RROD

[daniel-1986]

Red Ring Of Death (4 flashing red lights on the xbox), it depends wat model u hav. the release 360's were more prone to it but microsoft made changes to the motherboard and cooling on newer models so it will be less likely to fail

[DazVR6]

Well mineis the 4gb which i just bought 2 weeks ago so i guess im ok then.

[daniel-1986]

yup, i had a newish one overheat 2 yrs ago

[MK3GTI_16Valve]

Ok took it apart and, redid the thermal paste, heat sinks etc. Worked for about 15 min and back in the same boat again

Not working for long enough to trade in anywhere...

Might just have to sell it in parts on ebay...seems to be worth more in bits than as a whole package..

Might just end up putting the money towards a ps3......

xbox live subscription over a few years would buy me the ps3 anyway and that will double up as a blu ray player...

well peed off!!

Brian

[The Mighty Elvi]

Opps!

Mine went last night.

I was in Tesco during the day looking to buy Black Ops. At £44 I thought better of it and decided to get it online.

Got home and fired up the b!tch and got the red rings.  So on a positive note, £44 not wasted. 

I bought it in 2006 so It's lasted well.   

So, I'm Offline for the forseable future.

Jonathan.

 

[damien010685]

Ok took it apart and, redid the thermal paste, heat sinks etc. Worked for about 15 min and back in the same boat again

Not working for long enough to trade in anywhere...

Might just have to sell it in parts on ebay...seems to be worth more in bits than as a whole package..

Might just end up putting the money towards a ps3......

xbox live subscription over a few years would buy me the ps3 anyway and that will double up as a blu ray player...

well peed off!!

Brian

Yup u could have bought a ps3 and got yellow light of death so makes no diff its electronics they go wrong!!

[The Mighty Elvi]

Like Lazurus:  It's alive!

[MK3GTI_16Valve]

wrapped mine in the towel and left it overheat

Worked then for a week and now got the 3 rrod again

Its f**ked!

[snifferdog]

I had my old one fixed 3 times and it just kept breaking again, I think that once theyve gone, theyve gone. Bought a new one on the mrs debenhams store card when there was a 'game' in there. genius.

[Ktuludays]

it is not always inevitable that it will be dead once it has red ringed.

if you do the fix properly and be sensible with your gaming time and let it cool properly then they can last for a long time after the repair. when you have finished a heavy gaming session let it idle at the dashboard for 10 minutes before you shut down.

i have been fixing them for over 8 months now daily and only 6 have had to come back for reworking.

if you do it right first time then they are reliable.

have a look here for some cooling mods and tips on rrod fixing

http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/repair/ring_of_light_x-clamp_fix.htm