since i had my xbox 360 , i jump on different forum seeing many ppl complain about 3rod, saying what a xbox360 must died within 1 year time coz of 3rod ,this issue make many players so worry , cant really enjoy , now ! let us make a vote to show the player experince about their real xbox360 health condition....

pls vote honestly, vote result might effect new buyer decision

any info on how to keep ur 360 healthy , maintance or services can share via reply ...

currently vote show out of 141user! take a look at result urself


ELITE STILL BRING 3ROD, REFER MY PIC

This post has been edited by spidercat: Oct 20 2007, 12:53 AM

more and more this thread on the issue of 3 Red Rings

anyway, I already voted..

4 pcs of Xbox 360. Already 1 years old. All play 12 hours everyday. Every day also on / off .

No Problem.

My maintainance is - play alot.

lolz!! quite a maintenance huh

Its true! 360 only need GamerScore, not maintenance.

My vote is 1year plus, still sucking GamerScore.

look like can be concluded that when play more 3rod will far away
more u afraid, more 3rod is bullying u

Japan Ver. 3 rod after 1year......
Bought another Asia Ver. 4 months ago, hopefully no problem.

1 year 3 months, still healthy, jap unit.

i play alot, sometimes the thing is on >24hrs... longest record was ~48 hrs i think. only fan in the living room, no aircon. my console is out in the open on marble floor. i don't bother turning it off every 2-3hrs to rest, IMO extra heatup/cooldown cycles shorten its life. in other words, i just use it normally

This post has been edited by hikaru_x: May 18 2007, 09:54 AM

japanese 1st batch... 3rod after 14months of usage

Japanese first batch....alive and kicking

My console is 2nd hand. Original owner bought it in December 2005, then I took over the ownership of the 360 since last August

Play ALOT to avoid 3ROD!!

I'm on the xbox360 more than 6 hours a day

mine.. old one was 6 months old went to sg for 1 to 1 exchange coz of disc reading problems.. my new one is 2 weeks old

Mine 13 months with disk tray jamming??? WTF!!! Undertaker is knocking on my Xbox 360 to say time out. Another console going into recycle bin. MS is ripping our hard earned $$$ with hardward failure. Waiting for Elite Asian Edition. Hope not the same old stupid hardward failure arise again.

This post has been edited by Rocky: May 20 2007, 05:57 PM

me same like judge-the, around 14 months then 3rod.

Mine's a bit better. 1st batch of Japanese machine. Lasted for about 18 months till it 3ROD last week. Thanks to Djinn, its alive and kicking again.. (hopefully for another 18 months )

Seems like you haven't heard of the X-Clamp Replacement method

Hmm! X-clamp replacement method only fixed 3 ROD. Mine is DVD Rom jamming & clicking sound but no 3 ROD? It even scratch my disk at random (got temper one). Can fix it with X-clamp method meh??? Does X-clamp mean mod console???

i used to have the disc reading problem then my dad went on a day trip to sg for a 1 to 1 exchange

major problem of 360 is 3rod only , any other big problem also ??

My box, bought in April 06 is tray jam issue...

I need to master the "open tray method" to avoid this KNS prob. But if jam, press the eject a few times then it will return to normal.

More of a nuisance than a major malfunction.

i also got that problem for a while already
bummer

Dun think there is a cure for this. Unless u rip open the box and do some minor op. Mine starting acting up 3 months ago... talk about living with hernia

april 06 asian, mine has the tray problem as well.. press the eject button.. *klok*.. but then my workaround is, when the sound *klok*, just push the tray upwards (my 360 is placed horizontally), then it'll open

as for that.. it's still alive and kickin' !

Hmm, mine is also placed horizontally, seems it happens no matter the position of the box.

How do you "just push the tray upwards" ? You are using sum kinda tool? If so, its prolly a very very thin stick/thingajig?

no lah.. just use ur hands lar.. give it a little nudge upwards then it'll open naturally

Cool, will try that next time, but hopefully dun need to resort to that. Just have to open the tray with confidence aka "open tray mastery skill" each time.

Seem like we do have the same problem with the disk tray but no 3 ROD. Yup! same technique i used too slightly nudge the disk tray a bit then o.k. but if you quit your games to dashboard then the disk will be scratch!!! You just have to shutdown the damn console then eject the game out. Mine manufacture date March 06. No comment!!!

saw my avartar ? even elite edition also 3rod ! i think its all depend luck ..

disc scratches when you return back to dashboard ? thats one new one that I heard.

I never had that problem at all. But I do have some units which has the tray (ejecting problem)

mostly disc scratches are due to "moving the console"

the disc scratches are the E-Brake problem lar

Maybe he just thinks it scratches cause it makes that horrible sound. Mine does that too when I go to dashboard but the CDs are still nice and smooth.

