GOW kilt my 360.

[jordanz]

Didn't think it would happen to me, but it did. After 2 hours of GearsOfWar, my 360 has the red rings.

 

[anonmouseuser]

Hope that its under warranty. If not, prepare to shell down $140 + cost of shipping to repair centre

 

[Anubis]

ouch

my 360 killed my GOW, it wont read :/ only game that does this

 

[SonnyDaze]

Overheating.....learn to give it a rest. If it's still under warranty you may be able to get a replacement. If you don't have a warranty you can crack it open and replace the TIM with AS5 and fix it.

 

[anonmouseuser]

Is there a website out there which shows the repair steps?

 

[Andyb23]

How long did you play it?

Playing it for 4 hours + straight isnt healthy... for you or the system

 

[jamesbond007]

That's absolutely ridiculous. My friends and I have played Halo on the original Xbox straight through the campaign many times. There's no reasons to have to 'limit' your time on the console because of poor engineering.

That's like buying an exotic car and then finding out you can only drive it 2 miles at a time between breaks. What a waste!

 

[bob4432]

wow, the 360 is that bad at overheating? another win for the pc seeing as i can leave mine on running prime95 for a week if i want to...

i was thinking of picking one of the 360s up instead of buying a hd-dvd player since the price is pretty = and i can game some console type games like the sports or racing, anybody know how it handles movies - like heat which is 2:50?

 

[Tweak155]

Originally posted by: bob4432
wow, the 360 is that bad at overheating? another win for the pc seeing as i can leave mine on running prime95 for a week if i want to...

i was thinking of picking one of the 360s up instead of buying a hd-dvd player since the price is pretty = and i can game some console type games like the sports or racing, anybody know how it handles movies - like heat which is 2:50?

I pretty much use mine mainly for dvd playback it seems...weren't my intentions but hey...

I leave it on all night sometimes on accident. I haven't had any issues with DvD's. I hook it into my monitor...its nice for gaming too because you set VGA resolutions and not scanning resolutions.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007
That's absolutely ridiculous. My friends and I have played Halo on the original Xbox straight through the campaign many times. There's no reasons to have to 'limit' your time on the console because of poor engineering.

That's like buying an exotic car and then finding out you can only drive it 2 miles at a time between breaks. What a waste!

Agreed. We're too lenient on manufacturers when it comes to technology. "Oh it doesn't work right out of the box. Just do this and this to it, or don't do this." No, it should work out of the box, properly. If you want to run GoW 24/7 on a graphically intense part, the Xbox360 should be able to do that, and be ready for more. I'm tired of all these "just barely works" products on the market.

 

[Mo0o]

Was it on a HDTV or just regular?

 

[George P Burdell]

Damn, that sucks

 

[InlineFive]

That sucks, mine has been playing GoW for six hours straight with no issues. Are your Xbox360 and power brick well ventilated?

 

[Slacker]

I have read a lot of complaints about that game causing various problems, my son had rented it and the 360 started having trouble reading the disc, I looked at the disk and it had a label from the rental store on the disc which unbalanced the disc, I made him stop playing it

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: bob4432
wow, the 360 is that bad at overheating? another win for the pc seeing as i can leave mine on running prime95 for a week if i want to...

i was thinking of picking one of the 360s up instead of buying a hd-dvd player since the price is pretty = and i can game some console type games like the sports or racing, anybody know how it handles movies - like heat which is 2:50?

Well it's easy to see the mistakes they made when you start looking into the 360. The processor is rated at 3.2Ghz, I believe. And the GPU is supposed to be equivalent of a 6600/lowend 6800. There are two 60mm fans on the back of the console, the GPU has a small aluminum heatsink on it and the CPU has a medium sized aluminum/copper heatsink with pipes for cooling. So I can see where this thing can have a tendency to get hot if used for an extended period. I've ran one without the case and the GPU heatsnk was very hot to the touch. Still no excuse for its poor performance though. M$ should have put a little more thought into the cooling system.

