The problems and errors with the 360 have been few, though despite how blown up I like to make anything wrong with something of Microsoft and it’s products. As we reported earlier this week there have been many problems found with the 360’s crashing and many other things, the solution however is about as laughable as the problems. As common sense as this may seem still it seems countless made the same mistakes.
The main problem seems to be an overheating of the console and/or power supply, this is caused for 1 simple reason and that is lack of ventilation. Despite this being a console you have to release it is very much like the PC that you are more than likely resting your feet on at the moment(:P). An Xbox 360 like your PC cannot be in some like closed area, though I really wonder how enclosed the consoles and power supplies are, considering how large the power supply is there really is no way of hiding it to begin with.
Some suggestions have been however to limit the lack of space for the system as much as possible and even some sources have suggested elevating the power supply to allow the air to circulate the entire beast, as absurd as this may sound it seems to be fixing the problems that many players are having. So if I have deterred you from buying a console for that fact, I am sorry, but I still say those power supplies need to be recalled… unless you are putting a blanket over your power supply, I see no reason for it to freeze.
March 14th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I was gonna buy a 360 from PC world for £159.99. Don`t think I`ll bother now!
March 11th, 2008 at 3:10 am
my solution, by a ps3
February 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Does anyone ACTUALLY know how to stop the freakin console from freezing!!!
February 18th, 2008 at 1:44 am
this is my 3rd xbox 360 since it came out, i play ffxi online and i freeze and crashes , i just got devil may cry and freezes every time at same mission spot, i turned off rumble but that dosent help, so sick of microsoft, bad os and horrible systems that crash/ frezzes, Gamespot wont sell warrentys anymore either
February 17th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
ahh ffs i got my 360 just over a month ago, my girlfriend got it 4 my birthday, and now its crashing all the time. no ring of death or anythin. sometimes crashes in game or just on the dashboard, i knew there were problems with 360’s but not on the scale i have seen since searching on the net!! mine is one of the brand new models and is still havin the same problems as the old models, the 28 day return period is over, but i hope they will just let me exchange it in the Game (UK) store. well pissed off bout it, wat a fukin joke that the way some people are gettin this thing to wok is by dangling the power supply by a piece of string WTF!!! fair play they have got it working though! weird thing is it plays my puzzle quest arcade game absolutely fine!! anything else BOOM crash f*ck you lol, none of my USB ports work either 4 sum reason lol. nice.
January 20th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
fuck the ass sucking xbox 360!!! It freezes like carazy!!!
December 23rd, 2007 at 2:27 am
good site here for fixing freezing problems
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:46 am
Potential UK 360 buyers , buy your 360 from PC World.
They swapped 2 faulty consoles for brand new models when i had problems. Both machines were still under 12month warranty of course, but i managed to avoid the lengthy process of sending my machines back to Microsoft.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
My 360 started showing the red ring of death 2 months ago, I sent it to MS and they sent me back a new one free of charge, but the new console now reboots randomly. Sometimes I can play for hours, and sometimes it reboots after ten minutes or so, and the disc tray doesn’t open, until I wait like 5 minutes or so. I thought it was a overheating problem, but it seems like it’s a DVD rom problem, so I’m gonna call MS, which probably means that I’ll have to send again, and it’s not funny, cause it takes like 10 days or so to get the console back.
November 18th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Every since I have had my XBox 360, I have had trouble. Could never get hooked up to the XBox Live Internet. Was told when I called them that someone had hacked into the system and that’s why I couldn’t get on. Didn’t even offer a solution to the problem. Not it freezes when I try to play the XBox 360 games. HELP
PLease. It’s been a nightmare trying to get this thing to work properly.
November 14th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
same thing but my xbox freezes more offten with games like assassins creed which i got today and bioshock but this never happens to gears which i constantly play
November 10th, 2007 at 7:52 am
i have a 360 which has been flashed. i cant even get passed the boot up screen sometimes then when i turn it off then back on if just gives the 3 flashing light’s..? any ideads anyone? e-mail me if you will chrisukhull@hotmail.co.uk many thank’s.
November 4th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
fuck shitbox 360
October 20th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
damn why the fuck Microsoft didn’t keep that console o them motherfucking self’s
October 6th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Jump back to mircrosoft. Im on a bussiness trip and back home my xbox freezes like everytime I start up playing halo I get to the menu screen and start a ranked match and while im in the lobby the whole system just freezes. I fed up seeing how I sent my last one in cause of the 3 red lights of death. I waited 4-5 weeks for it to arrive back at my house and it worked fine for 2 days. After that it kept freezeing and sometimes it shows me the 3 red lights and sometimes it works fine.
