alternative towel trick theory

[snowmman]

thanks for the responses.

It's interesting to see how everyone has processed the information
about these failures. People want to be confident they understand
the issue. But in reality, this is like a star trek episode where a phaser
is dropped onto a planet. And the people there use the phaser, but
then it stops working. So all sorts of theories get created about
why.

But the simple reality is that people don't understand the phaser and
don't have the tools and mechanisms for analyzing it. But people are
willing to believe MSFT understands it. It's cool that MSFT obviously did a good job with XBOX, because people use/love it in spite of the problems.

Hey another thought:
All the posted youtube videos are cool because it lets you see how people
setup their xbox's in terms of stacking on other electronic devices, or inside
a cabinet, or whatever else. Made me think that cramming all the guts
into the small xbox cabinet was a bad decision by MSFT. If they would
have just decided to be horizontal only (like everyone uses it, because
of CD tray)...and larger, they would have had more internal airflow, and
could have used larger, slower fans for less noise and more CFM.

I'm thinking like the size of a DVD player in width and depth, but thicker
like a vcr.

Would anyone really care if the xbox was a bigger device?

[Javelin Wettlin]

No - I agree with you - they should have simply made it a bigger machine and people would not have cared! It wouldn't matter to me how big the console is.

[CBD]

guys come on , Here is how my console is cooled (Pics) - Xbox 360 Forum these fan are very easy to install and never had any problem with overheating since i got these

[CalcProgrammer1]

You don't have to spend much to fix the 360's RROD...my friend gave me a dead 360 (3 red lights of death) and indicated a "digital backbone failure" test code. I tried the towel trick, it worked for like a minute or two then locked up and back to RROD.

I used the X clamp replacement fix (replace the weak X clamps with tightened screws and add new thermal paste) and it worked great. I also did the 12v fan mod, doesn't involve buying new (and probably expensive) fans, but it improves cooling by a ton. The only downside is it's pretty loud, but playing loud games covers it up.