Weekend Discussion: Until We Meet Again

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  Do you have it in a cupboard or something? Or they just suck? : etherboy
  • It's completely out in the open, the closest object is about a foot away. Pics fail seeing as I'm not hom... : niiftyniichy
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  Can you still return it? Tell them to swap it out for another non-slim 360. : Darkfox76
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    Because I'm a genius, I threw the receipt away, so that's a no. : niiftyniichy
    • Tell them it was a gift and you just want an exchange : Shadowdane
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      Where did you buy it from and did you buy it with a credit card? : Prozium
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        Best Buy and yes I did. : niiftyniichy
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          they can look up your card : GloriousCow
          • They sure can. Go to customer service and ask them to look it up. It's even easier if you're a rewards zo... : Prozium
        • Take it back, tell them you paid with a CC. Take the CC you paid with. Return, tell them it's a piece of ... : daVinci1980
    • call xbox support. sounds like you got a dud : dantastic
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      You bought consumer electronics - and specifically an Xbox 360 - and threw the receipt away? : Dave-A
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        Despite what I had heard, I was confident that the new one just had to have all of it's predecessors prob... : niiftyniichy
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          they can look up your transaction. just get a manager and give them the card you used. Now the manager mi... : GloriousCow
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            I think I'll just call Microsoft and see if those sluts can send me another slim. I'd like to have one, b... : niiftyniichy
            • If it is within 30 days (which it is) just return it to bestbuy and get another one. Can't get any easier... : Prozium
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          uhhhh is it so hard to keep a little piece of paper? its like i know where im going fuck it ima throw the... : spiderfill
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            Sorry I haven't obtained your amazing paper-keeping abilities. : niiftyniichy
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              I think it's more you haven't developed common sense abilities. : Chod
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                Yes sir. : niiftyniichy
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                  seriously, for any piece of consumer electronics (or pretty much anything you buy), keep the receipt+box ... : Prozium
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                    If possible, I tape the receipt to the item. If not, I put the receipt in the box, which I keep until ... : daVinci1980
                    • This. All my console boxes are in a particular place, and all those boxes have receipts in them. It's c... : DinK
      • always keep the box... just put the damn receipt inside of the damn box. : conandan
      • RECEIPT OBTAINED FROM TRASH. Lesson learned folks. : niiftyniichy
    • PEOPLE STOP THROWING YOUR MOTHER FUCKING RECEIPTS AWAY ALL THE TIME!!!! AND YOUR BOX AND PACKAGING AND SH... : PlanetPerfecto
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  Wtf, I can't believe they would release a new console with the same problems :( : chazums
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    really you can't? : usmcmueller
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      Yeah, because it costs them TONS of money to deal with the warranties and customer service, repairing, ba... : ease one
      • It's the reason I never got one, despite wanting one for dead rising and forza. I just cant support shit... : Pneum0
    • Really you think businesses like Microsoft want yet another PR disaster on their hands as the news of the... : ryuuseki
    • i got it : pnkrckjoe
• hmm.. sounds like you got a bad one. My friend has been playing his non stop for a week almost without... : Shadowdane
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  What? A system with chronic hardware configuration and heating issues having problems with a more compac... : capt tripps
  • The CPU & GPU were redesigned... they are on the same chip now. Previously they had completely seperat... : Shadowdane
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  *early adopter syndrome* : pillzer
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    You'd think that at 5 years we are out side of the early adopters zone. : baron calamity
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      Yeah, but for the most part it is a new product.. I want one, I don't have a 360 yet; but I'll wait a bit... : pillzer
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        How many more years you gonna wait : xpogox
        • According to Microsoft, he's got another 5 for this gen! : Landrosradick
• Haven't had a problem with mine yet, and I've been using it a lot lately. : freakynipples69
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  i feel your pain. My slim was DOA. I ended up just buying a used older model at gamestop. I fully expect ... : baron calamity
  • that is some bullshit : wurt
  • That doesn't sound like a bad idea. With the money I'd get back from returning it I could buy three brand... : niiftyniichy
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    In 4 years I've had 2 consoles die and I swapped one under extended warranty because it had a squeaky fan... : Fred Garvin
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      The funny thing is, virtually evey other console I've bought or was given in the past 34 years still work... : baron calamity
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        The more sophisticated technology becomes, the more fragile it gets. And the more money it require during... : pillzer
        • I just wonder if it might be a power issue too? : Fred Garvin
      • My PS3 is loud as hell and won't read most disks, my Wii doesn't work, I've had an iPhone and two iPods b... : Dave-A
      • Almost every console I've ever owned has broken in some way. I got a DOA Gamecube, had an N64 stop showi... : Halen
      • I don't think most people would say their Xbox or Playstation is working well if they had to spend 5 minu... : derelict515
    • I've lost 4 or 5 since launch. Never in a cabinet, never abused. : chazums
    • I'm pretty much on my 4th one (3rd one is showing signs of failure), and I am a pretty light user. It's i... : Yanks
    • I've never had a fail console and I've been buying them since the NES until my 360 slim died after a cou... : cetra00
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      Is Silent Wolf still the all-time leader in destroyed X360s? And was it ever established whether he was ... : Ride-My-Rocket
      • He was using them correctly and he gets pissed off when people think it's his fault. He also moved to a n... : razlebol
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      3 incidents in 4 years? That's exactly the same as me. I'm on my 4th xbox. I'm not sure if you're impl : DinK
      • Not saying it's normal, but it was 2 dead and one was a refurb. : Fred Garvin
    • My launch 360 was of the lot that they didn't remove the cover on the heatsink so it RROD almost immediat... : Sailor of Fortune
• Mine is still running awesome, and kicking ass. No noise, heat problems, or anything resembling an iss... : YerMothah
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  Don't worry, they'll hammer out all the issues in 4 years for this one too. : someWayne
  • lol sadface : PixelPie
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  Wow what a big fucking pile of shit. MS released a revised console that sounds to be just as technically ... : ajvitaly
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    I think its the owner to be honest. : YerMothah
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      What am I doing wrong? Please enlighten me. : niiftyniichy
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        Well for one you shouldn't have it above the fireplace with all those candles around it. The hot water bo... : dumb.
