this isn't good for microsoft...

xXxCocoFangxXx · Post by **xXxCocoFangxXx** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:38 pm

Tural wrote:
xXxCocoFangxXx wrote:I think they want peoples Xboxes to break so we have to buy new ones
No. Just no. Seriously. No.

lol, I replied to this topic soo fast, I dude even pay attention to what I wrote, I was too busy thinking about Veegies comment. :/

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:14 pm

Bacon's DevBox would be perfectly Legitamate...

-Doom

patchesreusch · Post by **patchesreusch** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:53 pm

Doom wrote:Bacon's DevBox would be perfectly Legitamate...

-Doom

is a dev box a 360 and a debug an xbox?

kibito87 · Post by **kibito87** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:55 pm

patchesreusch wrote:
Doom wrote:Bacon's DevBox would be perfectly Legitamate...

-Doom
is a dev box a 360 and a debug an xbox?

No, devbox and debug are basically the same thing. They are used to test and make video games.

FleetAdmiralBacon · Post by **FleetAdmiralBacon** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:58 pm

The full name is either an Xbox 360 Registered Developer Kit or an Xbox Registered Developer Kit. Dev Boxes for short.

I think it's good that MS is actually admitting their mistake here, it makes me want to trust them a little more.

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:25 pm

Halo 2 Rules!! wrote:
Veegie wrote: Sorry to ruin your opportunity that you took upon yourself to tout illegal activities.
Yes, it's suddenly illegal to buy a devbox for a company he is part of.

Sorry but no.
If he was a licensed developer all he would have to do was sign a piece of paper as he left the studio for the night to take home a devbox for personal use. There would be no financial issues to worry about.

lordbunson · Post by **lordbunson** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:03 pm

Not every 360 is defective. It has a 1/3 failure rate. taht means 2/3 is good

gh0570fchurch · Post by **gh0570fchurch** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:04 pm

lordbunson wrote:Not every 360 is defective. It has a 1/3 failure rate. taht means 2/3 is good

No, they're all defective, it's just not all of them have run into the problem yet.

lordbunson · Post by **lordbunson** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:10 pm

No use arguing over it... you win. You believe that, I believe this, I really don't care who is right.

However, what is the advantage of a devbox? why would you want one if it just plays the same games and does the same things, and looks the same?

or am I confused on what a devbox is?

damn i'm such a noob.

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:35 pm

Enough about dev box's.

This thread is for the discussion of the defective hardware found in the current Xbox 360 hardware.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:37 pm

gh0570fchurch wrote:
lordbunson wrote:Not every 360 is defective. It has a 1/3 failure rate. taht means 2/3 is good
No, they're all defective, it's just not all of them have run into the problem yet.

Or its because people don't take care of things all that well

I believe some would be more defectie than other and many if not all have the heat issue problems....

But there must be an issue about personal abuse instead of overheating etc. I live in Australia, a very hot country in drought for many years. My 360 hasn't melted yet, so I must be doing something right to keep it alive.

lordbunson · Post by **lordbunson** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:10 pm

I've red if you get the red lights of doom you can rap your console in a towel. Power it on for a good 45 minutes, and this will heat it up the soldering, making temporary fixing the broken connection with those console so you can play for about 3 more hours. Then of course do this again, for another 3 hours of gameplay. It's proven to work, but that does of course depend on the cause of you consoles failure.

gh0570fchurch · Post by **gh0570fchurch** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:13 pm

Scotty, do you do anything out of the ordinary in terms of storage or handling/treatment that might be helping to preserve your console?

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:17 pm

lordbunson wrote:I've red if you get the red lights of doom you can rap your console in a towel. Power it on for a good 45 minutes, and this will heat it up the soldering, making temporary fixing the broken connection with those console so you can play for about 3 more hours. Then of course do this again, for another 3 hours of gameplay. It's proven to work, but that does of course depend on the cause of you consoles failure.

That's ridiculous when you have a three year warranty.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:49 pm

My console stands up on top of some junk mail magazines which are on top of the carpet and doesn't move much.

Now its in a cabinet, if it ever fails I'll blame the move

-Legendary- · Post by **-Legendary-** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:53 pm

My console switches alot.. For filming.. I have to move it away from the big screen to the Computer >_<

And the only problems I have had is something I call, "A Burned Image", which happens when I play alot, A picture of Halo 2, will get stuck on the screen ,and be very transparent.

Another thing I found a problem is, I press the the button to get the disc tray out, and the disc is still spinning >_< It seems harmful, but maybe it's not.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:06 am

-Legendary- wrote:My console switches alot.. For filming.. I have to move it away from the big screen to the Computer >_<

And the only problems I have had is something I call, "A Burned Image", which happens when I play alot, A picture of Halo 2, will get stuck on the screen ,and be very transparent.

Another thing I found a problem is, I press the the button to get the disc tray out, and the disc is still spinning >_< It seems harmful, but maybe it's not.

1) you using a plasma tv? or is it whenever you use the xbox on ANY tv at any house?
2) make sure you go to dashboard before ejecting. That's what I'd do.

-Legendary- · Post by **-Legendary-** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:16 am

Nope, it does it on both TVs I use my Xbox 360 on.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:53 am

That's strange then...are both of your TV's Plasma, then?

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:02 am

no thats just a problem with the xbox 1 emulation software that microsoft is currently working to fix it, it only happens on halo 2 and 1 or 2 other games