 

[lyssword]

I wonder if PS3 gona heat up as well, it got more cores than xbox. PC gaming ftw

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: lyssword
I wonder if PS3 gona heat up as well, it got more cores than xbox. PC gaming ftw

Well if you think about they are basically trying to pack high-end PCs into rinky-dink little boxes. PC cases and airflow FTW!

 

[jamesbond007]

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: lyssword
I wonder if PS3 gona heat up as well, it got more cores than xbox. PC gaming ftw

Well if you think about they are basically trying to pack high-end PCs into rinky-dink little boxes. PC cases and airflow FTW!

This has always been true, but the laws of physics are making it a bit more tricky to pack the punch into such a tiny box these days and manufacturers are not doing their job to ensure 100% stability and reliability out of the box. (on that note, are there any reported problems with the Wii or PS3?)

Rewind to 5 years ago and overheating issues, scratching discs, and sporadic lockups of the gaming console were non-issue. In fact, those were the selling points of consoles when compared to PC gaming at times. (AMD 1.4GHz anyone? AKA the space heater) Remember the comments like, "I like to put in a game and play it. No installation, no hassles. Just pure fun." Whatever happened to those days? Seems like we all need to do a bit of Voodoo to get the damn next-gen consoles to work.

 

[Juno]

:camera:'s?

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: lyssword
I wonder if PS3 gona heat up as well, it got more cores than xbox. PC gaming ftw

Well if you think about they are basically trying to pack high-end PCs into rinky-dink little boxes. PC cases and airflow FTW!

Rewind to 5 years ago and overheating issues, scratching discs, and sporadic lockups of the gaming console were non-issue. In fact, those were the selling points of consoles when compared to PC gaming at times. (AMD 1.4GHz anyone? AKA the space heater) Remember the comments like, "I like to put in a game and play it. No installation, no hassles. Just pure fun." Whatever happened to those days? Seems like we all need to do a bit of Voodoo to get the damn next-gen consoles to work.

Ha, sorry but you're wrong. My XBOX and PS2 have mange to fubar up the discs in a weird way. The discs look like some one washed it with 'hard water' and forgot to dry it, leaving spots with a washed look. Either way, it has basically screwed up the look of the discs, they can be read but at the same time, this is something that SHOULDN'T be happening.

 

[lrad50]

i love that game.

 

[GZeus]

Damn. Just got GoW and now I'm scared to really 'get into it' - which for me means a multi-hour marathon.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: Andyb23
How long did you play it?

Playing it for 4 hours + straight isnt healthy... for you or the system

No less healthy than reading a book for 4 hours. Some people just enjoy concentrating on one activity for long periods of time. I like to switch it up, a game here, some TV there, go party on the weekends...

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: InlineFive
That sucks, mine has been playing GoW for six hours straight with no issues. Are your Xbox360 and power brick well ventilated?

Yes, has he built the requisite power brick cooling device that all 360s will require until Microsoft releases the new one with the 65nm processor?

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: lyssword
I wonder if PS3 gona heat up as well, it got more cores than xbox. PC gaming ftw

Well if you think about they are basically trying to pack high-end PCs into rinky-dink little boxes. PC cases and airflow FTW!

This has always been true, but the laws of physics are making it a bit more tricky to pack the punch into such a tiny box these days and manufacturers are not doing their job to ensure 100% stability and reliability out of the box. (on that note, are there any reported problems with the Wii or PS3?)

Rewind to 5 years ago and overheating issues, scratching discs, and sporadic lockups of the gaming console were non-issue. In fact, those were the selling points of consoles when compared to PC gaming at times. (AMD 1.4GHz anyone? AKA the space heater) Remember the comments like, "I like to put in a game and play it. No installation, no hassles. Just pure fun." Whatever happened to those days? Seems like we all need to do a bit of Voodoo to get the damn next-gen consoles to work.

There are definitely some problems with the PS3, as expected. I don't know exactly what they are.

I haven't heard anything about the Wii

What amazes me is that the PS3 doesn't use a power brick, it's all internal. If they made the power brick external they could probably save on space and reduce overheating. I assume they're going to make a "slim" PS3 eventually like they did with the PS2, just put the brick on the outside instead of the inside.