360 keeps overheating, any tips?

This doesnt qualify as the RRoD or a broken 360 so I didnt put it in the sticky (plus stuff that goes in there is rarely responded to). My 360 about last week just started to overheat constantly but only for certain games such as Burnout Paradise, Forza and The Darkness (I can play Rock Band, Mass Effect or Halo 3 for hours and nothing happens :S) SO I was wondering if anyone had any tips as to how to make the 360 stop overheating. Should I get a fan or something because its in a well-ventilated area and has its own power socket. Help would be appreciated thank you!

keep the power supply cool and put the 360 on tile.paullywog

or better yet, lift the 360 off the floor.....under each bumper of the 360, I have a small wood block so the bottom surface of the 360 is raised about two inches off the surface of the table

It's scary because the same things happening to me, and I've tried all of the above. So far I've found the same thing that some games I can play for hours and some I can't also I know that it's my power brick (psu) thats overheating. The games that I've tried to play and crash (due to overheating two red lights) are Fable 2 and Call of Duty 5, again Halo 3 works fine and so does Fallout 3 by the way Fable 2 seems to work fine when you run it from the disk.

when I just purchased my xbox 360, more than a year ago, had the same problem of overheating and I try placing the brick in different positions, and what I get is to scratch my cds so after one month of interrupting my gaming every two hours for cooling I bought an Intercooler NYKO (http://www.nyko.com/nyko/products/?i=71) I live in Peru and temperature here rise over 33°C (aprox 95°F) now I have no problems even when playing 12 hours straight or more... .

good luck....:D

i am having the same problem. my xbox is a few years old, its been through alot... taking it places, hooking, unhooking, etc. i have a feeling mine is about die.. the disk tray sticks sometimes, most of the time it reads disks as dvd's (its been doing it about a year) and most of all my overheating issue is pissing me off. it's half a ring.. i dont know what to do. i cant afford another xbox so if i lose this i will be very upset! is there anything we can do? do we just call MS and tell them we need it fixed?

I had this problem on my old Xbox 360 I never fixed it though, just a warning I bought a cooling fan and it just made the problem worse.Miyuki-Chan

is it true if i purposely make my xbox overheat by wrapping it in towels and stuff, will it reset the heat issue and give me more time?

is it true if i purposely make my xbox overheat by wrapping it in towels and stuff, will it reset the heat issue and give me more time?

Sullivaineus

i have read that in an old thread. i don't know whether it works or not. anyone else?

[QUOTE="paullywog"]keep the power supply cool and put the 360 on tile.NOD_Grindking

or better yet, lift the 360 off the floor.....under each bumper of the 360, I have a small wood block so the bottom surface of the 360 is raised about two inches off the surface of the table

i fixed my 360! microsoft was going to charge me 100 bucks to fix it but i did it myself, i opened it up and inside the silver casing is where the chips, radiator, and the inner cooler is... i found that my radiator was CLOGGED to death and the problem was it couldn't breathe... i fixed it a few nights ago and haven't overheated yet. thank god, i heard your supposed to clean it every couple of months. if you have any questions youtube has some interesting videos on how to take apart your xbox.

Make sure the fans arn't cover'd, and unplug it every night.NintendoGamer3

currently i put a fan in front of my xbox 360 for cooling purpose. it does work well enough. my xbox 360 with a falcon chipset has not gotten rrod for a year and a half already.

[QUOTE="NintendoGamer3"]Make sure the fans arn't cover'd, and unplug it every night.gamer082009

What is up with people on Gamespot keep on raising these topics from the dead? This was already solved and from Frebruary!!

my xbox 360 keeps overheating, like constantly, i've moved it to numerous positions, but it doesn't seem to have taken effect?Calverxx

keep power supply away from other objects/walls etc,

make sure the 360 it self is not also covered by objects near walls etc ,

pretty much all you can do besides cleaning the vents

[QUOTE="gamer082009"][QUOTE="NintendoGamer3"]Make sure the fans arn't cover'd, and unplug it every night.NintendoGamer3

It's scary because the same things happening to me, and I've tried all of the above. So far I've found the same thing that some games I can play for hours and some I can't also I know that it's my power brick (psu) thats overheating. The games that I've tried to play and crash (due to overheating two red lights) are Fable 2 and Call of Duty 5, again Halo 3 works fine and so does Fallout 3 by the way Fable 2 seems to work fine when you run it from the disk.

Unexfear

keep it in an open space and keep it vertical that way it can breath better.