Xbox 360 almost burns down house

Sayai jin - 613 days 21 hours ago

Blame a fire on MS. Even if it was the the 360 it could have been several reasons, like hooking up a 360 to a power supply with two many other applaince and/or electronic devices. Or from the article...

According to investigators, the source of the fire was traced to the power cord of an Xbox 360.

“It was melted and it looked like they had it against the wall in on edge and things like that need a little space to dissipate heat,” Little Rock Fire Department Captain Jason Weaver said.

Hmmmm. electronic products that require heat put in with no room to dissipate heat. Does not take a rocket scientist not to do this.
Like they say could have or they believe. The person below me is right, flamebait and the person above me is try to add fuel to the fire.

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Ben1054 - 613 days 19 hours ago

Are you tellin me that the xbox 360 cable would melt if you put it next to a wall beause it heats up????
wow a cable over heating, lol

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marinelife9 - 613 days 17 hours ago

I wonder if that still qualifies for the RROD warranty? Good thing no one was home.

Nyko needs to come out with a foam suppressant intercooler.

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Dreamworker - 613 days 17 hours ago

batteries from sony blowing up in laptops big recall a year ago. Mr big mouth.

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Sayai jin - 613 days 16 hours ago

@Ben1054-No, I am saying if you have any electronic device you should give it ample room to ventilate, especially ones that dissapte a lot of heat.

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dan-boy - 613 days 16 hours ago

a nice little piece of crap article to cheer up all the ps3 fanboys after the npd results!!!

this site is ridiculous!

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XBOX 360 - 613 days 16 hours ago

Yeah, we need cheering up after we got outsold by 5,000 units ... in THE US. Let's take a look at worldwide sales: 360 obliterated. Looks like someone needs to be "cheered up."

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dan-boy - 613 days 15 hours ago

lol what quality! and it needs to do more than obliterate it. 100k a month more world-wide(provided it's even that much), is not gonna be eating into the 8mil cushion that microsoft has anytime soon is it! it needs to overkill it, with wii type figures! it's lucky for sony that the 360 is dead in japan!

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sammy_mantra - 613 days 15 hours ago

and some people in US still buys that console??

@danboy

It is around 500k considering that GT5P boosted PS3 sales in EUrope by atleast 100k. so in total the difference would be as high as 400k/500k if you add europe and Japan

PS3 outsells x360 by atleast 2x in europe per week. You can look at the weekly charts of Spain/France/Germany/Italy for evidence.

in ITAY for instance GT5P sold 32k copies last week and was the top selling title on the charts . The only x360 title managed 1.5k copies RB6V.

In France/Germany /Spain you wont ever find an x360 game on the charts

The difference is just 5/6m at the moment.

It is lucky for SONY that X360 is dead in both EUROPE and JAPAN. You clearly read the MCVUK article which said that X360 got outsold by PS3 even during the week where it had the price cut.

I am talking about UK cuz X360 wont make impact in other EU regions

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wallace1000 - 613 days 14 hours ago

Why is everyone disagreeing with Sayai jin? It sounds like they had the power supply pushed back against the wall behind the console. The console and power supply need air flow. I have mine on different shelves on my TV stand to give them lots of air. This person sounds like one of those fools that puts their console on carpet. Some of the fanboys on this site are just ridiculous, i think it is time for you guys to give your heads a shake. You know who you are.

vvvv Nice example bababrooks, i just hope 360 owners don't stoop to the idiotic low that several sony fans have reached already in this thread. This site is starting to give some merit to the saying "The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard and the shallow end is much too large"

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bababrooks - 613 days 14 hours ago

Rick, google this (Dell, Sony knew of battery fire danger 10 months ago)what do you think of that?

good job sony.

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dan-boy - 613 days 14 hours ago

your talking out of your backside mate... 400 or 500k a month more lolololol again for such ridiculous, outlandish rubbish that your talking.

it's about that in TOTAL worldwide a month! my god man!

sony would love to be outselling microsoft like that world-wide every month. pull you head out of the sand mate please. sorry in advance if i've offended you lol.

