75% of a Red Ring O' Death...

I was playing Castlevania SotN on my 360, and it froze, I'd say, about six times. I thought it might be the game, so I tried playing Oblivion as well, which loaded very slowly and froze. Then I turned off my 360 (manually) again, and got this:

Thank God I got the warranty at Best Buy. My question is, has this happened to any of you recently? If so, were you allowed to keep your old hard-drive when you returned it (I've got oblivion saves, 150+ hours long)?

It happened to me. It's not as often as you think though. Good thing you have your BB warranty, you can easily return it. I have to wait for MS to send me the box unless I find the receipt for Gamestop.

I've got a launch 360 and have never had a problem. Heh.Puckhog04

[QUOTE="Puckhog04"]I've got a launch 360 and have never had a problem. Heh.yermomsboxx

Ok.

Everyone is talking about and no one is answering his question....I would like to know the answer alsoHarlockJC

It hasn't happened to me, therefore i can't answer the 2nd part of his question.

I'm assuming there would be no problem with them putting your HDD into a 360 though, it's just replacing a new 360 with your HDD. It should be understandable that someone wants to keep their save games.

I am hearing too many stories like this. Its one thing that holds me off from buying a 360flazzle

[QUOTE="flazzle"]I am hearing too many stories like this. Its one thing that holds me off from buying a 360asmallchild

Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. Driftwood111

I've had my 360 since launch,

and it's work perfectly ever since.

I have friends who also never had a problem. :-/

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"]Everyone is talking about and no one is answering his question....I would like to know the answer alsoPuckhog04

It hasn't happened to me, therefore i can't answer the 2nd part of his question.

I'm assuming there would be no problem with them putting your HDD into a 360 though, it's just replacing a new 360 with your HDD. It should be understandable that someone wants to keep their save games.

Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. Driftwood111

For the math impaired:

10,000,000 x .05 (5%) = 500,000

In other words, 500,000 of the 360's are potentially going to bust out of the 10 or so million that have been sold. Again, for the math impaired: That means that if you buy a 360, you have a 1 out of 20 chance of having a "busted" console in the future.

Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. Driftwood111

[QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. Puckhog04

For the math impaired:

10,000,000 x .05 (5%) = 500,000

In other words, 500,000 of the 360's are potentially going to bust out of the 10 or so million that have been sold. Again, for the math impaired: That means that if you buy a 360, you have a 1 out of 20 chance of having a "busted" console in the future.

[QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. paullywog

For the math impaired:

10,000,000 x .05 (5%) = 500,000

In other words, 500,000 of the 360's are potentially going to bust out of the 10 or so million that have been sold. Again, for the math impaired: That means that if you buy a 360, you have a 1 out of 20 chance of having a "busted" console in the future.

[QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. paullywog

Are you seriously implying that 50% or higher of the 360's have busted...

I'm actually speechless...how anyone can possibly think this is a joke. Either you want to believe this and simply tell yourself it out of "comfort" or you actually think it's true.

Seriously, if the rate was over 50% there would have been a recall. Think logically.

And please, don't infer about the dumb survey that was posted on these forums. It was a survey that wasn't random and only polled 2000 people. You honestly think that 2000 people represents around 10 million? I'm sorry, that's delusional.

[QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. Puckhog04

For the math impaired:

10,000,000 x .05 (5%) = 500,000

In other words, 500,000 of the 360's are potentially going to bust out of the 10 or so million that have been sold. Again, for the math impaired: That means that if you buy a 360, you have a 1 out of 20 chance of having a "busted" console in the future.

All of those 10 mill will break eventuly... 10 20, or 50 years they will all break at some point. It's the nature of electronics these days.  

[QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. paullywog

For the math impaired:

10,000,000 x .05 (5%) = 500,000

In other words, 500,000 of the 360's are potentially going to bust out of the 10 or so million that have been sold. Again, for the math impaired: That means that if you buy a 360, you have a 1 out of 20 chance of having a "busted" console in the future.

[QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. GundamGuy0

For the math impaired:

10,000,000 x .05 (5%) = 500,000

In other words, 500,000 of the 360's are potentially going to bust out of the 10 or so million that have been sold. Again, for the math impaired: That means that if you buy a 360, you have a 1 out of 20 chance of having a "busted" console in the future.

