Four hours of dicking around with it (not solid, obviously, since I was giving it a lot of time-outs in the corner to no avail), I accomplished nothing, and it's fine now, a few minutes after Grim... helps me

That 360 is fucked, mark my words. It's not long for this world. Microsoft have probably sent out the kill signal now the Slim models are out.

I bet you used to blow into cartridges too, didn't you?

I bet you used to blow into cartridges too, didn't you?

Alternatively , turn it on , let it overhead and freak out then turn it back on instantly and see if you get an error code / red rings
Type that into Microsoft's website and see what comes out - if your box is less than 3 years old and you get error E74 or the 3 red rings you can fill in the details on Microsoft's website and they will arrange collection , repair and return of the xbox for free.

I was four when I owned my first cartridge game. I make no apologies for the times I may have accidentally wheezed graham cracker crumbs onto cartridge contacts during my youth.

And Jesus, Doc, now my xbox is bad juju. Well, worse juju. Sigh. That fucker is going to give out any day, isn't it. Here's hoping it red rings because it's just past the warranty for regular failure stuff, according to the MS person I talked to. I'm getting me a shiny new one if it kicks the bucket sans red ring.

I've heard of people wrapping the console in a towel or blanket and turning it on to try and 'encourage' it to overheat and give the RROD.

I thought that was to 'fix' the RROD.

This will be neither consolation nor assistance, but when I pronounce your name in my head it sounds like a Korean name

As long as I can decipher when someone's talking to me, I don't really care how badly my name gets mangled or misspelled, though.

You should be careful saying things like that on here; the last person Gaywood introduced to this forum quickly became known as "Fanny Stupid"

Aye. Be careful, or you could end up known as ‘Gropecunt’ or something.

Also: welcome.

I never thought the day would come where I would have to explain why I am called "Fanny Stupid".

DON'T SCARE ANNIE AWAY, GUYS! She is the bomb and a fabulous person. I also told her you guys were good people so don't make me a liar otherwise I will have to spank you in October!

And I definitely approve of Miss Shoes since I took a sneaky peek at her website and saw she keeps giving up on Dead Rising... that is a sign of taste if ever there was one

I also told her you guys were good people so don't make me a liar otherwise I will have to spank you in October!

And Dead Rising is superb. Fools.

It was Fanny Stupid herself who assured me you guys were generally okay people who mostly walk upright and lack vestigial tails. I am beginning to suspect she was not entirely honest with me.

Annie or Shoes is fine with me.

As long as you're not here to steal another of our dwarves, I think we'll all be a happy bunch. We get a little defensive when that happens, which has been more frequent than we could ever have anticipated. There are some freaks out there.

Is that like that old conundrum, Maddy Daddy or chips?

Gaywood is being slack about organising a party. I am 'all up in his face about it', as I believe you almost-Britons say.

I believe his response to have been "yo, get out of my grille, bitch".

My temperamental, demon possessed 360 threw the RROD today, and when I turned it on to open the tray so I could extract my disc before sending it to Microsoft, it booted back up fine and has been running okay since.

Clearly, things are not okay. I've tried a forced overheat now, but the RROD hasn't come back. I wish this thing would just stop acting up or die once and for all because this is starting to irritate me.

As long as its red ring'd i'd still return it to Microsoft and get it 'repaired' or whatever they do to it.

I dont remember seeing anything to say it has to be in a permanent state of red-ringy-ness ?

According to the microsoft website, my standard warranty expired on February 19, 2010.

Progress: 'Your Xbox product is covered for this problem type until February 19, 2011'

Phew, that was close-ish.... Now I've just got to get a box and get it sent off. Didn't seem to be a problem that it was from the UK, which they had recognised in the repair details page. I'm still pretty annoyed though as I could be without the 360 for a while and hardly ever (if ever) play on the wii or DS anymore, but not quite as annoyed as I was before.