[360] xbox 360 problems?

[thebestkiller]

Hi all,
there are many problems appeared these days.
such as : Ring of death , Freezes or unreadable disc error..
now i have my xbox 360 for about 1 year and a half.
it worked fine for a whole year.
and then POOF
i wanted to play halo 3 . i went to the xbox360 .. turned it on..
and .. WTF?
3 red lights
i called the store if they can fix it and he said : " sry we can't fix it .. its almost impossible"
anyway i went to youtube to see if i can fix it..and i found the "towels trick" it works fine.
few days later after using this trick
the xbox 360 freezes every 5 minutes after booting up.
it even freezes on the dashboard!
any idea ?
Please help me!

EDIT :
I'm following these steps so if you found any other solutions tell me!

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907586/en-us

[MentaL]

[TIMESHOTEL=FUN]

I get the same Problem.and it Keeps Freezing too

[themasher]

RRoD eh? my PS3 dun break like that you shouldnt have gotten a 360

anyways its gone, only microsoft can "fix" it

[Xenosaga21]

Chances are You probably....
a) Smoke next to your Xbox
b) Keep the back of the console too close to a wall
c) Dropped it/or shifted or bumped it causing something to come loose (HDD) something.
d) Keep the power brick next to it.
e) Leave it on 24/7
f) Have a White one (not elite or Halo Edition)
g) Play in a Really warm room
h) Left the console on a carpet
I) Have it inside a confined space like an entertainment center.

*Possible Fix(that wont Void Warranty)
1) Unplug ALL the cables Blow Air/Dust off on the connectors Put back in.
2) Unplug Hard drive blow air on connector (plug back in)
3) Make sure power Brick isn't faulty borrow one from some 1 you know.
4) Keep it in an open area./dust free area/keep away from smokers.
5) Go buy a new Elite or Halo Edition one... The Elite can handle the stress of Heat expansion alittle better as the new ones have a better heat sink "i think" and silicone sealant around major components to stop expansion.
Good news is if you didn't tamper with it you under another 2 years of warranty.
*Possible fix that will Void Warranty
X-clamp Mod.
Fan Mods etc....
*Risky Towel Trick. . . "I wouldn't do this more than ounce as it damages solder"
*Rip it apart and take a hot blow drier to the board ^^ Same Risk as above. . . little less savage on the approach to it tho.

"Id say if all else fails just send it to Microsoft and you will get a new/fixed one in a week and half to 2 weeks. . . In the meantime build a cooling shrine for it ^^.

And for the guy who said "you should of got a ps3" . . . Ps3's Overheat and Fail and get Red Ring also . . . its just not as publicized because ps3 fan boys are too scared to complain to the manufacturer about a problem. ( Any Next Gen System with 3 Or more Cpu Cores is GOING TO GET HOT) "What compels people to throw it on there bed next to a stack of pron mags and moldy pizza and use it as an ash tray is beyond me"
Also Microsoft is slowly buying out all the Ps3 Exclusive Titles so theres no point to get a ps3 at all... unless your one of those Final Fantasy / Tekken Players thats about the only Titles that will draw people to buy ps3... personally I am going to wait and buy both systems when Ps3 is 200$ just like its other over priced predecessors . . .
"I will ps3 used in a garage sale in a year, when the games that matter actually exist" ^^


Ps: seeing as how you used the Towel Trick . . . you probably did it too long and melted the solder right off the board... "I wouldn't tell Microsoft about that if I was you" ^^ * The Towel Trick is a terrible way to Rez your Xbox* basically beacuase Xbox uses a more enviromentaly safe solder"led Free" because of govt regulations that are starting to pop up . . . it can't take that much heat without loosening up the solder....
that is why it gets messed up after being in too warm a condition.... for prolonged time... and needs Room to breathe.... i run mine in an open flat surface with nothing around it and i play for 12 + Hours non stop Halo 3/ DOA 4 Gears of war Etc and guess what?
Never froze/Never Crashed/Never RROD The case hardly hits 50 Deg C id say Top 65 Deg C at full load maybe on a warm day 70. ... been doing this for about 4 Months now on my Xbox 360 Elite..... o and whenever some one tries to smoke at my house i send them to the back yard and tell them to stay 30 feet from my windows/doors and i make them shake there jackets / clothes outside to remove dust and shit... i cant stand filthy smokers.... coming over ruining all my electronics with there filth.

