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Chris Leigh
26 Nov, 2005

Xbox 360 overheating issues resolved

360 News | Sort of.
With conspiracy theories and armed robberies playing a part, it's certainly been an eventful console launch for the Xbox 360. Regrettably, there's also been the overheating issue that we reported on a couple of days back, a situation that saw Microsoft's PR department scramble madly into action. Well now, a cure has been found for overheating X360s everywhere, though it's perhaps less than ideal.

The solution emerged from the forums over at US site GameSpot, where a chap known as Goldeneyemaster has suggested suspending the brick-like power supply unit off the ground and suspending it in the air with some string. 'I have been playing for about 3 hours straight', says Goldeneyemaster, 'and no crashes so far!' It does probably look a bit clumsy however, and (we'd imagine) involves a lot of faffing about during valuable PGR3-playing time, though apparently resting the power unit on the 'edges of a box with no cover' also does the trick. So there you go. And yes, it's a slow news day.

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7 Comments
6 years ago
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And yes, it's a slow news day.
There's been snow news for me! icon_razz.gif
6 years ago
I "snow" what you mean!
6 years ago
I don't "snow" what you are talking about...

But I have a a mental picture of walking over to a friends place and seeing the 360 suspended from the roof..and then the string breaking...
6 years ago
Thats hardly a solution really....

Well it is, but putting the charger in your fridge would yield the same results.

You'd need quite a large fridge though.
6 years ago
rankodour wrote
I "snow" what you mean!
you're a dead weight marty. icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif
6 years ago
Poor manufacturing. Plain and simple.
6 years ago
next we'll be hearing about some poor schuck who was killed when his PSU burnt through the string, knocking him unconscious and set his house alight while he lay incapacitated.

or something.
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