Should i attempt the "towel trick"

[opd897]

Quote: Originally Posted by Heelfan71

quit being an emo. you asked for opinions on what you should do. My opinion is that it is silly wrapping your 360 up in a towel.

Heel,
I don't think he's being an emo. This isn't "Gamefaqs" where people can expect to get flamed for asking a question. This is OS where people are for the most part helpful, well infomed and usually not all that judgemental when someone asks questions. Your opinion is that it is "silly". What is your opinion based on? Have you researched this? I happen to know someone who tried this and it worked, at least temporarily. Besides, if his 360 is not working what does he have to lose?
By the way Heel, I use your 2K baseball sliders. They're great!

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by opd897

Heel, I don't think he's being an emo. This isn't "Gamefaqs" where people can expect to get flamed for asking a question. This is OS where people are for the most part helpful, well infomed and usually not all that judgemental when someone asks questions. Your opinion is that it is "silly". What is your opinion based on? Have you researched this? I happen to know someone who tried this and it worked, at least temporarily. Besides, if his 360 is not working what does he have to lose? By the way Heel, I use your 2K baseball sliders. They're great!

My opinion is based on the fact that it sounds silly.

Stay with me here. You are wrapping a towel around an electronic device to try and get it to purposely overheat. And you are doing this because, your system broke down due to overheating, so you are going to overheat it again to get it to work?

Wow!!! I can't possibly see why I thought that was silly!

[boston_sports_rule]

Have you tried to clear the cache from your hard drive? I was having problems with freezing and then the red lights. I cleared the cache and my 360 seems to work fine.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Uhfan

I guess I just don't understand the reason behind most of the negative comments. I mean if i don't understand something, i don't just open my mouth and act like i know the answer that would just prove how ignorant i am. In the #3 post in this thread, Pistonpete posted a link explaining the towel trick which added credibility to my question. Yet posters still decided to reply in a negative manner even though the link explained everything.

the concept of wrapping a towel around an electronic device to purposely overheat it is silly. I am sorry but it is.

I don't know if it works and don't care if it does, because there is no way on Earth that I would purposely overheat my electronic device.

Maybe I have gone stupid, but don't we try and prevent electronic devices from overheating?

[ndeezlo]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

the concept of wrapping a towel around an electronic device to purposely overheat it is silly. I am sorry but it is. I don't know if it works and don't care if it does, because there is no way on Earth that I would purposely overheat my electronic device. Maybe I have gone stupid, but don't we try and prevent electronic devices from overheating?

It's already broken, he has nothing to lose.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by ndeezlo

It's already broken, he has nothing to lose.

I didn't say he did. I just said that I think the idea is nuts and there is no way that I would try it.

[Heelfan71]

yeah, I just think it's silly. He asked for opinions and mine is that it is silly. He has nothing to loose is correct.

[bkfount]

Quote: Originally Posted by ndeezlo

It's already broken, he has nothing to lose.

yeah, and if he's got a warranty, all of this is completely pointless. Just swap it out for a brand new one.