They'll say it is a Net360, digital download only like the PSPgo, but it really is a way to "recoup" on all those RROD'd 360s they have in a warehouse in Jersey.
The best solution was for Microsoft to have never released the 360 so early at the expense of its consumers. That way they could have product tested the console before they released it.
Yeah I know many people may argue that paid off, because they wanted to beat Sony to the market. However that was at the expense to the end user. I know what I would rather at least and that would have been for Microsoft to delay the release of the 360 for at least 6 months perhaps longer.
Would have not been an issue if they used one of those small laptop type dvd drives. Then the gpu would have a normal heat sink and could have probably fit another fan in there.
Actually if you open your 360 and do whatever mods but make sure NOT to turn it on at any point with anything disconnected you would be okay. So if you do the whole mod and put everything back together with the drive outside you would/should be okay.
If my 360 dies once more it would be #6 and I would HAVE to do something as drastic as this as I have done at least 5 different mods over the course of it's failures.
No, you misunderstand. It would be RROD #6, NOT Xbox 360 repurchase #6 (I am not a fool like many you read about here on N4G). I have fixed my 360 every time because I am one of the REALLY unlucky ones who had a launch 360 that only had a 90 day warranty and it failed just after that when RROD wasn't very well known and MS didn't cover it by the warranty back then.
So I had to wait until a fix came out and open it up myself but then later MS extended it to 1 year warranty...which still didn't help me because a) it was again AFTER my 1 year anniversary & b) because I had already opened it to fix it so I violated my terms as it was. But wait there's more ~ because to top it all off, when they extended it to 3 years I still got screwed because of my prior explanations.
And I absolutely REFUSE to buy another OR spend a single dime on ANYTHING like LIVE!, Accessories, bigger HDD, WiFi, HD-DVD (back then), memory cards and etc. People love to play down what/how MS has done to screw over their "customers" all for them to be able to say they "beat" Sony to market and have supposedly "more" consoles sold than the PS3...which is true I agree...but not exactly TRUTHFUL in the essence of WORKING & USABLE installed base due to RROD re-purchases OR bannings.
so if Halo: Reach comes out before the slim, I can fire up the 'boX for that; but until I hear what's what, I can play my cousin's 360 while mine is hibernating.
If you recall it was a fine design and "failure rates are within industry standards".... MS openly lie and rip off gamers..no way btw.. I am on my 3rd launch 360
Yes, you can add extra cooling to help your old model 360 last longer. The real problem was not the design, the GPU was designed to with stand that kind of heat. The problem was finally traced back to a material supplier for the GPU. They were suppling a material that would not transfer the heat like it was suppose to, causing the GPU support board to warp and break the solder joints. The problem took a long time to track down and was corrected for the 65nm GPU, (Jasper).
I still don't understand why people still support the Xbox360 with this kind of crap... Take for analogy: If you knew the first xbox/ps2 is going to suddenly break, would you still buy it? Not just once, twice, 3 times, and so forth as I am seeing people doing now...
This just proves how dumb Xbots are. They just keep on rebuying 360's or coming out with dumb and crazy mods to fix MS's problems while bending over to take whatever else MS wants to shove up there.
I find it funny how people still defend MS while they released a piece of crap console that has the workings of a laptop computer and still uses DVD9 for games.
I have a idea. Why don't you Xbots just mail all your money to MS ahead of time so you do not have to bother going out to the store and wasting your money there? Enjoy your RROD piece of junk.
Its great if that works on an out of warranty Xbox. Though that looks terrible.
Apparently?
Really? No way!
I thought it was like swine flu!
Glad somebody figured it out in the end.... 4 years later.
I seem to recall having a 10 year old GFX card for my PC that had a bloody fan on it. Did MS think the 360 would just be too loud with one more fan?
Fact is fans cost money!!
Why not just put your 360 in one of these?
http://images.techtree.com/...