Gotta problem with my Xbox360 (or maybe games)

[DorkyFresh]

i've had my 360 for about 8 months and ever since then i've been having problems but they were small or minute before...more like glitches. then about February it started to crap out on me. i'd be playing it and it would freeze in the middle of the game so i would have to reset it and it's been doing that occasionally over the last few months.

well, my friend came over a couple of weeks ago and we tried to play Full Auto on it. we selected our cars, the course, and started playing. literally seconds later the game froze with a screen that looks like a cross between the blue screen of death and Matrix coding. it froze on the same image we were playing before but the image was full of small squares and every other square would be blue. so i tried playing Gears of War....it did the same thing except now the squares were green. THEN...i tried one of those $5 go-kart games i got at Burger King (Big Bumpin') and it played PERFECTLY. so i went back to play Full Auto and it froze again...


...i was wondering if anyone has experienced anything like this and if there's anything i can do (i can't find my receipt). it's been less than a year since i purchased it so i dunno if that helps any...

 

[gtkilla]

It's probably overheating. Those $5 Burger King games aren't as demanding as real next-gen games so it's probably not producing much heat as Full Auto or GoW would. Make sure you keep it in an area where it's well ventilated.

 

[DorkyFresh]

thing is, i don't even have the xbox on long enough to "overheat". i turn it on, start playing and it freezes at the same time every time. it always freezes several seconds after starting the actual game....not 30 seconds, not a minute...4 to 7 seconds.

 

[EdRyder]

Your going to have to bite the bullet and send it in.May not be an overheat from what your describing,could be the disc drive,the laser,or several other things...Did you get the warrenty,or at least register the console?

 

[Zenien]

It could be that your 360 mother board warped. Either that or your GPU is defective?

Did you give it enough ventilation space though? If so then the cause and effect seems pretty obvious.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

blame it on zenien,she breaks eveything.

 

[Joker]

The same matrix/blue screen happened at TRU when our display model crapped out, it gave us red lights about a day later...call MS, get it fixed

 

[DorkyFresh]

thanx guys. guess that's what i get for buying a Microsoft product. argh...

 

[Joker]

thanx guys. guess that's what i get for buying a Microsoft product. argh...

If it makes you feel any better, the display PS3 we got in at TRU broke after a week, which is about a third of the time it took for the 360 to meltdown

 

[DorkyFresh]

well, my personal experience is that i've had more problems with Microsoft products than i have with Sony products. i like the 360...i just don't like who makes it...

 

[WhatsHisFace]

It's weird, part of the testing for the Xbox360 was that they cooked it in an oven. I guess when the heat comes from inside the circuits it has a different effect.

 

[EdRyder]

It's weird, part of the testing for the Xbox360 was that they cooked it in an oven. I guess when the heat comes from inside the circuits it has a different effect.

Yeah but, did they box up and ship those?Could answer a lot of questions lol

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Yeah but, did they box up and ship those?Could answer a lot of questions lol

I laughed at this a lot more than I should have. t: