Chances the ?Red Ring? becomes in issue this holiday season.

[Joelcool7]

leo-j said:
If you get a white 360 yep it will happen, even if you get the elite. The 65nm is going to have some of the same problems just prolongs the life.

Well I bought a 360 Elite, and within the 3-hours I've played it Vertically it was extremely hot already. Since my in-box warranty says I'm only covered three months I'm going to by a Cooling stand from Intec tomorow and I'm going to watch how long I play my 360 keeping it under 3-hours to prevent over heating.So no my unit does work it hasn't gotten the red ring of death but it was searing hot almost enough to burn my hand and that was just three hours of gameplay.

My suggestion to Microsoft would be to scrap the fan, go internal refridgeration like Sony. Using cooling gels instead of the fan would not only cut down the noise level which is almost non-existant on my elite but it would also do alot to fix the Red Ring of Death.

 I mean fans seem to be a thing of the past, units are just becoming to hot and the fans aren't enough to keep them cool. When making such expensive hardware building it to last is key and I think the new Elites should be retrofitted with Cooling gel systems instead of their current fans. 

 Please correct me if I'm wrong but the fan and vents are the only cooling systems in the 360 right? Notice that 360 is the only console suffering over heating issues, Nintendo's Wii gets warm after about 2-days and I don't know about PS3 but I know all of my friends 360 have died at least once per person. Thats not the most encouraging thing for a possible consumer to see.

 So come on Microsoft this issues been around since your first console (X-Box) it hasn't gone anywhere its time to address it and take it seariously.