I've had the Elite for about one month. Yes, I would play the console for hours. Especially on the weekends. I had even fallen asleep for 6-8 hours with the console still on. It worked great. No issues. And of course I'd turn it off when I'd step out of my apartment. I also have it well ventilated. It sits on my bottom glass shelf away from everything. It gets plenty of air.

So I was just playing the demo to the Simpsons. I was enjoying myself and then my 32" lcd tv shuts off. I'm stunned and then I turn it back on. I look at my Elite to find the 3 rings. I quickly turned it off and I restarted the system. It started perfectly. Oh, and I had been playing for a few hours before this incident.

So my question is, should I worry about this? Should I immediately contact Microsoft? Or will this happen again? What should I do?

I'm very disappointed. I'm an ex PC gamer who would game for hours and never once did my PC overheat.

:cry:

Aim

dont worrie it happend to me too. on an elite. www.youtube.com/f2st i got it back in 14days. tip top and im happy.

All this talk about the Big 3 B's leaving MS for greener pastures ( bungie, bioware, bizzare) Got me thinking. I never seen the end of sega as a console maker. yet it happened. What if MS really is leaving the xbox brand? what if they actually plan to not make a successor to the 360? I wont lie, I would be heart broken. I would have to urge sony to re-design their controller. I would get to enjoy the games. As the makers would only have so many choices to make them on. But what get's me is MS is mum on all this rumor talk about them leaving the console buisness. Not one peep. I hope Im wrong. I hope it's just a major re-organization. Either way PGR will see PS3. Bungie will see PS3. Not to mention the creators of Mass Effect will now make games on PS3. I find it sad that MS allowed this to happen at the time they are viewed the best option in the industry. Either way I will always love the Xbox brand. I really hope MS saves it. If not, the gaming must still go on. oh well.akuma303x

bungie bioware bizzare. as far as im concerned. ms is sitting pretty. we have a whole new generation of kids brought up on xbox's an ARMY of new people and ideas., and a whole new eastern block of cheap labor devs coming. i would be suprised if anyone of those companies comes out with a New title hit. the indstury is moving so fast, what devs know now kids are doing at home on there own. this console cant even handle, next gen kids. at the end microsoft will put ps3 to sleep. that will leave a void for another american console company or eastern block console maybe. but, japans done, have you ever heard of china. i wish i was a baby, i could only imagne what going to be like in the future for gaming.

[QUOTE="F1sTDaCuffS"]

so, what if you xbox dies. everyones xbox dies. i had an elite die 60 days after purchase. and a regular 360 die. it only take 14 days tops to get your xbox back from FREE REPAIR. at least microsoft admits there mistake and there paying for it.

unlike the ps3 and sony. all they do is lie. show you a game then tell you its coming out, but, it never shows up and bye the time it does, the technology on the game has already been surpassed.

the reason the xboxs dies, is because, microsoft did'nt know that there hardware was going to be used beyond normal usage bye its gamers. ps3, has'nt even seen the light of day. maybe two hours a month topps.

just because your xbox died and you feel cheated does'nt mean its better then the ps3. it really has nothing on the ps3 and never will. so, just go call 18004myxbox and in 14 days, you'll get your xbox back ready to go.

joeamis

14 days tops omg that is beyond fanboy, 14 days would be the best case scenario. I've read all over the net and I've seen very little say about 2 weeks, and the far majority say 4 weeks or more. MS told me it would take 4 weeks too. They did not pay for it until they realized how pissed people were and the lawsuits they received. And its only for 3 years, once thats over your going to be paying when your 360 keeps dying. Yes the reason the 360 dies is "because MS did not expect it to get played beyond normal usage" LOL you own yourself there so hard. And yes everyone only plays PS3 2 hrs a month. I don't feel cheated, I'm saying we will all feel cheated when the 3 years is up and MS starts collecting all our money in the end.

tell me something that is covered for 3 years out the door??? how am i pwning myself with a true statement, honestly, do you think you'd be covered beyond the 30 days from store purchase. they ask you right up front, do you want to buy the extra coverage for your xbox. the point i was making, sure go ahead buy a ps3, what are going to play. i own one for over 8 months. theres nothing on there. no ingame private voice chat, no voice msging in game. no msging in game. psn is nightmarish, region free so you can play with a host from japan... have fun. your serious overreaction is comical, the list is endless for ps3. for a owner of a xbox, who i assume does not own a ps3. how can you claim this??? just because your heated.

"ive read all over the net" you owned yourself so hard. so, what your saying, you never sent in a xbox yourself for repairs, just what you've read. ok!!!. you can go to my channel www.youtube.com/f2st it will show you that ive sent in my xbox's , and yes, i was hyped into believing that it was'nt coming back no less then a month. but, each time i got back exactly 14 days to the send in. so, unless you've tired it and only read about it. you really dont know what your talking about.

conclusion: a first timer, with a dead xbox whos over reacting. but, yet wants to convince everyone to buy a ps3. because of there misfortune.

[QUOTE="mikemil828"]

[QUOTE="F1sTDaCuffS"]the pure truth is revealed. 67% of Japanese are trendy!!! sheep with blinders.---OkeyDokey---

Probably the same ratio as Americans, once they realize that their wii is a couple pound paperweight Nintendo shall return to third place.

lol, third place :lol: i think you're delusional, here have some apple juice to get all that crazy out of ya head.

the only thing holding back 360 is the pc. once devs start seeing the easier money in the console. the pc market will become the console market. and microsoft will position itself into the number one slot. its simple. casual gamers can have the wii. your not going to have pc gamers switch over to the wii. the console is like the borg, its only a matter of time before they assimilate the pc.

For gods sake... NOT ALL 360'S BREAK! You just hear a few reports, and suddenly believe that 90% of the 360's have broken.I have a ps3 and 360. My ps3 has had problems as well. It's gotten bugs where if I try to make an internal memory card, it sits there loading and does not work. Trivial? Yes, but notheless a problem.

I have a solution for everyone. Get a job, and buy both.

instantdeath999

not all is correct. but, for microsoft to anny up 1 billion dollars for the problems to fix it. well do the math. 7million units divdied bye 1 billion. i think that covers almost all and then some.

[QUOTE="F1sTDaCuffS"]yeah, i do. im not falling for re-runs. ill feed it dog....Sir-Marwin105

what more valid reason do you want. how many games do japanese dev. rehash over and over. i.e. street fighter. how many billion spin offs of that game can you name. i dont know how many times you can eat the same potato. but, its ludicrous for anyone to fall for these re run games. its mario not mario galaxy or mario super universe or mario gamma explosion. its just mario. how could you not be tired of that stupid face with a mustache. the game is from the 80's. its dead. next there gonna come out with mario in jordace jeans and a micheal jackson zip up jacket. its so sicking. the most detached game of the year. clueless!!

so, what if you xbox dies. everyones xbox dies. i had an elite die 60 days after purchase. and a regular 360 die. it only take 14 days tops to get your xbox back from FREE REPAIR. at least microsoft admits there mistake and there paying for it.

unlike the ps3 and sony. all they do is lie. show you a game then tell you its coming out, but, it never shows up and bye the time it does, the technology on the game has already been surpassed.

the reason the xboxs dies, is because, microsoft did'nt know that there hardware was going to be used beyond normal usage bye its gamers. ps3, has'nt even seen the light of day. maybe two hours a month topps.

just because your xbox died and you feel cheated does'nt mean its better then the ps3. it really has nothing on the ps3 and never will. so, just go call 18004myxbox and in 14 days, you'll get your xbox back ready to go.