+InsaneNutter MVC Posted September 25, 2009 MVC Share Posted September 25, 2009 Ok here is the story: Halo 3 ODST was installing to the 360, I thought I could smell burning but couldn?t work out where it was coming from, after looking around the room I notice a bit of smoke coming out the top of the heatsink on the 360 so i turned it off. Where the smoke was coming from:b> After examining the heatsink It didn?t feel hot so i was a bit puzzled how smoke could be coming out of it or where it could have come from. So I got a surge protector, plugged the 360 in to that and powered it back on, after a few seconds smoke starts coming out of the heat sink again, there?s an electrical flash and a quiet pop... the next thing i know the 360 has the infamous 3 red rings. It now appears a little chip has literally burnt off the motherboard as seen in the pic below. I?m guessing that?s pretty much the end of my launch console, its never had so much as a disc read error never mind an rrod before now. I had just done the jtag hack on the console the other week too and was looking forward to seeing what homebrew on the 360 would bring. Although the main reason for doing the hack right now was to switch the consoles region to play games that will most likely never be released in Europe... Raiden Fighter Aces, Raiden 4, Dodonpachi Dai Ou Jou and so on. Random photo of the console running Linux / the JTAG hack I guess it has a good run for its money, almost 3 years and 10 months without an RROD on a launch console must be a pretty good record. (it went back to Microsoft so it could get the new cooling system when it was still in warranty) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJD Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Oh no another 360 killed in action :cry: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591622392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiracyX Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 That's not a launch console. The GPU heatsink of the left with the heatpipe was not introduced on repaired consoles from mid 2007. Chances are if the MFG date is 2005 then it was repaired once before already unless you brought it from someone previously. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591622488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.KICK Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 That's not a launch console. The GPU heatsink of the left with the heatpipe was not introduced on repaired consoles from mid 2007.Chances are if the MFG date is 2005 then it was repaired once before already unless you brought it from someone previously. He said he sent it into MS for better cooling added. Sorry to hear that it broke but at least you'll be able to get one of the new cooler/quiter models (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591622500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
g~man Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 smoke grenade + flash bang + red dot sight Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591622502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiracyX Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 He said he sent it into MS for better cooling added.Sorry to hear that it broke but at least you'll be able to get one of the new cooler/quiter models (Y) My mistake. I missed that last bit :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591622594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mousestrap0731 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 smoke grenade + flash bang + red dot sight A little too much COD? :huh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591622680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahhell Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 My launch 360 had been dying for a year. I finally got sick of it so I replaced it with a new Arcade one. Those things are sweet. The use almost 60W less power too. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591622724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneNutter MVC Posted September 25, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted September 25, 2009 Yup! at the end of last year when the warranty on the launch console expired I got an arcade and sold all the extras that came with it, so the total cost of the arcade was about ?80 with a new 3 year warranty and 5 arcade games as a nice extra. That?s practically silent so I still have a console to u:) :) Just a shame as my launch console had the right motherboard to do the jtag hack and hadn?t been updated to patch the exploit. Im pretty big on homebrew / console hacking and could have finally imported Raiden 4 and a few other games im after. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591623020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplySchizo Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Another one bites the dust. I ran through 3 360's myself. i traded all my 360 games. got a nice amount of store-credit being they got a +$10 every 3 game turn-in promo going at gamestop. managed to get batman:aa, reserve mw:2 and waiting for uncharted2 for my ps3 (launch console). :) I may open it and temp fix so it'll work long enough to get by trade-in at store as well. hehe Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591623040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tablet_user Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Ok here is the story: Halo 3 ODST was installing to the 360, I thought I could smell burning but couldn?t work out where it was coming from, after looking around the room I notice a bit of smoke coming out the top of the heatsink on the 360 so i turned it off. Where the smoke was coming from:b> After examining the heatsink It didn?t feel hot so i was a bit puzzled how smoke could be coming out of it or where it could have come from. So I got a surge protector, plugged the 360 in to that and powered it back on, after a few seconds smoke starts coming out of the heat sink again, there?s an electrical flash and a quiet pop... the next thing i know the 360 has the infamous 3 red rings. It now appears a little chip has literally burnt off the