I HATE my xbox 360! - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

BarneyMobile · 01-04-2010, 11:06 PM

I know there's alot of folk here that love em' but i'm going on my 3rd xbox 360 in 8 months

. This is getting ridiculous. I've never had so much trouble with any of my other game console. I'm thinking of switching to PS3. I know my PS2 never had any problems, as a matter of fact, I still have it and it works like it did when I got it new. The quality of the xbox is garbage

and I'm sick and tired of replacing them. The only upside to this situation is I bought the 2year $60 warrenty at BestBuy so I just go and get a new one. But still, I'm tired of it either freezing, not reading the disc on startup (open tray), "upable to read disc" while in the middle of a game, and of coures the dreaded RROD

. When the next Xbox console comes out, I won't be in line for it

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98tadriver · 01-04-2010, 11:11 PM

damn dude that blowzzzz! ive had the RROD once and after i got it fixed, it has trouble reading the discs. soooo ill have to send it back again :/

GrandmasterCow · 01-04-2010, 11:13 PM

when i bought my 360, i turned it on and tried loading CoD WaW, and got the RROD almost 10 minutes after owning the damn thing. Have a replacement and not a problem since. Still, I would choose my ps3 over my 360 anyday.

BurninrubberGT · 01-04-2010, 11:19 PM

ya its pretty sad

Slow-V6 · 01-05-2010, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by BarneyMobile

I know there's alot of folk here that love em' but i'm going on my 3rd xbox 360 in 8 months

. This is getting ridiculous. I've never had so much trouble with any of my other game console. I'm thinking of switching to PS3. I know my PS2 never had any problems, as a matter of fact, I still have it and it works like it did when I got it new. The quality of the xbox is garbage

and I'm sick and tired of replacing them. The only upside to this situation is I bought the 2year $60 warrenty at BestBuy so I just go and get a new one. But still, I'm tired of it either freezing, not reading the disc on startup (open tray), "upable to read disc" while in the middle of a game, and of coures the dreaded RROD

. When the next Xbox console comes out, I won't be in line for it

.
End Rant!

I know how you feel man.. I am on my 3rd PS3 now ( Basically). The 1st one was a 20 gig and it decided to not play any video anymore, the second one is a 40 gig and last week decided not to play discs anymore and after sending it in to gamestop and 100.00 more I have a new BR reader and it works fine. It really sucks because I dont have a warrenty and everytime the POS breaks it costs me at least 100.00 to fix it. I have never had a problem with any of my 360's. ( knock on wood) I guess its just luck on which systems break and which ones hold up.

The ps2 had issues when it 1st came out. I had to send back my 1 one for a disc read error code.

BigRocsFirebird · 01-05-2010, 12:37 AM

that sucks i know how you feel. when i got RROD the 2nd time i was going for the AR-15 to take it out on my xbox. i love xbox but i must say it sucks for how they break so easy

ryanfx · 01-05-2010, 02:06 AM

Not saying its your fault, but there's a good chance your environment is what's causing so many issues. The 360 is not known for its reliability, yes, but 3 within 8 months is quite excessive.

Is it behind a surge strip? Do you have pets? A lot of hair around? Is the 360 in free space or is it in a cabinet?

madness410 · 01-05-2010, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ryanfx

Not saying its your fault, but there's a good chance your environment is what's causing so many issues. The 360 is not known for its reliability, yes, but 3 within 8 months is quite excessive.

Is it behind a surge strip? Do you have pets? A lot of hair around? Is the 360 in free space or is it in a cabinet?

what difference does it make? just curious because mine has the same symptoms the OP has..

as for the OP, mine does the same thing...it says open tray, warning message with clean disc, or just freezes. it sucks..me and my lady friend were trying to play fifa 2010 tonight and it took me a good 7-8 minutes to get a game going

ryanfx · 01-05-2010, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by madness410

what difference does it make? just curious because mine has the same symptoms the OP has..

as for the OP, mine does the same thing...it says open tray, warning message with clean disc, or just freezes. it sucks..me and my lady friend were trying to play fifa 2010 tonight and it took me a good 7-8 minutes to get a game going

360's are very sensitive to both electrical fluctuations and heat. If its not on a surge strip small power spikes can short parts of the box and cause abnormal behaviour. Pet hair eventually clogs fans and overheats the box. If its in a cabinet it also tends to overheat the box - PS3's and 360's need open air.