[themasher]

*Risky Towel Trick. . . "I wouldn't do this more than ounce as it damages solder"

And for the guy who said "you should of got a ps3" . . . Ps3's Overheat and Fail and get Red Ring also . . . its just not as publicized because ps3 fan boys are too scared to complain to the manufacturer about a problem.

1. towel trick is in the manual and the solder is the problem to begin with so its already damaged -_-
2. PS3's dont overheat anywhere near as much as the X360 does
4. the PS3 is starting to beat the 360 so myeah

[1Word]

Well don't you have warranty over it ? You said you have it for a year and a half and the warranty is for 3 years, that should solve you.

A lil offtopic:
Yeah the PS3 doesn't heat that much :) as I keep it almost 24/7 for playing &/or folding@home.

[Laz-low]

You should've just taken it back into the shop you bought it from :/

My little brother bought a white 360 back in April and by early November he got the Rings Of Death so we took it back into the GAME store we bought it from, one of the guys went into the back room and replaced it free of charge. it's meant to be a standard thing with Microsoft because they can't keep up with repairing every broken console.

[GohanSSJ]

1. towel trick is in the manual

You kidding me right? Microsoft would put that in the manual? I don't believe that at all. There are several risks to the system, and it could lead to fires and all that.

And yeah, just get the number from Xbox.com and call them to get it picked up and fixed.

[themasher]

You kidding me right? Microsoft would put that in the manual? I don't believe that at all. There are several risks to the system, and it could lead to fires and all that.

And yeah, just get the number from Xbox.com and call them to get it picked up and fixed.

did i say anything at all about the manual to the 360 from microsoft?

[forceflow]

Anyways the xbox 360 elite still has the dam 3 red light problem o so i readed in some webpage, PS3 ? you kidding that thing doesnt even have a nice list of games yet just 3 at max that are good or something like that and most of those i have em on my pc wich still runs em at nice resolutions i think the only xbox so far wich doesnt have that red light prob is the Halo 3 especial edition cuz the only diference of the xbox elite is that its black and it got the hdmi cables and the 120gb hd and a month of gold membership to xbox live and the Halo 3 edition is main diference is tha t its cpu is made with 65nm instead of the 90nm (nm stands for nanometers) that most xbox 360 are made. Anyways I think the best solution to that is to buy an intercooler (srry dont know the developer of that thing) and besides if you wanna have a .............. copy of em you can have ..... copy, and in the PS3 you have to stick to original game copys wich are a problem to less fortunate gamers

[GohanSSJ]

360's had a problem, Microsoft fixed that. If you get it repaired then you will get a new one back without any of those problems. (ofcourse there is still a chance to have other hardware failures, but those are small)
I would highly advice against getting a intercooler.

did i say anything at all about the manual to the 360 from microsoft?

And what other manual would there be? A manual for retards?

[WeHungry]

A manual for Texans and Rednecks alike. :)

[Konrow]

I've treated my 360 well, but nothing extremely over-caring or anything. i simply gave it some space and don't play for 15 hours a day. I have yet to have anything happen, but a random freeze. and that was only due to the game not the 360.

[thebestkiller]

i think your right..
yesterday i did something that microsoft told me to..i went to the system > memory > pressed Y > then pressed x,x,LB,RB,x,x .. and pressed <YES>..
I restarted the system and let it off for about 5 minutes..then i turned it on..nothing happend wrong..i played Orange box <portal> for about 30 minutes..nothing happend..i tried <Team fortress 2> for about 15 minutes..nothing happend. but when i played Halo 3..in the middle of our fight between me and my bro .. it froze..and i only played for about 8 ~ 15 minutes -.-
i think the problem = halo 3.. i should delete the saved games or something like that..well i think i wont be playing halo 3 for a while :S

[NoPeace]

5) Go buy a new Elite or Halo Edition one... The Elite can handle the stress of Heat expansion alittle better as the new ones have a better heat sink "i think" and silicone sealant around major components to stop expansion.

Umm.... All the units built in the last 3 months are the same.

If you got one built before then it will be the same. Half of the Elites out there are the old models that have the same problems.

Sure they have a better heat sink but that doesn't solve the problems.