All of those 10 mill will break eventuly... 10 20, or 50 years they will all break at some point. It's the nature of electronics these days.

[QUOTE="paullywog"][QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. Puckhog04

Are you seriously implying that 50% or higher of the 360's have busted...

I'm actually speechless...how anyone can possibly think this is a joke. Either you want to believe this and simply tell yourself it out of "comfort" or you actually think it's true.

Seriously, if the rate was over 50% there would have been a recall. Think logically.

Not nessicarly.  Microsoft did put a lifetime warnty on the launch units... and extended it to all 05's... that's not a recall... but it does say something. 

[QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. GundamGuy0

For the math impaired:

10,000,000 x .05 (5%) = 500,000

In other words, 500,000 of the 360's are potentially going to bust out of the 10 or so million that have been sold. Again, for the math impaired: That means that if you buy a 360, you have a 1 out of 20 chance of having a "busted" console in the future.

All of those 10 mill will break eventuly... 10 20, or 50 years they will all break at some point. It's the nature of electronics these days.  

You know what is meant here. I don't see what your point is other than stating a speculatory thought.

[QUOTE="GundamGuy0"][QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. yermomsboxx

For the math impaired:

10,000,000 x .05 (5%) = 500,000

In other words, 500,000 of the 360's are potentially going to bust out of the 10 or so million that have been sold. Again, for the math impaired: That means that if you buy a 360, you have a 1 out of 20 chance of having a "busted" console in the future.

All of those 10 mill will break eventuly... 10 20, or 50 years they will all break at some point. It's the nature of electronics these days.

Cart based systems have less moving parts... (IE disk drives) so they shouldn't break as fast anyway.  

[QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="paullywog"][QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. GundamGuy0

Are you seriously implying that 50% or higher of the 360's have busted...

I'm actually speechless...how anyone can possibly think this is a joke. Either you want to believe this and simply tell yourself it out of "comfort" or you actually think it's true.

Seriously, if the rate was over 50% there would have been a recall. Think logically.

Not nessicarly.  Microsoft did put a lifetime warnty on the launch units... and extended it to all 05's... that's not a recall... but it does say something. 

Yes, it says that they are trying to adhere to the people that have had trouble with their consoles. 5% is still above the average (which is 3%). I'm sorry, anyone who thinks that the rate is above 50% is seriously delusional. 7-10% is entirely possible IMO, but 50%? Please, don't be getting all wishful thinking here.

[QUOTE="GundamGuy0"][QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. Puckhog04

For the math impaired:

10,000,000 x .05 (5%) = 500,000

In other words, 500,000 of the 360's are potentially going to bust out of the 10 or so million that have been sold. Again, for the math impaired: That means that if you buy a 360, you have a 1 out of 20 chance of having a "busted" console in the future.

All of those 10 mill will break eventuly... 10 20, or 50 years they will all break at some point. It's the nature of electronics these days.

You know what is meant here. I don't see what your point is other than stating a speculatory thought.

You souldn't expect anything you buy to last for your lifetime anymore.  

My 360 had a melt down months ago while playing oblivion it froze so i manually turned it off, when i turned it on it froze on the 360 start up ball with the X turned it off again, turned it on it got past that but when i started up oblivion the video was scrambled.... -DarthVader-

[QUOTE="GundamGuy0"][QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="paullywog"][QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. Puckhog04

Are you seriously implying that 50% or higher of the 360's have busted...

I'm actually speechless...how anyone can possibly think this is a joke. Either you want to believe this and simply tell yourself it out of "comfort" or you actually think it's true.

Seriously, if the rate was over 50% there would have been a recall. Think logically.

Not nessicarly. Microsoft did put a lifetime warnty on the launch units... and extended it to all 05's... that's not a recall... but it does say something.

Yes, it says that they are trying to adhere to the people that have had trouble with their consoles. 5% is still above the average (which is 3%). I'm sorry, anyone who thinks that the rate is above 50% is seriously delusional.

Ya, it's def not 50%. Somewhere between 3% and 10% prob around 5%.  

[QUOTE="Puckhog04"][QUOTE="GundamGuy0"][QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. GundamGuy0

For the math impaired:

10,000,000 x .05 (5%) = 500,000

In other words, 500,000 of the 360's are potentially going to bust out of the 10 or so million that have been sold. Again, for the math impaired: That means that if you buy a 360, you have a 1 out of 20 chance of having a "busted" console in the future.