EDIT: forgot - you should also never leave it flat on carpet. No-no.

BurninrubberGT · 01-05-2010, 08:54 AM

Just buy a ps3 and ur set for life haha

Iroc-z86 · 01-05-2010, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by BurninrubberGT

Just buy a ps3 and ur set for life haha

exactly. i just got mine fixed after 3 years, the laser in the drive went so it wouldnt read any discs. other than that its been working perfectly.

NastyEllEssWon · 01-05-2010, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by BurninrubberGT

Just buy a ps3 and ur set for life haha

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Originally Posted by Slow-V6

I know how you feel man.. I am on my 3rd PS3 now

ORLY

Tsar · 01-05-2010, 10:04 AM

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ORLY

His xbox also has a better picture in standard definition than ps3's standard definition...

I have never had a problem with neither PS2 or PS3, hell throw PS1 in there too.

KirstiKitti · 01-05-2010, 10:21 AM

When ever I play 360 I never have a problem niether does my brother and he has netflix and tons of stuff..and its around a lot of wires and it still doesn't have a problem it must just have a little glitch in there somewhere!

BurninrubberGT · 01-05-2010, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon

ORLY

In the other thread I said that I've worked at a game store the past 2 years. In that time I have seen hundreds of defective xboxs, and maybe 3-5 defective ps3's

MonmouthCtyAntz · 01-05-2010, 12:03 PM

Ive had mine for about 2 years...not a huge gamer and dont use it a ton but never had any problems w/ mine...thought the problems were only w/ the older consoles.

SteveR · 01-05-2010, 12:21 PM

360 is fun, but pretty crappy reliability, just like everything else Microsoft. When I was playing mine a lot I was going through one system every 4-6 months. I know there was a lawsuit or something that Microsoft lost back in '07 and ended up having to offer a new system to every single owner. Ended up costing them over a billion dollars.

Jersey Mike · 01-05-2010, 12:49 PM

I love my N64 [flamesuit on]

ryanfx · 01-05-2010, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Jersey Mike

I love my N64 [flamesuit on]

I don't think anyone would flame this comment. Most awesome system IMO.

98tadriver · 01-05-2010, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ryanfx

I don't think anyone would flame this comment. Most awesome system IMO.

goldeneye 007 and mario kart ftw!

JW · 01-05-2010, 03:27 PM

Mario Kart was this stuff! I also liked Goldeneye and Star Fox and the Zelda game!

JW

FlyingDutchman · 01-05-2010, 03:54 PM

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Mario Kart was this stuff! I also liked Goldeneye and Star Fox and the Zelda game!

JW

this ^^

only had the RROD once so far, got a free month of live out of it though.

chemicalstylez · 01-05-2010, 04:10 PM

egggh. I feel your pain with the Xbox. After the 3rd broken one i sent it back with a note in the box saying keep the POS i'm buying a PS3. Been a over a year and not 1 single problem. PS3 is win.

Edit: Wish i had a link to the article I read, but it said Mircosoft willingly sold the 360s knowing that over 75% of them would break within a year. LAME.

cdacda13 · 01-05-2010, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Jersey Mike

I love my N64 [flamesuit on]

I still play N64. I keep it hooked up in the apartment down at school. Most people notice that thing first when they walk in.

Tru2Chevy · 01-05-2010, 06:26 PM

Knock on wood, but I have had my 360 for over 3 years with no major issues yet. I'll get occasional disc read errors, but the xbox used to live in my parent's basement which is FULL of pet hair, so I just run a cleaning disc through it once in a while and everything is good.

I keep it on it's side in my TV stand - plenty of space around it, and the shelf is open front and back. I also put small (~3/8") rubber feet on it to get more airflow underneath of it.

Now that my RROD warranty is up, I'm thinking about opening it up to give it a good cleaning inside.

- Justin