Of those of you whose 360 has died...

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CAGiversary!
What way was your console primarily oriented. Leave a note if you changed its position soon before it died.
 
I had my 360 for a good year and change until my roommate got a 32" HDTV (before I was using my 19" LCD Monitor) and put it in our living room. I moved the 360 from its vertical position in an open area where it had lived a healtyh life into a shelf in the TV stand in a horizontal position plugged into a surge protector / power strip. Flash foward a week and a half and my 360 is dead. One week is all it took for it to take a downward spiral to death.

I've done the towel trick and the heat gun fix (also replaced thermal compound with Arctic Silver 5). Neither have had any lasting success.
 
I've gone through three consoles, and I'm now on my fourth. All of them have been on wire mesh shelving, and oriented in a vertical position for optimal airflow. Even have a fan that blows through the back to keep hot air moving away from the console. It has nothing to do with the orientation--the internal GPU separates from the motherboard over time, as the contacts will contract and expand with the heat and eventually disconnect. In my experiences, once the sucker goes, there's no bringing it back.
 
i heard that its not a good idea to stand the 360 vertically it needs all the free space it can get so thats why i keep minez horizontal...

i ordered a 360 from dell and when i first got it i had it standing vertically next to my ps2 and wii but then it started scratching up my games all sick like

so then i returned that one and ordered a new one from dell and now i keep it horizontal and i havent had a sing problem with it
 
I think it would also be important to see which percentage of CAGs have their 360 in vertical position, regardless of whether or not it has failed. Almost assuredly, most people will have it laying flat on a shelf, as that is the most stable way to set it up, so that would mean that most dead 360s will probably have been placed that way.
 
I had mine vertical for about 6 months then got new shelves. Which make me keep it horizontal. Its still working just fine for over a year with an intercooler.
 
2 deaths. Both systems were always kept horizontal.

The first two were kept plugged into a surge protector. My third one--which still works okay--has been plugged into the wall directly.
 
Yea. The way the system sits/stands has no bearing on the number of faulty units. It's just buggy hardware and no matter which way you set it up, there is going to be a chance that it will die.
 
I'm a little curious about how many were running at standard def and how many were at high def or if it even matters. I jumped on the Elite and now I'm afraid it's going to die on me, even more so after reading this ... "Official Coffin Support Group" How many hours are you running these for? Between my son and I we can play our original Xbox easily 8-12 hours straight on a Sat, sometimes even more if I'm up all night with a game.
 
Where is the died both ways option?

Horizontal lasted like 9 months and vertical about 6 months. I've got my current system vertical because it stays cooler to the touch this way.
 
mine died vertical.. but right after a brown out was when I first saw the red circle.. I was able to reset and it and fix it... 3 months later it did it again.. and it never came back
 
[quote name='ItsTrueItsTrue92']Mine was horizontal. It was in a good spot with plenty of air. It just died for no reason one day. It's still here, I haven't ordered a box for it yet.[/quote]

they don't do that anymore....you have to pay for the shipping... the flat shipping box fits perfectly...
 
[quote name='SteveMcQ']Might be good to ask if you had it plugged into a surge protector as well. It'd be interesting to find out.[/quote]
I bought my first 360 in March 2006 and I plugged it into the wall. Worked great for 7 months.

Then I bought a fancy-shmancy surge protector and plugged the 360 into that. 3 weeks later, and I'm getting the RCOD.

I get my second brand new 360 from M$ (in Canada, M$ sends you a new machine, not a refurb). Plug it into the wall and it runs with no problems for 5 months.

I talk to a friend of mine who told me that his house got hit by lightning and a lot of his electronics got fried. He lives on the east coast where they have alot of lightning storms. Luckily, his surge protector protected his t.v., game console, etc.

After talking with him, I start getting paranoid about leaving my 360 plugged directly into the wall. Even though I live on the West Coast of Canada where we might get a lightning storm once every two years, I'm getting a little nervous (I worry alot about stupid stuff.)

So again, I plug the 360 into my fancy-shmancy surge protector. Within two weeks, my second 360 is dead.

I am now on my third 360 and it is staying plugged into the wall. I don't care if God himself decides to hurl a lightning bolt through my living room window, the 360 is not getting unplugged from the wall.

Now, you'll have to draw your own conclusions here. I'm convinced my two 360 deaths were caused by the surge protector. Maybe I'm nutz, and it was all coincidence. I leave it up to you to decide.

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[quote name='CaptNink']I bought my first 360 in March 2006 and I plugged it into the wall. Worked great for 7 months.

Then I bought a fancy-shmancy surge protector and plugged the 360 into that. 3 weeks later, and I'm getting the RCOD.

I get my second brand new 360 from M$ (in Canada, M$ sends you a new machine, not a refurb). Plug it into the wall and it runs with no problems for 5 months.

I talk to a friend of mine who told me that his house got hit by lightning and a lot of his electronics got fried. He lives on the east coast where they have alot of lightning storms. Luckily, his surge protector protected his t.v., game console, etc.

After talking with him, I start getting paranoid about leaving my 360 plugged directly into the wall. Even though I live on the West Coast of Canada where we might get a lightning storm once every two years, I'm getting a little nervous (I worry alot about stupid stuff.)

So again, I plug the 360 into my fancy-shmancy surge protector. Within two weeks, my second 360 is dead.

I am now on my third 360 and it is staying plugged into the wall. I don't care if God himself decides to hurl a lightning bolt through my living room window, the 360 is not getting unplugged from the wall.

Now, you'll have to draw your own conclusions here. I'm convinced my two 360 deaths were caused by the surge protector. Maybe I'm nutz, and it was all coincidence. I leave it up to you to decide.

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I think you might be right My launch xbox 360 died about 4 months after I started using a cheapo conext brand UPS. However my current 360 (just got it last week on best buy 2 yr warrenty) has a different 2 prong psu so it may fair differently. Then again I also added a wii right next to it in that same time frame and it was only 1 inch from the right vent so maybe that was the problem
 
hey so does it make a difference to have an intercooler on your 360 or not? i heard the intercoolers suck in some cases as in they dont even work, advice on them? worth a purchase or no?
 
I've had my 360 2 weeks and always use it in a horizontal position. towers over the wii otherwise :)

in car audio people usually mount amps vertically because it's claimed vertically aligned components cool faster/easier.

if you think about it theoretically, when it's vertical there is a greater surface area exposed to the air than resting on a surface. Just the opposite when it's horizontal. Air may be able to flow under the console just fine, but the shelf under it gets pretty warm.
 
Verticle since launch. Died back in January. Plugged into the wall.

My new one is in exactly the same setup. No disk-scratching as of yet.
 
[quote name='anarchyburger']hey so does it make a difference to have an intercooler on your 360 or not? i heard the intercoolers suck in some cases as in they dont even work, advice on them? worth a purchase or no?[/QUOTE]

Intercoolers are death for 360 my friend has gone through 3 360's in 6 months. This is because it presents a loud on the 360 psu before it has a chance to reach the motherboard which gives the 360 mobo dc voltage slightly below what is required.
 
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