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R.I.P. - 12-08-2006

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SoupNazzi

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My 180 gave me the dreaded "Orange Ring of Death" (It used to be Red probably, but it showed orange)

Yesterday around appx. 2:30 PM CST, my Xbox 180 passed away in a squeal of regret. After 2 good years of quality gaming, hundreds of hours, and over 8,400 Halo2 games, it's old, out-dated, hard-drive gave out like a 400 lbs. man's heart after climbing 4 flights of stairs.

I knew it was coming. Everytime I turned it on in the past 3-4 weeks, it struggled to spin up. It whirled and whined like an overworked child-laborer in El Salvador.

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Now, granted, good timing allowed me to get a 360 in the last week, but playing Halo2 on the 360 isn't the same. I do notice the emulation lag. I feel like I'm getting 3-shotted a lot now when I'm in one-on-one BR fights.

So I guess I'm going to have to get me another one until they fix the emulation issue. (Already have permission from the wife)

*sigh*

I miss you old friend.


Comments (7)

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Falelorn·
Yep you must get a 180.. to many great games are not back compatible or just suck on the 360..
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doodirock·
Orange ring mean AV trouble. It shouldnt be dead.
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Gatsu·
yeah. might be able to replace the vid cable, or make sure the cable was snug when you started it up.
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biorod·
H2 on the 360s been good to me. Just takes time.\r \r Sorry about the 180. :( I hope it's something that's easily fixed.
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Em·
i love halo on the 360....i get three shotted on either box:)
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budman24·
h2 on the 360 is teh suxors
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OldManRiver48·
Em said 3 shotted on either box.........\r \r Mine died two weeks ago and I got it repaired locally the same day. :)\r \r He's going to charge $35 + parts for mail order repairs, thats $10 extra for handling.\r \r If your interested you could ship to me and I would deliver and pick up from him and save $10 for ya.\r \r If it happens to be the hard drive there are some upgrades available too, a couple oem versions were'nt the best according to the repair guy.\r \r Pm me if your interested in his phone number or my address, be happy to help with this-no prob.