hi fellas,
ive been missing from the xbox scene for quite a while already due to a heavy semester
unfortunately, today when i turned my baby on, my 360 started displaying whitish transparent verticle lines.

VGA problem?HD problem?
This happens during gameplay only and not during the blade menu interface...any idea whats wrong? i already pmed bro tot, now hope he can help..lol

360 not even 1 year old, bought june 6th last year from Djinn
asian console, so no transformer
pls point me in the right direction if there is any

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lol latest update, now when i turn on my machine, theres a red light on the lower right quadrant of the 360 (Horizontal position) and Error 74 code is displayed....already tried running it without the HD...still the same

This post has been edited by MightySmiter: Apr 24 2007, 09:51 PM

well, the fuzzy verticle lines only appear during gameplay
but as already said above, i cant even turn on my machine anymore..lol
when i turn it on, straight away got 1 red light at the lower right quadrant of the rings
warranty gone liao...this june 6th will be one year..lol my machine died even before its birthday

hehe, the status of my machine now is its unable to even start, but instead of the 3 ROD i get 1 red flashing light on the lower right quadrant of the rings

im guessing the HaNa/Ana chips Djinn mentioned earlier are busted...or maybe even the GPU coz i already tried it with a friends AV cable...no luck

any one here who can fix 1ROD instead of 3ROD?should be 3 times simpler right?lol

lol yealah judge...its actually an atrocity that so many 360s break and its not like we play catch with the damn console...heck, im so kiasu about mine that i never play more than 3 hours at one go(hence ive never got some achievments like dead risings 16 hour real life thingy)

anyways, ive already posted up in the pasar malam..see who wants to buy my broken console for 900 bucks and go fix it themselves...mircrosoft, u lost a customer right here.
why? well, explain to me how isit that my Atari still works fine

whats "speedy work"? lol im not familiar with xbox360 repairing jargon, wheres ur location btw?

anyways, i just wanted to ask u guys, because actually dunno if my case can be considered as a 3ROD case...like i already said, its 1ROD
can the x-clamp method work on this too?

hehe...sending in my machine for resuscitation tmrw to bro virgil and hope that i get a zombie console like u guys

maybe im just paranoid, but due to the fact the 1ROD seems so rare, ive got this feeling its more dangerous the 3ROD

lol what?? back from the dead already?? no way brudder..its sitting pretty on my table right now..and the both of us are staring at one another with the utmost contempt...stupid sexy flimsy machine!! can we like all chip in to hire a lawyer to sue microsoft for producing defected machines...or rather..machines that seem softer than tissue paper?

ZOMG Virgil!
u fixed it....u keep it
isit currently running a stress test?
*dances to the Raindrops keep falling on my head song*

This post has been edited by MightySmiter: Apr 28 2007, 02:20 PM

Vivaldi's and my machines were actually 1ROD...lower right quadrant

and im just curious, now that the X-clamp is not longer there....err...no side effects?
if not...why the heck was it there in the first place?
its like having a square shaped spare tire in the booth of your car

well, if thats true then the fuse on my time bomb must have been too short...my console is barely 10 months old
no one knows what those clamps are actually for huh...perhaps i'll write to microsoft

err virgil?do i get back those X-clamps?they would be quite useful to throw at those darn cats who come into my compound to take a crap

@ Djinn and Imsiebel
lol obviously the both of you have never experienced this huh
tell u what...the both of you are in luck..i should get back TWO X-clamps..i'll pass em to both of u..and everymorning, i'll drop by your place to take a dump, and lets see if u can hold on to those clamps..lol

on a more serious note, ive just been browsing on the ways people are fixing their 360s, and i saw one dude using erasers as heat absorbants!
trying to look for how long the X-clamp method lasts..but no luck yet

they do look like they could fly if u know how to throw a boomerang.
i know its a joke leh
would u recommend putting the erasers there just as a precaution? even tho there is no problem with the 360s memory?
so far the longest surviving 360 zombie from the x-clamp fix is apparently a month
just pray Frank West doesnt turn up

This post has been edited by MightySmiter: Apr 28 2007, 06:41 PM

hah...i just got mine back today from Virgil too...if only i had a hat id lift it off to him also didnt use the drill method
great price, and and really friendly
i got back the X-clamps from him and i must admit..im friggin surpised at how bent that piece of metal is

This post has been edited by MightySmiter: Apr 30 2007, 07:21 PM

Virgil did an excellent job turning my 360 into a stinking undead 360, but hey, at least its still crawling around should be fine Shumaky, hes already fixed quite a few as far as i know

again...Virgil...lol if im not mistaken he stays around that location...

grats shumaky zombie 360s ftw!

-------------------------> Virgil
im gonna ask him to pay me for this advertisement

anyways...pm him, he did a pretty good job reviving my 360, but seeing that yours is still under waranty, why not go for a 1 to 1 exchange? whats the error code btw?

it depends on the error code, but most error codes seem to be fixable with replacing the x-clamp.
Virgil did mine in a day..but i dont think rushing would be wise
and the way i saw my x-clamps bent, i think its a matter of time before the 360 gets busted again (the heat makes the x-clamps bend, yea they are made of metal so the expand/contract depending on extreme temperatures, thus they press/pull against the motherboard causing the 3ROD or in my case 1ROD to happen)

im not sure about the 1 to 1 exchange...i think it should be a day, just bring ur machine and change for a new one right?

wow 26.....he can play dominoes with those....does he plan on fixing or selling any of them off?

nice one...grats chinsc