What are the safety measures for the Xbox 360?

[Mysterious]

i don't know if this should be made here or somewhere else
you mods know what to do about this

anyway, my friend gave me his 360 (which he doesn't use at all)
and i only want to play ninja gaiden 2 on it
but i heard somewhere that i can't play more than 5 hours a day because of this stupid ring of death thing
i usually play all day when i have a great game to finish (ninja gaiden 2)
any help?

 

[blinkboy211]

You cant play less than 10 hours a day? Wow do you have a life?

Seriously though the red ring of death is mainly caused when the system overheats but i believe it wont get the red ring if it wasnt in use alot. Just play how you want and unless their are parent controlls on then you can play as long as you like.

 

[JuttingRock]

There is no set time limit to how much you can play before you red ring it or else my 360 would have gotten it a long time ago.

I've had my 360 for over 2 years now and never seen the red ring and this includes multiple all nighters.

Just make sure that the 360 has room for air to circulate and never put the power brick directly behind the system.

 

[Mysterious]

You cant play less than 10 hours a day? Wow do you have a life?

i know, i get that a lot

Just make sure that the 360 has room for air to circulate and never put the power brick directly behind the system.

i'm already doing this

so you guys are saying that there's no problem in playing it all day if i'm taking good care of it, right?

 

[Honky Sam]

1. Get a life.

2. One time, I went on vacation for 4 days and forgot to turn it off, when I got home it was perfectly fine.

 

[Dogenzaka]

- Don't mod your console
- Don't play it 24/7
- Don't cram it in a place where heat can't escape
- Don't drop it
- Don't move it while a disc is running
- Don't get it wet
- Don't jam peanut butter in the disc tray

That's pretty much it.

so you guys are saying that there's no problem in playing it all day if i'm taking good care of it, right?

Not really. RROD is caused by the GPU heating up so much that it actually melts. If you play it too much, the heat might melt the GPU causing your console to RROD. Even if it does, who cares? You get it fixed for free. Just play in moderate sessions.

 

[Hero_of_Fate]

You shouldn't have too many problems as long as you keep it well ventilated. I've played the 360 for extended periods plenty of times, though it never does hurt to be careful. Still, like Dogenzaka mentioned, MS will fix it for free should your GPU be melted by its own crapiness. Damnit, ATI, stop making things that over heat. (There were problems with Wii ATI GPUs a while ago too)

 

[Just as Planned]

uh

rrod's are caused by the fact that the dvd drive is located directly above the gpu

the gpu itself has a heatsink to protect the core from high temps, but the fact that the dvd drive is located just above it doesn't exactly help much

so uh in theory i guess by gutting a 360 and widening the distance between the heatsink and the dvd drive you can reduce your chances of getting an rrod

Damnit, ATI, stop making things that over heat.

this is like trying to develop monkeys that eat shit and excrete nutrients

 

[Steamboatwillis]

Just send it back in to microsoft.
I had to send mine back in to microsoft 4 times.

 

[Deleted member 36435]

My cousin has his launch system and it hasn't RROD'd.
Mainly because if you find a good open place (He had his on top of a coffee table) and don't move it it won't overheat.

Also, lol you can't not play all day

 

[Mysterious]

what i feared has happened

i played 5 hours yesterday and 4 hours today
but i got the rrod... the 360 doesn't work at all
the power button gives red light instead of green

stupid xbox

 

[Mythological Omega]

Microsoft fixes it for free. Just send it in.

 

[TheMuffinMan]

Microsoft doesn't fix it for free in his country.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Oh, then lol.

 

[blinkboy211]

what i feared has happened

i played 5 hours yesterday and 4 hours today
but i got the rrod... the 360 doesn't work at all
the power button gives red light instead of green

stupid xbox

Then you either didnt have it in a open place or your friend didnt and the system was already on the vargue of overheating and getting the rrod. So oh well.

 

[Mythological Omega]

Microsoft doesn't fix it for free in his country.

Oh.

Sucks for you then. Sorry.

 

[Mysterious]

it's really a shame

i'm about to finish the game and this happened to me

 

[SuperEclipse]

Cool, you got a 360? whats your gamertag?

 

[SuperEclipse]

You still can tell no harm in that..lol

 

[keyblademaster42]

on the red ring which of the spots is still green the first ont the second the third or the 4th?