All of those 10 mill will break eventuly... 10 20, or 50 years they will all break at some point. It's the nature of electronics these days.

You know what is meant here. I don't see what your point is other than stating a speculatory thought.

You souldn't expect anything you buy to last for your lifetime anymore.  

Again, you know what i meant. I never mentioned "lifetime" and specifically meant for the duration of the consoles lifecycle.

[QUOTE="Puckhog04"][QUOTE="GundamGuy0"][QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="paullywog"][QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. GundamGuy0

Are you seriously implying that 50% or higher of the 360's have busted...

I'm actually speechless...how anyone can possibly think this is a joke. Either you want to believe this and simply tell yourself it out of "comfort" or you actually think it's true.

Seriously, if the rate was over 50% there would have been a recall. Think logically.

Not nessicarly. Microsoft did put a lifetime warnty on the launch units... and extended it to all 05's... that's not a recall... but it does say something.

Yes, it says that they are trying to adhere to the people that have had trouble with their consoles. 5% is still above the average (which is 3%). I'm sorry, anyone who thinks that the rate is above 50% is seriously delusional.

Ya, it's def not 50%. Somewhere between 3% and 10% prob around 5%.  

Well, that's the number that was stated by MS. Whether or not they skewed it is unknown. The average is 3% so it makes no sense why they would skew it in order to make it appear above average. I'd guess more around 7%. That's speculation though so it really doesn't mean much.

[QUOTE="Puckhog04"][QUOTE="GundamGuy0"][QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="paullywog"][QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. GundamGuy0

Are you seriously implying that 50% or higher of the 360's have busted...

I'm actually speechless...how anyone can possibly think this is a joke. Either you want to believe this and simply tell yourself it out of "comfort" or you actually think it's true.

Seriously, if the rate was over 50% there would have been a recall. Think logically.

Not nessicarly. Microsoft did put a lifetime warnty on the launch units... and extended it to all 05's... that's not a recall... but it does say something.

Yes, it says that they are trying to adhere to the people that have had trouble with their consoles. 5% is still above the average (which is 3%). I'm sorry, anyone who thinks that the rate is above 50% is seriously delusional.

Ya, it's def not 50%. Somewhere between 3% and 10% prob around 5%.

[QUOTE="-DarthVader-"]My 360 had a melt down months ago while playing oblivion it froze so i manually turned it off, when i turned it on it froze on the 360 start up ball with the X turned it off again, turned it on it got past that but when i started up oblivion the video was scrambled.... yermomsboxx

nah, it ended up getting the ring of death, I had to send it in. 

[QUOTE="GundamGuy0"][QUOTE="Puckhog04"][QUOTE="GundamGuy0"][QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="paullywog"][QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. yermomsboxx

Are you seriously implying that 50% or higher of the 360's have busted...

I'm actually speechless...how anyone can possibly think this is a joke. Either you want to believe this and simply tell yourself it out of "comfort" or you actually think it's true.

Seriously, if the rate was over 50% there would have been a recall. Think logically.

Not nessicarly. Microsoft did put a lifetime warnty on the launch units... and extended it to all 05's... that's not a recall... but it does say something.

Yes, it says that they are trying to adhere to the people that have had trouble with their consoles. 5% is still above the average (which is 3%). I'm sorry, anyone who thinks that the rate is above 50% is seriously delusional.

Ya, it's def not 50%. Somewhere between 3% and 10% prob around 5%.

It was a voluntary survey of 2000 people. Are you claiming that 2000 people represent the entire 10 million of the userbase? Seriously, think before you post.

I can do the math here as well. Roughly half said that theirs was busted, that's 1000 people. What's 1000 out of 500,000 (which is the number based on the 5% ratio given by MS)? Is that entirely possible from a mathematical standpoint? Yes.

Voluntary survey means that it's not random. You don't think that people with busted 360's would come forth quicker than people who have never had a problem (who wouldn't care either way)? This survey is a joke. Anyone who sees differently is in denial. Anyone with any type of mathematical or statistical education knows this.

Again, 50% is just the delusion of a fanboy at this point. Anyone claiming this should just be laughed at for their stupidity.

