I am as many people would call me a Xbox 360 fan boy but I do have the other two so at least I can actually compare them personally. Just because it is my favourite it doesn’t mean that the console itself wasn’t released with some problems that are still perhaps not fixed.

I actually still have my original 20GB console which is of course the first to be released and I somehow managed to get mine on month of release as a Christmas presents with two games. I was stuck with Kameo and King Kong as my very first two games for the console on a small tv which has now all changed. King Kong is now of course used for the easy achievement points and Kameo is often seen in the bargain bin of many gaming stores. Of course a lot of games go down in price overtime because they are now made in such large quantities.

The main issue is with the console and not the games. Many fans of the box will get aggravated by the term the three red rings or rings of death and it is known as this for one simple reason; get this and your console is dead and you are going to have to send it off to Microsoft for repair.

I have done this twice now and although I am still happy with the service I received they haven’t even fixed the problem with the newer consoles. There aren’t enough fans within the console itself so when it overheats it will slowly begin to melt away the soldering on the motherboard which then of course breaks the console. You can in fact quickly wrap the console in a cold towel which will fix the problem but this will only work temporarily so it is best to send it off straight away.

It could be an idea to put more fans into the system? There is already an issue with the loudness of the console, adding more fans could really cause another problem. So what is likely to happen is that we are going to have to wait until the next console release for the problem to be sorted. The bad repairs has certainly not stopped me from ordering in my new Super Elite containing a nice 250GB hardrive.

It is funny how far fan accessories and a few electrical components can go isn’t it?

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