Xbox 360 RRoD with New Experience
Filed under: Gaming, Xbox 360 | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: November 20, 2008 | 29 Comments
Yesterday was meant to be a great day for Xbox 360 users, as they were able to download the Live update of Xbox Experience. It has not even been 24-hours since NXE update and already the complaints are coming in, some with RRoD problems.
A number of forums on the Internet are showing that Xbox 360 users who upgraded to the new Xbox Experience have noticed that their consoles are slowing down, connection freezes, lock ups, and a number of other errors.
The Red Ring of Death reports is a shock to many, some have said that the RRoD is only affecting modded consoles; however there are some untainted Xbox 360 consoles that is also meeting the same fate.
As yet there is no official response from Microsoft. Have you been affected by any problems since the NXE update?
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I rarely play my xbox. It’s not modded and in great condition (probobly because I never play it). I downloaded the experience thingymajig…red ring. It’s been in Texas for the past week being fixed by Microsoft. The experience download looked pretty cool…for the thirty seconds before my system fried.
GOT IT TOO. SUCKS ASS
I downloaded the NXE (love how it’s a *required* update, unless you don’t like to play any of your games), and a week later, RROD for my 6 month old xbox. this is a system that I use mostly for streaming video - something that really shouldn’t be taxing the cpu/gpu enough to generate a significant amount of heat. no mods, completely babied. I’m really kicking myself for getting a 360 instead of a PS3. a better games library means nothing if the console fails at such an abominable rate. now I get to wait and see what sort of unit they give me in exchange.
At least MS was quick about fixing and returning my 360. A bit of advice to anyone who has to return their system– don’t wait for the box to mail it! Find your own way to pack it up safely and get it in the mail ASAP. Once your box gets to the factory, the turnaround is quick and waiting on the UPS guy is torture enough.
Although I almost didn’t get anything since they put the wrong address on the package! I just happened to see the UPS guy outside at the last minute delivering something to my neighbor. I ran downstairs and asked if he had anything for me and told him my name. He pulls out two packages (MS thankfully returned the harddrive I forgot to remove) and points out that they’re address to a different house down my street. What’s really strange is that the correct address was also on one of the packages just in smaller print.
To Paul: Kick yourself in the teeth for not getting a PS3? Don’t think so. You should be kicking yourself for not getting a Wii. Sony has a reputation of releasing software updates that brick PS3 consoles. Therefore, getting an XBOX 360 or PS3 is a waste of time and money. Unfortunately at this time, you would be better off getting a Wii or playing new games on your PC.
Joe,
Xbox online gaming is freakin awesome. I play the same game on line for over a year because it never gets old. My wii is mostly for the kids and I don’t think they have online gaming. It does suck that microsoft makes such flawed consoles. Hope it doesn’t RRoD for the 3rd time.
I updated to the new xbox experience about a week ago. About four days ago I began experiencing disk read errors. Today the system completely stopped reading disks. I will be upgrading to one of the new Elite systems and hope that it doesn’t have the same problems that the first generation xboxes have.
I had RROD year ago. fixed it by replacing the screws on the cpu and gpu. worked until few weeks ago i got a RROD again. then i fixed it again. after the fix i inserted the CODWAW and after the mandatory update nxe it broke down again. i could not get it to work again although i changed the paste on the heatsinks and cooked it with out the fans. then i did the Towel cooking for 25 minutes and after cooldown it worked again. I gotta say allthough the games are great im sticking with my ps3 if the new xbox i bought already breaks even once. FU*K YOU .,…you know who !
Yes. I got rrod about 2 weeks after the update. Also I had many freezes before it.
I think the NXE causes more overheating!!!!
I don;t know why, but I still love 360