The Xbox 360 Discussion Thread

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gummo:
I owned 2 360's , neither got the RROD . I bought a launch premium model that I put a Nyko Intercooler on that ended up melting the power plug and mobo which was later found to be a widespread defect with the Nyko . When that happened , I replaced it with one of the first models that had the HDMI port built in , still works today . Lots of great games on the system and a great controller with it .

oldgamerz:
I personally don't use the HDMI port on either the PlayStation 3 or the Xbox360, instead I use an AV cord in which I've noticed causes even lesser heat buildup using an AV cord. on both my PS3 slim and PS3 super slim, and my Xbox360. But on the downside of things. Is that the onscreen text of most games, cannot be read. when using the Xbox360 AV cord on my CRT television, but the game is still playable. Unless you need to follow on screen instructions or read some of the game dialog though.

but the PS3's never suffer the tiny unreadable text that my Xbox360 has when using an AV cord instead of an HDMI cord hookup. I believe that using an AV cord will enable a longer life of both of these 7th generation consoles, and I also looked up the following based on my heat buildup theory

(My question to google)
what causes the the RROD on the xbox 360?

As most of you know, the RRoD is a sign displayed by the 360's "Ring of Light" when there is a general hardware failure. While this can be caused by any part (or lack thereof) of the 360, the general cause is most often excessive heat, which stresses the solder joints on the CPU and GPU.

kazumn:
The 360 is one of my favourite consoles of all time. It came out around the time i've gotten my first paycheck so i was around from the early days and the first 5 years the console was pretty much killing it, after that microsoft kinda starting slacking and exclusives came out less and less, meaning the ps3 could catch up to it.
My launch console i'm pretty sure it still works.

My goal is to have a complete Japanese 360 collection one day, i'm about 300 games in at the moment,so far it's a fun console to collect for. At the moment, bar a few games anything can be bought for on the cheap, even the shooters seem to be at an all time low these days ;D

gummo:
With my launch 360 I first used a 20 inch CRT monitor and yeah , that did not work well with text . Shortly after that I picked up a 30in widescreen 1080i CRT for 360/PS3 gaming . The TV had no HDMI so I used component cables for it . Games looked great on it , but it weighed almost 200lbs . I had to get a heavy duty TV stand for it lol .
As far as heat issues the first few variants of 360 used a 90 nm CPU/GPU , they used a lot of power and produced more heat than later models . The later models went to a 65 nm CPU , then a 65 nm CPU/GPU , finally ending with the 360 Slim which used a 45 nm SoC chip that used 40% less power than the OG launch version of the Xbox 360 .
So , bottom line , as long as you have the 360 slim you should be good on heat .

gummo:
This thread has got me fired up to upgrade my 360 . I've been wanting to upgrade to a slim for years and since I'm not going to find a Series X for a while I guess now is as good a time as any . I just bought a 250GB slim off of ebay , fingers crossed that it's not full of dust or bugs .

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