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microsoftsux0rz - 613 days 14 hours ago

if they bot a PS3 It WoODnt Bern down house DuH

GooD joZB M$soft

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marinelife9 - 613 days 13 hours ago

PS3 outsold 360 by over 140,000 units in Europe alone last month.

I had a really good math teacher in Kinder Care. I still got her number if you need it.

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Nevers - 613 days 11 hours ago

Sayin Jin... you are so right. It's funny... the ignorance that abounds on this site regarding commonly known risk factors for electronics. Next they'll disagree with you about the safety of taking your console (of choice) with you into bathtub.

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killax3563 - 613 days 9 hours ago

It burns down people's houses while they are at school and at work.

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Sayai jin - 613 days 9 hours ago

Nevers and wallace1000 - This is the reality of this site. Its become useless to have an intelligent and unbiased dialog. You can make an ubiased and clear statement and get the fanboys disagreeing like crazy with no explanation and those who reply do not even have a legit statement. This site is getting worse and worse.

dantesparda - Who are you proclaiming to be a fanboy? Hmmm, if you are refering to me I am far from it. I am a gamer that owns the three current systems and enjoy them all. I have never left a biased comment, bet you can not say the same, thats what many consider a fanboy. I would have made the same comment if it was about the PS3. Secondly, it does not seem you know to much about electronics. Ask any electrician, electric engineer, etc about not properly ventilating a high current, high heat emitting, etc electronic device and they will tell you that you run a very high risk of causing damaged to the equimpent, fire, etc. But, you know what do I know, I giess my 4 years at U of T and getting my bachelors in electronic engineering moeans nothing.

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wallace1000 - 613 days 8 hours ago

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/s...
It is all right here.

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dan-boy - 613 days 8 hours ago

you better get that maths teachers number then...coz 140k does'nt plus the extra in japan does'nt quite rach 400 or 500K?? and where was the link saying that the 360 was in defecit by 140K vgchartz are just estimates dont you know??!! lol

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samfk - 613 days 2 hours ago

ridiculous fanboyism gone mad !! shock horror mosquito kills with maleria please get a grip!!

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Sayai jin - 613 days 2 hours ago

Dantesparda - Nope, I just do not like being labeled a fanboy as I own all three systems. When you make comments like the most sensitive device ever, your credibility is shot, as your bubble count speaks for itself. Do you know how many devices have been created? As far as you being on your 4th console, sucks to be you. I still have my two original launch 360 and have nad no problems. Hmmm, not making excuses, becuase I only own a 360 and I do not own stock in MS. I would have made the same statement if a lame article was posted about it too. Look at my profile I own all three system nd have no biased at all and fanboys do not bother me until I see ridiculous comments made by them and I hold all fanboys in the same light.

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solidt12 - 612 days 20 hours ago

That's hot!

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Lucreto - 613 days 21 hours ago

It looks like one of those cases they know the 360 problem and have just a quick look and blame it on the first thing they see.

A good example is Jack Tompson believes games are the cause of these shootings and he goes looking for them in the offenders home and if they have them there is the cause.

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sammy_mantra - 613 days 15 hours ago

you dont have to defend MS when neutral investigators dont do it

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KingME - 613 days 14 hours ago

First off, I memory servers me well the recall for the xbox power cord was for the regular xbox and not the 360. And it was for 360 made before later 2003. I story is pure BS and appears to be more anti-microsoft propaganda.

Link to the power cord issue below. (try reading the article an not just look at any pictures you may see on the page.)
http://www.consumeraffairs....

Once again, I call shenanigans.

BTW, the house in the picture isn't worth 40,000 yet alone have 100,000 in damages. Notice the burnt stuff under the overhand, yet there's no evidence of smoke, or any other fire damage to the exterior of the building. This sh!t is garbage.

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Fishy Fingers - 613 days 21 hours ago

ah yes, I didnt notice that for some reason.

