So how many have you had?

I just had my 3rd playing Guitar Hero 5 :(

I remember my first one...playing Guitar Hero 2 :/

none because i dont have a shitty 360

1

xbox got replaced

well the first two times I sent one they sent back the same console repaired, this was an early model premium.

This latest is actually a newer arcade I got with a mobile phone plan, the premium is still working though...for now

what causes the rrod?

None, but I've used my 360 probably a total of 10-20 hours? since I bought it a couple of years ago. I try to play it but then I hear the siren song of my PC calling me, luring me in to the depths of the abyss.

My old one gets it now but I have a new one so I don't care. Plus we managed to work out what was wrong with the old one and now it works again, amusing.

I was just reading about this not more then 2 mins ago.

Apparently the main reason that the 360 RROD's is this crappy X-Clamp they use to bolt the heats sinks onto the CPU/GPU. The way they spread their force causes the motherboard to flex up. Given time and a bit of heat the solder points around the GPU or CPU start to melt and the warping causes the connection to break.

The Towel trick helps by melting the solder points back and hopefully make a connection. The warping of the Mobo still exists though.

Extensive X-Clamp Fix is an excellent explanation and fix for the root causes of RROD. Check it out.

There are easier fixes, but this is the most comprehensive.

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Just happened on the weekend.

360 is only 14 months old too and one of the 'new' supposedly 'rrod-free' models (hdmi whatever).

Sent it for repair on Monday...

well well..

i had one on my original xbox 360 then thought i would spend a little extra on the elite and it has been sweet ever since. Regank also has the elite and again no issues!

Xbox 360 Elite FTW.

1 and it got replaced I think. Barely play with it though.

my first 360 which i got at launch rrod about a year after i got it,
once returned it rrod again 2 weeks later. (in saying that this was well before microsoft stated that the rrod was a common problem (even though eveyrone knew it was))
after that i flashed the dvd drive to play backups cause the first time it rrod it would scratch legitimate discs...

about 2 months ago that console dvd drive finally died... appears the motor in the dvd drive carked it as it wouldnt spin a disc.

i have a 2nd 360 and ive had it just under a year and i havent had a problem with it.

I had 1 after this laksa with extra chilli I had the other day.

2, im waiting for it to happen again so i can get hdmi :)

Mind you its 3-4 years old now.

last edited by Fn at 10:53:00 01/Oct/09

1, fixed it myself as it was an original that was out of warranty