Hmm ... bad news (RRoD) [Part 2!]

Eudemon · October 1, 2007

Sorry guys...

Served me well even though it was coming up for 2 years soon.

Typical, looks like the Diablo GT may be released, the only car I want want want and I'm going to have a bit of a wait. Hope you guys can do the random sayings and get frustrated at people turning without telling you, without me.

C'est la vie! :umm:

When will it return? (get the date and win an Atari L/XL T-shirt!!)

baldred :: 18/10

Speed :: 19/10

SupermAnthony :: 20/10

N1PPER :: 23/10

MARK1992 :: 29/11

khevolution · October 1, 2007

oh noes!!! who else am i gonna follow when i get lost!! but that an old xboxs it has done you well, have you tried the towel trick?

on a good note tho. i know somebody from another forum whose xbox died and he sent it off and got a replacement within two weeks. so there is hope

Baldy · October 1, 2007

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Oh hopefully it'll be replaced soon.

Eudemon · October 1, 2007

I suppose one good thing is, even though I have a project to do I can concentrate on something that is long overdue. This could be a good thing!

Who · October 1, 2007

UNLUCKY DUDE!

fate doesn't like you much does it?

in a way i kinda dont want the diablo in this pack, just so it aint so bad :)

Baldy · October 1, 2007

something long overdue? Could it be a uploading all the photos you have.

Who · October 1, 2007

maybe getting the site done? :D

Eudemon · October 1, 2007

Alright then, 2 things. lol

Btw what's that saying? Bad news like company or something, the reason I say this is because those 300 photos I had have somehow disappeared and I have an idea how but hope I'm wrong. :(

Oh what a night!

Nige · October 1, 2007

GUTTED MAN !!!

This could be a good thing though !

Iced_Bullet · October 2, 2007

I don't get it, whats gone wrong with your 360 Diablo?

Eudemon · October 2, 2007

I don't get it, whats gone wrong with your 360 Diablo?

This is the infamous 3 Red Lights of Death (3RLoD) aka as the Red Ring of Death (RRoD) which basically means the box is dead or dying due to something melting near the Graphics card or something meaning the system can't run anything giving out a total failure which cannot be solved by merely letting it cool down.

The 'towel trick' is when you essentially bake your 360 so much so that it heats so much inside that it melts this component that has come loose and thus fixes the join that has since come apart (very basic description). This has worked for some people but personally I don't mind being without it especially since they fix this problem and add extra cooling to the inside if they fix your machine, if they send a refurb or even sometimes a new one then you're good to go BUT you can run into problems with DLC and may even worse case scenario receive a banned unit due to it being modded.

I'm optimistic though that I can get a lot done in the time it has to be away so here's to about 3-4 weeks (could be less) with time to spare.

Hope that clears it up a bit for you.

Eudemon · October 2, 2007

Hmm I need to find a box I can put it in for the UPS pickup, only problem is the only real plain box I have that's big enough is my old PlayStation 2 box. What do you think? lol

Mb · October 2, 2007

Maybe it's also caused by dust coming into the 360?

YeOldeTDUMan · October 2, 2007

Sorry to hear the news mate ... lets hope you're back in the 360 world soon!

Nodz86 · October 2, 2007

Sorry to hear about this mate, lets hope M$ get it back to you swiftly

Iced_Bullet · October 2, 2007

Thanks for the detailed description Diablo, can't +rep :( I would if I could :p

Aquila DK · October 2, 2007

Just right a note that you're the infamous custard and they'll have to replace it! Or maybe not. Anyways, sad to hear that you've got RRoD

SupermAnthony · October 2, 2007

Mine came back last week. It only took 2 weeks from when it left my house to when it arrived back. I was well impressed. And they fixed it, I didn't get a new machine or a refurbished one. Plus you get 1 month free Xbox Live Gold membership for the time it's away and a description of what went wrong with yours (in my case, the 3 red lights were caused by a malfunction of the mainboard).

Eudemon · October 2, 2007

Hey Super when they came for yours did they bring a box (affectionately called the coffin) already or did you need to pack it up yourself?

Cheers. I would like to get mine back tbh, it's done me well.

eleKtro · October 2, 2007

This is the infamous 3 Red Lights of Death (3RLoD) aka as the Red Ring of Death (RRoD) which basically means the box is dead or dying due to something melting near the Graphics card or something meaning the system can't run anything giving out a total failure which cannot be solved by merely letting it cool down.

The 'towel trick' is when you essentially bake your 360 so much so that it heats so much inside that it melts this component that has come loose and thus fixes the join that has since come apart (very basic description). This has worked for some people but personally I don't mind being without it especially since they fix this problem and add extra cooling to the inside if they fix your machine, if they send a refurb or even sometimes a new one then you're good to go BUT you can run into problems with DLC and may even worse case scenario receive a banned unit due to it being modded.

I'm optimistic though that I can get a lot done in the time it has to be away so here's to about 3-4 weeks (could be less) with time to spare.

Hope that clears it up a bit for you.

SO this is like a BSOD for a PC :)

Speed · October 2, 2007

Rofl nice pic Max!

Sorry to hear your offline Diablo, I know if I wasn't able to play, I'd want to even more! :D

Nipper · October 2, 2007

Is that BSOD real?

Speed · October 2, 2007

Is that BSOD real?

Nugget?

Iced_Bullet · October 3, 2007

Is that BSOD real?

The Blue Screen of Death, means the computer has encountered a serious error, and has to close down. But the only way to get rid of it, is to manually turn the computer off :p