So my 360's DVD Drive basically shit itself inside out, and all my games freeze 10-20 minutes into them.  I only have a 20 GB HDD to install games on, and I sure as hell am not gonna pay top dollar for MS's overpriced 120 GB HDD.  So, I need to RROD my 360 so they send me another unit that isn't so jacked up.  I can't for the life of me kill this thing, though.  I wrapped it in blankets and put a space heater behind it , which triggered the two lights (overheated), but it always works OK after it cools down.  Please help, I'm not paying MS to fix their shitty DVD Drives.

just leave it on for a week

I hear that putting it in the microwave for like 2 seconds will force a redring, but I'm not sure.

I find it hilarious that so many people can't help getting multiple red rings while your trying to get one and you can't.

" I find it hilarious that so many people can't help getting multiple red rings while your trying to get one and you can't. "

Damn, I thought this would be the perfect recipe for some freshly baked RROD.  Dead Rising, the 360 killer (installed on HDD) + space heater + extremely plush blanket wrapped around 360.  I go to the parking garage where the massive quantities of zombies will surely stress the graphics chip to failure combined with the scorching heat.  I'm mowing down zombies laughing maniacally when the fucker turns off, and I get two lights again.  What the hell do I need to do?

" @lemon360 said:

" just leave it on for a week "

haha a week? try overnight  "

" @lemon360 said:

" just leave it on for a week "

haha a week? try overnight  "

If you need to kill it, I recommend stabbing it to death.

just send it in and say it RRODed.

I already did that.  I left a note in the box saying it RROD's an hour or two into gameplay.  Two weeks later, they send back the same busted console.

" @NickL said:

" @Akeldama said:

" @lemon360 said:

" just leave it on for a week "

haha a week? try overnight  "

very recently i accidently left my launch console on over night and no rrod *knock on wood* "

LOL I barely ever turn mine off!

*shrug*

"

Hm, maybe try putting it in the freezer for a while, maybe a few hours, then making it as hot as possible as fast as possible?

Open the bitch up, disconnect the fan, and let the thing run for a while.

And it sounds like you are about to get 3rod'd. Freezing is an obvious indicator. If you were having drive problems, you would be getting mass dirty disc errors. You will probably end up with the 0102 error, general hardware failure. MS is pretty good about the warranty, even if you have a launch console. They will act like dicks of course, and attempt to fix yours....which will ultimately fail again.

Very simple way of doing this, 

What about hammering the power button?  Maybe the power fluctuations will fuck it up?  I'm super desperate here, this thing has to die.

This thread is funny.

bathtub?

It's threads like these that make me glad to be a PS3 owner.

OK, try this

" It's threads like these that make me glad to be a PS3 owner. "

You said you gave them the xbox, and handed back the same. When mine RROD'd they sent back the same console, but they did something to the motherboard that fixed the problem, so I'm thinking they may have done that to yours as well. They don't just send you a new one willy nilly, and they don't replace the dvd drive unless you specifically send it in to get it fixed (which I'm assuming they make you pay for unless your under warrenty). I guess your best bet is to just hard drive or pay to have the dvd drive fixed.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.

Whatever you do don't do anything STUPID like putting it in a microwave, or overheating it to the point plastic starts to melt. Microsoft will send it back to you with a letter about how fucking stupid you are.

I wrapped mine in three towels and turned it on, but it kept turning off because it overheated.  So instead I just picked it up and chucked it across my room which did the trick.

I sent mine away with the same problem, stating it had 'intermittent' RROD and a faulty drive. Problem solved, absolutely free.

lol, surely its easier just to get a new XBOX

I don't have any advise  for you, only an aggravating remark.
I am one of those lucky bastards(fingers crossed!) that had no problem what-so-ever with my X360 since the day i purchased it two years ago.
I am not an avid gamer but i do play my X360 on a regular basis..

Keep turning it off and on again... like, a lot.
I had the same problem as you and it worked for me.

"It's threads like these that make me glad to be a PS3 owner."

" lol, surely its easier just to get a new XBOX "

while i am not a sage heres some advice. First of all how are you so sure that it is a dvd drive problem? you say games are freezing even when on played from hdd??. That would not indicate a dvd drive problem more system or hdd. The game freezing is meant to be sign of incoming rrod, but there are different errors within the rrod.

My 360 was freezing and overheating and i fixed it by appling better thermal paste  in between heatsinks and cpu/gpu. You should google the "360 secondary error codes" and fully research your problem first otherwise you may be doing more harm than good.

Once you find out the true error you can search it and find out what to do, there are very informative 360 repair forums out there. If you must do the rrod, like the other guy said turn it on/off rapidly shut it off mid game without going back to the dash and let it run for days. If you are trying to maximise the heat running games from hdd only decrease the heat.

If it is your dvd drive after all they can be replaced cheaply, look how cheap they can be on ebay.Worst comes to worst a new arcade is only about the price of 3 games.

lol, thats awsome. Heating it up and stuff. I sent mine in last week and they already shipped it out to me. I havn't got it yet but i hope they fix my RRoD. I hope they didn't screw up mine like they did urs.

" I hear that putting it in the microwave for like 2 seconds will force a redring, but I'm not sure. "

" Try this. "

Rent Assassin's Creed and leave it in there

What the fuck is a sage?

W@BODDAH said:

" What the fuck is a sage? "

" W@BODDAH said:

" What the fuck is a sage? "

I want to know the same. The only time I have seen that term was the one time I visited the garbage of the net, 4chan. "

" It's threads like these that make me glad to be a PS3 owner. "

360 aren't that expensive, I just got a new Arcade 360 for $96 and it came with Banjo for free :D

@Stang said:

" W@BODDAH said:

" What the fuck is a sage? "

I want to know the same. The only time I have seen that term was the one time I visited the garbage of the net, 4chan. "