5 Broken 360's in 1 year!

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#1 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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My mate has broken five 360's, they have all fallen victim to the dreaded RROD

what do you recommend he do about it so he is forking out all this money for new xboxs

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#2 Poster_11
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My mate has broken five 360's, they have all fallen victim to the dreaded RROD

what do you recommend he do about it so he is forking out all this money for new xboxs

AntiTyler

Can't you just go back to the store you got and trade it for a new one or send it in instead of spending all that money?

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#3 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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yeah you can, but he gets a new hardrive everytime ( i don't no why) and he gets pissed off about it
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#4 PlzDuntBanMe
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Why doesnt he call Microsoft? He will get a new one without a harddrive. You remove your harddrive and then send it to microsoft.
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#5 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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yeah thats what i sed to him but he thinks the hardrive is stuffed but his parents don't listen
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#6 PlzDuntBanMe
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What do you mean "stuffed"?. You dont send your harddrive in, you keep it at your house, and then when the new 360 sends back, he can just put his harddrive back in and keeps all his saved games
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#7 360Legend
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if he has broken 5 there must be a reason if he plays it non stop tell him to take it easy beacause i don't think that 5 xbo's will break in one year for no reason
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#8 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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he thinks that the hardrive is somehow contributing to the RROD but it takes a fair while and time for it do so
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#9 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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yeah i tell him all the time to take it easy he dosent listen
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#10 PlzDuntBanMe
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yeah i tell him all the time to take it easy he dosent listenAntiTyler


Well then that is his problem. He plays too much then. His parents should put parental controls on it lol
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#11 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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yep thanks man
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#12 SuperBeast
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I'm smelling failed troll. You're trying to tell us he has 5 RROD 360s in his house (every single one covered by warranty btw), because he bought a new one every single time? Come on.....
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#13 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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some of them may not have bin under warranty i don't no he trys not to talk about it lol
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#14 SuperBeast
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some of them may not have bin under warranty i don't no he trys not to talk about it lolAntiTyler

Every single 360 ever made is still under warranty against the RRoD.

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#15 dukebd699
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Doesn't the somewhat new HDMI ones reduce your chance of getting it? That might be the problem becaues I guarantee if he is sending it back to them they are giving him another one without HDMI that they refurbrished. I might be wrong tough. All I know is I got RROD 3 times(first one was on launch day of the 360) and then I just decided to buy an elite and haven't had a problem since. Someone at Gamestop who I know personally(wasn't some random idiot that works at Gamestop) told me that the HDMI helps.
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#16 destef
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Tell him to get a PS3 or Wii and report back here later. If the PS3 or Wii dies too, then it has something to do with your friend. Maybe he has too electric of a personality. Maybe he's cursed?

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#17 gcfreak898
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Well I've owned two 360's and both of them never got the rrod. You got to be a 360 hater go back to the sony forums.
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#18 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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i don't even have a ps3 and its my friend im talking about

i personally think that ps3 fails in comparason to the 360

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#19 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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good idea destef
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#20 SomaticDeath
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ive had either 4 or 5, its really annoying, my 5 year old brother could make a better system out of his toys and a plastic screwdriver
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#21 Alan1187
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Keep it flat, don't shove it into a entertainment center, and keep your room/area it is in clean. I had the one from launch up until about november or so last year. Only reason I changed mine was because I wanted the quieter system.
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#22 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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yeah me mates is stuffed in a little area in a low lying entertainment system!
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#23 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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yeah my mates is in a little area in a low lying entertainment shelf thingy
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#24 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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why did i write the same thing twice?
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#25 bijankarim
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Well actually its nearly impossible to broke 5 xbox. I think there is just one way: HE HAS TO LEARN HOW TO USE AN XBOX.
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#26 Tw1sterx33
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I've had two 360's since launch...and the only reason I have had two is because I upgraded to an elite last summer. So far so good for me anyways. 5 in a year is nuts though
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#27 leperphiliac
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Your friend sounds like a tool ,no offence, he must be putting the thing on the carpet or something.
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#28 mariokart64fan
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i was in that boat 5 times my self 1 of which isnt for rrod, and they refused to fix it

but ya theres nothing us can do either get ms to fix it

b get a brand new one

or c go with the ps3 or wii or getawii and 360 ,, so you or your mate doesnt use the 360 24 7 or what ever he use it in the long run i found out 360 will be faulty no matter what at least the ones from 2005-2006 and early 2007

not sure of ones made late 07-08 i heard their supposed to be better

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#29 Toriko42
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He sounds like an idiot, you'd have to try to break 5 Xbox's in a year
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#30 PMatt722
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have him quit playing them in an oven, i own a launch and an elite still no problems
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#31 Quintinius
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If 5 of his consoles have broken then it's not the console, it's him. He must be playing it for hours on end, in a stuffy drawer (or something) and in a room with no air flow.
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#32 Holy_Xbox
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Breaking 5 xbox in a year ?

there's 3 explanation for this :

1. Maybe he's just stupid.

2. Maybe he's playing by banging his head to the xbox (cause he's a PS fanboy but his parent bought the xbox cause it's better than the PS 3 for many reason).

3. Maybe he's playing the xbox in a very hot room, tell him to buy an air conditioner. Or maybe he's playing too much, tell him to get a job and a life.

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#33 Holy_Xbox
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Sorry for being rude, but come on. 5 xbox a year is ridicilous.
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#34 bike749
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Go Get Ps3.
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#35 crispytheone88
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My mate has broken five 360's, they have all fallen victim to the dreaded RROD

what do you recommend he do about it so he is forking out all this money for new xboxs

AntiTyler

Besides the fact that this is obviously fake, Microsoft would cover all those under warrantly, for FREE

Tell him that keeping his xbox 360 in the oven is not the best place for a heat sensitive device

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#36 pppjjj
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Tell your friend to try the X-Clamp-Fix works like a charm.:D
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#37 Soda-Jack
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I would tell my friend to enter the lottery and to stay out of electric storms, because the chances of going through 5 360's in two years(let along 1 year) is roughly equivalent to the chances of winning the lottery or being struck by lightning.
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#38 rabisu999
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My mate has broken five 360's, they have all fallen victim to the dreaded RROD

what do you recommend he do about it so he is forking out all this money for new xboxs

AntiTyler

You got to be kidding,

I personaly had a launch 360 and it never broke,

sold it when the elite came out and none of them have broken yet.

Your friend is not careful with his console or you're just trolling.

Ps we're not microsoft technical support line.

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#39 guun63
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Send it to microsoft and tell them to fix it, instead of just sending him a new one. Once it's fixed it works.
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#40 naruto7777
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so sad
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#41 Watermelon4372
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so sadnaruto7777

I thought it was only the PSP but your emo on every forum. Holy crap.

Anyways tell him to buy and inter cooler from nyko. it could help.

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#42 OfficialBed
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one of my friends is on his 17th, no joke....consider your friend lucky
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#43 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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holy crap! 17th?
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#44 Buttmonkey9000
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I've had mine for 6 days and no problems yet :)
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#45 deactivated-58735d7977d91
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hopefully you don't have the same problem as my friend:D
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#46 CodingGenius
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Please use The Broken XBOX 360 Discussion & Help Thread. Thanks!