DOes the xbox 360 elite get red ring of death?

[james]

iam in the market of buying an xbox 360 i just wanted to clear up if it made a difference buying the elite over the regular white xbox with the red ring of death issue.....if u guys have truely good info on this subject pleaaaassseeee tell me all u know about it....

[jakncoke]

Elite still has problems but from what I've heard it's no where near as bad launch premium units ect, If your truly want the best system that will least likely RROD....wait for the Jasper chipset this fall, it's even better than the falcon chipsets that have been pretty good so far in terms of fail.

[Scott]

Someone told me that the day after they bought their elite they got RROD... I dunno if it's true or not. And yeah I've heard that it doesn't have as many problems.

[OldSnakeWontDie]

It's possible. Not as frequent as other models. But it's possible.

[james]

well i was wondering if anybody knew the reason for the rr of death on the white 360 and if it does happen is it cheap and easy to repair?

[jakncoke]

well i was wondering if anybody knew the reason for the rr of death on the white 360 and if it does happen is it cheap and easy to repair?


there's a complex answer but a simple answer is that it heats too much and cause the motherboard to move as the flux melts(pretty sure anyways) as for repair I don't know about easy to by yourself but all you do is call microsoft and they send you a box to give to them under the 3 yr RROD policy and they send it back fixed.

[james]

well thanx iam gonna go ahead and buy the elite....thanks for all the info guys:-)

[Hawk]

an easy sum up of your question

DOes the xbox 360 elite get red ring of death?

Yes they all can get it.

just make sure you get warrenty.

though I've had my elite for quite a while now and have had no problems with it.

Hope I helped.

[EpsilonX]

The Elite does get it less, but of course it can still get it. Hawk is right, get the warranty. I've heard many "horror" stories of 360's breaking down. And then i've read stories where people's 360's broke down and they had warranty and they were happy beyond belief.

[Djdoubt03]

had my 360 almost a year now..no problems...but now that I say that lets see what happens when I turn it on tomm

[BangkokJames]

if u don't leave your 360 running all the time u might have a better chance to not have the red rings i guess cuzz my friend has the first gen 360 and he just plays a little bit here and there and he hasn't suffered from the red rings yet. i feel like that when the new gears of war game comes out i might get the red rings for playing it too much lol

[Shixx]

lol, I have a Fan right by mine that is sitting on a crate with holes in it so mine gets plenty of Air flow.

But yeah Elite can get RROD, your best bet is to wait like Jak said and get one with the Jasper Chip.

[BangkokJames]

yeah so just don't let your xbox run all the time just let it run when u need it to run

[Metallica1983]

lol I think the leds on the elite should be red cuz red an black just look cool