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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 3:47PM Ross said

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I had to replace mine about 6-8 months back. And now I'm starting to hear a strange whir in my disc drive. Everyone I've talked to tells me that's a sign that Digital Death has come by to give a notice. I have to finish BioShock before it's too late ...
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Posted: Aug 31st 2007 2:37AM (Unverified) said

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At least you're not as unlucky as the guy linked to below.

http://games.gearlive.com/playfeed/article/q307xbox-360-red-light-of-doom-problem

I should be getting my 5th failed 360 refurbished about a month from now, and if it suffers a similar fate I'm finally selling it off. I already have a PS3, and I hear they've found PS3 files (along with 360 files) in the PC version of the game, so all will be good, unless Lost Odyssey turns out to be good (unlike Blue Dragon).
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 4:50PM Crono141 said

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Did he check his cables to make sure they weren't the cause? Did he then wrap his 360 in a towel and leave it on for 10 minutes?

If not. WHY NOT?
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:45PM (Unverified) said

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Home remedies, for teh win!

Hmm, ya know, I've seen a lot of art-like RROD pics, and this one is no exception.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2007 2:14AM milkham said

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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 4:53PM (Unverified) said

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another one bites the dust
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 4:55PM hvnlysoldr said

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Another one rides the bus.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:09PM MrClickerson said

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LOL! God, hvnly... You are a piece of work.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:24PM hvnlysoldr said

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Only a piece eh? I need to work on it more.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 4:55PM (Unverified) said

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Condolences to Kyle on his loss. No one should have to go through such a tragic time.

Then again, MS prepares us for it. "Hey, its gonna die, but its ok because we'll fix it!" Sweet! They'll fix it! What a great company. Fixing things that are broken!
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 4:55PM (Unverified) said

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Geez. I love 360, but this is bad. I had 3 refurbished consoles in a year and a half span before I just upgraded to an Elite. I love the games and services... but there's no excuse for this. Thank God for the warranty.. but I would be pissed if mine bricked right before the fall launch line-up (Halo 3 is my MUST HAVE). Got mine in MAY 2007 and haven't had so much as a screen freeze. I have it on all the time too. I'm pretty confident in this console. The others only lasted less than 90 days. Only time will tell. I'm pretty confident that anyone buying one in the store in now should have no worries (with the redesigned motherboard, heatsinks, and soon smaller processors). Wish they would have built this thing right the first time though.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 4:56PM (Unverified) said

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I'm sure playing Warhawk the time your 360 is on vacation will fill the void for you.

On the bright side, you'll get a free month of XBL Gold when you get it back.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:41PM (Unverified) said

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How it a free month (don’t be fooled) Microsoft is just crediting your XBOX GOLD for the month you don’t have your system. Damn you Microsoft release the new chipset so I get a 360(of course MOD it) and pray they don’t have the same failure rate.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 4:57PM Hirsbrunner said

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I've been seriously considering buying a Core system for a while now. But every time I do, I see posts like this and horror stories to follow.

If I called Microsoft and asked specifically for an Xbox360 that will not die from RRoD, you think they'll hang up on me? Srsly.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:09PM jurnco said

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I'm with you. I'd like a 360 but I'm going to wait until the hardware is more stable... and the price drops again.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:02PM (Unverified) said

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and that is why is called a 360.... from MS to your house and then back to MS....

sorry you were not immune, but hopefully you'll get it back b4 halo3, which will make it probably do another 360 after a couple of weeks

good luck to you my friends
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:04PM Crono141 said

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That was actually kind of clever. Good job!
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Posted: Aug 31st 2007 10:34AM Korova Pamplona said

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Oh-oh! I think we witnessed a birth of an internet meme! 360 - MS->consumer->MS->consumer-> ...

$$$$$ all around.
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Posted: Sep 1st 2007 12:02AM (Unverified) said

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>and that is why is called a 360.... from MS to your
>house and then back to MS....

LOL - now that is something that got a laugh out of everyone I showed it too. Well said.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:03PM (Unverified) said

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Why do people say Halo is a "MUST HAVE"? The series has been played out and isn't even fun. Being plagued with bunny hoppers that have no skill doesn't make it a "MUST HAVE".
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:05PM (Unverified) said

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people say they want it so nobody else will look at them funny and say "what's wrong with you?!". It's console peer pressure. I don't care about H3 either.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:28PM (Unverified) said

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what's wrong with you?!
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:35PM Dragod said

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It's a must have for people who liked the first or second game. I love the damn game. I don't care if you don't like it, just don't tell me the game isn't fun. That's a matter of opinion.

