Does anyone elses Xbox Power Pack Melt?

Welcome to our community

Be a part of something great, join today!

bbwMax

Member
Joined
Dec 1, 2006
Messages
8,202
Likes
32
Points
48
Yep. My Xbox Power Pack likes to melt, It's all warped on the bottom and I've had to put Stilts on it to prevent it Burning a hole in the floor or catching fire. Quite serious really, Now i have Burns all over my index finger from when i picked up my red hot Power Pack.

Has this happened to anyone else?
 
Can't say I've had this happen to me. Do you have proper ventilation around it? You could just not be getting it enough air. I have mine sitting in the wide open and I've never had a problem with it in the 6 months I've had my system.
 
Yeh wide open on a cold Wooden Floor. I've had to turn it on its side to stop it from Melting a hole in the Pack
 
Wow, maybe you just have a faulty power pack on yours, that's my only guess.
 
Mine heats up like a sonofabitch but I don't think it's ever been that bad.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Moo2K4 @ Feb 11 2008, 12:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Wow, maybe you just have a faulty power pack on yours, that's my only guess.</div>

Yeh thats what Im assuming. I'll take a picture of it in a minute
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Max @ Feb 11 2008, 12:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeh wide open on a cold Wooden Floor. I've had to turn it on its side to stop it from Melting a hole in the Pack</div>

1. I don't think you should keep it on a wooden floor if it heats up that much.
2. Are you sure it's still a COLD wooden floor?
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Hudge @ Feb 13 2008, 04:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Max @ Feb 11 2008, 12:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeh wide open on a cold Wooden Floor. I've had to turn it on its side to stop it from Melting a hole in the Pack</div>

1. I don't think you should keep it on a wooden floor if it heats up that much.
2. Are you sure it's still a COLD wooden floor?
</div>

1. Well It's better then putting it on carpet

2. lol
 
Yes it overheats. The whole system does. Do you have a 1st gen 360? I recall there was a problem w/ the power packs.

My 360 got so overheated I cracked the clips holding the cpu down, destroying the whole system.

-Petey
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (L @ Feb 13 2008, 09:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Is it an old Xbox or one of the 360's?</div>

Tis a 360

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Petey @ Feb 13 2008, 09:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yes it overheats. The whole system does. Do you have a 1st gen 360? I recall there was a problem w/ the power packs.

My 360 got so overheated I cracked the clips holding the cpu down, destroying the whole system.

-Petey</div>

It's a 2nd gen 360. It's not the Xbox overheating it's the huge Block on the power lead.

Also if i play for over 2 hours straight There's an Overwhelming burning smell.
 
Now It starts to Physically melt after and Hour of Game play.
 
I think you should just go out and buy another one. That doesn't even sound safe anymore.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Moo2K4 @ Feb 14 2008, 08:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think you should just go out and buy another one. That doesn't even sound safe anymore.</div>

I just have, £36 ($72) including P&P. Not too bad i guess. The Melted one Caught fire so i thought it would be best to get a new one. The problem is no where sells them except Microsoft and they charge £59 ($118) so my good friend Mr E-bay helped me out
 
We ran out of butter in our butter dish at lunch time, so I tried to melt butter straight from the fridge on my power pack, didn't work I guess the PP must have been about 20C not much more than that.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Hudge @ Feb 16 2008, 10:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>We ran out of butter in our butter dish at lunch time, so I tried to melt butter straight from the fridge on my power pack, didn't work I guess the PP must have been about <u>20C</u> not much more than that.</div>

mine reached 84°C just now and it turned itself off. New PP arriving on Tuesday
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hustler @ Feb 16 2008, 03:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I cook my breakfast on it.</div>

i could heat a house with mine
 
got my new one on tuesday. Works fine


Anyone fancy a game of CoD4 soon?
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Hudge @ Feb 23 2008, 07:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Is CoD4 any good?</div>

It;s brilliant. My favourite online game ATM.
 
Last night I was playing FIFA 08 and it froze. I shut it down, looked at the disc (clean), then left it off for an hour or two. When I came back it was fine and then ten minutes into playing it froze again. I've only had a game freeze once or twice and it was always because of dirt on the disc.

So I powered it down and then turned it back on and was met with the red ring of death, which has remained since. I know about the towel method and the HDD cleaning method but neither are a permanent solution, it seems.

I would buy a PS3 to replace it but I have too many 360 games. Microsoft wants $140USD plus shipping to repair it because it is out of warranty, plus six to eight weeks back and forth. Looks like I'm going to Best Buy this week
.
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top