They Don't Make Em' Like They Used To

Had some video chip overheating problems with this beast here but after doing the "penny trick fix" it is working ok. I'll put up a vid on that later but if anyone out there is having 360 problems like this or the RROD, that penny trick fix will do the job!

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[MN12BIRD]

LOL your 20 year old PCE CD-ROM still works but several of your 360's don't.  Yeah heat in these things is just a killer!

[DOPPELgameplayVIDEOS]

You have the Restrictions of Hazardous Substances laws to thank. Guess what, your old consoles uses lead in it's solder. Sadly, environmentalists had lobbied a law to ban this lead. The removal of the lead has caused brittle solder joints, and since these solders are BRITTLE they have a severely high chance of cracking under strain. The reason why lead was used is because they are FLEXIBLE.

So yeah, don't blame MS for your RROD, blame Greenpeace.

Also, I'm no fanboy. I'm actually a PS3 user.

[Z3rologictech]

It's sad that my n64 an my gamecube an orginal xbox still works but my xbox360 dont last a year -_-

[MultiRandomable]

snes after 1 year- working perfectly fine'

360 after 1 year- dead

[atbin007]

get a slim

[hydrolisk1792]

@DOPPELgameplayVIDEOS Yeah, one can't even buy lead solder anymore for building personal electronics, that pisses me off! because I build stuff all the time!!

[hydrolisk1792]

I broke out my Atar 2600 yesterday, and it fired right up with no issues. But these pieces of junk sometimes don't work right out of the box!! WOW I used to repair these for a living and have like 50-60 laying around now. I have ONE working one from the oven trick and it has been workinmg now for 6 months. I use some of the other consoles as furnature. Ex. Outiman, coffee table, end table, TV riser, and so on!! LOL

[thatguyontheright1]

@wulfshelmut Defiantly, not to mention carts can take more abuse than a CD/DVD can. One deep scratch and you have to replace the game. Which is why I think Optical formats should have come in caddies like the CED format (I have some videos about the CED format.) My Super Mario Bros 3 cart works perfectly, but I let my friend borrow Final Fantasy IX ONCE and it came back unplayable.

[Gingividus]

@MN12BIRD heat is the only weakness to xbox 360's

[fugolda]

DO YOU NO WER I CAN GIT A BLACK 360 FACE PLAYT

[mattrules44]

who has ever needed to have an atari 2600/7800 repaired ever?

[smokslyboltx]

xbox 360 elite lived from first then it came out 2 year old and still works :)