My 360 has died !!!! ****UPDATED****

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Mon May 28, 2007 5:32 pm

Oh dear, they let anyone buy them these days !!!

Great to hear though mate, will add you to my list.

Will be a laugh to have a Forza 2 session with everyone.

Post by **Stuart** » Mon May 28, 2007 6:11 pm

Will be back online soon with a new console and username. Looking forward to eight of us lining up for some racing. I expect the banter to be nothing short of legendary. We'll see how good you are now Millets. :loser:

jungle-jim · Post by **jungle-jim** » Mon May 28, 2007 6:15 pm

lol. i only got 3 games atm ( one doesn't work lol ) so if you have PGR or burnout revenge i'm in!! lol

gonna have a look at the ethernet cable now......

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Mon May 28, 2007 6:47 pm

stuartstaples wrote: We'll see how good you are now Millets. :loser:

Yeah yeah we'll see Mr Staples !! I remember matching you on PGR so I reckon I will be ok !! Plus I wont actually be in my car !!

I will expect lots of banter and some people playing dirty tricks like pushing cars off the track (just purely to hear Stu or Bladey let loose with a volley of obsceneties through the headset) !!!!

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:25 am

UPDATE !!!!

It has died again, the dreaded 3 lights of death !!!!

Not happy, just over a years worth of gaming......nice !!!!!

evildave · Post by **evildave** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:52 am

there is a guide online about replacing the x clamps, and disconnecting the internal fan briefly to allow the dry solder joints to re-make.

mine has been done twice and it's fine.

you could always attempt the towel trick although this is only short term fix as you don't replace the clamps.

most common fault is due to the x clamps flexing with heat soak and distorting the board which causes the solder joints to break.

rayman gtir · Post by **rayman gtir** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:52 am

i wonder if mine is going aswell, mine has been away for repair aswell, last weekend i had the 3 red lights come up, turned the 360 of quickly turned it back on again and its been fine, i wonder if its going to die again :x i hope not as i love cod4 and gta4.

you got the links for the online guide.

evildave · Post by **evildave** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:45 am

guide here: http://rbjtech.bulldoghome.com/pages/rb ... XClamp.htm

for towel trick theres some clips on youtube, search 3 red lights of death (i think)

mine started freezing up randomly, then fine for ages, then the day i got GTA4 it died

ok now though

alexb · Post by **alexb** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:04 am

Bad luck mate - back to MS again then. You know what I think about DIY repairs when you've got the warranty to make use of.

I bought an Elite a while back and it's far better then my old one, (slightly) quieter, needs less power, and is totally stable - it's not hung or come up with the "can't read disc" error once. Recommended if you've not been put off Xboxes by now!

I'm selling my old one and getting a PS3 as well though...

Cheers,
Alex

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:16 am

Cheers for the info chaps, I am going to go the MS support route as the guid above just looks a bit too scary !!!!

Alex, I have a ps3 also.....you'll find going from an xbox there are great things (no noise !!!, blu ray out the box etc) and there are frankly shocking things (the whole online interface is absolutely awful compared to the xbox).

Will probably end up flogging the xbox at some point but there are still some great games on it and at the moment no difference between them, in most cases the 360 is better (check the graphics comparison on gamespot.com) !!!

Bigpower

My 360 has died !!!! UPDATED