the overheating problem in xbox360

theo · 10 Mar 2006 at 17:04

the inquirer

so it was just some fool forgetting to take the protective foil off at the factory

Kainz · 10 Mar 2006 at 17:12

Clearer version here
http://www.gamestore24.de/Anleitungen/xb360/xb360overheat_eng.php
It's quite an interesting read though.

dirtydog · 10 Mar 2006 at 17:14

theo said:
the inquirer

so it was just some fool forgetting to take the protective foil off at the factory

Or it might have been intentional...

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=496524&st=30

mmj_uk · 10 Mar 2006 at 18:16

So is there a way to tell what console are/are not affected?

is it possible that some 360's are running with hot as hell gpus?

that is just the daddy of all balls ups.

but i guess MS will be relieved that it is merely a human error, rather than design/manufacturing(hardware) flaw.

Jamie1984 · 10 Mar 2006 at 18:20

theo said:
the inquirer

so it was just some fool forgetting to take the protective foil off at the factory

such a silly oversight lol

McManicMan · 10 Mar 2006 at 18:29

take it with a pinch of salt, some people say it should be there some are saying it shouldn't.

Ren.182 · 10 Mar 2006 at 18:39

I've had no trouble with overheating... And i think mines from one of the first wave of consoles. I dunno.

Pretty silly if it's not meant to be there though.

Nismo · 11 Mar 2006 at 08:07

Its meant to be there...

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2006/03/10/533618.aspx

McManicMan · 11 Mar 2006 at 08:57

Nismo said:
Its meant to be there...

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2006/03/10/533618.aspx

response from MS here, itrs meant to be there

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/microsoft/msoft-responds-to-xbox-360-foil-video-159734.php

dirtydog · 11 Mar 2006 at 09:13

So the rabidly anti-MS Enquirer gets it wrong again eh.

PhotoBoy · 11 Mar 2006 at 12:25

I thought the point of the thermal pads you can get on heat sinks was that they melt when heated by the CPU. They can then spread into all the imperfections on the surface of the CPU and the heatsink thereby creating a better contact. If you stick a bit of tinfoil in the way surely that's going to prevent this from happening?

McManicMan · 11 Mar 2006 at 12:26

PhotoBoy said:
I thought the point of the thermal pads you can get on heat sinks was that they melt when heated by the CPU. They can then spread into all the imperfections on the surface of the CPU and the heatsink thereby creating a better contact. If you stick a bit of tinfoil in the way surely that's going to prevent this from happening?

not these, they are designed like it

LoadsaMoney · 11 Mar 2006 at 14:15

Bang goes that theory then.