Good news is if you didn't tamper with it you under another 2 years of warranty.
*Possible fix that will Void Warranty
X-clamp Mod.
Fan Mods etc....
*Risky Towel Trick. . . "I wouldn't do this more than ounce as it damages solder"
*Rip it apart and take a hot blow drier to the board ^^ Same Risk as above. . . little less savage on the approach to it tho.

Most of the so called fixes are stupid as most cause more damage to the system.

Though I really do love the last suggestion. Take a blow drier to the board...

"Id say if all else fails just send it to Microsoft and you will get a new/fixed one in a week and half to 2 weeks. . . In the meantime build a cooling shrine for it ^^.

That should be the only thing done...

And for the guy who said "you should of got a ps3" . . . Ps3's Overheat and Fail and get Red Ring also . . . its just not as publicized because ps3 fan boys are too scared to complain to the manufacturer about a problem. ( Any Next Gen System with 3 Or more Cpu Cores is GOING TO GET HOT) "What compels people to throw it on there bed next to a stack of pron mags and moldy pizza and use it as an ash tray is beyond me"

Pure fan boy talk there.

First of all... How does a PS3 get a Red Ring? Explain that... There is no damn ring on it!

Second of all, not necessarily will multiple cores get hot. It's all down to the design of the chip and how efficient it is. The Cell processor is a marvel of modern electronics. It's extremely efficient. It doesn't use too much power and it out performs anything around.

Now with the x360, the problem isn't really with the CPU. It isn't the hottest thing there. The GPU is. Even the new 65nm CPU systems still get hot. Why? It's not the CPU's fault. The GPU is the biggest problem with the x360 and that's because of how ATI designed their R5xx and R600 chips.

Now for the PS3, that just isn't the case. Their GPU is much cooler running and the CPU is also cooler running. The hottest thing in the PS3 is the HDD and BluRay player and not the chips.

That is why the PS3 doesn't over heat.

Trust me on this. My PS3 has operated in poorly ventilated area with high room temps and it never once over heated and died. I've had it to lock up a few times but thats only when I ran the system for 18 hour straight and after 2 mins it turned back on and ran perfectly fine for another 6 hours before I turned it off to sleep.

It really does make me laugh at how much of a fan boy you are. You trash something you have never used. :icon6:

Also Microsoft is slowly buying out all the Ps3 Exclusive Titles so theres no point to get a ps3 at all... unless your one of those Final Fantasy / Tekken Players thats about the only Titles that will draw people to buy ps3... personally I am going to wait and buy both systems when Ps3 is 200$ just like its other over priced predecessors . . .
"I will ps3 used in a garage sale in a year, when the games that matter actually exist" ^^

MS will never buy out all of the PS3 exclusive titles. Why? A lot of them have SCE as their publisher and SCE will be damned to sell their stuff to their rival.

Yet again more fan boy crap.

Sure MS is buying out 3rd party developers/publishers but that's the business. Things flop all the time.

Capcom, Square Soft, and Kanomi were all Nintendo exclusives that Sony stole. ;)

Ps: seeing as how you used the Towel Trick . . . you probably did it too long and melted the solder right off the board... "I wouldn't tell Microsoft about that if I was you" ^^ * The Towel Trick is a terrible way to Rez your Xbox* basically beacuase Xbox uses a more enviromentaly safe solder"led Free" because of govt regulations that are starting to pop up . . . it can't take that much heat without loosening up the solder....
that is why it gets messed up after being in too warm a condition.... for prolonged time... and needs Room to breathe.... i run mine in an open flat surface with nothing around it and i play for 12 + Hours non stop Halo 3/ DOA 4 Gears of war Etc and guess what?
Never froze/Never Crashed/Never RROD The case hardly hits 50 Deg C id say Top 65 Deg C at full load maybe on a warm day 70. ... been doing this for about 4 Months now on my Xbox 360 Elite..... o and whenever some one tries to smoke at my house i send them to the back yard and tell them to stay 30 feet from my windows/doors and i make them shake there jackets / clothes outside to remove dust and shit... i cant stand filthy smokers.... coming over ruining all my electronics with there filth.

Just wait and see. You have one of the old Elites that are prone to this crap also. I ran my old one perfectly fine for 12 months. 2 day before having it for 1 year it died. I always made sure it was in a perfectly open area with great ventilation and never allowed anyone to smoke near it. So why did mine die? I thought the same crap but that isn't the case.

And smoke doesn't hurt electronics for the most part. The odds of it doing it is very slim. The only way it will happen is if you had 20 people standing around it 24/7 for a few months. Then maybe it will die because of it.

