KansasHusker Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Anyone hear about this trick to fix their xbox 360 when the ring of death appears? I was about to head to the store last night and buy a new 360 when I was bored on youtube and saw the towel trick that I had heard about before? Wrapped my xbox up in towels and left it turned on for 20 min. Then let it cool back down for about a half hour. Ring of death gone and it works great now again. Not sure how long it will last, sounds like each xbox is different. Never believed it would work, but it saved me a couple hundred bucks...at least for now. Who else has tried this?? If you get the ring of death, don't throw your xbox out. Give this a try first at least. Quote Link to comment
strigori Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 red rings should get you a replacement from MS. Granted it will be a referb... Quote Link to comment
eliot1171 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 red rings should get you a replacement from MS. Granted it will be a referb... Most of the time its your same unit fixed. Quote Link to comment
Apathy Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 This is one reason why I would never get a 360 ever again......THE RING OF DEATH. The first time I bought the 360 was at a Wal-Mart and I got NCAA College Football 07. Took it home hooked it up and started playing. After the first quarter the game frooze and I rebooted the system. Played again and again after the 1st quarter the game frooze. I scratched my head and ejected out the game and looked to see if there were any scratches and of course there wasn't. Put the game back in and made it to the 2nd quarter and it frooze after the second quarter and then the Red Ring of Death appeared. Packed up the 360 took it back within an 1 1/2 and got a new one with no problems for another 2 years. Sadly I only got the 360 for Halo 3 and Gears of War. Quote Link to comment
KansasHusker Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 I bought mine used 2 years ago and it is one of the old models. Still alive and kicking. I would send it in, but I didn't buy it new and don't have a warranty. Guess I'll keep my hopes up that the towel trick works more than once. Quote Link to comment
huskeraddict Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I bought mine used 2 years ago and it is one of the old models. Still alive and kicking. I would send it in, but I didn't buy it new and don't have a warranty. Guess I'll keep my hopes up that the towel trick works more than once. If your 360 has the RROD, Xbox will fix it for free. They gave everyone an extra warranty of like 3 years back in 2007. Quote Link to comment
strigori Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 red rings should get you a replacement from MS. Granted it will be a referb... Most of the time its your same unit fixed. depends on who you read. I dont know from firsthand, I'm a PS3 guy Quote Link to comment
eliot1171 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 red rings should get you a replacement from MS. Granted it will be a referb... Most of the time its your same unit fixed. depends on who you read. I dont know from firsthand, I'm a PS3 guy and I am unfortunately a first hand guy. (3 times ) Quote Link to comment
huskerswrkhavoc Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 red rings should get you a replacement from MS. Granted it will be a referb... Most of the time its your same unit fixed. depends on who you read. I dont know from firsthand, I'm a PS3 guy and I am unfortunately a first hand guy. (3 times ) Never seen it be the same one... got mine once.. a friend 3 times.. and two other friends once.. never been the same.. But yea they will fix it for free unless its been tampered with.. also.. If you look on ebay they have systems only on there... no power cord etc.. relatively cheap.. Quote Link to comment
strigori Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 red rings should get you a replacement from MS. Granted it will be a referb... Most of the time its your same unit fixed. depends on who you read. I dont know from firsthand, I'm a PS3 guy and I am unfortunately a first hand guy. (3 times ) Never seen it be the same one... got mine once.. a friend 3 times.. and two other friends once.. never been the same.. But yea they will fix it for free unless its been tampered with.. also.. If you look on ebay they have systems only on there... no power cord etc.. relatively cheap.. 4 people 6 RMAs, just wow. No kidding highest failure rate of any console...sheesh Quote Link to comment
huzkerbob Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Anyone hear about this trick to fix their xbox 360 when the ring of death appears? I was about to head to the store last night and buy a new 360 when I was bored on youtube and saw the towel trick that I had heard about before? Wrapped my xbox up in towels and left it turned on for 20 min. Then let it cool back down for about a half hour. Ring of death gone and it works great now again. Not sure how long it will last, sounds like each xbox is different. Never believed it would work, but it saved me a couple hundred bucks...at least for now. Who else has tried this?? If you get the ring of death, don't throw your xbox out. Give this a try first at least. Solution: Buy a PlayStation 3 Quote Link to comment
HuskerfaninOkieland Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 My son's 360 has gotten the red ring of death a couple of times. Most times it's just over heated. Both times I unplugged the 360 and let it cool down and it worked just fine. If you plug it in and the power cord lights up red, unplug it again. If it lights up orange, you're good Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Anyone hear about this trick to fix their xbox 360 when the ring of death appears? I was about to head to the store last night and buy a new 360 when I was bored on youtube and saw the towel trick that I had heard about before? Wrapped my xbox up in towels and left it turned on for 20 min. Then let it cool back down for about a half hour. Ring of death gone and it works great now again. Not sure how long it will last, sounds like each xbox is different. Never believed it would work, but it saved me a couple hundred bucks...at least for now. Who else has tried this?? If you get the ring of death, don't throw your xbox out. Give this a try first at least. Solution: Buy a PlayStation 3 Get out of the house and get laid ocassionally. Fixed it for all of you. Quote Link to comment
huskerswrkhavoc Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Anyone hear about this trick to fix their xbox 360 when the ring of death appears? I was about to head to the store last night and buy a new 360 when I was bored on youtube and saw the towel trick that I had heard about before? Wrapped my xbox up in towels and left it turned on for 20 min. Then let it cool back down for about a half hour. Ring of death gone and it works great now again. Not sure how long it will last, sounds like each xbox is different. Never believed it would work, but it saved me a couple hundred bucks...at least for now. Who else has tried this?? If you get the ring of death, don't throw your xbox out. Give this a try first at least. Solution: Buy a PlayStation 3 Thing is... The RRoD is no longer an issue... gaming anymore is all about Live and 360 is so much better than PS3 in that department.... Quote Link to comment
huzkerbob Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Better how? I mean, other than the retarded subscription fees that is. Quote Link to comment
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