        • lmao : PixelPie
  • No problems here. : pigvomit
• Why does anyone still buy these things? /old cranky man complaining : cerealSAM2
• I've had my slim for a week so far and it's been great. As I understand it, they have internal temp prob... : Volatus32x
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  I think it's safe to say that Microsoft makes shit consoles by now. People still bought the last one des... : Boxelder
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    The first Xbox didn't have hardware issues. The older 360s had issues, but I am waiting to see more evide... : Fred Garvin
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      Yah my original Xbox still works fine... hopefully it was just an isolated batch of bad slim systems. ... : Shadowdane
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        Yeah, I would hope not. It's a smaller process, lower power consumption and it seems like better ventilat... : Fred Garvin
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          same amount of hardware in a smaller box does not equal better ventilation : steve_o
          • It's not the same amount of hardware. The CPU and GPU are integrated on one chip now and it's lower power... : Fred Garvin
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      The first Xbox did have hardware issues...but only with the DVD drive usually. : RomSteady
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        Yeah, my Thompson drive shit the birdcage :(

        Jun 27, 2010 3:38pm PDT
        Yeah, my Thompson drive shit the birdcage :( : Dave-A
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        Yeah, but nowhere near the 360 and probably in line with other hardware at the time. : Fred Garvin
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          The PS2 had far worse issues with it's drive. : datoo
          • The early ones couldn't play dual layer discs that well either. I remember a PS2 shitting out on one in t... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Bah, my Costco membership card says I can buy any console I want, ticking time bomb or not. : DinK
• That sucks. Wonder if they've got some bad ones in the first batch. Hopefully, this issue resolves itsel... : Mmmmmoo
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_po5q7fpboel88xpg9d2b.jpg Spacing is definitely not an issue.... : niiftyniichy
  • Did you try laying it flat? Does it do it then? : Fred Garvin
  • That table and wall are too close. You need to move it away from them. : Crimsonbeak
• Who was the shacker that said his dad or someone he new worked on the new 360 and said he was 100% that o... : razlebol
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  why do you people keep buying a shit product? : jayares
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    The games, they are awesome. : baron calamity
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      and 99.9% of the games are available on the pc or ps3 yet people keep buying a system thats constantly br... : jayares
      • Maybe because they have a large number of friends whose Xbox's aren't breaking and who don't want to spen... : GoS-CPT-Stewart
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    because for every vocal complaint there is 50+ people who are perfectly content with working hardware, Th... : Jackass1233
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      im with you, amazing console, since launch day I've had 2 RRoD's, both replaced free and returned back to... : shackwack
      • But consoles are so easy to use and problem free, I thought?? I'm confused. :P Seriously, all ribb... : wytefang
• Unless you have it locked away in a cabinet w/ no ventilation, it should be fine. Mine works great. : Madwacker
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  Post a picture of where it overheats and the room that it's in. : Sailor of Fortune
  • hahaha : SenorSpine
• do they have thermal engineers? these problems should be identified before they even begin routing, idea... : Enraged Pineapple
• Have had no problems with mine and it runs so quiet. I imagine people who have ones with problems got one... : fanax
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  I still plan on getting one, but I am reaffirmed that I will only get it from costco. if it never fails,... : smacknca
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    With Costco, having your Xbox die is almost a good thing because it means you get to upgrade. Last RROD ... : DinK
    • Oh, and I saved $5 in the process. :D : DinK