Not fixing the Xbox 360?

March 11, 2010 at 3:40 pm · Filed under Games, Technical

I broke down and bought a new Xbox 360 Arcade unit to replace my variously failing boxes.  If you [intlink id=”272″ type=”post”]remember back just a bit in time[/intlink], I tried a couple of strategies to fix my machine.  They all worked — for a time.  The time the fix worked, however, was variable, ranging from 5-30 hours for a good fix, and as short as 30 minutes for a bad fix.

I’ve spent a lot of time on the boxes, and unfortunately, the time I spent fixing seems to have eclipsed the time I spent playing.

The thing I’ve found most fascinating about the process is that, while buggy, the 360 hardware is quite resilient.  With enough twiddling of screws, I can get a box up and running quite consistently.

2 Comments

  1. Eric said,

    March 12, 2010 @ 6:54 am

    Ah, that’s too bad! Hopefully the new one is made better.

  2. Eric said,

    March 16, 2010 @ 2:28 pm

    Here’s an option for your dead xBox: A coffin! http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/03/16/1346204/Designer-Builds-Coffin-For-Xboxs-Suffering-RROD

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