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My Xbox is officially dead

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ChangeAgent said...
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Well, it had a good run... after three years... my Xbox is officially toast. RRoD has taken it away from me...

Looks like I will be buying a new Xbox this weekend... which actually isn't a bad thing... I have to imagine the drives are a little quieter than the original launch models.

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andyg8180 said 4 months ago
trapper noooooooooooooooo!!!

3 years is a good run... and its sad to say "3 years is a good run" lol... but remember, nintendo systems weren't perfect either... At least this time we dont have to results to blowing our 360's to get them to work (Thats what she said)...

RIP 360... BRING ON THE HDMI!!
Hagan said 4 months ago
Considering the RRoD stories I've heard, 3 years is pretty damn good. Shame it had to die thought. If you are going for a new model, hunt around a bit, and keep a wary eye on the hard drive sizes.

I've seen a few places selling 360's with the HD mysteriously absent from the general description, trying to move old 20gb models for the same price as 60gbs.
ChangeAgent said 4 months ago
Well I actually JUST bought a 160 Gig drive the other day... so I actually don't need a drive... or controllers (I have two)... and every other accessory... so I am thinking I can just pick up an Arcade package... as that is the most bare bones right? I have to research it a bit.
Hagan said 4 months ago
Oh yeah, forgot. lol its been that long since I had to even look at the HDD on mine, I'd forgotten they could be detatched. Aye, the arcade package is the basic bare bones kit, although they do come with a few accesories (a memory card and a few arcade games, w. 1 controller).

Only thing you should have spare is the power pack I think.
ChangeAgent said 4 months ago
Yeah for $199 that will be my best option... if I buy it through Bing I can get 10% cash back too! :)
Wingman709 said 4 months ago
Looks like you don't need it, but I am seeing ads for the Elite models to be dropped in price by $100 at the end of August. Just an FYI.
grumblybear said 4 months ago
Aren't the Arcade models sold on Amazon now coming with that newer "Jasper" chipset? Those are a little more resistant to RRoDs, right?
ChangeAgent said 4 months ago
yeah I am pretty sure all the new boxes are coming with the new chipsets.
Wormy said 4 months ago
sad panda.
Kiernan said 4 months ago
I feel for you bud. Seriously. had it happen to me a month ago.
MrVista360 said 4 months ago
I feel your pain, not to be the "One up ya guy" but I had an Elite and the regular both get the RROD within a week of each other last year...horrible two weeks waiting for them back. The regular one actually did it a year before last {Thats why I bought the Elite}.
ChangeAgent said 4 months ago
@MrVista360 Hmmm that's crazy that the Elite went out... I thought the new chipset was suppose to solve all that? Did they make Elite systems with the old chips? I haven't really done my reading yet on the new models.
MrVista360 said 4 months ago
If I am not mistaken, and I don't know this for sure, but I believe the chipset order was/ is Xenon - Zephyr - Falcon - Jasper. If I remember right {when I researched it last} it was the Zephyrs that I had that was blowing out {I even had the external cooling fan packs on them}. The ones I have now are supposed to have different chipsets.
GamerbyDesign said 4 months ago
Xenon, Zephyr, Falcon, & Jasper
GamerbyDesign said 4 months ago
That is the correct order as far as I know.
raaa said 4 months ago
i had an h3 model go out a few months ago with 3 rings, and the replacement is a bit noisier. also the radiation from the wireless controller is all over the 2ghz spectrum, not that its stopping me.

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