Scared about broken 360?

I've been very paranoid about my 360 seeing everyine's 360 break. I want to keep my 360 and keep it forever(like I do for every other one of my systems), its just that I'm afraid of my 360 breaking. It has had ring of death once but it worked after i restarted my 360. My 360 also has occsional(once in like 2months) freeze. Its only forze on 2 games: Oblivion and GRAW. Oblivion, I guess, has so much data its loading that sometimes it might freeze. With GRAW, I was playing hard with cheats and everything was going crazy. Then all of a sudden it froze. My 360 is also one of the launch systems(manufactured in November '05). So does anyone have any tips for me on either calming myself or keeping my 360 safe?

bumpbrownthrilla

Yeah, I know how you feel. I've had no problems with mine since I got it about 5 months ago, and just today I got the worst type of ring of death - the one where 3 reds light flash... I eventually called up microsoft and the person on the line obviously had no idea what was wrong so she said I should send it in for repairs - no 360 for 15 days but I might get sent a brand new one with a quieter disc drive if I'm lucky! It's just one of those things I guess...

Just don't play it for long periods of time where it has a chance to melt. Take 20 minute breaks like every hour if you truly care.l0ve

I didnt buy a 400dollar system to take 20min pauses every hour.. It is built to withstand hours of constant play..

[QUOTE="l0ve"]Just don't play it for long periods of time where it has a chance to melt. Take 20 minute breaks like every hour if you truly care.thriicee

I didnt buy a 400dollar system to take 20min pauses every hour.. It is built to withstand hours of constant play..

I play my 360 for 2 hours minimum per day, every day. There's been times when I've played 3 hours of GoW, then me and a friend have played hockey for 5 hours straight, then 2 hours of GoW (10-12 hours straight). And I've left it on over night a couple times to download demos, AFTER playing for 5 hours straight before going to bed (12-14 hours). And now that I've got Tiger Woods 07, my Dad plays a lot more than he used to. So during the day when I'm sleeping or at work, he's playing golf. Then I get home and I fire up my games.

It's overheated twice, had about 5 "disc errors" which went away after wiping the disc down, and has NEVER had a hardware failure of any kind.

[QUOTE="brownthrilla"]bumpbrownthrilla

wait, so it's alright if you paid $500 for a system that breaks down in 5 months and it is just one of those things? i'd be mad.stephen1085

No, it is not alright and this is the very same thing that has also given me the "360 paranoia", as I am still on my first one as well. I absolutely LOVE my 360 and pray that it last for the long haul, as the 360 has and WILL have the games that appeal to me the most. But even after over a year since it has launched, it seems that every time you turn around, all you hear is, "I am on my 3rd one", "I am on my 4th 360", "I am on #5", ect.

It is just beyond ridiculous and blatantly obvious that there is STILL an as yet unaddresed design flaw on what is an otherwise GREAT system.....and what a shame. Yes, the 360 has a great library and an absolutely remarkable one on the horizon, but what good are great games on a PART TIME $400.00 console that you have to send in every 6 or so months for repair? It is absurd beyond reason and a crying shame for those that have to KEEP doing this over and over, just in order to be able to enjoy the 360 that they paid $400.00 every now and then. It's a RIP-OFF.

I have vowed that if mine lemons out on me that I will of course send it in for repairs ONE TIME ONLY, but if number 2 goes sour on me, then I will just say screw the 360 altogether and just play my old Xbox (which still works superbly) for old exclusives, while I enjoy "next-gen" on the PS3 instead. You just do not hear about PS3's breaking down. $600.00 might end up actually being a wiser LONG TERM investment after all.  

$400.00 for a supposed "next-gen" console that is only part time is not my idea of a good entertainment investment, although like I said, I LOVE the 360 and it is my prefered console, and again, I truly hope that mine is good for the long haul. But just looking at it realistically and logically, I think that anyone who is still on 360 # 1 should at least be wary and cautious about all of these continual  faulty units, and keep in mind that the possibility is there for their 360 to lemon out as well.

This is not being pessimistic either, it is just choosing not to be blind to a situation that clearly exists, and also realizing that you might have a lemon 360 just waiting to go "ker-plunk" at any moment as well. It is a great system minus the apparent and obvious design flaw, and I just hope that Microsoft gets this problem addressed once and for all so that we all may enjoy all of the great games that is and will be on the 360 with less worry about having to send the darn thing in every couple of months because it is such a piece of sh!t.....but yes, it does have great games, lol.....It would just be nice to be able to enjoy them on a FULL-time system without worry of the thing screwing up if you just so happen look at it wrong.  

 You just do not hear about PS3's breaking down. ironcreed

well i dont think the ps3 has been out long enough to be able to say there system is flawless

[QUOTE="ironcreed"] You just do not hear about PS3's breaking down. alushe18

well i dont think the ps3 has been out long enough to be able to say there system is flawless

True, but 360's were breaking down by the boatload since DAY ONE. PS3 has been out three months now and you rarely hear of one breaking down. That was my only point, I never said it was flawless, but the success rate as it stands now is rather impressive. Time will tell though I imagine.

Even if it does break, M$ is very good about repairing it pretty quickly.