NoPeace - out

[thebestkiller]

that didnt help me.
i just need to know how to fix it..

[Brian May]

To be honest I get the three red lights every time I turn the console on. I just turn it back off, leave it for about 30 seconds and then turn it back on again. Works for me.

[GohanSSJ]

that didnt help me.
i just need to know how to fix it..

Again... call Microsoft to get it repaired, you got a 3 year warranty on it.

[I Rule MU]

Again... call Microsoft to get it repaired, you got a 3 year warranty on it.

exactly what i was gonna say

[Xenosaga21]

1. towel trick is in the manual and the solder is the problem to begin with so its already damaged -_-
2. PS3's dont overheat anywhere near as much as the X360 does
4. the PS3 is starting to beat the 360 so myeah

1.) I just read the entire Manual (No Towel trick There) why would microsoft tell you to intentionally overheat your system board . . .
2.) =) They over heat just as much if they where put under the same conditions as the xbox 360's are in. . . infact if they did a study i bet the only reason Ps3 Overheating isn't reported as much is because theres WAY MORE PEOPLE on Xbox than there are on Ps3. . . sounds logical no?
Ex: 1000 xbox exist, 50 die ; 500 ps3's, 25 Die ? Xbox had around a 25- 35%(reported) Fail Rate ps3 may have 10 - 20% (reported) Your talking a diff of 10 - 15% in overall fail rate. . . Also last i Checked Ps3 Warranty is only 1 Year as the Xbox now has a 3- year...
3.) You Skipped 3 cause your dumb.
4.) In what aspect? What games ? What online content? almost every Exclusive on the ps3 will be ported (even Metal gear solid has been rumored to possibly come out on xbox...) If Microsoft wanted they could buy out all the major game companies and refuse to sell ANY titles to Sony ;) so Stfu b4 Bill gates Steps on you and you system.

Also In response to Nopeace Ps3 gets "The Blinking Light of Death" or whatever you want to call it.
YouTube - 20GB PS3 Yellow Light of Death
YouTube - Sony PS3 fails out of box
YouTube - Sony PS3 fails out of box!
YouTube - Busted PS3!
YouTube - PS3 another broken blu-ray drive
YouTube - My broken PS3
YouTube - PS3 Crash 1

YouTube - PS3 Red Blinking light of death
( its all the same . . . Hardware Failure... who cares what name its given)...
Ps3 is just as prone to hardware failure in many aspects not just overheating . . .
Xbox 360 has mainly only 1 problem and that is the Environmentally Safe solder they use....
Also my friend gets RROD all the time he just Unplugs it plugs it back in and hes good for hours and he abuses his xbox system. . .

And yes I am an Xbox 360 Fan and DAMN PROUD! Does it mean I wont buy the Ps3 at a future Date? NO but damn it im not gona spend 400$ on a system that has no Content and nothing Im looking forward to playing... Now if it was 250$ That is a Value cause at least it would make a Nice Blue Ray Disc Player. . . Not that I own any Blue Ray discs . . . Im happy with DL DvD movies . . . that I can rent from BlockBuster... (who really cares about the format, I hate Format wars... Blue Ray is Sony's last ditch attempt at marketing. . . "It has Blue Ray" Omg the "way of the Future" in a few months they will Invent something new allowing you to fit 200000000Gb's on a Dvd and then what will Blue Ray be? Garbage thats what. . . Both DL and Blue ray will be obsolete . . . its inevitable so why get caught up in a format conflict.

So if you wana play Ps3 go ahead have Fun with your Door stop "Blue Ray Disc Player" and stare at it till some Fun Content comes out. . .
Even if my Xbox Died Tonight I would Just send it To Mc Soft .... and they will take care of it.
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[themasher]

[QUOTE=Xenosaga21;2951873]1.) I just read the entire Manual (No Towel trick There) why would microsoft tell you to intentionally overheat your system board . . .
2.) =) They over heat just as much if they where put under the same conditions as the xbox 360's are in. . . infact if they did a study i bet the only reason Ps3 Overheating isn't reported as much is because theres WAY MORE PEOPLE on Xbox than there are on Ps3. . . sounds logical no?
Ex: 1000 xbox exist, 50 die ; 500 ps3's, 25 Die ? Xbox had around a 25- 35%(reported) Fail Rate ps3 may have 10 - 20% (reported) Your talking a diff of 10 - 15% in overall fail rate. . . Also last i Checked Ps3 Warranty is only 1 Year as the Xbox now has a 3- year...
3.) You Skipped 3 cause your dumb.
4.) In what aspect? What games ? What online content? almost every Exclusive on the ps3 will be ported (even Metal gear solid has been rumored to possibly come out on xbox...) If Microsoft wanted they could buy out all the major game companies and refuse to sell ANY titles to Sony ;) so Stfu b4 Bill gates Steps on you and you system.

