No - 360 launch console RROD

Begbie · 17 Sep 2011 at 01:24

Zefan said:
Why are people hating on the towel trick? It works

Didn't work for me

adam cool dude · 17 Sep 2011 at 04:08

I thought all 360 consoles had a increased warranty for 3rrod? Worth ringing up and least checking.

logi-cat · 17 Sep 2011 at 16:44

i've managed to fix the rrod, prob lasted 4 months till it just kept freezing, so i gave up anf bough meself a new one.

TONY · 17 Sep 2011 at 17:01

I stripped mine down (took drives out etc) and put it in the oven on 180 for 10 mins

I am now using it for spares and as a novelty paper weight

Witcher1979 · 17 Sep 2011 at 18:36

adam cool dude said:
I thought all 360 consoles had a increased warranty for 3rrod? Worth ringing up and least checking.

voorhees1979 said:
No I think they had 3 years from sale date not infinite.

Cheers

As above

Alpherah · 17 Sep 2011 at 18:42

My launch 360 died a year or so ago with E74 error.
My mate's PS3 got YLOD around the same time
And my Wii's 'Virtual Console' stopped working (just get artefacts) apparently due to a chip breaking inside.

Yet all my retro consoles are still working perfect (well, except the PS1 and PS2 but are these really retro yet?)

This generation was terrible for reliability, a trend which appears to be sneaking into all hardware not just consoles lately.

norm · 17 Sep 2011 at 20:11

Alpherah said:
This generation was terrible for reliability, a trend which appears to be sneaking into all hardware not just consoles lately.

Probably done on purpose to a degree. It boosts the numbers of consoles sold ultimately.

Snow-Munki · 17 Sep 2011 at 21:59

Well it's definitely faulty.

Suppose as my g/f bought it for me for £280 i think is just a bit annoying. But then lasting 5 years is not bad I suppose.

Good enough reason to get the new slim one just for wifi and HDMI though

Oh and I called M'soft and got the usual, £80 to repair. So at that price may as well buy a new one !