Kinect blamed for 'red ring of death' Xbox 360 failures

by **ANILTJE** » Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:42

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12121999

by **beltic caldy** » Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:47

yeah well, i put the kettle on this morning while wearing a new pair of socks I got for christmas. guess what happened? Thats right - i burned myself!!!!!

those damned socks...if i had enough money i'd sue the hell outta someone.....

:wink:

by **ANILTJE** » Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:01

Lol...wondered if anyone experienced anything though. I didn't buy it yet. Because the xbox360 had many problems in the beginning too.

by **beltic caldy** » Sat, 08 Jan 2011 04:15

sorry man, just attempting a little humour...some of the subjects have been a little heavy today (my doing, of course and i accept it!) - i haven't gotten a Kinect yet - willdo in the next month or two and let you know.

i believe the official line is that the connection between RROD event and Kinect is coincidental and i'd be inclined to largely agree.

The RROD seems to be caused by poor conductance between the GPU in the 360 and the heat-sink it's poorly bonded to - i repaired my original 360 by 'cooking' the heatsink off, then cleaning the small amount of old conductant stuff off, re-applying - only this time using the correct amount (they used too little basically), clamping and indeed bob was my uncle.

I suppose the Kinect may put extra load on the graphics chip...and if so, there's scope for an argument that says the device increases the likelihood of the event. All of that being said, you'd hope that the more recent batches of 360 would have corrected this fabrication problem and negated the chance? Perhaps 360's suffering supposed Kinect-related RROD events are older models that were poorly made.....anyone?

by **ANILTJE** » Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:55

Yeah my Xbox is now about 4 years old. I ad 3 other ones that had RROD.
So honestly a little scared buying the Kinect.

Specially as Microsoft is denying yet again that their own product is not the cause like in the beginning when the xbox360 came out.

by **beltic caldy** » Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:26

hmmmm......they (MS) were offering to replace RROD machines at one point weren't they? Everyone now knows it was poor fabrication/assembly re the bonding of GPU to heatsink that caused the problem....

Does anyone know what their present policy re RROD devices is?

by **ANILTJE** » Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:54

In the beginning they didn't. Only at a later point they did....

by **beltic caldy** » Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:34

hmm. I guess my feeling on it would be that if the 360 is going to red-ring, it's going to happen - adding the Kinect will (may) just make it happen sooner....assuming it puts extra load on the GPU, which it will, but significant enough to knacker it.....hmmmmm.......not so sure.....

by **ANILTJE** » Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:37

Suprising nobody bought the Kinect yet?

by **GOA MASTER MDMA** » Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:52

i will wait a little time till some real good kinect games come out ,not this sports minigame stuff
maybe than i will buy it

by **jayl0ve** » Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:51

I honestly have no desire to play games with my body. A remote control has been working great for like 20 years now for me.

by **Cro Morgan** » Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:03

I have the Kinect. So far, so good.

Not sure if my old, original 360 is heading toward the red rings cause it's been sent to the repair shop four times. At this point, not sure what the hell is inside my 360. Could be anything.

by **ANILTJE** » Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:29

For what are you using it for the moment.

by **Cro Morgan** » Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:37

ANILTJE wrote:For what are you using it for the moment.

Me? Absolutely nothing. It's a toy for my kids (dancing, sports & adventures).

Video games were meant to be played with a bowl of potato chips balancing on your chest. Not sure I'll ever Kinect.

BTW Anil, your thoughts about TS4?

by **ANILTJE** » Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:46

I am not sure what to think..

They really tried to make a tennis sim. And it was a good try for TS3. But they didn't succeed.

TS3 looks like a tennis sim in the replay but playing it doesn't really feel like it for me.
I don't thhink TS4 will be any different.

They need to sell the game so it in the ranked matches we'll play with setups thathave nothing to do with tennis either.

But on the other hand happy a new tennis game is coming. TS3 is not bad at all but many flaws hope TS4 will be way better.

Kinect blamed for 'red ring of death' Xbox 360 failures

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