Also In response to Nopeace Ps3 gets "The Blinking Light of Death" or whatever you want to call it.
YouTube - 20GB PS3 Yellow Light of Death
YouTube - Sony PS3 fails out of box
YouTube - Sony PS3 fails out of box!
YouTube - Busted PS3!
YouTube - PS3 another broken blu-ray drive
YouTube - My broken PS3
YouTube - PS3 Crash 1

YouTube - PS3 Red Blinking light of death
( its all the same . . . Hardware Failure... who cares what name its given)...
Ps3 is just as prone to hardware failure in many aspects not just overheating . . .
Xbox 360 has mainly only 1 problem and that is the Environmentally Safe solder they use....
Also my friend gets RROD all the time he just Unplugs it plugs it back in and hes good for hours and he abuses his xbox system. . .

And yes I am an Xbox 360 Fan and DAMN PROUD! Does it mean I wont buy the Ps3 at a future Date? NO but damn it im not gona spend 400$ on a system that has no Content and nothing Im looking forward to playing... Now if it was 250$ That is a Value cause at least it would make a Nice Blue Ray Disc Player. . . Not that I own any Blue Ray discs . . . Im happy with DL DvD movies . . . that I can rent from BlockBuster... (who really cares about the format, I hate Format wars... Blue Ray is Sony's last ditch attempt at marketing. . . "It has Blue Ray" Omg the "way of the Future" in a few months they will Invent something new allowing you to fit 200000000Gb's on a Dvd and then what will Blue Ray be? Garbage thats what. . . Both DL and Blue ray will be obsolete . . . its inevitable so why get caught up in a format conflict.

So if you wana play Ps3 go ahead have Fun with your Door stop "Blue Ray Disc Player" and stare at it till some Fun Content comes out. . .
Even if my Xbox Died Tonight I would Just send it To Mc Soft .... and they will take care of it.
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[Xenosaga21]

pfffff why all the xbox 360 videos are the same age from xbox 360 launch . . .
and people throw them at me all the time....
Im done with this topic say what you will about xbox 360 etc.... wont change my mind and everyone who buys a Ps3 and truely believes it is better than xbox is a retard. . .
No matter what anyone says
Xbox 360 has a better video card. . . and more/better titles...
Most 3rd party titles are ported to both systems (but look better on the xbox)
Sony Ps3 Does have a faster processor, but none of the games on the ps3 take full advantage of it. . .
Sony is dealing with a very limited slowly expanding list of titles... sure it has a few good future lineups. . . but nothing to get your panties all in a bunch about...
Anyone who believes anything Different is a retard....

Assassins Creed = Great Game On Both Ps3 and Xbox
Grand Theft Auto = Great Game now on Both Ps3 and Xbox
Theres even talk in the mists of the internets that state that theres a possibility that the Metal Gear Solid series being ported ( I doubt it as that would spell doom to Sony's Ps3. . ., there will probably be a timed exclusive for the most part) I dont care much as MGs4 isn't really a Multyplayer type game in my opinion. . . so ill just go to my friends house, finish the game and never look at it again just as i did with the rest of the Mgs..
Unreal Tourny 3 also will have a delayed release to the xbox...(((05/01/08)))
There are Tons of Xbox games out now already and tons more planned for the future...
DOA4 (awesome game)
Quake 4
Elder Scrolls series. . .
Prey
Orange Box (portals, Team Fortress, HALF LIFE)
Halo Series
GTR
Huxley





