XBOX360 CD release button?
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XBOX360 CD release button?
So, I bought my XBOX 360 after Christmas last year and I played it for like three weeks. I went to go play some Battlefront 2 last night online and I received the always dreaded Red Ring Of Death
I want to exchange it (The store I bought it from has a 30-day return policy) but there's a disc in the drive, and even if I turn the power on, I can't eject the disc. Does the console have an "emergency eject" button/mechanism I can use to open the drive manually?
I want to exchange it (The store I bought it from has a 30-day return policy) but there's a disc in the drive, and even if I turn the power on, I can't eject the disc. Does the console have an "emergency eject" button/mechanism I can use to open the drive manually?
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google xbox 360 drive eject mechanism wrote:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906935
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You know what's ridiculous, posting NON-HELPFUL stuff in a thread where someone is obviously asking for help.diminish wrote:Well, isn't it ridiculous? Of course Xbox case isn't nothing new, but from my experience failing electronics is becoming more and more common these days. Dear Corporations, CHICKITY-CHECK YA SELF BEFORE YOU WRIGGITY-WRECK YA SELF.
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From what I can tell, help was provided by odditude giving the best possible source, I was trying to be helpful by trying to show a bit of emphaty about the situation. Sorry for being totally useless .Joe Camacho wrote:You know what's ridiculous, posting NON-HELPFUL stuff in a thread where someone is obviously asking for help.diminish wrote:Well, isn't it ridiculous? Of course Xbox case isn't nothing new, but from my experience failing electronics is becoming more and more common these days. Dear Corporations, CHICKITY-CHECK YA SELF BEFORE YOU WRIGGITY-WRECK YA SELF.
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Hate to contribute, but this is what happens when you buy from china.diminish wrote:Well, isn't it ridiculous? Of course Xbox case isn't nothing new, but from my experience failing electronics is becoming more and more common these days. Dear Corporations, CHICKITY-CHECK YA SELF BEFORE YOU WRIGGITY-WRECK YA SELF.
that being said, I thought the red rings of death has been taken care of
<Nach> so why don't the two of you get your own room and leave us alone with this stupidity of yours?
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Lord have mercy upon word formation .grinvader wrote:emphaty is now the most badass way to fail at empathy
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That's right, but nowadays most of stuff comes from China, for example PS2 assembly has been moved to China since V9. What can typical consumer do about it?adventure_of_link wrote:Hate to contribute, but this is what happens when you buy from china.diminish wrote:Well, isn't it ridiculous? Of course Xbox case isn't nothing new, but from my experience failing electronics is becoming more and more common these days. Dear Corporations, CHICKITY-CHECK YA SELF BEFORE YOU WRIGGITY-WRECK YA SELF.
that being said, I thought the red rings of death has been taken care of
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If you're thinking about who you're thinking, he's lost his license.Rashidi wrote:simply complain (and occasionaly sues *invokes certain lawyer*)diminish wrote:What can typical consumer do about it?
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Yes, you probably ended up with an ancient xbox360 that uses monolithic heat sinks that fail :/snkcube wrote:The latest revision, named Jasper, is supposed to be the one with fewer failure rates. MS should've waited and fixed the hardware problems instead of rushing the 360 for release.adventure_of_link wrote:that being said, I thought the red rings of death has been taken care of
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Thank you sir.
Thank you sir.
And how would I be able to avoid getting another one of those? Is there some method of being able to tell without opening the box?franpa wrote:Yes, you probably ended up with an ancient xbox360 that uses monolithic heat sinks that fail :/snkcube wrote:The latest revision, named Jasper, is supposed to be the one with fewer failure rates. MS should've waited and fixed the hardware problems instead of rushing the 360 for release.adventure_of_link wrote:that being said, I thought the red rings of death has been taken care of
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Lord Alpha wrote:And how would I be able to avoid getting another one of those? Is there some method of being able to tell without opening the box?
arstechnica.com wrote:The absolute, idiot-proof tell? "12,1A" shown on the power information on the back of the console. You may need to move the system slightly to read this information through the open slot on the box, but its worth it.
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Actually, you CAN.odditude wrote:...which you can't see without opening the box.franpa wrote:Wattage is another idiot proof way, the new consoles that use a 65nm processor use less power and have lower rated power supplies.
All 360s use the same voltages, so by reading the amperage, you know the wattage.
Which doesn't mean franpa's being anything other than unhelpful, but...
Not to mention some of the new consoles ship with the older, more robust power supplies, so his test has false negatives as well as requiring you to open the package.
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Wouldn't it tell you the PSU rating somewhere in the manual anyway
Barring that, doing what Gil said will only give what the system is using at any one given time.. The PSU could be say, 500 watts max but actual mileage may vary (meaning it could use as much as 350-400 watts.)
And then of course there's the matter of different AC voltages around the world.
Barring that, doing what Gil said will only give what the system is using at any one given time.. The PSU could be say, 500 watts max but actual mileage may vary (meaning it could use as much as 350-400 watts.)
And then of course there's the matter of different AC voltages around the world.
<Nach> so why don't the two of you get your own room and leave us alone with this stupidity of yours?
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If you have the SYSTEM'S RATED amperage, you know what the SYSTEM'S EXPECTED current drain is. And multiplying that by the voltage gets you the system's rated wattage.adventure_of_link wrote: Barring that, doing what Gil said will only give what the system is using at any one given time.. The PSU could be say, 500 watts max but actual mileage may vary (meaning it could use as much as 350-400 watts.)
The rating label is not a random momentary measurement.