Unbelievable : An Xbox 360 That Didn’t RROD Even After Being Soaked In Rain Water
If there is anything certain in life, it’s death, taxes and Red Ring of Deaths (RRODs). The recent rumors of even the Xbox 360 Elite getting the RROD put me at unease. Even my Xbox 360 gave the “early” symptoms of the RROD, including erratic freezing. It’s not like I treat my 360 with special care. It got drenched in water. Yes, it rained so hard that water came pouring down the stairs from the roof and into my home (now that doesn’t happen very often)! And it happened at night, so I didn’t realize it until the next morning. And what a shock I got! My 360 Premium was a goner for sure I thought. It was just soaked! However, a little blowing with a hair dryer fixed everything and the 360 works without a glitch.
I even checked the 360 as baggage in international luggage while traveling to the US. And when I returned home with it, the unit still worked like a charm. I’m also happy to announce that even after 2 years of non-stop gaming, my 360 still hasn’t RROD, considering the torture it went through. This might not be “major” news to you, but it certainly means a lot to me, after all, many 360s are dead on arrival or RROD within the first 6 months or within a year.
Still, I tremble at the thought of seeing the oh-so-familiar three red lights flashing when I turn on the 360. For starters, I had to import this 360 from the US and there’s no Microsoft service center here (although there is a Sony Customer Care Center, sigh). So, to all those who didn’t have the 360 RROD, come over to my house and we’ll play Gears. But, then again, it wouldn’t be much of a party with just the two of you. *
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* I mean, seriously, you STILL didn’t have the RROD?
Jul 16th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Woah… u my friend r 1 luckky dude! My cousins x360 broke down in like 1 year
Jul 16th, 2008 at 11:50 am
@Nightway11
Yes, I guess I am. 😀
Jul 17th, 2008 at 6:49 am
all i can u lucky lucky barstad lol
Jul 19th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
RRoD and water damage are unrelated if I’m not mistaken.
Still, amazing that it works, especially if it was on when the rain happened.
Jul 19th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
@ Yert,
RROD is caused by overheating. Yep, but the title would have sounded boring if I used the word “malfunctioned”. And you wouldn’t believe how many people accidentally damage their 360, take it to warranty and blame it on the RROD.
Jul 21st, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Woah… its probably the Messiah of 360.
Jul 21st, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Someday, it will be inside a glass casing in a museum. Gamers would go “Woah!” because it’s the only 360 that didn’t RROD. Lolz
Jun 17th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Hey man i came across your post and i just wanted to say my girlfriend last night through my xbox 360 into the pool while I was asleep and awoke to my ‘real’ baby at the bottom of the pool! I quickly retreived it and let it sun dry today. I have been blow drying it for the last 2 hours and will continue this process for the next couple of days and hope mine will comeback from the dead like yours! I will keep it posted!
Jan 30th, 2010 at 1:51 am
mine lasted for 7 months before it rrod.You must the lucky ones not to have the rrod or had better build quality.I bought my 360 on February 2007 and it finally rrod in september 2007 and after many attempts of fixing it from shops to buying motherboards didnt fix it either and on December 2008 i called it a day and got a PS3 instead and its still fine no issues unlike 360 with a hog of issues in between.But to be honest 360 gave me a better and revolutionized gaming life rather than the PS3 still want to play gears but.What could have been 360 now if there were no rrod.
Jan 30th, 2010 at 3:48 am
@Rabbi,
nice to hear from you that you honored X3 properly, though it is sad that you tried so hard to fix it.
The falcon ones that released somewhere between mid or late 2008 runs fine.
Mine’s bought in December 23, 2008 and till now it runs just fine. Play 2/3 hours a day on an average, my highest playtime was 12 PM till 7 PM for NFS Shift.
Jan 30th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
@Reza
Thanks!
Heard dat Jasper versions are the most effiecient xbox 360 on the market.My highest playtime was about 12hrs on xbox 360.I played around 5-6 hrs per day on 2007.Its really is a different kind of pain when xbox 360 rrod’s.Hope that microsoft wont screw up the next generation console.