Just like you might find shaving mother's back every Tuesday night fun, but I may not.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:39PM samfish said

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Lots of things. Depression, insatiable rage, chronic masturbation, an urge to kill midgets, I don't like Mass Effect, refusal to bathe and just general anti-social behavior.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 6:51PM sand0789 said

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Halo became popular because it allows a very solid split screen co-op and multiplayer experience. I had more fun getting drunk in the dorms having 11A vs. 12A 4v4 deathmatches than I ever have with any other game in my entire life, and I didn't even own an xbox.

You can whine and pout all day about how you wish nobody liked the game. But, millions of people do and will continue to play the shit out of it, so get used to it. Stop trying to convince yourself that the game can't be fun unless somebody not as smart as you plays it.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 7:26PM (Unverified) said

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@Jake,

thats how we did it too. our whole dorm was networked. funny, there were never any halo haters back then.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 7:33PM UnnDunn said

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I have no interest in Halo 3 either. I may buy it at some later stage, just to finish up the story, but other than that, I have no interest in it.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 10:04PM (Unverified) said

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Damn Jake. Drunk in a college dorm playing Halo? You just love enhancing the stereotype, don't you?
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Posted: Aug 31st 2007 12:05PM lysernix said

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Most obvious troll ever.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:04PM (Unverified) said

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I tell my system I love it every day by playing it every day. Almost four months straight now
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Posted: Aug 31st 2007 9:53AM (Unverified) said

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Me too =P
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:04PM edoglost said

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welcome to the party PAL!
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:05PM KyleOrl said

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@Crono: The cables were fine and I don't want to risk making things worse with the "towel trick"
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:13PM Crono141 said

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worse? You have to ship it back to microsoft anyway for a free refurb. They're going to replace your system no matter what. How could it get worse? 4 red lights?

I probably wouldn't do it either :)
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:26PM hvnlysoldr said

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Everyone spam Kyle Orland until he makes an avatar.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:30PM (Unverified) said

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moar avatar
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:46PM (Unverified) said

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Bandwagon here I come!
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:58PM (Unverified) said

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Posted: Aug 31st 2007 6:43AM (Unverified) said

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As a fellow NDF member, I recognise hvnlysoldr and support his endevours.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:05PM (Unverified) said

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This shouldn't be a surprise. GamePolitics's writer just had one die, Law of the Game's writer has lost two, IGN has lost a few...pretty much anyone in the game press/blog-o-sphere has lost at least one console.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:59PM (Unverified) said

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Just don't ask Brian Crecente over at Kotaku how many he's got through, I think he's on his 8+ 360?

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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:07PM Crono141 said

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Oddly enough, I don't really "play" my 360. Its on, every day and most every night. And I play new demos on it occassionally. But rarely do I get up off my rump and put a game in.

I use it as a Media Center Extender. I get TV, DVR, Radio, DVD, Music, Internet movies, backed up DVDs, all in one convenient place. Its very slick.

Games? Thats what my wii is for.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2007 9:13AM baby sea tuna said

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Shit, I think you forgot to add "mini" to the front of that.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:10PM (Unverified) said

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requiescat in pace

360, we knew you not
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:10PM Garageink said

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8 pennies strategically placed under the mother board fixs 90 percent of 3RRoD. including mine. the towel trick is a sure fire way to fry your box.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:10PM (Unverified) said

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yea mine just died on me while playing Bioshock, colors went all funny so i saved and restarted to find the bottom right LED blinking red and a black screen of death with a E 74 error, and went through process of finding my error code of 1022, no red ring of death its over a year old was not happy it held up so strong this whole time. So i decided to do cheapy D's towel trick hoping that it would cause the circle of death didn't think it would fix it like it temporarily fix's RROD systems, but it did going on 3 days since hopefully when this temp fix is over it gives me the circle of death so i can have it fixed for free if not towel trick again it is till it does.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:14PM Crono141 said

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JOYSTIQ IS TOBIAS!
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:20PM (Unverified) said

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Is this my cue where i'm supposed to say this isnt news??
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:28PM hvnlysoldr said

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I'd go more for "MS send us sh*t and we'll shut up."
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Posted: Aug 30th 2007 5:19PM (Unverified) said

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@ Crono: My mate got 4 red lights on the day he bought his 360, after an hour on hold to MS he looked in the manual: 4 red lights- the AV cable isn't connected
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