Well, didnt MS recall the faulty power cables? Guess he didnt get the memo or just couldnt be bothered.

Also...
"it against the wall in on edge and things like that need a little space to dissipate heat"

If he was more careful with his placement of hardware this would of never happened.

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Sayai jin - 613 days 20 hours ago

Marty8370- Thats your opinion, but Your comments belong in the other zone. Hence "Gamer Zone Posting Guidelines".

Ayways, I've seen refrigerators, TV's cause fires in the home because there were not enough ventaliation. Maybe I should blame Kenmoore or GE or Samsung. Wrong. I remember a few years back when a person wrecked there car into another causing a good amount of personal damage, so the person tried to sue Toyota,gine started to catch on fire and the smoke from the fire caused them not to be ble to see. becuase they were driving and the en It did not go to far becuase Toyota had a recall on the faulty engine component and the person did not get it replaced. MS had a recall on the power supply. Therefore....

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YoMeViet - 613 days 16 hours ago

might as well put your 360 on ice while playing to calm your fears of house fires.

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DARK WITNESS - 613 days 16 hours ago

not being funny or taking the piss, but i believe it does say in the manual not to place it on carpet as it can block ventilation.

i will check the manual again when i get home.

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KingME - 613 days 14 hours ago

Please provide documented support for this fires, because they would definitely be documented. And please no blogs or opinion articles. You talk a lot of smack, yet you provided nothing to support it.

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Condoleezza Rice - 613 days 14 hours ago

the 360's reliability is FAR from perfect,and this is coming from an Xbox owner

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iAmPS3 - 613 days 20 hours ago

I have been saying this for so long.
Nazisoft wants YOU.... DEAD to populate the fires of hell. LOL

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Sir Ken Kutaragi 1 - 613 days 20 hours ago

Another satisfied xBox 360 Customer!!! ;-D ;-D ;-D

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iMad - 613 days 19 hours ago

Thats because people share their review on XBOX 360 to their friends and there is only positive reviews. If there is would be about 30% RRODs current 360 sales won't be possible. So people to people opinions is the main reason people still buy 360. Imagine what sales would have been if it was not so faulty.

XBOX 360 problems does not make PS3 better. they just hurts theirselfs. But that is still can't hide the fact what 360 and their games overall are better gaming expiriense. People still buy it. And sales will only grow up when RROD wiil be solved compleatly.

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dem0n - 613 days 15 hours ago

PS3 is in the lead? Hmm. Pigs must be flying, hell must be freezing over, and Oprah & Dr. Phil must of had a love child because the last time I checked, it was dead last.

It's common sense for the PS3 to be selling because it's NEWER than the 360. The way you Sony fanboys talk the PS3 up, it should of surpassed the 360 by now. But wait, has it?

Too bad, so sad.

Ohh yeah, and Sir Ken Kutaragi: Stop playing with your own balls and go get Sony's balls back in your mouth where they belong you little douche bag.

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Pain - 613 days 13 hours ago

Suck's!? should have bought that PS3 would still have a HOME!!!!

@imad '1.3 - So why people still buy xbox more than PS3?' they buying 2nd box to replace 1st.

and @dem0n oh u silly kid NPD data hurts that much eh ?

'PS3 is in the lead? Hmm. Pigs must be flying, hell must be freezing over, and Oprah & Dr. Phil must of had a love child because the last time I checked, it was dead last.'

--Only in America kid.

It's common sense for the PS3 to be selling because it's NEWER than the 360. The way you Sony fanboys talk the PS3 up, it should of surpassed the 360 by now. But wait, has it? -

--um look at the NPD its happing right now to bad u blind.

Too bad, so sad. u bought a Xbox 2?

Ohh yeah, and Sir Ken Kutaragi: Stop playing with your own balls and go get Sony's balls back in your mouth where they belong you little douche bag.

- spoken like a true Xbox Fan

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ForTheFallen - 613 days 10 hours ago

At least Sony has a d!ck....

