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GPU Cooling Mod Cures RROD

Apparently it was a bad design on microsofts part, the Optical DVD drive is placed too closely to the GPU.

The DVD drive needs to be removed, placed externally. A fan needs to be placed on the Heat sink over the GPU this cures the problem.

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ps3ftwin5818d ago

Its great if that works on an out of warranty Xbox. Though that looks terrible.

skip2mylou5818d ago

wtf? tht looks like their was a parasite attached to it

EvilBlackCat5818d ago

here come the RROD news waves again on the internet!

likedamaster5818d ago

Here's a better solution albeit much more costly. http://www.koolance.com/wat...

Millah5818d ago

Microsoft engineers, the best and brightest minds on planet Earth.

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Sheikh Yerbouti5818d ago

They'll say it is a Net360, digital download only like the PSPgo, but it really is a way to "recoup" on all those RROD'd 360s they have in a warehouse in Jersey.

ludabenza5818d ago

The best solution was for Microsoft to have never released the 360 so early at the expense of its consumers. That way they could have product tested the console before they released it.

Yeah I know many people may argue that paid off, because they wanted to beat Sony to the market. However that was at the expense to the end user. I know what I would rather at least and that would have been for Microsoft to delay the release of the 360 for at least 6 months perhaps longer.

MmaFanQc5818d ago

simply buy a ps3 and voila!

badz1495818d ago (Edited 5818d ago )

@likedamaster - how's that a solution? add another 10 bucks, you can buy a new elite with the cost of that beast!

@MmaFanQc - WTH? buying a PS3 won't play you any Halo Reach nor Gears2!

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Corrwin5818d ago (Edited 5818d ago )

Really? No way!

I thought it was like swine flu!

Glad somebody figured it out in the end.... 4 years later.

I seem to recall having a 10 year old GFX card for my PC that had a bloody fan on it. Did MS think the 360 would just be too loud with one more fan?

mauleriscool5818d ago

Would have not been an issue if they used one of those small laptop type dvd drives. Then the gpu would have a normal heat sink and could have probably fit another fan in there.

champ215818d ago

True lol. I recall the Riva TNT 2 from Nvidia was about the time Gpus started coming out with fans that was back in 1999.

How could Microsoft releasing a system in 2006 ignored the inclusion of a fan.

lonix5818d ago

Fact is fans cost money!!

Corrwin5818d ago

True... But a lot less than Extended Warranties.

sikbeta5818d ago

Good point Corrwin, I was going to say the same thing...

Corrwin5818d ago

But where would the beer go?

WHERE WOULD MY PRECIOUS BEER GO ;_;

Sorry... I get worked up when something happens to my medicine :|

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Every Mainline Resident Evil Game Ranked From Worst to Best

With the ninth mainline installment looming, it feels like the right moment to rank every mainline Resident Evil game from worst to best.

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DrRobotnik2d ago

At first I was like, No Code Veronica on the list!? But then I seen Mainline. The list checks out, but I would personally put 2 over 4.

KwietStorm_BLM1d 23h ago

I'll take 2 over 4 also. And even without a number, I don't see how Code Veronica, my other favorite in the franchise, isn't mainline when it's the actual sequel to RE2.

Rebel_Scum2d ago

The original RE was the best. Its not on the list which makes no sense.

The remake of it was alright but should be higher on this list.

-Foxtrot1d 23h ago

The original RE smokes VII and Village, come on.

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"I think the franchise is dead," says Saints Row design director

Original Saints Row design director Chris Stockman has declared the Saints Row franchise is "dead".

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RavenWolfx3d ago

I would be interested in a Saints Row 2 Remake.

Alos882d ago

I would agree... if the old Volition was still around to do it.

Abnor_Mal3d ago

I just started this game last night, just the player creation had me upset. You choose male but they stand like a female. Eyebrows are all effeminate, face, and verything seems to be modeled after a female with a thin male overlay.

I only played the opening and didn’t even complete that before I turned the game off. I will likely go back and try it again, but a very weird first impression.

Huey_My_D_Long2d ago

You sound super weak to be upset by a character creator ngl

ChunkyMonk2d ago

welcome to your average n4g daily user lol

chicken_in_the_corn3d ago

I'm not surprised after the backlash and hatred the last one got.

1nsomniac3d ago

The franchise has been complete utter garbage for almost 20 years. The first one was the only decent game of the lot of them.

Huey_My_D_Long2d ago

OMG Thank you! Never understood how people raved about Saints Row like it was GOATED.
Honestly Janky Generic feeling titles with Humor that tried to way too hard. People criticize Borderlands for its humor, but holy hell, still leagues better than any SR.

isarai_lee3d ago

Kinda dumb they asked for his pitch then ghosted him, the concept sounded dope

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Blue Dragon Disc 1 Has Been Decompiled, Native PC Port Now Available

Disc 1 of Xbox Game Studios' 2006 role-playing game, Blue Dragon, has been decompiled, and a native PC port is now available.

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Pyrofire952d ago

I've been wanted to revisit the game in the back of my mind for years and this is big. There's still a good handful of 360 games locked to the system I'd love to see now that the seal is broken on decompiling these games.