So I'm going on #7 now, or perhaps 6, IDK, lost count.

It's an arcade one because I already have hard drives and shit, the motherboard is a "Jasper" and has HDMI... do these models still suck?  I'm done with 360 if this one breaks, fucking sick of this shit.

I keep hearing rumors that the newer 360s are better, won't break, etc.  But to be honest, we won't be able to verify these claims until this current generation has passed us by.  Play with caution!

I have a jasper as well, though its not that old, just a few weeks, its surposed to be cooler, and it atleast makes way less noise.

Mine's well fixed (thanks to Eddie) does that count?  1st box still going strong.

Still sounds like an aeroplane though.

They're all terribly made, but the Jasper runs 65nm processes on both the CPU and the GPU.

If they're smart, which they're not, they'll scale down the process size on the HANA scaler to 45nm. Hell, even 65 would be a start. The scaler's developing as the new silent killer on the scene, but then, none of us had kept a borked box alive long enough to watch it fail.

A total redesign of the ventilation is in order, but we won't get any sort of engineering revision until they go slimline, which rumor has it, has been put on the back burner thanks to the recession. They need to find a way to vent the box without passing the amount of hot air they do over the scaler, which proves frustrating when you still have aesthetics to keep in mind.

Would storing the 360 in a freezer as it is played help at all?

Would storing the 360 in a freezer as it is played help at all?

No the condensation would kill it.  You might as well chuck it in the bathtub.  Plus the expanding and contracting of the motherboard is what causes the failures in the first place.

I have a Japanese Xbox 360 and a U.S. model, the Japanese unit was purchased during the launch window of the console in Japan and the U.S. model was purchased about a month or two after the U.S. launch and both are still going strong. I have seen a couple red rings along the way but none of them were 'fatal'. A simple reboot always got rid of them.

It's kind of weird how I've never had any problems with the consoles that a lot of people had problems with (PS2, Xbox 360) but I've experienced problems with consoles that a lot of people didn't have problems with (Dreamcast, GameCube).

every console I have bought at launch has failed. First Dreamcast died, but by that time they were like $60 so I got a new one. My first Xbox died, but that was a week before 360 came out. My first 360 died when I let my brother use it with a power strip from the 80's. Second one also died randomly for no reason. -.-

Dreamcasts are fairly notorious for drive failure.  It either won't spin up or it won't read the disc.  I didn't know that Gamecubes could even have problems, though.  Usually you build a rock-solid reliable console when you want to fail.  You build a shitty console that breaks often when you want to be number 1 (NES, PS1, PS2, Xbox 360, etc).  Notice the PS3 is built well and now look at Sony's place in the market.

The bottom line is this:  If you want to be #1 in the videogame world, make a console that is absolute shit.  Videogamers are fucking stupid.  More stupid than most people and most people are stupid.

yeah my dc's drive failed. It was weird because it was super quiet while everyone elses was loud as fuck. Must have been "broken" the whole time lol.

The only problem I had with my Dreamcast was that the controller port got fried. According to NCS, it was somewhat of a common occurrence when third-party controllers were used with the system, and sure enough, I was using InterAct's ugly as hell, bulky controller as a secondary controller.

My GameCube's drive stopped loading games after I left the system on for 2 days straight. Meanwhile my PlayStation 2 was built like a friggin tank. That thing fell from the top of a cabinet after someone tripped over the controller cord and on a couple of occasions I left it on for an entire week and it always worked fine.

Who buys 3rd party controllers... seriously.  Last time I had one was because I was a broke 13 year old, the memories of it still pain me, what a piece of shit.
 

No they all still get red ringed even the Elites, and im sure even the Jasper ones will too.
It's probably something to do with the Gpu, that they don't even know why it crashes.
Don't buy a new one, once they fix it it works well and i don't think it will ever get red ringed again.

emofag


Who buys 3rd party controllers... seriously.  Last time I had one was because I was a broke 13 year old, the memories of it still pain me, what a piece of shit.

In my case I've purchased 3rd party controllers when I found the 1st party controllers to be inadequate for the job.

For example: When Gradius V was coming out I was adamant about NOT playing it with Sony's d-pad. Probably my most hated d-pad of all time.. I purchased Sammy's  d-pad which was a thing of beauty. :D

In the case of the Dreamcast, for the first time ever Sega had a sucky d-pad/controller, so I had to seek out other options for shoot 'em ups and fighting games and ended up with an even suckier controller as a result. They should have just made the Dreamcast backwards compatible with Saturn controllers.

They did if you bought the Total Control 3 or whatever it is called.

So I got my new 360 and you were right Vx, it is very quiet, it's still not as quiet as PS3 but it's near.  Let's hope it lasts.

Just a thought emo but what about just letting them fix it, oh right if you miss a day of playing your 360 you'll die? Maybe just maybe get a girlfriend? Are you capable of that? 6 or 7 360's, this is just emo's inability to count, follow me, look simple, here we go wait for it, not yet wait i said you fag, 1 then 2, then 3, then 4, then 5, then 6, then 7. Don't you think 7 is too much? Just let them fix it.

Bababoo


Just a thought emo but what about just letting them fix it, oh right if you miss a day of playing your 360 you'll die? Maybe just maybe get a girlfriend? Are you capable of that? 6 or 7 360's, this is just emo's inability to count, follow me, look simple, here we go wait for it, not yet wait i said you fag, 1 then 2, then 3, then 4, then 5, then 6, then 7. Don't you think 7 is too much? Just let them fix it.

7 is too much? God damn, you are unintelligent. Maybe you should give school a shot and quit blaming teachers for your incompetence.

Bababoo


Just a thought emo but what about just letting them fix it, oh right if you miss a day of playing your 360 you'll die? Maybe just maybe get a girlfriend? Are you capable of that? 6 or 7 360's, this is just emo's inability to count, follow me, look simple, here we go wait for it, not yet wait i said you fag, 1 then 2, then 3, then 4, then 5, then 6, then 7. Don't you think 7 is too much? Just let them fix it.

I have kids.

My inability to count? Please, in college I've taken math you don't even know exists.  You're an illiterate pigfuck, stfu.