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Phil Harrison Mklll - 613 days 19 hours ago

On that GTA4 Ad for the xFlop 360 they should of had the song -
'Firestarter' By The Prodigy! :D

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n4gzz - 613 days 18 hours ago

you are an asshole. trailer house is not trash. 360 is trash.

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dem0n - 613 days 15 hours ago

No you STFU meanie. LOLZ

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sammy_mantra - 613 days 15 hours ago

you know it very well that X360 is a defective console that doesnt live long

This is why it is the least selling console in the world

No sane person could buy X360 ---a worthless piece of S***

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Mr PS3 - 613 days 14 hours ago

Were do you come up with these crappy names
Man your a PS3 fan !!
On your next account try to create a name that tells every Xbot SUCKA which side your on
Just like for instance Mr PS3

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dan-boy - 613 days 13 hours ago

i ask again, do you not feel just a little bit like a saddo, loser, loner when you log in with one account, talk crap, then log in with another and talk more fud?????

that is one of the saddest things i've come across ever!!

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sammy_mantra - 613 days 15 hours ago

It is just a bit more powerful than old XBOX

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sammy_mantra - 613 days ago

many multiplat games run better on PS3 and also look better.

The X360 has nothing to counter Uncharted/GT5/HS/Motorstorm technically or graphically. You cant judge a console by MULTIPLAT GAMES which (some) look and run much better on PS3 too.

You are right.

In this gen x360 will never have anything to challenge those 3 not to even mention KZ2 or WARDEVIL

ONLY and i repeat ONLY some MULTI games look and run better on x360. TRUE for PS3 too.

ONly the multiplat games on some occasions run better on x360. However COD4,DMC4,BURNOUT,AC all run better on PS3 and also look better too

X360 has nothing to compare against Uncharted. I wonder whether it would ever have anything in its lifetime to compare to Uncharted/GT5P/KZ2 /WARDEVIL and other games.

PS3 runs games at 1080P NATIVE at 60 FPS something which is impossible on x360

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CyberSentinel - 613 days 20 hours ago

Bubble UP!

The Sentinel.

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PumPum - 613 days 19 hours ago

Wow, a little far fetched. But hey while we are at it lets find every RROD article, every Windows problems article, blue screen article, we are going to sell 1 billion consoles article, 360 DRE article, boeing 747 360 dvd article, faulty disc tray article makes games look and play nice article, bill gates finally made his sex change article...

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heyheyhey - 613 days 18 hours ago

hmmmmm...... batteries, what a damn fine comeback

because batteries relate to the gaming consoles soooo much (ok fine, they're used in controller, but guess what- no-ones Sixaxis or DS3 has ever blownn up)

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JadeTyrant - 613 days 17 hours ago

most desperate attempt at defending a 360 I have seen so far

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dem0n - 613 days 15 hours ago

How about we dig up ALL of the promises Sony has made in the past. Let's just see how many they didn't break.

After that we can have a PS3 party. Now what Blu-ray movies should we get? You decide. "B3yond" that we can finish the night up with a great session of Lair. Sounds fun. LOLZ

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Superiorrior - 613 days 15 hours ago

Lol the PSP fire was caused by a third party accessory:
http://www.destructoid.com/...

I find it funny that the laptops have nothing to do with the console war and it's a pathetic attempt to troll, but the best part about it is the problem is resolved, unlike anything to do with the Xbox 360 they keep it the way it is, absolutely hilarious.

Anyway, unlike the PSP or any other console, all the Xbox 360 needs to do is be plugged in, Why don't americas military start dropping them to substitute as fire bombs? I'm sure it's cheaper than napalm in bulk.

Obviously you can't use Xbox as a toaster anymore because it'll burn your toast to crisp, hmm..

Oh you could use it to start a barnfire, use it as a backyard barbecue , obviously no one needs Molotov coctails anymore, just throw Xbox 360's at each other.

Hell I'm sure you could use Xbox 360's to substitute for Dynamite as well for when they have to blow buildings down, or hell even just for mining.

