Mass Effect Killed My Second 360.....

LEBATO - IS WRONG
LEBATO
Since 7127 Days
Well yeah, pretty much. My second 360 is now dead, and I am genuinely pissed off.

I know it isn't Mass Effect, but you know how people love to blame the games when the problem is the AWFUL hardware. Honestly, MS should be rather embarrassed at this problem, they are way too stupid not being able to fix this, how are they planning to make a profit?

I have a question though, have they ever find out what the problem is?

And also, they told me to send the power brick (yes, the guy called it that), and I'll be getting a different (I suppose) power brick? Is this part of the problem?

I was 4hrs into Mass Effect and then it simply froze, reboot, saw the lights, and I was like "Shit, not again!"
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Acert93 - Mr. Bad Cop
Acert93
Since 6976 Days
Maybe this time you will get new HW.

And people are all over me why I continue to wait :|
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LEBATO - IS WRONG
LEBATO
Since 7127 Days
Posted by Acert93
Maybe this time you will get new HW.

And people are all over me why I continue to wait :|
Well, the thing is that your 360 will probably die before the warranty expires.

I saw pictures of a 360 with a huge heatsink, was that real, is that really going out there?
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PlumbDrumb - Still drinking
PlumbDrumb
Since 6998 Days
yeah, I think MS started adding a second heatsink.
I saw that pic too.
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Optimusv2
Optimusv2
Since 6897 Days
New 360s available consume less power and a better heatsink and 65nm cpu.

Got my nephew a 360 arcade for his birthday, but seeing as how he wont have need for a 360 with hdmi I switched it with my 360 premium manufactured late 2006. Note my old 360 premium CANNOT power on using the powerbrick from my new 360 arcade. Not enough power is going to the console because the new powerbrick doesn't put out as much power as the old ones.
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alimokrane
alimokrane
Since 6935 Days
Posted by Optimusv2
New 360s available consume less power and a better heatsink and 65nm cpu.

Got my nephew a 360 arcade for his birthday, but seeing as how he wont have need for a 360 with hdmi I switched it with my 360 premium manufactured late 2006. Note my old 360 premium CANNOT power on using the powerbrick from my new 360 arcade. Not enough power is going to the console because the new powerbrick doesn't put out as much power as the old ones.
Very Interesting!

LEbato, So sorry to heat what happened to your console mate
. Hope you get it back soon enough.

What they did to mine is install a new heat sink and the console is working fine ever since and DOESNT HEAT UP a lot like it used to. it basically funstions normally now.
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jioann00
jioann00
Since 6337 Days
dude..wow.
sorry to hear, its gutting when things break.
my brand new ipod nano broke a week after i got it.
bag of suckage

its strange though, i actually got the red lights once, i turned it off then back on again and its just been working fine ever since

silly question but...
have you tried turning it off and back on again?
worked for me :)
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Jollipop
Jollipop
Since 6888 Days
Well that depends on where the red lights are.

Normally if they HDD isn't plugged in right or the cable have come lose the it will only be one red light flashing, had it happen to me quite often, each time my heart has jumped out of my mouth.

If its a motherboard fault its normally sections 1,2 and 3 light up (from what i remember) at which point its pretty much screwed.
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LEBATO - IS WRONG
LEBATO
Since 7127 Days
Posted by Optimusv2
New 360s available consume less power and a better heatsink and 65nm cpu.

Got my nephew a 360 arcade for his birthday, but seeing as how he wont have need for a 360 with hdmi I switched it with my 360 premium manufactured late 2006. Note my old 360 premium CANNOT power on using the powerbrick from my new 360 arcade. Not enough power is going to the console because the new powerbrick doesn't put out as much power as the old ones.
whoa whoa whoa here.

So they are already manufacturing 65nm? Basically that's all that's coming out now? I didn't know that. So now they call them 360 arcade or what?

Also, I suppose that is the reason they told me to send in the power supply too?

So do you think I'll be getting one of the new 360s? 65nm with HDMI maybe?

Man, that's too many questions. I'm just hoping they get me something more reliable.
Posted by alimokrane
What they did to mine is install a new heat sink and the console is working fine ever since and DOESNT HEAT UP a lot like it used to. it basically funstions normally now.
How do you know all this? lol. Honestly, do you know for a fact they installed a new heatsink? Did they ask you to send in the power supply too?
Posted by jioann00
its strange though, i actually got the red lights once, i turned it off then back on again and its just been working fine ever since

silly question but...
have you tried turning it off and back on again?
worked for me :)
LOL, Did I try that? Like a thousand times, I think that's basic instinct :P

I'd say yours' life time is counted though :(
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Jollipop
Jollipop
Since 6888 Days
I doubt you will get a new model LEBATO, never know though.
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LEBATO - IS WRONG
LEBATO
Since 7127 Days
Posted by Jollipop
I doubt you will get a new model LEBATO, never know though.
Well, why would they need my power supply though? It was working fine.

Well, I don't know, I'm just hoping they are not stupid enough to give me yet another sentenced 360, it's bad for them and for me. I guess we'll know a month from now :(
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ManThatYouFear
ManThatYouFear
Since 6948 Days
I feel you pain lebato i do, ben there many times

But as long as the current one lasts M E i am happy, it can die after the credits have rolled and it will not take away the smile this game has created :D(the D is no where wide enough)
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deftangel - Hot stuff!
deftangel
Since 6873 Days
There are a couple of subtly different power supplies for the existing 360 models. Nothing major but they don't like to mix and match.

Still I wouldn't rule it out.

65nm CPU 360's (i.e. Falcon) are out in the wild. You can tell by the lot number amongst other things as well as looking through the air vents if you've good eyes! Check out Xbox-scene for a guide when you get it back.
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LEBATO - IS WRONG
LEBATO
Since 7127 Days
Posted by deftangel
There are a couple of subtly different power supplies for the existing 360 models. Nothing major but they don't like to mix and match.

Still I wouldn't rule it out.

65nm CPU 360's (i.e. Falcon) are out in the wild. You can tell by the lot number amongst other things as well as looking through the air vents if you've good eyes! Check out Xbox-scene for a guide when you get it back.
Yeah, I was looking for that info. I'll update whenever I get my box back.

As far as I read, there are three major motherboards out there. The original, another one, and the one with the 65nm CPU, different heatsink, and extra one for the GPU. Until then I guess, we'll see.
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LEBATO - IS WRONG
LEBATO
Since 7127 Days
Ok I got it back.

I didn't get a Falcon board, deftangel's fault for sure.

I did not get a Zephyr board either.

I got an original board. I would be very pissed off if it weren't for the fact that I at least got the improved cooling which (PLEASE!!!!) hopefully fixes this embarrassing problem.

So basically, my board looks like this, with the extra heatsink for the GPU, yet still with the old CPU heatsink.

http://www.maxconsole.net/content_img/mscz.jpg

We'll see then, good luck everyone, and if you have a launch 360 it is just a matter of time.
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PlumbDrumb - Still drinking
PlumbDrumb
Since 6998 Days
It's the nanobots dude.
Microsoft accidentally let them loose, and they got in the ciurcutry.
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Sheps
Sheps
Since 6946 Days
Posted by LEBATO
Ok I got it back.
We'll see then, good luck everyone, and if you have a launch 360 it is just a matter of time.
Mines gunna last forever :) Microsoft love Britain, we got the good 360's! :P
Posted by PlumbDrumb
It's the nanobots dude.
Microsoft accidentally let them loose, and they got in the ciurcutry.
Its Sony actually, sabotaging 360s! "Blueray! High Definition! Blue Ray! Blue Ray Blue Ray! HORAH!"
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