Author Topic: M$ admits all 360's are defective (Read 16380 times)

chandler_455 · « **on:** July 13, 2007, 07:55:46 PM »

what the title says

http://www.fastsilicon.com/latest-news/microsoft-admits-all-xbox360s-are-defective.html?Itemid=60

so it looks like all 360's could take a dump eventually

willplayer · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2007, 03:45:10 AM »

LOL that's the LAST thing you want to admit. Of course what one of the comments said is true:

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The 360 will only fail if you keep it locked up in a tight confined space where the heat can't escape. If you keep your unit on a shelf where air can flow around it easily and the fan can pull in fresh air, it won't overheat. Unfortunately, the unit is very loud because of the hi-powered fan and most people want to keep it in a cabinet to cut the noise. I just turn the volume up really loud.

Seriously if you jumble it up with no space, of course it's going to die. It's a fairly good system, they just need to drop the price and make it a more reliable system. They're already beating ps3 2 to 1. They can afford it. $1 billion is like a penny to them.

darkNiGHTS · « **Reply #2 on:** July 14, 2007, 03:49:32 AM »

That comment is somewhat true, but my friend is on his fourth Xbox, and he plays it on the floor. No way there's not enough airflow there.

willplayer · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2007, 03:52:01 AM »

lol yeah ... dude I went through like 3 xbox's ... but I'm lucky this 360 has lasted me since Christmas

Donkeyboy · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2007, 08:35:43 AM »

They know that after Halo 3 drops, it definitely won't be a problem. 3 years for a warrantee is mighty generous, considering that they are paying for every repair in full - and Halo 3 is about to clock 5 million PREorders. At $60 to $130 a pop, pick your flavor, that's a SHITLOAD of money.

willplayer · « **Reply #5 on:** July 14, 2007, 09:52:40 AM »

Halo 3 is their savior right now. The money generated from Halo 3 will trampoline them billions of dollars, and enable them to just not give a shit about warrantees and just give them out and make us shut up a bit

chandler_455 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 14, 2007, 04:36:16 PM »

I want to see an official microsoft report that confirms this

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The 360 will only fail if you keep it locked up in a tight confined space where the heat can't escape. If you keep your unit on a shelf where air can flow around it easily and the fan can pull in fresh air, it won't overheat. Unfortunately, the unit is very loud because of the hi-powered fan and most people want to keep it in a cabinet to cut the noise. I just turn the volume up really loud.

I can agree that will make them more prone to failing but that isnt the only cause of the failures

and to note the 3 yr warranty only covers the ring of death problem not GPU damage or Disk drive problems as many 360 owners are reporting

Donkeyboy · « **Reply #7 on:** July 14, 2007, 07:47:52 PM »

Disc problems only occur if you're the kind of retard that moves the fucking unit while the disc is spinning. No, really - that's the reason. Keep it properly ventilated, keep it still, you're good. My nephew's 360 is one of the original units and it's still kicking because of not placing it somewhere with no airflow and not moving the goddamn thing while it's on.

Jemsic · « **Reply #8 on:** July 14, 2007, 08:05:21 PM »

It makes alot of sense to keep it ventilated, but it still sucks that you have to be so careful with these things.

My Saturn is still kicking 12 years after it was made with no repairs (and the last 2 years it even had a modchip in it

).
Kind of makes you wonder if your 360 will still be working in 2019, when Microsoft has stopped supporting it entirely.

Donkeyboy · « **Reply #9 on:** July 14, 2007, 08:25:09 PM »

2019? I say 2011.

willplayer · « **Reply #10 on:** July 14, 2007, 08:49:53 PM »

I play my 360 a lot so I imagine it will let me down in the next year or so.

Donkeyboy · « **Reply #11 on:** July 14, 2007, 10:52:25 PM »

Yeah, but at least you can send it to Microsoft and get it fixed, and then shipped right back to you - all free of charge.

willplayer · « **Reply #12 on:** July 15, 2007, 01:08:55 AM »

I never got a warranty so uhhh ... yeah?

windowview · « **Reply #13 on:** July 15, 2007, 11:26:08 PM »

I thought they just extended the warranty on all 360's, not for sure since I don't have one but I could have sworn they said you get either 3 years on older 360's or something like that for free.

Donkeyboy · « **Reply #14 on:** July 16, 2007, 12:32:32 AM »

ALL 360's are covered for three years, which means that even if you bought one of the first ones, it's still under 1-1/2 years left. New ones are under 3 from the point of sale.

willplayer · « **Reply #15 on:** July 16, 2007, 01:13:48 AM »

So I could send in my 360 RIGHT now and get a new one for free?

chandler_455 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 16, 2007, 01:55:51 AM »

Only the ring of death error is covered under the warranty

Donkeyboy · « **Reply #17 on:** July 16, 2007, 02:13:03 AM »

Put it like this - you get on the phone with MS and bitch harshly enough, and you'll get what you need (provided you didn't break any kind of seal on the console that voids the warranty).

willplayer · « **Reply #18 on:** July 16, 2007, 02:42:54 AM »

I'll argue that I've wasted $400 for a piece of shit 360 and I have every right to get a new one. It's not my fault.

Jemsic · « **Reply #19 on:** July 16, 2007, 03:08:19 AM »

That's what my cousin did, and they told him to just pay $30-something to get the warranty renewed, and they'd fix it.

Author Topic: M$ admits all 360's are defective (Read 16380 times)

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