A few questions for 360 owners?

Question

360 owners only please. Anyone with a answer saying 'get a ps3', 'XBOX sucks' or anything along those lines will be thumbed down and possibly reported.

1) How fast does yours heat up (to warm and beyond)?

Since the update (the one preparing for the winter one) it gets warm within a half hour.

2) How many times does yours glitch (minor to serious)?

Since the update, my 360 has begun to have some minor glitches.

3) One of my games has a crack near the centre but none of the others do, what caused it?

4) If I look at my games side on so the disc looks like >>> I

and I'm looking at the edge, it looks like there could be something melting but the game and disc aren't damaged (PS2 games look the same but to smaller extent). What's going on there, is it normal?

5) My 360 seems to sound louder since the latest firmware update. Has that hapened to anyone? It's not massively loud but seems louder.

The model I have is Falcon. What model do you have?

Answer 1

Get a PS3, XBOX sucks.

Answer 2

I dont have one but I know everything about it.  So I will answer unbiased.  

1. It can heat up quickly although that is normal especially in the summer.  The cramp hardware can cause this.  You should make sure the fan comes on.  If not you are prone to get the RROD.  It will melt the lead free solder and will become bretle and break apart.  (solder should always be lead)

2. I actually very seldom hear of 360 glitches.  And they can be minor or serious.

3. Moving the console during use can cause scratching.  Cracking might be rare.  

4. It might be melting from extended use and again cramped hardware.

5. Louder is better.  When I play my ps3 I have to turn my tv down very low so it isnt overwhelming.  

Falcons dont get the RROD as easily however they are still very susceptible to it.  The cramped hardware is the problem.  Horizontal is good to keep it from over heating but not good for the disk.  It raises the chances of it getting scratched.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

1)- I don't much bother with mine, I have gone retro, but it never gets hot. It gets warm within 10 minutes, but the fan comes on, and that's that.

2)- Rarely

3)- Possibly movement during system operation.

4)- ?

5)- I don't know about the update, I have not played it for some while

6)- Dunno.

Answer 5

xboxs are hot when u turn them on well not off the bat  so there fine to be hot

mines dont glitch worth nothi   mines froze when i was streeming music and it only hapened on one song so i deleted it  nothi happans

the heat near the center can be caused by heat

idk wtf  about 4 mdo u have your xbox liek stading up vertalic how ever u spell it

5 wierd

i got my in 07 early augest so no falcon in mine :(

Answer 6

i can't answer all your questions, but mine gradually got worse with glitching and freezing up and got noisier and the noises got weirder until i got the red ring of death.  that was about a month ago.  i'm not sure what model it is- i think its falcon, i bought it in october '06 anyway.

you could be on your way towards  the rrod, but i'm not sure why your discs would be getting chewed.

*ok, apparently mine isn't falcon!

i thought it was some sort of bird?