VERY serious problem i just had with my xbox 360...

TechMasta · 05-04-2006, 09:50 PM

About a month ago i just bought my xbox 360, was loving it, i played it alot, watched movies on it, all that good stuff it worked fine.

Thing is i kept it on alot. I would play games on it for like 5 hours then without even turning it off i would put a movie in it watch that until i fell a sleep, leaving it on all night. The thing was hardly ever off because my bro would also play it even when i wasnt home.

Well anyway even with the fans and all that , this turned out to be a serious problem.

I was playing Oblivion about 2 nights ago, and suddenly ,the thing just caught fire ! I got water to put it out and basicly destroyed my 360 and my table and TV even got a little burnt , not destroyed though thankfully ... but what if this would have happend when i was sleeping with a movie in it or somthing?

I would think if the thing is really geting that hot that it would shut it self off like a computer does but it never did.

I know i abused it alot with keeping it on for that long and all but seriously, for it to set fire like that while i was playing a game, thats a bit crazy...

Just a warning out there for anyone that owns a 360 ... dont leave it on as much as i did, dont want this to happen to anyone else.

05-04-2006, 09:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
TechMasta Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1 OS: xp	VERY serious problem i just had with my xbox 360... About a month ago i just bought my xbox 360, was loving it, i played it alot, watched movies on it, all that good stuff it worked fine. Thing is i kept it on alot. I would play games on it for like 5 hours then without even turning it off i would put a movie in it watch that until i fell a sleep, leaving it on all night. The thing was hardly ever off because my bro would also play it even when i wasnt home. Well anyway even with the fans and all that , this turned out to be a serious problem. I was playing Oblivion about 2 nights ago, and suddenly ,the thing just caught fire ! I got water to put it out and basicly destroyed my 360 and my table and TV even got a little burnt , not destroyed though thankfully ... but what if this would have happend when i was sleeping with a movie in it or somthing? I would think if the thing is really geting that hot that it would shut it self off like a computer does but it never did. I know i abused it alot with keeping it on for that long and all but seriously, for it to set fire like that while i was playing a game, thats a bit crazy... Just a warning out there for anyone that owns a 360 ... dont leave it on as much as i did, dont want this to happen to anyone else.