You could use it to cook your marshmellows, use it as a furnace to warm your house, there are ENDLESS applications to a Flaming Xbox 360, I'm sure Microsoft will get into this market soon, it's a wise business decision.

Look at the video to see the smartest Xbox 360 owner.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

And now how the actual house burning down came to happen:

http://n4g.com/ViewComVideo...

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t-0_ot- - 613 days 15 hours ago

Don't worry Sak.. You know your right when you give facts and get a lot of disagrees. So, the more disagrees you get the righter you are, and they know your right.

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GiantEnemyCrab - 613 days 12 hours ago

Look at you owning these dribbling fishheads look at them disagrees.

They find some 1/2 made up BS story and you come back with a paragraph of links to $ony's garbage.

As ET says. "oooouuucchh"

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DomUltra - 613 days 12 hours ago

Hey fishface, did those batteries almost burn down a house? Lol no, and they were resolved, Xbox 360 burning down houses since 2005.

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juuken - 613 days 8 hours ago

Wow...what a way to divert attention from flopbox 360 that was probably the cause of a household fire!

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Alcaponedyou - 613 days ago

in a freezer, it'll turn into a microwave.

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Fishy Fingers - 613 days 20 hours ago

The point being, the 360 issues are now resolved. MS requested people return their power cables, this guy obviously didnt. They also ask you to leave ventilation around the hardware, once again this guy didnt.

He is the one to blame here. Thats the truth I'm afraid.

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t-0_ot- - 613 days 15 hours ago

ANY product that generates heat and is in a closed space and is on for an extended period of time, CAN catch fire.

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liquidsnake - 613 days 14 hours ago

Not the PS3.

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SUP3R - 613 days 12 hours ago

There should have never been a call back on power cords to begin with.
Proper testing would have given MS the heads up on all these issues prior to launch.
There is no excuse for rushing an extremely faulty console to market.
Consumers purchases of these products should be at least 90-95% worry free.

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Fishy Fingers - 613 days 20 hours ago

Why are you talking about RROD, RROD didnt cause the fire. The faulty power lead that MS ASKED YOU TO RETURN did.

I realize this is a wet dream for you, but facts are facts, he was asked to return it, he didnt, asked to "give it room to breath", he didnt.

Spin it all you want bro, this fire was NOT directly MS fault.

I dislike the hardware as much as everyone else, Im on my 4th 360, all to RROD, but it sure as hell hasnt burnt my house down.

I dont know why I even bother with you kids, your bias out weighs any fact I can put infront of you.

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dem0n - 613 days 15 hours ago

@Marty8370

Ohh, so even though RROD has been addressed, fixed for free, and is obsolete in the new consoles, means that it's still not resolved?

Yet a battery exploding in a kid's pocket is?

Don't think so, son.

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SUP3R - 613 days 12 hours ago

3rd party accessory explodes.
1st party hardware fails.
See the difference?

Also, RROD is FAR from obsolete in the new 360's. They've simply claimed to have reduced the fail rate from "33%" to "16%", which is still very much unsatisfactory, but I guess your blind faith and/or denial will make you believe it's non existent.

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DomUltra - 613 days 12 hours ago

Third party accessory burns kid, not Sony's fault.

Xbox 360 explodes into a raging fire, almost burns down house, Microsofts fault, see the difference dumbshit?

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ForTheFallen - 613 days 10 hours ago

Notice how anything said gets an Xbox fanboy response.

Sad.

Nice work, btw, demon. You really are the last remaining MS soldier. Oh well. Respect yourself enough to know when to give up.

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t-0_ot- - 613 days 15 hours ago

My 360 doesn't heat up either.. It's properly ventiliated.. it's not enclosed at all and it STAYS cool.. I went on a weekend trip and I had it on for over 3 days and it still wasn't hot when I came home.

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liquidsnake - 613 days 14 hours ago

Were'd you had it? In the refrigerator?

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ForTheFallen - 613 days 10 hours ago

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PumPum - 613 days 19 hours ago

i think the XZombies are out eating brains.

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