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11 Oct

Bring on the Towels

Posted by bs angel in Video Games, Xtreme Xbox.

RRoD fail

Source [Digg]

23 Responses to this post.

  1. Posted by Dan (tehviruss) on October 11, 2008 at 11:59 am

    Quick, towel trick!

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  2. Posted by Ph4de on October 11, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    Epic Win

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  3. Posted by Queen 0f Blades on October 11, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    Hah, that’s awesome.

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  4. Posted by Das Kalk on October 11, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    I lolled myself

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  5. Posted by dnefpooz on October 11, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    Some people may not consider that sexual…but twice in one day, nice!

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  6. Posted by nyhitman0401 on October 11, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    Omg thats so funny!

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  7. Posted by Matoro3311 on October 11, 2008 at 1:07 pm

    ?

    ~Matoro3311

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  8. Posted by BBJynne on October 11, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    yeh!

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  9. Posted by Socket on October 11, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    “?”

    It’s the Red Ring of Death…
    RRoD
    It’s what happens to the Ring of Light when your Xbox 360 overheats, melts it’s insides, and dies.

    Cheers! -Socket

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  10. Posted by newguy2445 on October 11, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    RRoD on a massive scale. Evacuate the building! before it melts!

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  11. Posted by Matoro3311 on October 11, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    Oh, now it’s funny. :P

    ~Matoro3311

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  12. Posted by CrazedOne1988 on October 11, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    That’s going to need one big towel……

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  13. Posted by Chewbeccawacca on October 11, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    I haven’t been keeping up much on the RRoD epidemic, so consequently I don’t know about this towel trick everyone seems to be alluding to. As my box has recently suffered a general hardware failure, I would be most appreciative if you would excuse my ignorance and enlighten me with this remedy.

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  14. Posted by CrazedOne1988 on October 11, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    You don’t really want to do it. The way it works is you wrap your xbox in a towel cutting off it’s venting areas. The super heat then melts the broken circuit back together and your xbox works again. Unfortunately this also voids out the warranty. So play it safe and just send it in. The towel doesn’t always work.

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  15. Posted by Socket on October 11, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    So, I want to go shopping at Targ t…
    Targ t is the sweetest store ever…right guys?

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  16. Posted by newguy2445 on October 11, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    No, Wrong.

    JK

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  17. Posted by DrDoctor on October 11, 2008 at 8:16 pm

    My brother tried that trick on our 360 (while also using a hair dryer to speed the process up even more) when it RRoD’d the first time and it wasn’t called out on voiding a warranty. It only prolonged the life of the 360 by 3 days though. I wouldn’t recomend it because it could cause other problems that AREN’T as covered as RRoD and I may have gotten lucky for getting away with it. It’s weird though. I always thought the towel trick was used because it wouldn’t technically void the warranty. Of course, you’re intentionally overheating it so I suppose it does…

    I bought my towels at Targ t! lol!

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  18. Posted by xpargas on October 11, 2008 at 9:51 pm

    I loled

    But if your 360 does ever RRoD dont do the towel trick, it makes it worse, it just melts the Heatsink paste and makes it worse.

    also dont buy an intercooler, they just blow in air where the air is trying to come out…Thats the stupidest invention ever

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  19. Posted by Ragingterror on October 12, 2008 at 12:32 am

    My wife can’t seem to figure out why I dislike Target. Perhaps I should show her this…

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  20. Posted by ashame on October 12, 2008 at 2:24 am

    No lol 4 me :(

    My 360 is back in repair for the 5th time…

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  21. Posted by Skibur on October 12, 2008 at 5:56 am

    Haha, that’s awesome :P

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  22. Posted by silvercube on October 12, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    Hmm Target sells 360’s with RROD’s. :)

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  23. Posted by Chewbeccawacca on October 12, 2008 at 3:44 pm

    Thanks Crazed, I think I’ll just send it in like you said.

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