chump

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3145847

Seems there are a lot of faulty 360s.....

Iain Young

There are a handful of people who have had problems with the console, an extremely small percentage when you compare them with the number sold so far. Also, the number of people who have complained (according to microsoft) is far below what they would normally expect for a consumer electronics product of this complexity.

99% of the people complaining about overheating problems haven't read the instructions for the console properly and have been putting it in insufficiently ventilated locations.

There is also a strong rumour doing the rounds that Sony have paid people to complain about the 360 on the internet to try and affect the launch, (dirty tricks).

Personally I'm not worried at all. It's just media hype and mud slinging by sony fan-boys

Nicks VR4

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27930

A GAMER fed up with his new Xbox 360 crashing every 20 minutes has fixed the problem by raising the power supply off the ground with some string.

Dan, from Duluth, or 'goldeneyemaster' as he is known, told the game spot forum here that he thinks the main reason that the xBox 360 freezes is because the power supply overheats. The solution is to lift the power supply off the floor and allow the air to circulate better around it.

Another simple method involved getting a box with no cover and putting the power supply on the edges.

As a result, he was able to leave his machine on for a stonking seven hours without it freezing up.

Other gamers to the site report that the idea works for them too. Many of them note with relief that since it is the power supply that is clearly the problem, rather than the box itself, it should be fairly easy for Microsoft to replace.

Swen6

Recall???, I've waited 6mths for this they can bugger off, i want a go first