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DodgeBlan
PSN: dodgeblanRegistered User regular
PSN: dodgeblanRegistered User regular
I am buying a 360, and want to avoid becoming a statistic.
Is it known what model is the most reliable?
Is it known what model is the most reliable?
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maybe you should reevaluate what situations you apply "becoming a statistic" to
unless a broken xbox would literally be the most significant tragedy in your life
Don't put a number in your gamertag.
Sorry, I know that was a serious question and demands a serious answer.
Don't get trampled buying one at Wal-Mart.
It may have been a serious question, but applying a term normally associated with things like rape, unwanted pregnancy, STDs, murder, mugging, and all that, an RRoD does seem pretty dumb to apply the phrase to...
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I'm not sure how to tell from outside the unit's box, before you buy it, but the more recent the shipment, the more likely it will be a jasper.
Well.. if yours is two years old then it's still fairly susceptible to RROD (as in, not significantly less susceptible than any other pre-Jasper models). People have just had very varied experiences with them. I know people who have had half a dozen or more, or people that bought consoles a month ago and had theirs fail a couple weeks later. But I also know people that bought theirs at or around launch and play very regularly who have had zero problems.
The consensus seems to be that for any 360, keep it on it's side to allow for maximum airflow (vents on the top and bottom are more effective, I guess), and keep it in a well-ventilated, clean area (as you really should do for any electronics). If you're buying new these days, your chances of a RROD should be a lot lower than those that bought their consoles years ago, but it still might happen. At least rest assured you have decent cover when it does.
Eventually it will be 150watts but they're using up the 175watt power bricks like they did with the Zypher to Falcon transition.
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hopefully your tech advice will lead to a long and fullfilling relationship!
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That is great to know considering it is my dvd player. Good thing I rarely use it I guess.
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Currently on XBOX number 4....
The only thing I heard about the ram is that it's supposed to have been scaled down to 65nm as well. It's still 512mb of 700mhz GDR3 ram.
Actually, the memory is still 80nm. And the flash memory onboard is nice, I guess, but it's really for savegames--there isn't enough space to install full 360 games or anything. Maybe one or two Live Arcade/Community Games, but load times aren't usually an issue there anyway.
So I wouldn't count on seeing any real performance increase.
As for other hardware failures yes I have read about a whole lot of em and experienced a few myself. I have had a lot of crashes with my 360 months before it gave the RROD. Very frustrating when your trying to play a game. They wont fix it until it has a RROD so if it crashes all the time without the RROD your out of luck. There are a lot of documented cases of DVD drives failing as well. Because of this all replacement consoles from Microsoft now have 100% of the internal parts replaced. This is to protect customers from inheriting a refurb with other problems like excessive noise or DVD-ROM failure.
I'm on my fourth 360 and I have to say I have experienced a lot of downtime with it. I don't really turn it on anymore because I have switched back to PlayStation.
Just to throw this out there my buddy has a PS3 and he had the hard drive fail. He sent it to Sony and had his console (THE SAME ONE) back with a new hard disk in under a month. All his purchased games still work. His purchases were easily restored from a backup. He doesn't have to be online to play or anything.
The desk fan is a good idea if you have the space and don't mind the noise, but removing the case will void your warranty. This is not good.
Are you sure that wasn't the 360? All PS3s have hard drives.
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I think the first sentence was regarding the ps3 and the 2nd regarding the question someone asked about the 360.
Here's a question, won't running the console horizontally increase the contact area with the surface, thus making it hotter?
Not like I have a lot of room to run in horizontally anyway.
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The trade-off is an extra internal fan running, though. When it's on its end one of them is blocked and not running due to the mercury switch inside the 360 knowing that it's on its end. When its horizontal, any heat trapped by surface contact is displaced by the extra cooling.
/not science
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Fair enough. I'll see if I can get horizontal :winky:
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