Official 360 Problems

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Official 360 Problems

Sounds to me like your 360 not getting hot might have been just the opposite of it not overheating. The outer case gets hot as the heat dissipates from the chips. It's a bit of a stretch but it could be that for some reason the heat built up in your system didn't dissipate propery. If the heat doesn't reach the casing then it won't get hot.

Also, I believe you ruled out overheating because you had just turned your system on. That is not quite accurate. Some of our clients have had similar problems with their PCs (them dying when you turn them on) and most of the time when we take out the mother board we can see where it fried and it's clear there was overheating. Sometimes heat just eats away at the circuits slowly and it works like a charm until it won't start up anymore.

Anyways, you got a new system so it's not too bad.

That's interesting, and sounds like it could have been my situation, I didn't even think of that. Thanks!

[Bakes]

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Wierd problem with my 360, any insight would be appreciated - I just got my 360 back from the repair center, looks like a refurb born 3-21-2006. While everything else seems to be working correctly for some reason my disc tray will not open or close. What's wierd is that it works just fine if there is a disc in the tray, but when it is empty it won't open or close.

Any ideas?

[indigoranch]

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crazy problem....well at least i think it is.....i was trying to play madden 07 today and the game froze a total of 4 times....so i stopped playing madden and tried dead rising and i can't even get past the signing in part when you turn on the xbox360......any help would be appreciated.....


joe

[Ice Cream Truck]

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Well I just got my 360. I popped in Saint's Row. When I tried to start the first mission, it FROZE. I was like WTF??? It's the first day!

So I take it out, and find out that a ring has been created on my disc... Blah... How??? I bought this game rack thing or whatever that was designed for all the consoles. And the 360 slot has it to stand vertical. I guess vertical is NOT the way to go (not sure if that's the prob). But that doesn't make any sense. Any picture I see, it has the 360 up vertical. I think it is the disc tray because it doesn't seem like the game is totally secure in the disc tray when I put it in vertical.

Now every time I try the first mission (sometimes when I just try to get in the game) it'll freeze. Really pisses me off that I already ran into a problem.

I can hear the system's noise also. It's not that bad though. But I do notice the noise stop when at the load screen (where it freezes).

I'm just gonna take Saint's Row back and exchange it for another. Hopefully, having the console horizontal won't cause it to destroy the disc.

[CaptainZombie]

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Well I just got my 360. I popped in Saint's Row. When I tried to start the first mission, it FROZE. I was like WTF??? It's the first day!

So I take it out, and find out that a ring has been created on my disc... Blah... How??? I bought this game rack thing or whatever that was designed for all the consoles. And the 360 slot has it to stand vertical. I guess vertical is NOT the way to go (not sure if that's the prob). But that doesn't make any sense. Any picture I see, it has the 360 up vertical. I think it is the disc tray because it doesn't seem like the game is totally secure in the disc tray when I put it in vertical.

Now every time I try the first mission (sometimes when I just try to get in the game) it'll freeze. Really pisses me off that I already ran into a problem.

I can hear the system's noise also. It's not that bad though. But I do notice the noise stop when at the load screen (where it freezes).

I'm just gonna take Saint's Row back and exchange it for another. Hopefully, having the console horizontal won't cause it to destroy the disc.

ICT Congrats. Yeah, I never trust having a system sit vertically.

[Vince]

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Candy, you sitll using the intercooler?

[CaptainZombie]

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Candy, you sitll using the intercooler?

Yes, I fixed the little rubber padding inside of the intercooler that was coming loose and no more loud noise. I think this thing is loud do to that rubber padding coming loose.

[Vince]

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I get that noise at too sometimes. What did you do?

[Holic]

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I get that noise at too sometimes. What did you do?

I took the Intercooler off, and pushed the padding back in, and the noise pretty much quit for me.

[TheLetterZ]

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Well I just got my 360. I popped in Saint's Row. When I tried to start the first mission, it FROZE. I was like WTF??? It's the first day!

So I take it out, and find out that a ring has been created on my disc... Blah... How??? I bought this game rack thing or whatever that was designed for all the consoles. And the 360 slot has it to stand vertical. I guess vertical is NOT the way to go (not sure if that's the prob). But that doesn't make any sense. Any picture I see, it has the 360 up vertical. I think it is the disc tray because it doesn't seem like the game is totally secure in the disc tray when I put it in vertical.

Now every time I try the first mission (sometimes when I just try to get in the game) it'll freeze. Really pisses me off that I already ran into a problem.

I can hear the system's noise also. It's not that bad though. But I do notice the noise stop when at the load screen (where it freezes).

I'm just gonna take Saint's Row back and exchange it for another. Hopefully, having the console horizontal won't cause it to destroy the disc.

Wow, it's almost like you saw it coming last December, huh?

[ExtremeGamer]

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Wow, it's almost like you saw it coming last December, huh?

It's like he has a 6th sense

[CaliBuck]

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R.I.P Xbox 360

DOD: Sept 17, 4:30 PST

[CaliBuck]

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UPDATE: So I beat the crap out of the 360, slapped it around a few times and then turned it over so that it was no longer vertical. Pop in a new game and it magically works again. When in doubt, beat your electronics up, it seems to work for me.

Granted, it will probably go dead on me here in an hour, but at least it works for now.

[Ice Cream Truck]

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Dude at Gamecrazy told me it was because I may have moved my console while the game is playing and you can't do that on any 360s. So he cleaned the disc. He said it wouldn't happen again if I don't move it.

All goody now

[TheBadazz]

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Well I see that MS has my console. How long will it take before they ship out one? The customer service guy acts like they're going to fix mines and send it back. I wish that was true.