Xbox 360 Fanboy

yay hopefully my recently red ringed 360 will return with the new chip. doubt it though.

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crazy part is my 360 died a few days ago so i picked up a new one and the halo 3 one was cheaper then all the other packs (with Games) so i bought it and after reading this i checked mine and it all matches up with the 65nm stuff wow i knew it was more quiet then my last one

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I think I have one my new 360 is whisper quiet when it runs games it used to roar running.

I won't dare put in crack down though.

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Whats wrong with Crackdown? Is it notorious for making the units overheat? Seems to me that would be a good test. I'd want mine to be able to play every game I enjoy.

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Goodie, I just got my coffin, to send in my red ringed paper weight, so maybe they'll put one in. Do they even do that? I'll have to look online to see what 'exactly' they do to fix it. Sure would be nice though :D

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Guys, I'm a happy PS3 owner and have been holding out on getting a 360 due to two things, my hate for microshaft and the whole RROD thing. But with such a solid game collection and the falcon finally landing, I cannot ignore this platform any longer.

But I must say that reading your posts absolutely made me sick! I can't believe there isn't a revolt against Microsoft. These hardware failures are absolutely unacceptable!

You know that after your three year warranty is up, your all done. Your going to have to buy a new box. That is sick!

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Hey Frank

Dont be stupid (no offense) but the whole point of the extended warranty is to enshure that your console will be in warranty before the RROD kicks in (unless u never use it?) once the needed repair is made, your console should work normally like any other console..so you see, the whole point here is to end the RROD problem once and for all. so you wont need to buy another console, or send it in more than once fool.

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Hey Frank

Dont be stupid (no offense) but the whole point of the extended warranty is to enshure that youre console will be in warranty before the RROD kicks in (unless u never use it?) once the needed repair is made, your console should work normally..like any other console..so you see, the whole point here is to end the RROD problem once and for all. so you wont need to buy another conole, or send it in more than once fool.

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Typically now what they do with ringed consoles is rather than fix them they replace them all together. Had a buddy send his in and got one back with an HDMI port and the better heat sink. It's probably just becoming more cost effective to simply replace them do to the high volume of RROD's.

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Xion, you stupid fool(no offense),

If Microshit was intending on doing away with the whole RROD mess then how come people are sending their boxes in multiple times? That doesnt seem to be fixing anything, its just prolonging the problem.

Anticrawl,
Thanks for your answer. I believe your right, at some point its just more cost effective to simply replace the faulty units with the newly designed model. It also builds a good relationship with the customer, which Microsoft cannot burn with their second attempt at console dominance, although they've already lost to Nintendo.

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@Anticrawl -- I just got mine back a couple of weeks ago, and I didn't get a new one. :(

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Frank - they really haven't lost to Nintendo. The money isn't in selling consoles, the money's in selling games, and the 360 is selling a lot of games. That's why they're hyping up the attach rate so much.

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Frank you Fail again

Ofcourse consoles have been sent back multiple times, the changes hadnt been implemented yet, im talking about consoles sent back since microsoft started making the APRORIATE corrections to it.

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I don't own a 360 but it still makes me curious. Why doesn't MS just recall the bad 360s and replace them with the one that works? That, to me, would make more sense. Recall all the ones from the stores and install the new chip inside of them so that you know you're buying a good one. Don't they do that with other shit, why not do it with this seeing that it's been a pretty big problem.

You got poor Fezmid over here worried to play his 360 in fear of the RROD, it finally happens, then they send him another one without the chip. So now he's right back where he started, playing scared. The only thing I can think of as to why they wouldn't recall these machines is if they still haven't figured out what the problem is and they're still waiting to see what happens. Maybe this new chip isn't the answer, we'll just have to wait and see I guess.

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@ Don, with the number of consoles sold at this point, it would probably cost enough money to hurt even Microsoft considerably.

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yeah well forget the chip when the other parts dont work...i bought my 360 about a month ago(w/ hdmi port) and yeah i was worried about the RROD so i tried not to play it so much and what happens as soon as i get halo3 a few days later the frekin cd drive wont read any of my games anymore!!!??? w/ the biggest game of the year out they go and have another stupid malfunction(scratches) i mean come onnn now i got to send it back in and wait 3-4 weeks :(

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Don't know why everyone is excited about the Falcons. All they did was shrink the CPU (not the GPU) down to 65nm. The cause of the RROD is from that from that piping fresh hot GPU, which is still 90nm. Falcons are still susceptible to red ring worm (unless that crazy second heat sink contraption actually works). Jury is still out on that though.

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could that mean the upcoming bundles will have the chip?

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The reason they haven't recalled every console is that they would lose an insane amount of money.

My 360's been going strong for 17 months now. Why should I send it in if it doesn't have a problem?

It doesn't make sense to fix what's not broken.

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Kerbero9,

Your right the jury is still out on the Falcon chipset.

You would think that they have figured out the problem and have since retooled to apply the "fix". They must have stress tested the new mobo.

I dont buy this argument that the new mobo/chipset doesnt matter. Thats bunk. Why would they bother?

People are reporting quieter systems, which to me sounds like a huge improvement.

I would love to stress test a new system by leaving it enclosed in a hot area for a good 48 hours. If the PS3 can do it, there isnt any reason the 360 cant.

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