What does that leave the ps3? well lets see
The Tekken 6 series ( Great game cant dispute that)
KillZone 2 ( Killzone 1 wasn't that fun i have played it.... maybe 2nd one will be better but dont know. . . as most videos are just cinematics)
MGS4
Unreal Tourny 3(Timed Exclusive)
Final Fantasy Crap ( Hate All of them after 7) (especially 10)
Heavenly Sword ( I will take Ninja Gaiden on xbox over that title anyday)
God Of war ( again ninja Gaiden better...)
Socom
Heres a more extensive list. . .
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I truely Believe the Xbox 360 holds a Better Value in Current and Future content, But less Value in Hardware(despite better video card)
So pick
Value in Hardware
Or
Value in Games

Ps: Put what to shame 98% of what I stated is MY OBSERVATION presented from My Point of View in Consumer Value.... (My view of consumer Value), Different people hold Different Values... some people just want a ps3 because it is just that "A Ps3 ... the 3r rendition of a console they owned the previous 2 renditions to...) and to some people that in itself is enough value...
But for someone to blatantly say that the Ps3 is Better than the Xbox 360 in every respect is just ignorant.... there are Pros and Cons to both systems. . . but Hardware Failure is something bost systems share in common even if you chose to ignore it.

Also my apologies on the aspect of Ps3 overheating, Maybe it doesn't overheat. . . but they still have general hardware failures...also perhaps the Xbox 360 problems are not generally 100% an overheating issue. . . i go into forge mode in Halo and Blow up 30x Fusion Coils just for Fun in a non-stop contiguous loop "just to mess around" and the Xbox Barely Pulls a hick up and stays around the same operating temp... as normal +/- a few degrees... i would like to actually get a heat sensor (other than the back of my hand) to test heat but the differance is relatively small for my system under load/idle.....
I think for the past xbox failures there is more to it than just Solder and heat...

[Xenosaga21]

A general Question to NoPeace

All FanBoy/Blablabla Bable put Aside Hands Down
If you had to chose which system you "enjoy playing more" which would you pick
Xbox 360 or Playstation 3?






I would pick the Xbox 360 just because I like the Lineup and enjoy it more online.(and yes I have played Both, I played Resistance fall of Man, at a friends house, It was a good game but Halo 3 was a lot more fun just because of the random things that seem to happen in the game... "you cant play it 2 times and have the same thing happen everytime" To date I have finished Halo 3 On legendary about 8 Times "Onetime for each time a friend purchased an Xbox and Halo one week after playing at my house, most of them came over without influence from me and picked up the control and said "this is f%## FUN" at which point i replied "wait till you play online..." then they said " You can play this crazy shit Online o0?"
Atleast 3 Days out of the week each week for the past 3 months its me and 5 - 9 other people playing anything from custom games on halo, to matches in Dead or Alive 4.... its just Fun.
Atm I am even getting ready to go out an get Call of Duty 4 cause my cousin got showed me it at his house, it was nuts and a ton of fun the multi player is Fun but i dont like the radar in the standard settings... all i have to say only1 bad thing about the game is the standard Radar settings that show enemy positions all the time.

[Paradox Ivory]

whats the best way to keep your 360 from getting the three lights i means theres alot of minor things to look out for what is the best thing to do from keeping it from the red light?

[Xenosaga21]

whats the best way to keep your 360 from getting the three lights i means theres alot of minor things to look out for what is the best thing to do from keeping it from the red light?

------15 Rules------
1) Don't get one from launch from a friend or used.
2) Keep it in an OPEN area.
3) Keep Power Brick at least a foot away.
4) Don't put it on carpet
5) Don't make the back face a wall that is too close.
6) Don't put it next to a space heater
7) Don't shake it Violently
8) Keep a stable voltage to it ( Apc/un-interruptible psu)
9) I would put a little electrical tape on the power cord connection to make it tighter as it is loose sometimes.
10) I prefer to stand it vertically so that minimal heat is traped within a smaller surface area apposed to flat where one entire side is focusing heat.
( i know what your all gona say "your Blocking Fans" but your not there are no Fans on that side ;) ) + I have it on a custom built stand so that it is levitated thus it is floating in mid air)
11) If you have a white Xbox from Launch kiss it goodbye and go buy one.
12) Keep it out of an entertainment center that gets cramped in space.
13) Don't put it on any other Set-top Boxes liek a vcr/dvd player.
14) Do NOT use third party Coolers as they can ruin your xbox... as they draw power from your xbox straining it...(intercooler)
15) Id say let the thing warm up over 2 minutes @ dash board b4 playing if you have a really cold room like in a basement as to reduce sudden stress fractures.

Notice most of it is common sense.