Any acheivement that requires Xbox LIVE, and not having Xbox LIVE is pretty damn hard...

Also, whatever acheivement that is unlocked (know there is one, but dont know the name) when you beat the last mission (the one against Burning Flag) on BF2: MC as either NATO or China... I didn't know mounted machine gun turrets suddenly had the accuracy of a sniper rifle and that only a few chinese/nato ground troops are sent in to stop a terrorist from detonating 2 nuclear warheads. Stupidest mission I played on any video game in my life...

Just palying C12: Final Resistance pn the PS1 freaked me out a bit. The environments looked so destroyed and depressing, and the aliens in the game made Halo look like a childs cartoon. Also Medal of Honor: Allied Assualt for the PC. Lurking around in some of the covert op missions and having those damn German Shepards come out of nowhere and kill you. And the first time I saw the flood in Halo: CE... the bare feet... the exposed rib cage... the mutilated head... Jesus H. Christ.

I got mine back from repair and it has a different sticker on it than before: A large, square shaped pinkish-purple with a green line on top that says microsoft and xbox 360 and a little pull tab on one side, which seems to be designed to rip the sticker if you pull on it. This is in place of the normal shiny silver microsoft sticker. Made of a different material too, one that would be hard to rip off cleanly.

Where can I go to check if my warranty is still good. If its not im opening the **** up and customizing it. And by customize I mean fans to help cool it down.

Yeah, take the melee, character customization, forge, theater, and lighting graphics of Halo 3, the vehiclular and ragdoll graphics/physics of BF2:MC, a good AI that utilizes cover, and all the SWBF1 and 2 maps plus some of the modded ones and you have: The best game ever since GoldenEye 007.

Our cat blocked the vent on my XBOX 360 while I was playing it... all the sudden the XBOX shuts off and is flashing the red rings. I let it cool off, then turned it back on and wouldn't work - no signal to the TV. So I turn it so that it's standing up (I always had it layed down before) and now it works! Has worked for weeks now, but if I lay it flat it will not work. Any explanation for this? Thanksthunkened

Was that a typo? You were actually dumb enough to let your cat block the vent long enough for a fatal oveheating? KEEP THE CAT AWAY FROM THE DAMN XBOX, SIMPLE!!!!

Hey Everyone,

First-time poster here.

I recently had one red light show up, did my research, fixed it myself by applying thermal compound to the GPU and CPU. Put it back together, and all seemed to be working fine again...for a few days. Then I received the RROD (3 red lights). I again took it apart to clean and apply more thermal compound. However, I must have done something horribly wrong because my Xbox 360 won't even power up anymore. I think I may have damaged the motherboard trying to pry loose the X-clamps. The image below highlights represents a part like (bot not this exact one) what I broke off. Could this possibly be why it won't power back on anymore?

Here is what I want to know....what are my options and which do you recommend? I have considered purchasing a new motherboard and drive (one is available on eBay with the Falcon chip for $119). But would that do the trick? I have also considered shelling out the $300 to purchase a brand new one, but I really don't have that kind of money at the moment. Is there an easy fix to my problems?

Here is the link to the eBay item I was referring to:

http://cgi.ebay.com/XBOX360-FALCON-Motherboard-Matching-Ben-Q-HDMI_W0QQitemZ110356865187QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games?hash=item110356865187&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1546%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

Please help. Sadly, my Xbox is an intricate part of my life, and I need it back. Besides, I JUST renewed my Xbox Live membership after fixing it the first time.

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Should have called XCS and gone through the steps to have it fixed properly. I bought mine for 200$ off a freind and had no proof of perchase or registration, and they said the warranty was expired. All I did was give them the serial number, my email, phone number, and adress and they renewed the warranty for free, fixed it for free, and even sent it back with a XBL Gold Membership for 1 month. All I had to do was get some tape, a cardboard box, and drive to the post office. Despite common horror stories, the Customer rep. guy was nice to me, we even had a conversation on how the 360 works and how mine could have got the RROD (I always thought it was due to a power surge from a lightning storm we had). I guess he was nice to me because my last name sounded Arabic and he had a slight Arabic accent. Either way, costed a hell of a lot less than some thermal compound and a new motherboard or a new console or whatever the hell else you did/are going to do. You screwed up.

Is it? Any mods at all, like maps or character changes?

I's not really a ring. Now that I think about it. The 4 lit sections is a ring, and thats for the AV cable.

The "RROD" is actually a Red U of Death.

The "RUOD"

Just a thougt. And two lit sections indicates overheating? But most "RUOD's" are caused by overheating. So why doesn't it give an overheating warning before flashing General Hardware failure. I never had my console flash 2 sections. Has anyone really?

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns.

GIF_OOM_313 was my name.

I aint impressed at all the only thing I'm looking forward to is Skate 2 and Mafia 2 but I'm so pissed right now with the 360 just got RRoD for the freaking fourth time man I hate Microsoft I'm thinking switching to PS3.RedChuckz

I'll bet your one of those dumb jackoffs that puts their 360 on carpet, or in an entertainment center with no ventilation. Ah well. Have fun on PSN.

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