lol rock on. but i see your sinister plan.

"look at all the things you must do to keep your 360 in playing order, buy a different console"

RROD is a problem of the past now, the newer models are fine.
if it does rrod, then you get a brand new 360, so there is no problem.

My 360 elite is fine after playing gtaiv for 35 hours in 4 days...

if it dies... then it dies... but i still have my 3 year warranty... so more power to me

Lameeeee list, while 1 gives a chuckle, 2, 3, 7, 8 are pointless and don't actually do anything.

10 is probably the best one (in terms of being serious).

When I say I hadn't played my 360 for 2 weeks and then it RROD, what I forgot to mention, during that time, the hottest day of the summer happened (I think it hit 43 degrees C) and that's probably what did it.

Looks like Rock_on_2008 seems to like to stick on the earlier 360 reliability problems but not the new machines that run fine, maybe he should start a thread called " 10 ways to prevent the PS2 DVD of Death" if he wants to dwell on early release problems -

Taken from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps2
In the contents box on the left click on 7.1 DISC READ ERRORS.



Disc read error

Owners of early PS2 models purchased from launch until July 2003 often reported faulty optical drives in their consoles.[20] The earliest drives suffered from a constantly misaligning laser lens, which could also result in discs being scratched by the lens. [21] Later defects were the result of a shift in voltage to the laser. The first problem was easily remedied by opening the console's casing and tweaking a cog that controlled the lens's distance from the disc; however, this action voided the console's warranty. The second problem could be fixed by using an oscillator. After many consoles had broken down, a class action lawsuit was filed against Sony. Sony agreed to provide free repair or replacement for the faulty consoles and continued to do so until February 2005.[citation needed]

Another problem that could cause a disc read error is wear on the coupling in the head assembly to the worm gear that moves the laser. A symptom of this is a loud repetitive clicking sound. This sound can also be heard on older systems when playing blue or black disks. These problems rarely occur on newer consoles.[citation needed]

A class action lawsuit was launched in 2005 against Sony with regards to this issue. It was settled [22] by allowing those who purchased a defective console to receive $25, a free game, free repairs, or a new console.

You know what i find hilarious about this site.

Ps3 users can make biased flame bate posts and not get hampered for it.
360 Users get stomped and told to gtfo when they decide to add a little flame to the fire.

The world cant take a biased site seriously can they?

I know im knew as a poster here but i have been reading this site for months.I have to laugh tho becuase like star and geb make my day when they make ps3 fanboys look stupid over and over again.

I was going to buy a ps3 until i read all the quality posts by geb and starcraft and realised that the people that know what there talking about prefer 360.

Guys like mike b are a joke lmao

 I'm pretty sure a thread like that existed already.... and what does the PS2 have to do with this topic?

Either way, when my PS2's lens started messing up, I just put it upside down or an upsidedown slanted position (like my PS1). I wish I could do the same with my 360. 

Come on guys. I'm leaving soon and this is the stuff I have to deal with? Flame threads and troll responses?

Not cool. Not cool at all. I'm locking this down tighter than a... crap, I can't even think of a good line with all this flaming trollery.

How about this: buy a 360 with it in mind that it will likely RROD. That's what I did. I looked over the warranty information and decided that if I absolutely needed to, I'd pay for a repair out of pocket, if Microsoft required it. This would be in the case that my system failed after the one year warranty expired and without getting an RROD, or after the three year RROD warranty expired.

The 360 isn't our primary console anyway, the Wii is. So if the 360 is gone for a while, we won't be all that upset.

UltimateFighter

Yes I agree with you 100%, tried it myself just now by putting up 1 silly post about the pS3 and guess what removed already. and as you say if a 360 owners put a post up like this the PS3 fanboyz replies would all be "I see a ban coming etc" this site is pointless if you want to have a good allround read aboutwhat is going on in the games world now it's just become a PS3 fanboy site, I know of at least One mod here who bans people for next to nothing if they dare say anything about the PS3....................................

This thread is going nowhere fast. Sorry, folks.