I've read so many threads on VGChartz regarding RROD over the past couple of years, I thought it might be interesting to do a poll to determine who has experienced RROD, how many times it has happened, when it happened, how the 360s have been seated, etc.

Please be honest... I'm really trying to determine if there are patterns that point to why some people have little or no failure and others seem to see it on a regular basis.  I will add my analysis results to the thread after a sufficiently large sample of responses has been collected.

The ultimate win for 360 owners from this would be to discover a trend that could help them avoid the dreaded RROD.

To PS3 fans... some of you might be tempted to try and skew the poll by adding in bogus responses.  Please don't.  If someone was doing the same sort of poll to try and help those who had suffered from Blu-Ray drive failures, I'm sure you would want the best results possible.

Please answer separately for each 360 involved (list your answers across the page after each question).  It isn't necessary to answer every question, but the more comprehensive each response is, the better.

How many times has your 360 experienced RROD?

How long did this occur after you purchased the unit(s)?

When was the unit purchased (year/month)?

Which 360 model was involved?

Did you watch DVD movies on your 360?  How often?

Did you watch streaming video on your 360?  How often?

How often did you play games on your 360?

Was your 360 on a power strip?  A UPS?  Did you switch your 360 off by switching off the power strip/UPS?

If you had brown-outs, how frequent were they?  Black-outs?  Have you lost other electronic equipment due to power outages?

How many other electronic devices were plugged into the same wall circuit?

Was the 360 positioned vertically or horizontally?

Was the 360 operated on the floor?      If so, what kind of surface (carpet, wood, tile, etc.)?

Was the 360 moved to other areas of the house on a regular basis?  Was it transported to other homes?

Was the environment the 360 operated in dusty?

Did anyone smoke on a regular basis while the 360 was operating?

Was the 360 operated on a shelf or in a cabinet?   Is the shelf/cabinet enclosed (glass doors, etc.)?  Which shelf was the 360 on?  What other electronic devices shared the shelf unit/cabinet?

Which of the following add-ons were attached?   HD-DVD?    WiFi?    Hard Drive?   Decorative face-plate?   Decorative body-panels?

Was an add-on cooling unit attached?  In-line with power supply?  USB powered?

I havnt gotten any problems and i got a launch 360....people that get problems are usually modding it i think...

we have one of this threads already.

it was over 40% if i recall correctly.

How many times has your 360 experienced RROD? 2

How long did this occur after you purchased the unit(s)? 1 year after getting it and a year and half after that it did it again..

When was the unit purchased (year/month)? June 06

Which 360 model was involved? Original one

Did you watch DVD movies on your 360? How often? Almost never

Did you watch streaming video on your 360? How often? Same as above

How often did you play games on your 360? 15 hours per week on average

Was your 360 on a power strip? A UPS? Did you switch your 360 off by switching off the power strip/UPS? No/No

If you had brown-outs, how frequent were they? Black-outs? Have you lost other electronic equipment due to power outages? No

How many other electronic devices were plugged into the same wall circuit? 1

Was the 360 positioned vertically or horizontally? Horizontally

Was the 360 operated on the floor? If so, what kind of surface (carpet, wood, tile, etc.)? No

Was the 360 moved to other areas of the house on a regular basis? Was it transported to other homes? Never
Was the environment the 360 operated in dusty? Somewhat

Did anyone smoke on a regular basis while the 360 was operating? No

Was the 360 operated on a shelf or in a cabinet? Is the shelf/cabinet enclosed (glass doors, etc.)? Which shelf was the 360 on? What other electronic devices shared the shelf unit/cabinet?
Open Shelf by it's self

Which of the following add-ons were attached? HD-DVD? WiFi? Hard Drive? Decorative face-plate? Decorative body-panels? None

Was an add-on cooling unit attached? In-line with power supply? USB powered? Nope

How many times has your 360 experienced RROD?

Had 2 360's neither have RROD.

How long did this occur after you purchased the unit(s)?

When was the unit purchased (year/month)?

1st was Oct 06, 2nd Oct 07 (2 years old)

Which 360 model was involved?

Er ... no idea

Did you watch DVD movies on your 360?  How often?

Yes, 5 a year.

Did you watch streaming video on your 360?  How often?

Never

How often did you play games on your 360?

sometimes leave it for 2 months, sometimes play for 12 hours straight. It gets good use when I'm using it.

Was your 360 on a power strip?  A UPS?  Did you switch your 360 off by switching off the power strip/UPS?

I use the controller .... whats a UPS?

If you had brown-outs, how frequent were they?  Black-outs?  Have you lost other electronic equipment due to power outages?

no

How many other electronic devices were plugged into the same wall circuit?

Was the 360 positioned vertically or horizontally?

Horizontally

Was the 360 operated on the floor?      If so, what kind of surface (carpet, wood, tile, etc.)?

no on a wooden base

Was the 360 moved to other areas of the house on a regular basis?  Was it transported to other homes?