motherboard as seen in the pic below. I?m guessing that?s pretty much the end of my launch console, its never had so much as a disc read error never mind an rrod before now. I had just done the jtag hack on the console the other week too and was looking forward to seeing what homebrew on the 360 would bring. Although the main reason for doing the hack right now was to switch the consoles region to play games that will most likely never be released in Europe... Raiden Fighter Aces, Raiden 4, Dodonpachi Dai Ou Jou and so on. Random photo of the console running Linux / the JTAG hack I guess it has a good run for its money, almost 3 years and 10 months without an RROD on a launch console must be a pretty good record. (it went back to Microsoft so it could get the new cooling system when it was still in warranty) since yours is dead i guess you handed me the torch. Release date console no send ins for any reason and i play it almost daily. still holdin strong. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591623114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draken Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 well ..... you've soldered a lot of cables to the main board :shifty: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591623224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_Monkey Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Raiden IV released September 9th in the US, can't be too far away for the UK. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591623778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted September 25, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted September 25, 2009 To be fair, you did mess with it and got linux on it etc, who's to say it would still be working if you didn't do any mods to it? Still almost 4 years, you can't complain. I know people who've already sent back their PS3s in less time to fix sony's inability to get optical drives to work right on their consoles. Go figure. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591623834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneNutter MVC Posted September 25, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted September 25, 2009 True maybe the jtag hack did have something to do with it, It had crossed my mind but most likely something I?ll never know either way. Then again I would have thought the 360 would have died as soon as I did the hack if it wasn?t happy with it... the only thing extra been used when the 360 is powered on are 3x 330ohm resistors. Most of the wires you see there are simply connected to an adaptor that goes in the PC?s printer port to flash the 360?s nand, after they can be removed and do absolutely nothing when not connected to a PC. It?s unlikely Raiden 4 will be released in the UK, Raiden Fighter Aces never was and both games are region locked! I do hold out hope though as I?ve really got in to Raiden 3 on :)e PC! :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591625186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldiers33 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 if you opened it up, doesnt that break the warranty? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591625204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplySchizo Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 if you opened it up, doesnt that break the warranty? yep. theres a sticker that breaks when its opened. here, i happen to have one available for viewing :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591625222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-99 ODST Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 yep. theres a sticker that breaks when its opened.here, i happen to have one available for viewing :D Yours doesn't look broken though.. it's still intact (meaning the sticker itself didn't break in half) Tablet User I'm sorry this happened to you, My 360 almost had the same fate but miraculously kept working when I had mine sitting verticle. (I have unusual circumstances compared to other cases who had RROD). If mine does break I actually will buy another 360 because it's such an awesome machine. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591625774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Those don't tear in half. that's those new stickers MS use on everything, Where the silver stuff on the back separates from the tape. they're harder to mess with if the guy who first put it on did it right. Also, yeah this isn't the actual RROD of fame, there wouldn't be smoke and a lightshow then. this is something that got messed up, possibly due to an error in your modding.causing the SMD component to gradually fail untill it went poof. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591626374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozgeek Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Your 360 didn't RROD because of Microsoft. Your 360 RROD'ed because of you. So suck it up. You know the consequences of hard-modding. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591626682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomZ Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 ozgeek he doesn't appear to be moaning anyways, he got a good run out of it! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591626714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneNutter MVC Posted September 26, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted September 26, 2009 I?m not moaning about it, the track record 360?s have especially launch consoles I expected it to fail at some point, hence the reason I got a cheap arcade when the 3 year warranty expired on this console. That allowed me to have fun modding this one and not leave myself without a 360 if it ever did break, Of course it?s a shame it broke but I expected it to at some point. I just thought it was worth posting about as most of my mates who got a launch console were lucky to have one that lasted more than 6 months. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/827016-rip-xbox-360/#findComment-591626756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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