News - Safety measures implemented in the new Xbox 360 "Slim".

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Microsoft learning from previous mistakes.

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Overheating was the main cause of the old model’s technical issues.

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I always found the main cause of technical issues with the 360 was dropping it on the ground while it was running, though my sample size may have been on the small side...

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Originally Posted by Salazaar

I always found the main cause of technical issues with the 360 was dropping it on the ground while it was running, though my sample size may have been on the small side...

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come again? You ok? The main reasons for the 360 failing was heat issues. dropping on the floor? what are you on about?

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I has a 360, it broke when it fell of a shelf. Ergo 100% of my 360 fails have been due to falling damage.

It was sort of a joke, but evidently rather a subtle one...

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Originally Posted by Salazaar

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I has a 360, it broke when it fell of a shelf. Ergo 100% of my 360 fails have been due to falling damage.

It was sort of a joke, but evidently rather a subtle one...

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:lol:

Don't worry, I got it Salazaar :laugh:

Ditto :)

Nice one Salazaar!


I think MS should change the message on this though - how about

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The Xbox 360 is shutting down to protect the console from insufficient ventilation. Try putting it somewhere sensible next time.

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If it's overheating, then telling them to wait 5 minutes and turn it on again is just ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by Salazaar

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I has a 360, it broke when it fell of a shelf. Ergo 100% of my 360 fails have been due to falling damage.

It was sort of a joke, but evidently rather a subtle one...

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Guess you had to have been there.... :)

You've got to wonder why they didn't add this mechanism about 4 years ago.

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Originally Posted by jonathan_phang

Guess you had to have been there.... :)

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Actually being there was more along the lines of:

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Whoops! Oh bloody hell! Hopeit'sokayhopeit'sokay... Nooooo RROD, damn it! All these years and it dies a month out of warranty... I wonder if MS will accept it for repair anyway?

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Originally Posted by Fraz

You've got to wonder why they didn't add this mechanism about 4 years ago.

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Cost, space inside the case, "motherboard" restrictions, thought that they could maybe get away by doing less?

We've yet to see if this console is actually any more reliable though, only time will tell :).

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Originally Posted by matty-hodgson

Cost, space inside the case, "motherboard" restrictions, thought that they could maybe get away by doing less?

We've yet to see if this console is actually any more reliable though, only time will tell :).

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Doing this would just be a software/firmware fix - no motherboard space required. And clearly it would pay off in fewer broken console, so cost isn't the issue either.

Unless for some bizarre reason none of the chips inside the normal-sized console have a temperature sensor.

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Originally Posted by Fraz

Doing this would just be a software/firmware fix - no motherboard space required. And clearly it would pay off in fewer broken console, so cost isn't the issue either.

Unless for some bizarre reason none of the chips inside the normal-sized console have a temperature sensor.

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Yeah, that's what I mean, the CPU probably doesn't have a built in sensor so they'd have to monitor heat using something else inside the console. I suppose they did have room to include much bigger heatsinks inside the same case though, so space wouldn't be an issue, unless ALL of it was used.

But surely if it was just a new firmware they'd have done it years back. Must be a reason for it..

And spanner in the works time...

My original, version 1, bought on day of launch Xbox 360 shut down the other day with a message telling me it had overheated and had shut down to prevent damage to the system.

So this is definitely a firmware thing, not a hardware thing.

as to why they've done it... maybe because they're overstressing the GFX...

You would think it might suggest clearing any excess crap from around the exhaust.

My friend suffered from the disc scratching thing, he did move it though.

While his console was being repaired, he bought his first HD tv. The console came back, he went to plug it in... and they'd replaced his console with one without an HDMI port! He was slightly angry...