[QUOTE="yermomsboxx"][QUOTE="GundamGuy0"][QUOTE="Puckhog04"][QUOTE="GundamGuy0"][QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="paullywog"][QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. Puckhog04

Are you seriously implying that 50% or higher of the 360's have busted...

I'm actually speechless...how anyone can possibly think this is a joke. Either you want to believe this and simply tell yourself it out of "comfort" or you actually think it's true.

Seriously, if the rate was over 50% there would have been a recall. Think logically.

Not nessicarly. Microsoft did put a lifetime warnty on the launch units... and extended it to all 05's... that's not a recall... but it does say something.

Yes, it says that they are trying to adhere to the people that have had trouble with their consoles. 5% is still above the average (which is 3%). I'm sorry, anyone who thinks that the rate is above 50% is seriously delusional.

Ya, it's def not 50%. Somewhere between 3% and 10% prob around 5%.

It was a voluntary survey of 2000 people. Are you claiming that 2000 people represent the entire 10 million of the userbase? Seriously, think before you post.

I can do the math here as well. Roughly half said that theirs was busted, that's 1000 people. What's 1000 out of 500,000 (which is the number based on the 5% ratio given by MS)? Is that entirely possible from a mathematical standpoint? Yes.

Voluntary survey means that it's not random. You don't think that people with busted 360's would come forth quicker than people who have never had a problem (who wouldn't care either way)? This survey is a joke. Anyone who sees differently is in denial. Anyone with any type of mathematical or statistical education knows this.

Again, 50% is just the delusion of a fanboy at this point. Anyone claiming this should just be laughed at for their stupidity.

[QUOTE="GundamGuy0"][QUOTE="Puckhog04"][QUOTE="GundamGuy0"][QUOTE="Puckhog04"]

[QUOTE="paullywog"][QUOTE="Driftwood111"]Ring Of Death occurs in around 5% of all 360s, it hasnt happened to me. yermomsboxx

Are you seriously implying that 50% or higher of the 360's have busted...

I'm actually speechless...how anyone can possibly think this is a joke. Either you want to believe this and simply tell yourself it out of "comfort" or you actually think it's true.

Seriously, if the rate was over 50% there would have been a recall. Think logically.

Not nessicarly. Microsoft did put a lifetime warnty on the launch units... and extended it to all 05's... that's not a recall... but it does say something.

Yes, it says that they are trying to adhere to the people that have had trouble with their consoles. 5% is still above the average (which is 3%). I'm sorry, anyone who thinks that the rate is above 50% is seriously delusional.

Ya, it's def not 50%. Somewhere between 3% and 10% prob around 5%.

[QUOTE="asmallchild"][QUOTE="flazzle"]I am hearing too many stories like this. Its one thing that holds me off from buying a 360flazzle

[QUOTE="GundamGuy0"]p>

All of those 10 mill will break eventuly... 10 20, or 50 years they will all break at some point. It's the nature of electronics these days.

yermomsboxx

[QUOTE="yermomsboxx"][QUOTE="GundamGuy0"]p>

All of those 10 mill will break eventuly... 10 20, or 50 years they will all break at some point. It's the nature of electronics these days.

Bgrngod

@ yermomsboxx

Actually I am working in the After Sales Service of a Worldwide known Digi Cam producer
And i'm now 11 years in the electronic industry.
5% defective is a totally normal Ratio nowadays!

PS1?
Well the first PS1 had their issues with their Laser Units.

PS2?
First series had issues with the DC PWB Units (Power Unit).

XBox?
Hmm actually didn't hear any problems about it.

360?
Ring of Death!

Wii?
Nothing bad: Strap issue.

PS3?
Nothing known for now.

@ yermomsboxx

Actually I am working in the After Sales Service of a Worldwide known Digi Cam producer
And i'm now 11 years in the electronic industry.
5% defective is a totally normal Ratio nowadays!

PS1?
Well the first PS1 had their issues with their Laser Units.

PS2?
First series had issues with the DC PWB Units (Power Unit).

XBox?
Hmm actually didn't hear any problems about it.

360?
Ring of Death!

Wii?
Nothing bad: Strap issue.

PS3?
Nothing known for now.

Kreean

I am hearing too many stories like this. Its one thing that holds me off from buying a 360flazzle

Question: Has anyone had a 2006 model die on them? I am not talking about refurbished replacements MS sends you. I mean one actually manufactured and sold in 2006. TOAO_Cyrus1