Game hang due to disc stop spinning = ???

earlier, i voted for "7-9months old ,still healthy"

but this past week, already once 3RL and twice hang

can change my vote to "3rod in7-9month"?

My console was placed horizontal. I have this problem only recently about 3 months now. It actually scratch the side of the disk but not on the disk itself. You can see slightly scratch on the tray also with some sprinkle things leave on the disk tray. Anyway, I will be getting a new console and trade/sell this console for spare parts. Too troublesome to send to Singapore as you maybe getting back the console with 3ROD.

so which is also meaning like it goes wit ha little "bump" spin which cost the scratches ?

hm.. we need more info

Normally when we quit the game to the dashboard the game will stop. You can hear the disk tray stop spinning then it is safe to eject. But with mine set when quit game to dashboard if lucky then the same procedure. If not, when quit to dashboard you can hear a loud "yakkk" sound then stop. When eject the tray have some spinkle things leave on the tray. Anyway, thanks for the reply/help. Just bought another new set (What type of crap MS put into their console? 2 cents hardward and sold for 100 dollar). Hope this set will be o.k. Finger cross.

japanese 1st batch bought it Dec 2005 still alive...

Crash: 3 times
3rod: 47 times
Freeze: 2 times
Auto Restart: 2 times
Disc Scratches: 0 times
Unreadeble disc: 0 times

i'm the next one....

This post has been edited by tailgunner: Jun 1 2007, 07:11 PM

really really 3rod 47x ah ????

everybody is saying these. they are the best gaming console. but their QC on hardware is very very bad.

LUCK?? we are not buying TOTO or 4D here for god saken MS!
this piece of crap costs over a thousand mind u!

i count it every time 3rod

Even my old PS2 set model 39006 (asian) still survive and going strong after all these years. MS should get thier QC and hardward check before they put it into the market. Sigh! What a rip off!!!

^ haha, actually buying the 360 makes me appreciate my trusty old fat ps2 so much more! most of my ori ps2 discs have only slight wear & tear minute scratches after many sessions hopefully that lil fella can go strong for another 5 years!!

no choice ~! if u dun like ps3 , u love 360 more , u have to accept the cruel reality that 360 come with 3rod probabality....its really depend on luck
3rod = u kena toto

so now you love more on your ps2 then your xbox 360 ? but really la. I also cannot tahan kept on sending for warranty for my fellow customer also.. I felt bad for them la

hope my console work forever

can i hijack here. hehehe. don't want to create anew thread. so i think here is the most appropriate. i think my x360 quite slow when loading a savegame. is it because of hard disk or the console itself?

what game were you playing on?

does all loading time for all games is long?

forza is ok, oblivion is so and so but the worst is enchanted arm. all old school game here. didn't finish last time due to 3rod.

any update of the figure ??

My 360 will be celebrating its 1st anniversary in exactly a weeks's time. It ROD on me twice, but not the ROD that kills. The 360 still works fine as of this time.

mine's dead. yay.

Mine already past one year and still no problem (touch wood)

Mine already 8 month, still ok

5 months,but dun have the time to play for the past 2 months..Damn..Im so outdated..

wuhuu mine is also dead .. damnit >_<

mie alive... but hang a few times... only FM2 and FIFA07...
Hmmm duno y...

tanda2 nk kena 3rod.. huhuhu

mine 3rod on 31 march,confirmed dead forever last week (when teh shop owner said it can't be revived anymore and returned it to me)
Kena 3rod after 6 hours playing GRAW2 non-stop .

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Added on August 30, 2007, 2:56 pmI think it is more likely for you to kena 3rod, so, x kene 3rod = u kena toto

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This post has been edited by -= Virgil =-: Aug 30 2007, 03:27 PM

Mine already dead, 9 months old.

Plan to buy Xbox 360 Halo special edition, but heard that it still not reliable even though it is Falcon. Damn MS.

This post has been edited by ron4: Oct 19 2007, 10:18 PM

My xbox is sick again, lol

i thought yours already ok that day... leenaz just pm me asked me send my dead japanese 360 to you

xbox360 so good but console not very good...ps3 console very good..but ps3 games and style not as good as xbox360 feel..

omg , my thread come alive again . i almost forgot i opened this thread b4 , btw, my xbox360 celebrate it 8 month bday next week , still healthy as a small baby ..

Japanese XBOX 360, owned for a year (played sparsely) then suddenly 3ROD after Guitar Hero binge
re ROD post X-clamp 2 weeks, planning to send to Rezal next Monday for NOS. (fingers crossed)

I can try, but why dont you sent to reza? He is better modder.

better modder = more $$$

lol you are same as me. As I post, I successfully apply NOS to my Xbox. Testing now