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The Fake RRoD?!?!
Why Does This Keep happening To Me?!?!
by C-Dew
During the sumer my friend decided to trade in his intercooler for the 360 because he had reccently bought a newer and better one. Before he got the chance to trade it in I decided to buy it off of him for my own use. For the first few weeks it was working marvelous. I Felt that I could sit and play my 360 all day and not have it overheat. But I dared not to try
Then one dreaded night i turned on my 360 and felt a bullet go through my head at the sight i saw. There it was the Red Ring of DEATH! I paniced no idea what to do. I tryed turning it off and then back on... But it was no help for my poor young little 360. I completly unplugged it and let it sit for a few hours.
I decided that i would plug everything back in and give it one last try and what do you know my 360 was running great again. I was extremly confused by this. A few hours ago it was completly dead and now here it was live and kicking. Startled by this i decided to forget about it and continue with my gameing. That is until another dreadful day.
There it was again. The ring was back but easily went away this time after unpluging all of the wires and then plugging them back. A couple day later another Red Ring of Death sighting was made on my 360. This is when i decided to abandon the intercooler I bought of of my friend. Seeing as it somehow seemed to be the cause.
Then what do you know after getting rid of that intercooler my 360 was working fine for months. That is until last night. I was stunned to see that the ring showed up again. It's strange because last night would make it about the 5th or 6th time the Red Ring appeared on my one 360. Now they go away easier and faster then before but i jsut don't know why they keep coming. If anyone knows please tell me.
They do not appear when my 360 gets hot. But at random times when I turn it on. They also dissapear quite easily and quickly. Any suggestions?
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i dont have any suggestions but mine randomly does it when i leave a game on pause and then go to the restroom or get something to eat. i just turn it off and then turn it on again
I'd say call 1-800-4my-xbox and see if it's under warranty. Might as well get a brand-new one while you can.
Yeah, I had a friend whose 360 gave him the fake-out RRoD. It eventually did die on him. Get it replaced.
I got one of these about a year ago. I quickly shut it off and haven't had a problem since. I do know that many of those intercoolers actually make the problem worse because hey are powered by the Xbox's internal power source and they cause that to overheat, melting solder points and such.
Thank you for the info. Its only a couple months old so its still under warrenty so i guess i might as while get a new one.
I got the fake rrod then it stoped and has not happened for a long ass time
HA HA HA HA HA! You deserve it! GTFO MY WARTHOG!