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There comes a time in every Xbox 360 owner’s life when they realize that they can no longer play games on their beloved console. It will be a day that they never forget, the day they saw those three red lights flashing at them, mocking them. They’re like a giant red middle finger from Microsoft. Yes folks, yesterday was that day for me.
I’ve just recently moved, so my home theater equipment isn’t set up yet. I wanted to watch a movie without messing with my surround sound, so I thought I’d just pop the DVD into my 360 and save myself the trouble since I had already hooked it up and done a little rocking out on it the day before. I should have known something was wrong when the menu screen’s color looked a little off. I was heading to open the tray when the screen went all checkered on me and the worst screeching sound I’ve ever heard came out of my TV. Quickly I shut off both the TV and the 360, I took a deep breath and turned them both back on.
Then it came, those three lights that I’ve been dreading since the day I bought the console. I knew that it was inevitable, since the failure rate on the console is higher than my grandfather’s blood pressure. Nonetheless, I can still see those lights flashing whenever I close my eyes as if to say “Microsoft hates you.”
Okay, enough with the melodrama. This really does suck, and I really have been waiting for it to happen. I know that there’s nothing I did to cause it, as the console had been off, and the room temperature was right around 71 degrees. I’ve sent off for a box from Microsoft, and it should be here this afternoon. Now I just have 3 weeks to kill until it returns. I’m about halfway through Crisis Core, and have some old PS2 games that I’ve never gotten around to finishing (not to mention the Wrath of the Lich King beta), so I’ve got plenty to keep my busy.
I got the RROD about a month ago. Unlike you, for some reason, I didn’t think it would happen to me. Maybe because I thought the chances of it happening to an Elite were much slimmer (apparently no XBOX is RR proof). I was playing GTA 4 and just finished saving. When I turned off clicked the shutdown console the rings appeared. I’m the type of person who has no reaction when something shocking happens so I just stared at it with a blank look for like 2 minutes.
Surprisingly the “repair” process was shockingly fast. I sent it on a Monday, they received it on Wednesday and they shipped it back to me the next Monday. I think the process now is pretty much:
1) They receive your 360
2) They ship you a refurbished 360
3) They send your bricked 360 to rpr. Eventually it will be sent to another “victim” refurb style
Maybe it’s time to buy a PS3. With some good exclusives, a blu-ray player, and lower failure rate you can’t go wrong.
I had both 360 and ps3 and both bricked.
What scares me is that user take these as normal.
Here in Portugal it takes at least 5 weeks to repair/swap a ps3. I am still waiting for my game that was stuck inside of it. Waiting 16 weeks and still not here.
Solution?
Have 2: a 360 and a ps3.
RROD… BSOD…Vista…
It is hard to believe that Microsoft is still in business. But, I guess they are safe as long as people keep spending their hard-earned $$$ for substandard, poorly-engineered, failure-prone, insecure devices and software (while ignoring other, better-engineered, more reliable, secure, and cheaper alternatives…like Linux and open source). But I guess it helps that Microsoft has the big money-hammer to make game developers piteously jump for the crumbs they toss them. Isn’t capitalism beautiful?
Way to go, Microsoft! Keep turning out crap products! People will just buy more! (and probably would re-re-elect G.W. Bush if they could as well).
Do some research. I got RROD and had it fixed within 30 minutes. Its been running 24/7 for 2 weeks to test and everything is perfect. Hint: Arctic Silver Thermal Compound….
Xbox RRoD should not b repair at all, just send it back to Microsoft for repair. Do not attempt yourself, find something better to do.
Xbox Reliability have shot through the roof in by its return rate, the only way to tell Microsoft its problem is “DO NOT BUY A PIECE OF GARBAGE”.
In my area, there are already 2 RRoD System out of 3 person I know. Never buy a porr quality product especially if hind sight tells you so.
I will not say Xbox 360 sux but I will say one word to Microsoft: F A I L U R E
Blame it all to Microsoft.