7 or 8 are Falcon boards.

Original Xenon systems are repaired/refurbed with non-HDMI Zephyr boards (and like for like with repaired Zephyr systems).

Zephyr's with HDMI are probably being repaired with the same Zephyr boards.

Falcon boards are again probably being repaired with Falcon boards.

Microsoft are apparantly creating a new revision named Opus which will be used for Xenon/Zephyr systems in repairs (latest chip revision to fit old non-HDMI cases).

Jasper will be the next new revision for brand new 360's.

 

[Nanoman]

I meant purchased recently, though not all may be falcons.

 

[wright_91]

I had to replace my Premium on the day I got it, because the optical drive stopped reading discs after about 5 hours, so I took it back, and all is now well - new one has been fine since November 2007.

 

[Oops Dead Again]

Mines just starting to go, haven't had the 3rrod yet just coloured squares or a blank screen. 4th machine to go in 16 months. Oh well back to the shop