Yes very often

Was the environment the 360 operated in dusty?

somewhat

Did anyone smoke on a regular basis while the 360 was operating?

no never

Was the 360 operated on a shelf or in a cabinet?   Is the shelf/cabinet enclosed (glass doors, etc.)?  Which shelf was the 360 on?  What other electronic devices shared the shelf unit/cabinet?

Open top shelf

Which of the following add-ons were attached?   HD-DVD?    WiFi?    Hard Drive?   Decorative face-plate?   Decorative body-panels?

just HD

Was an add-on cooling unit attached?  In-line with power supply?  USB powered?

No add on cooling unit.

How many times has your 360 experienced RROD?

Never

How long did this occur after you purchased the unit(s)?

Never

When was the unit purchased (year/month)?

November 2007

Which 360 model was involved?

20 GB pro, I believe it's a pre-falcon model

Did you watch DVD movies on your 360?  How often?

Yes, but not very often, once every two months or so

Did you watch streaming video on your 360?  How often?

Never

How often did you play games on your 360?

Play it every day at least 2 hours a day

Was your 360 on a power strip?  A UPS?  Did you switch your 360 off by switching off the power strip/UPS?

I don't understand the question

If you had brown-outs, how frequent were they?  Black-outs?  Have you lost other electronic equipment due to power outages?

Never had' em

How many other electronic devices were plugged into the same wall circuit?

18 or so, i'm using three different extensions where i have pluged in my PC (and all that goes with it), 7 different consoles, TV, power box (to watch cable) and my phone (yes it needs power as well)

Was the 360 positioned vertically or horizontally?

Horizontally

Was the 360 operated on the floor?      If so, what kind of surface (carpet, wood, tile, etc.)?

no

Was the 360 moved to other areas of the house on a regular basis?  Was it transported to other homes?

never

Was the environment the 360 operated in dusty?

No

Did anyone smoke on a regular basis while the 360 was operating?

No

Was the 360 operated on a shelf or in a cabinet?   Is the shelf/cabinet enclosed (glass doors, etc.)?  Which shelf was the 360 on?  What other electronic devices shared the shelf unit/cabinet?

Yes. No it was not enclosed. Top Shelf. Powerbox, Dreamcast, sega master system

Which of the following add-ons were attached?   HD-DVD?    WiFi?    Hard Drive?   Decorative face-plate?   Decorative body-panels?

Hardrive, Decorative Face-plate

Was an add-on cooling unit attached?  In-line with power supply?  USB powered?

Nope

Had RROD 3 times, twice was 3 rings and 1 was just one ring, had it in cabnet and played it for about 2 hours per day, bought it december 2006, core model (oldest one with no chrome finish) then got a new 360 with repair which had the chrome finish. Did not watch movies on it, had no cooler etc etc and had it horizontally

Never had the RROD my unit did get the E74 once it happened in May of this year no big deal though took only two weeks to repair. Had it since November of 07 its an older unit though it was made 10/17/06 its used by three people and its used at least four hours a day but a lot more now thanks to Netflix.

to many questions but yes i got RROD once

How many times has your 360 experienced RROD?

1

How long did this occur after you purchased the unit(s)?

About 2 years 10 months 

When was the unit purchased (year/month)?

about 2 weeks after launch whenever that was

Which 360 model was involved?

20gig

Did you watch DVD movies on your 360?  How often?

1 a month on average

Did you watch streaming video on your 360?  How often?

not streaming but I've watched the full season of firefly 3 times off the hard drive 

How often did you play games on your 360?

I typically play a game till I beat it so 6-8 hrs a day for a week or two with long periods of little use between games.

Was your 360 on a power strip?  A UPS?  Did you switch your 360 off by switching off the power strip/UPS?

powerstrip turned on and off with the controller

If you had brown-outs, how frequent were they?  Black-outs?  Have you lost other electronic equipment due to power outages?

4-6 outtages a year with no electronics lost

How many other electronic devices were plugged into the same wall circuit?

Lamp tv pc 360

Was the 360 positioned vertically or horizontally?

Vertically

Was the 360 operated on the floor?      If so, what kind of surface (carpet, wood, tile, etc.)?

no

Was the 360 moved to other areas of the house on a regular basis?  Was it transported to other homes?

Regularly transported to lanpartys and to work

Was the environment the 360 operated in dusty?

yes

Did anyone smoke on a regular basis while the 360 was operating?

yes

Was the 360 operated on a shelf or in a cabinet?   Is the shelf/cabinet enclosed (glass doors, etc.)?  Which shelf was the 360 on?  What other electronic devices shared the shelf unit/cabinet?

close to the floor unenclosed on a MDF shelf with good airflow around it

Which of the following add-ons were attached?   HD-DVD?    WiFi?    Hard Drive?   Decorative face-plate?   Decorative body-panels?

hard drive

Was an add-on cooling unit attached?  In-line with power supply?  USB powered?

none