Just out of curiosity, I keep hearing about people who have had their Xboxes quit working in various ways and about people who have had to have theirs replaced multiple times, I was wondering just how common this problem was. I seem to be one of the few people who own their original Xbox 360 that they purchased the first time, though I've run into problems with reading discs, this is usually the fault of my local game rental store not checking for scratches. As of this post I've never had a system failure that wasn't caused by a power outage. Am I just really lucky in this aspect or is this problem blown out of proportion?

If this has been done before I'm sorry, but I searched the forums and found no previous posts concerning this.

I bought one second hand which was already RROD, so I took it back and got a shiney new one.

Dont think that really counts though.

My Dad has had his for 3 years and hasnt had a problem.

I'm on my second right now, it's been good for like 4 months.

Touch wood: Never had a problem with mine. Bought it mid-august last year.

I still have my original, but had a problem initially with the power brick. Was replaced pretty quickly, and they sent me PGR as a gift as well for the inconvenience. Pretty solid customer service in my opinion.

I'm interested to see how many people have had major problems. I always get the feeling that the problems are a bit overblown.

I think you should edit the title so it says 360 since the the a few first released original xbox consoles could have problems reading discs.

Anyway, I own a 360 that has been fixed once, I don't know if it was replaced or just fixed though.

I had mine replaced the exact same day as I bought it. Somehow it wouldn't read any disc at all so I googled the problem, learned it was because of somehing inside which wasn't where it was supposed to be. I took it to my retailer and complained, they made a quick test on one of their TVs in the shop and agreed that it was malfunctioning. So they instantly gave me a new one and it has worked like a charm ever since. I've even dropped the console at a point, was scared as ashit, but it didn't even get a scratch.

I find computer mice to be much more prone to malfunctioning. I've had one Logitech MX 1000 and one Steelseries Ikari laser replaced within 2 years. :(

Yeah, I've noticed that modern consoles are more and more damage-proof. I've dropped a PSP in my dog's waterbowl and it kept running. I've heard of PS2s that were run over by someone's car and were just fine, if a little more compact (that was the old version, not the thin one). As nice as it is to know they've got all us clumsy gamers covered, it'd be nicer to know they had all the hardware problems worked out before release.

They sent you a free game when they replaced the power brick? That was nice of them, almost make me wish I got the three rings of death if I knew there was a free game in it for me.

I've had one replacement for the classic RROD; I had the first one for 10 months of fairly heavy usage before failure, and this one (a refurbished model sent to replace the RRODed one) is going on 8 months now of moderate use and still going strong.

-- Steve

On my second. My first didn't RROD, but it stopped reading discs.

Never had a problem with the 360, the only time my fiance freaked as it red ringed, mainly to the fact he didn't plug the wires in fully XD

Haven't had any problems with mine but have a bud whose on his third. His second red ringed last week.

I never had a problem and it was secondhand^^

I got the elite version, brand new too :D

Have had it almost a year now and it hasn't broken yet @_@

I had mine for 2 years and then I got the red rings of death, and it took 3 months from when I called them to when i got it back. I haven't had any problems since then.

thebobmaster:
On my second. My first didn't RROD, but it stopped reading discs.

I had that problem three times now. The other two, RROD. Poor me.

On my second, the disc tray went AWOL on my first one, rarely opened and when it did, it'd rarely read the disc. Got an Elite now, been fine for nearly a year.

Just the one, but I bought it relatively recently (A few months ago) and I've heard that the newer ones have less issues.

My 360 itself was fine on its own. However, scared of having problems, I bought a Nyko Intercooler. The thing short circuited maybe 3 months after I bought it and fused itself to the 360. Nyko bought me a new one.

Before that I had the external hard drive fail. MS replaced it, but bye-bye all my game saves.

1, which did RROD once, but I just left it alone for the rest of the day and has been fine since then.

I've had mine since launch and it's still going strong. The only reason you hear more about broken 360s is because those of use who take care of them are too busy playing to complain.

I'm currently waiting for my third 360 to break. I have a Wii in a glass case that says 'in case of 3 red lights break glass'

only had the one, only for about 9 months though, no problems at all

im now on my third my last one broke yesterday but both times mine has broken i got a new one back the next day which is pretty sweet

ManiacRaccoon:
Just out of curiosity, I keep hearing about people who have had their Xboxes quit working in various ways and about people who have had to have theirs replaced multiple times, I was wondering just how common this problem was. I seem to be one of the few people who own their original Xbox 360 that they purchased the first time, though I've run into problems with reading discs, this is usually the fault of my local game rental store not checking for scratches. As of this post I've never had a system failure that wasn't caused by a power outage. Am I just really lucky in this aspect or is this problem blown out of proportion?

If this has been done before I'm sorry, but I searched the forums and found no previous posts concerning this.

I'm on my third. So, two, terminal, Red Ring of Death failures. All covered by the now extended 3 year warranty (only for that specific fault).

My tip: Keep the box UPS send it back to you in as you'll need it for when you have to send it away to be replaced/fixed next time - it has nice formed polystyrene insides and is a lot less effort to sort out than the box you have to provide yourself the first time around...

I've had my Elite since... October of last year, I believe. Still seems to work fine.

Janus leads me to my question, out of those of you who have had the RROD or the problem where the game tells you it's a game in 7 languages then chastises you for putting it in a DVD player(the disk is in the 360 mind you), how many of those smoke in their houses? Mine has broken down twice, (one of each of the above errors) and both times were in homes where all 3 of my roommates were smoking weed or cigarettes
or both simultaneously. I haven't had a breakdown since I left that apartment so now it's just me smoking weed and cigarettes in close proximity to the system. (thanks to M$oft for extending the warranty days before each breakdown)

Had the same one forever....encountered the RRoD only once, but that was my own retardedness rather than technical issues. I figure if I encounter a problem, it'll be nothing a fist thrust or a drop kick couldnt fix...fixed my PS2 that way...

I'm still on my first. I got it for Christmas last year, so I assume the Red Ring of Death problem has been fixed.

Somehow through some divine purpose, I have yet to get the RRoD, going on 1.5 years....

I'm surprised to say the least.

I'm going on 8 months soon and I've never had a problem.

I've had my first for 11 months now and I've yet to have a problem. However I have the Halo edition 360 because I read that it had more reliable hardware and indeed it doesn't seem to get as hot as my buddy's original 360.

Got mine Christmas of 06' HEAVY use since then, at least an hour a day up to 10 hours straight when I'm really bored. Haven't had a single problem with the actual console, but the HDDVD player kinda sucked, couldn't read discs. Oh well, I got myself a PS3 a few weeks ago, so I haven't played it a whole lot recently.

I am proud to say i'm still on my first 360..... Doesn't work though. Following a GTAIV related RROD it now lies on my housemates bedroom floor in no less that 8 pieces... but maybe I'm just unlucky, cos I seem to own the only Wii in the world that has Disc read errors...