The red ring that randomly appears rare on Xbox360 and it never works again.. does it happen on the new Xbox because I might get one for christmas.

Oooh.... Im am going to buy one for myself in like October.

And obviously before I buy a system I like to do some research on it

Anyway... The buttons such as the power button are all touch based now.

So there will be no red ring around the power button in case of it breaking.

However there will now be a "green ring of death" but since the Xbox 360 slim contain a surplus of fans all over the console the chances of breaking your Xbox will be decreased.

~Shine~Killerobi170 wrote:

Oooh.... Im am going to buy one for myself in like October.

And obviously before I buy a system I like to do some research on it

Anyway... The buttons such as the power button are all touch based now.

So there will be no red ring around the power button in case of it breaking.

However there will now be a "green ring of death" but since the Xbox 360 slim contain a surplus of fans all over the console the chances of breaking your Xbox will be decreased.

Hmm I play with my friend because he has one, theres always a 'Ring of something' death, its like they do it on purpose.

What do you mean its like they do it on purpose? Once you get it theres no way of taking it off unless it gets fixed.

If you do get an Xbox 360 slim for Christmas from your parents, I reccommend adding Warranty to it in case you get the "green ring of death"

That way you can just get it repaired...free of charge of course instead of having to buy another one.

Good idea that Thanks

i got the red ring of death on my 360 a coulple of weeks ago and i turned it off then waited about 5 minutes turned it back on and its been working ever since........what luck.

O.o

Magic

ZERO wrote:

i got the red ring of death on my 360 a coulple of weeks ago and i turned it off then waited about 5 minutes turned it back on and its been working ever since........what luck.

My brother has done that 2 times by now and it will soon just go onto the red ring forever (Trust me)

I'm actually nearly convinced they DO do it on purpose. Bio had his get the red ring of death on the very day his warranty ran out.

2D_Terror wrote:

I'm actually nearly convinced they DO do it on purpose. Bio had his get the red ring of death on the very day his warranty ran out.

I believe so too. The same thing happened to my friend. Right before Christmas. He was pissed lol

Lol... theres a timer

~Shine~Killerobi170 wrote:

Lol... theres a timer

Thanks alot man, now I don't feel like buying one >.>

The red ring of death indicates a hardware malfunction within the console that relate to overheating, however, there are ways to mod your 360 to prevent the RROD, and Microsoft I believe put a RROD fix into the new xbox 360 consoles, so it probably won't happen.

Also, to answer your question, yes, it is possible for a new xbox 360 to get the RROD, but not right away. My friend told me that his first xbox got the RROD after a month.

And like what obi said, microsoft did a lot to the new xbox 360 to prevent any hardware malfunctions, because those malfunctions hurt their business. They HAVE to repair it for free, AND they usually give you a free month or so on Xbox Live. However, the new 360 slim can still have hardware malfunctions due to overheating, but instead of a red ring, you console will have a flashing green ring on the front where the power button is. Just another reason to not be playing games for so long .

Kaz wrote:

~Shine~Killerobi170 wrote:

Lol... theres a timer

Thanks alot man, now I don't feel like buying one >.>

I was kidding about this... And yea listen to Heavy.

Buy the Xbox 360 slim but dont buy an Xbox due to the decrease in price now :/
If its been made...

Kaz wrote:

~Shine~Killerobi170 wrote:

Lol... theres a timer

Thanks alot man, now I don't feel like buying one >.>

Lol Kaz, you cant let that scare you. But I did and that's why im here today. But I wanna change that because all of my friends have 360's. Wish I'd know that before I made my choice -_-

Yea, all of my friends have Xbox360's besides like 2... But I convinced them to get one also..

Heh, I'm speechless.. I mean, a month he got the RROD? That's kind of cruel :/

lol aint that the truth

Just get the new Xbox

It basically guaranteed not to get the RROD in a month

Unless you leave it on 24/7 for 3 days :/

Then you will obviously get it...

~Shine~Killerobi170 wrote:

Just get the new Xbox

It basically guaranteed not to get the RROD in a month

Unless you leave it on 24/7 for 3 days :/

Then you will obviously get it...

Sadly, there are people who do that. >_>

my cousin get the xbox slim he almost started crying when he tried to return it .... he didnt get a RROD , he got some wierd noise , i saw some youtube video that said that noise wasnt normal ....he was like and i was like after he got his new NEW xbox , to top it all off .......he got rrod on his "precious" modern warfare 2 lololololololololololol

lol oh jeezus the history of the RROD was more common in earlier xbox for the failure of a fan it had. The firsts xboxx were hungry electricty eating machines that after awhile overheated. MIcrosoft literally took the blame and replaced them and so forth the elite came out. The RROD is basically your xbox telling you youve been playing for way to long. Anyone can practically avoid the RROD if you keep your xbox in a cool place. Ive had my xbox for almost a year now and ive been pretty happpy ive left it on for a good 6 hours at times downloading a game and its been working fine no sign of RROD. If you get a xbox i recommend getting the newsest one cause its less likely to get a RROD.

P.S i think the loud noise the xbox made was not a RROD or GROD. It was cause the xbox was moved while it was reading the disc. Sadly the xbox has been known to brake if its moved while reading a disc. Somehow the disc gets out of place and goes ballistic inside destroying the xbox hardware haha

P.s.s A easy tip to also avoid getting the ring ring is to install your games on the harddrive. This makes it so the xbox doesnt read the game while you play so the fan wont work as hard if your playing for long periods of time

Power eaters XD.

Xbox caused the Great Depression >.>

Xbox's RROD is caused by overheating, so cant you just get a fan and set it by the Xbox? Problem solved if so.

I dont think a fan would be effective.

First of all it would blow hot/cold air to the console. Unless you turn your room into a freezer by having the A/C and fan on everytime you play then go ahead see what happens.

But the overheating mostly occurs within the software. I dont think any form of outside cooling source will work in general. Just keep your Xbox at room temperature or below.