So after 2 and a half years of faithful service, my original 2005 manufactured 360 finally gave me the 3 red lights this morning (I blame the very long halo3 session last night). I know some of you guys have gone through a couple, but I was really happy to be on my first still.

Updates to come as to how ms process the problem, and to see what I get back.

Ha!

it begins

That' s what happens when Microsoft wants to make their own chipset

That' s what happens when Microsoft wants to make their own chipset

Lol, silly nub, you fail.

Anyway, on the topic:
A challenger appears.....

My sincere condolences on the lose of your 360, were there any warning signs at all, such as game freezing intermittantly and then carrying on? Mine started doing that yesterday whilst playing GTA

no sign at all. Had a 3 hour co-op session on Halo 3 until about 2am and it was fine. Tried it again at 11am this morning and just got the red lights.

My 360 scare me 2 times before. It did the red ring of death twice but then it work fine. My 360 is not that old. I bought it like around mid January of 2008.
I have a feeling that someday it will do the red ring of death and it will break. I' m scared!

Websers dictionary has this to say about " inevitability" .

Pronunciation: \i-ˈne-və-tə-bəl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inevitabilis, from in- + evitabilis evitable
Date: 14th century

: incapable of being avoided or evaded <an inevitable outcome>

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inevitability

ORIGINAL: Agent Ghost

Websers dictionary has this to say about " inevitability" .

Pronunciation: \i-ˈne-və-tə-bəl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inevitabilis, from in- + evitabilis evitable
Date: 14th century

: incapable of being avoided or evaded <an inevitable outcome>

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inevitability

It' s not inevitable. You just have to modify your 360 and it won' t break.

Mine has X-clamps replaced, used Arctic Silver 5 instead of the garbage MS uses, and added heatsinks and thermal pads to ram/southbridge as well as a fan mod to improve airflow.

It has been going strong for a while and you can just feel the difference in heat when you have a normal 360 next to mine, a normal one shoots ridiculously hot air, mine doesn' t. It' s no wonder they break, it' s like a ***ing oven inside the 360 with its piss poor cooling.

If it makes you feel better(assuming that you live in America), I sent mine in at the beginning of the month on a Monday and got it back Friday, so it shouldn' t take long to get back.

ORIGINAL: emofag

It' s not inevitable. You just have to modify your 360 and it won' t break.

It may be avoidable for the 5% (max) of the install base capable of doing so, but it' s inevitable for the majority.

Does that mean I' m the last man standing in this forum? I think I should get a free game for that.

Gutted for you ornodeal.

Does that mean I' m the last man standing in this forum? I think I should get a free game for that.

No problems with mine.

R.I.P
X_X

ORIGINAL: Nitro

ORIGINAL: emofag

It' s not inevitable. You just have to modify your 360 and it won' t break.

It may be avoidable for the 5% (max) of the install base capable of doing so, but it' s inevitable for the majority.

It' s easy to do. I had to start modifying and fixing my consoles myself cause edddy works at a snails pace even though I pay him a premium ($0.57/hr, his 8th raise)

No problems with mine.

Damn you Zoy. I mean, ah great, I' m glad yours is still working too! *secretly plans sabotage*

and finaly mine is dead.. today at 20h30 june 16th 2008
age : 11 months.


Fack you microshit.

and finaly mine is dead.. today at 20h30 june 16th 2008
age : 11 months.


Fack you microshit.

Can you get yours repaired where you live?

...Btw, welcome back Aba.

thanks masta , though i' ve been using more often often the forum lately.

anyway, this is my exact problem, no warranty, but since my box is modified , it won' t matter evenif i live in the US, in my city there is a store that fixes the 360 problem but there is no guarantee that :

1) it' ll be fixed
2) go back to 3red after a couple of months.

so this is borthering me a lot, may be i' ll wait and buy a graphic card or buy a whole new xbox with the new architecture.