Omg it worked!

Sephis · Mar 13, 2007

Yeah, its missing the grey caps that go on the ends, the hdd isn't installed in the pics, and there isn't a faceplate on it. I have all these parts, its just easier to leave them off while testing. The unit was manufactured in January 05, so it was a launch console. The warranty ran out a while ago. I've been monitoring temps via the hand method. After several hours of gameplay and a couple hours of dvd watching, there haven't been any issues with heat or the console crashing.

-maddog- · Mar 14, 2007

Wow, creative(probably insane) way to melt it.

ThePCGuy · Mar 14, 2007

Hey Hey Hey, back of you console gamers ::shakes fist::. Yeah, for some reason I was thinking it was a PS3 that you had at first. Not sure why I didn't catch it, but I've got it now. Microsoft warranty.

bleh,
- Jim

shellshock · Mar 14, 2007

LOL, Nice work. I'm just waiting for mine to quit working. I've only played it once since Christmas. It dosent see too much action :-/

Did MS revise the 360, fixing the problem yet, or is this happening to all consoles?

Phrenetical · Mar 15, 2007

lol seriously you butchered it, its kind of half ghetto/half the old sleek look,

can you either fix what you did to it or go completly ghetto!

seriously it doesnt even need a case, just put the components on a shelf and aim a standing fan at it on high speed! no more cooling issues and you got a nice room heater also

if this isn't ytour style, paint the thing black and make some mesh grills for it.

horrible work ;P

Sephis · Mar 16, 2007

Thanks phrenetical. The point of the mods were definately not looks. I'll go back and sand and paint it this summer. What do you guys think of NES grey with a few flat black stripes? Right now I'm just glad the thing works and is staying cool. We actually had it laying in peices on the table with a box fan pointed at it. A new revision is supposed to come out soon that fixes the problem, but I have no idea when.

BTW, it now has prolly 25 hours of gameplay on it since the fix, and its still going strong.

g0dM@n · Mar 16, 2007

you guys make me wanna mod my 360 cooling also... i've had both of my 360s apart, but never bothered to take off heatsinks and apply AS5... think it'll make that much of a diff?

has anyone ever taken then entire thing apart and put it into a new atx case?

gocartman2 · Mar 29, 2007

i sold my broken one, the week before the towel method surfaced, now kicking myself in the head, i wasnt good at adding fans anyway, but w/e
im a PC guy now, since MS tech support was a *****, i mustve explained my box was taken apart atleast 15 times, and there answer was yes if you pay for the repair it will be fixed, sent out june 16th....received back in SEPTEMBER!!!, NOT EVEN TOUCHED [/end rant]

Sleepy_Steve · Mar 30, 2007

ThePCGuy said:
Hey Hey Hey, back of you console gamers ::shakes fist::. Yeah, for some reason I was thinking it was a PS3 that you had at first. Not sure why I didn't catch it, but I've got it now. Microsoft warranty.

bleh,
- Jim

But does the title saying "IT WORKED" negate any remote possibility of it being a sony product?

Oroka Sempai · Apr 1, 2007

I had a Boeing XBOX 180 back in the 80s I think. Never really liked it, it was always eating my bits and bytes.

SolidxSnake · Apr 1, 2007

Sleepy_Steve said:
But does the title saying "IT WORKED" negate any remote possibility of it being a sony product?

HAHAHA

I want a 360 now, just for kicks. I always get two consoles for each generation (so it seems). This gen it'll be Ninty and M$. My Wii is gathering dust at the moment. Just waiting for MP:3 and some online play. If that game has online deathmatch, that will be absolutely INSANE.

That's a great method for fixing it. I'd have never thought of intentionally overheating the 360 and having it work.

Dukeman · Apr 5, 2007

If it does quit working I dare you to take it into Best Buy with all seriousness and tell them you want it fixed under warranty.

pik4chu · Apr 10, 2007

Dukeman said:
If it does quit working I dare you to take it into Best Buy with all seriousness and tell them you want it fixed under warranty.

Ask geek squad to fix it.

inkfx · Apr 10, 2007

pik4chu said:
Ask geek squad to fix it.

Hahahahaha! That's a good one.

Kevin007 · Apr 10, 2007

haha, Nice Job :santa:

Sephis · Apr 10, 2007

I'm sure geek squad would try to fix it. After they charged me about 3000 bucks for parts and another 350 to put it all together.

DrunkenCat · Apr 12, 2007

Sephis said:
I'm sure geek squad would try to fix it. After they charged me about 3000 bucks for parts and another 350 to put it all together.

lol u guys want to hear somthing funny loll best buy dosent know how to hire people like i applyed for the geek squad lol yess i know lol i have a lot of expearence and i worked for 2 years fixing computers and electronics and doing virus removel for my old job lol the funest thing is that thay dident want to take me lmao tell me thats not a **** its like thay only want people that dont know what thay are doing because thay done want to look stuped in frount of them so what i like do to for jokes is to see how much i can scam best buy lol

so far iv got 4 xbox 360s and returned them with the same reseat the trick is to excange them i got 4 new systems laying around now lol and thay got 3 40$ systems

DrunkenCat · Apr 12, 2007

DrunkenCat said:
lol u guys want to hear somthing funny loll best buy dosent know how to hire people like i applyed for the geek squad lol yess i know lol i have a lot of expearence and i worked for 2 years fixing computers and electronics and doing virus removel for my old job lol the funest thing is that thay dident want to take me lmao tell me thats not a **** its like thay only want people that dont know what thay are doing because thay done want to look stuped in frount of them so what i like do to for jokes is to see how much i can scam best buy lol so far iv got 4 xbox 360s and returned them with the same reseat the trick is to excange them i got 4 new systems laying around now lol and thay got 3 40$ systems

u got to love week points in there service

SuperDave1685 · Apr 12, 2007

Drunken Cat, with all due respect to the OP, this is not the place to be bragging about how you scammed Best Buy. I would be appalled personally...

Centurion · Apr 12, 2007

Using periods also helps.

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