3 Red Lights. A $ for Sony Story

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SlorgNet on 09 November 2007

Nick said:

SlorgNet said:
Alas, your story is going to be replicated for hundreds of thousands of 360 owners this holiday season. US consumers continue to buy the 360, mostly because US consumers will buy just about anything (hell, just look at our cars, or our health insurance system, or our politicians), but European and East Asian consumers are refusing to drink the Koolaid.

I'm still stunned that Microsoft, one of the most profitable companies on the planet, thought it could get away with releasing this kind of substandard hardware. They're clearly an empire in decline.

I agree with pretty much everything thing you said. US consumers don't usually research before purchasing. That said... there is absolutely nothing wrong with American made cars.

Hmm, actually you're right. I should've said, US car companies can't make cars -- the Toyota and Honda plants in the US never had any trouble producing high-quality vehicles. But the US car industry seems bent on self-destruction - not even Daimler's billions of euros seemed to help Chrysler out.

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ssj12 on 09 November 2007

kn said:

ssj12 said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

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on-topic - lol ya.. Microsoft really hasnt done much ti fix the problem.. they need to learn its the freaking X-Clamp, its not the heat so adding a heatpipe doesnt effect anything. Remove the X-Clamp and screw the damn motherboard in and the RROD problem will be solved.

What are you talking about? If you read the OP, you'd have noticed that his 360 is from launch, not a new model.

To say Microsoft hasn't done to attempt to fix the problem during any of the time between launch and today is ignorant.

No what I'm meaning is that adding a new heatsink to the new models doesnt fix the problem they have been having since launch. The problem is easily fixed at maybe at a cost for 2 cents for screws. Remove the X-Clamp, screw the damn motherboard in tightly, RROD = never going to happen again. Simple fix too, I've voided a few warranties fixing 360s that had the RROD (each one was like the 3rd or 4th console the people owned). Guess what, RROD stopped, they didnt have to send it back in for repair, their consoles have been running 100% for the last year.

You do know that is exactly what MS did on the new motherboard design, right? They are screwed down now... There was an article somewhere after the new motherboard rev came out and they dissected it to show the screws (they described them as beefy i think) that replace the x-clamp. They also added the additional heat sink to try to reduce overall heat and prevent motherboard warpage.

I'll try to find the article...

*edit*

Here you go: this is the article I saw and it has pictures on how the screws attach it rather than the x-clamp. It is on the new falcon motherboard...

http://gear.ign.com/articles/824/824183p1.html

Ok I wasnt meaning the falcon then. I was meaning after they added the heatsink before the falcon. Good to see Microsoft listens to internet forums about their issues because a billion dollar company doesnt have enough money to engineer a fix.