Xbox 360 Fanboy

lol, I just know a post like this is going to invite the "MS you suck ... I'm on my fifth 360 ... wtf new heatsink, give me money ... where's the smaller chipset you promised to roll out ... you suck, ... blah blah blah"

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just sent back xbox #3 today, so hopefully I'll get this new thing and it won't happen again...and yeah, they ran out of the original boxes (posted about the other day)...they sent me some new big white box.

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just sent back xbox #64 today, so hopefully I'll get this new thing and it won't happen again...and yeah, they ran out of the original boxes (posted about the other day)...they sent Bill Gates to give me the new one personally.

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yeah so i didnt get the box yet, hopefully today, so hopefully i get the new sink and now more ring or screen freezing.

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no**

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Have had my 360 since launch....no issues thus far.

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um im not sure why all these blogs are saying the new heatsink is directly under the DVD drive... and not that it's that big an issue. but the new heatsink is actually to the right of (when looking at the front of the 360) the dvd drive. its the one at the top of the shown screenshot

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i got mine back from repair a couple a days ago. Wonder if I got the new heatsink. It's defintely not quieter...

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^ You should probably take it apart in the name of science to find out.

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my repair did this months ago

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I've had mine since launch and ZERO issues. I've left it on all night, all day, playing it all day, whatever. Also I play very often so its gotten a lot of playing time out of that machine. Yet no problems. I think some people are just making shit up.

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gibber9583, same here. Launch unit that seems to stay on for days at a time. Only problem I ever had was my Gamercard going corrupt, deleted it and recovered it and everything was good as new.

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I have had 2 crap out on me. So I bought a six inch fan that has a clip on the end to secure it anywhere you want. hopefully this will prevent anymore problems.

To all of the people who think people are lying about their 360's failing, how do explain all the things MS has done like fixing all launch systems for free, and extending warranties. They will also give you like a 50% discount on repairs if yours is out of warranty, and now changing the heatsinks.They would not have made all these policy changes unless there actually were problems.

You may think it is funny, but all the people who have had these problems aren't laughing. This is not just some conspiracy cooked up by crazy ps3 fanboys.I took great care of my 360's. I never left them on for long periods, I always had it in a well ventelated area, hell, I never even moved the damn thing.

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I dont think that all people are making up that their 360s have crapped out. I honestly think there is a normal failure rate with the 360. People are just more vocal about their issues nowadays. Some people have bad 'luck' while some have good.

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I'm on my third and it got the 3 red lights today but after turning it off for 15 minutes it started back up fine. This is the second time this unit has done it.

Now I don't care if it breaks.

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see that's the thing anyone who doesn't use their system all day and have jobs probably experience failures compared to the ppl who play for hours on end. MS is basically saying play all day so we won't crap the system on you... hah

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Sorry Mar, but I definitely play my 360 less than 10 hours a week. 10 hours would be high for me. I have had my 360 since launch. Never once had any red lights show up. Any more crackpot theories?

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I just got a brand new premium system from futureshop because my old one could not be fixed apparently.

Well im trying to unload it, but highest offer I had was $400 cdn and I want to sell for $450 cdn.

Once I get the money, im going to hold onto it until halo 3 come out, then hope they have the smaller chipset by then or at least give them a bit of time to fix more problems

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I just wish they'd send me the damn cardboard box to send this in for repair. It's been a week already since I first called. I called to find out what's up yesterday and they said they would have a manager call me back to update me soon. 24 hours later and still no call. WTF is so hard about ordering some cardboard boxes and sending them out when necessary? GAH. Still love this thing, even if it doesn't work. Just sucks that I can't do anything with it but hold paper down if it ever gets windy in here.

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My 360 Crapped out 3 days ago. i called in yesterday for my Coffin. hopefully it doesnt take as long as its taking Rick to get a Coffin. but it probably will.

i had just bought my 360 in November of 2006 and it was asssembled in June of 2006. so it took my 360 exactly on year to fuck up.

come on Microsoft. I love the xbox. just fix the problem already.

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