Here are some soultions that I have recovred, but I have not tried yet because like I said im on a bussiness trip right now, but try some of these…
Take a empty box and move the power supply (big grey box that goes from xbox for plugin outlit) and lay it with the box opened up and the power supply on the edges.
Also try:
If you have it connected to a power bar or your using a muliti tool to have more plugins take it out of that and plug it directly into your outlit on the wall.
As I said before I have not tried both of these soultions first hadn, but I hope that this will help you in some way.
September 4th, 2007 at 9:38 am
my box 360 freezes every minute i switch it on.at first i thought it was the best system but now i think it is the worst
August 9th, 2007 at 11:48 am
Has your XBOX 360 frozen up while playing a game? Has it scratched game disks? Has it displayed multiple error messages after updates?
Don’t waste your time with Microsoft customer service. They will keep you on hold for an hour or more and simply read scripted responses to you.
File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. Use this link and follow the instructions. Microsoft headquarters is located in the State of Washington.
https://odr.bbb.org/odrweb/public/GetStarted.aspx
The BBB will contact them and work on your behalf to resolve the issue. If a business receives enough formal complaints, it sends a strong message to lawmakers.
Stand up for yourself and hold Microsoft accountable for their deceptive business practices. There is no excuse for producing such a large number of defective XBOX 360 units.
August 3rd, 2007 at 1:45 pm
i was gna buy 1 but now im having second thoughts
lol
July 27th, 2007 at 1:45 am
Wow I look online to find a solution to my freezing problem that just occured tonight. I was watching a movie and I got a complete red blinking circle and the movie froze, xbox.com says possible connection issue. I disconnected the power from the power supply and ethernet connection and plugged it back in and began playing MLB The Bigs and it froze. I restarted it and now it wont go beyond the XBOX 360 screen. Thank god I got the 2 yr Best Buy warranty, I’ll just get a new one tomorrow.
July 12th, 2007 at 4:24 am
Anyone who doesn’t have a 360, do NOT even attempt to buy one. The system sucks monkey balls, it’s totaly grabage. You’re absolutely better off without it.
Wait until the quality goes up, or just get over it and move on.
July 12th, 2007 at 2:33 am
I lost all respect for microsoft for giving me a defective console. I’ve had this 360 for a year & a half now. It would occasionally freeze but it was rare though. Now it just won’t quit and I’m gettin pissed not being able to play the only game I ever play which is Fight Night Round 3. I lost 4 matches in a row to mediocre opponents I know I could’ve beaten due to my connection being lost because of it. I have about 10 games that are all useless now. I’m getting rid of this crap. Lucky thing I have a PS3 to turn to but I only watch movies on it for now until the better games come out. $400 down the drain of my hard earned money. Forget even sending it in to Microsoft. None of us should have to put up with that kind of *&#$ in the first place. All about making money I say, and not caring for the consumer. I lost it with the xbox and microsoft. I’m gonna try and sell this crap to my local gamestop. I tried all your suggestions and it works all right, but not permanently. I would like to play continuously with no interruption whatsoever. This is complete B.S. why am I even wasting my time writing this is because I’m fed up and I need to vent. I just want to break apart this console because of my frustrations but $400 is way to much to throw away even when the console doesn’t quite work. I guess I could keep it as decoration for show and tell but not play.
July 11th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
every freakin time i turn on the 360 the stupid 360 freazes and the turn off/on button turns red i check the connections and their ready pleaes help!
July 7th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
I have xbox360 and it keeps on freezing and this is something that happens every 10-20 minutes and it realy sucks.what is wrong with microsoft i thought they have the best game system and it has all kind problems.
Somebody tell them to get into something better than producing and freezing consoles.
June 16th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
360 doggy: halo 3, mass effect, too human, assassins creed, bioshock
and it cost 400 not 600 lol(the 360 that is)
June 16th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
OKAY MY 360 STARTED FREEZING AFTER I INSTALLED THIS STUPID update from GRAW 2 ! i looked it up on the forums and it said that this was happenin to alot of ppl. but even after i cleared the cache and removed my harddrive..it still friggen froze on me! i really dont want another system considering the fact that they are 400 bucks! i dont have any red cirlce of death or anything..it just freezes. can’t use my sbox guide button. this sucks arse!
June 3rd, 2007 at 9:21 pm
hey i have a ps3 and theres no games!!!icant sit here and play ps2 games with a 600 dollar system!i know its early but come on…and the psn is a peice of crap,but i did have a 360 and it froze but also come the games and the online play were great,so what would u guys do?wait out the ps3 and hope for awesome games or jump back over to microsoft?help me!