# Xbox 360 Solution For Freezing/Lockup **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 25, 2005, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962 "2005-11-25T07:40:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/1 "2005-11-25T07:40:14Z")
[http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27930](http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27930) **"GAMER fed up with his new Xbox 360 crashing every 20 minutes has fixed the problem by raising the power supply off the ground with some string.** **Dan, from Duluth, or ‘goldeneyemaster’ as he is known, told the game spot forum here that he thinks the main reason that the xBox 360 freezes is because the power supply overheats. The solution is to lift the power supply off the floor and allow the air to circulate better around it."** ---
**Author:** ![JCuz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcuz/32/7338_2.png) [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/2 "2005-11-25T07:47:12Z")
Leaving it to gamers to find solutions is not a policy Microsoft should be depending on. nice though ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/3 "2005-11-25T07:49:40Z")
> [@ThesXeKid](#): > > Leaving it to gamers to find solutions is not a policy Microsoft should be depending on. nice though I agree 100% but this should do until they replace the bad PSU’s or fix them. ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/4 "2005-11-25T16:04:18Z")
i’m curious how many people who have overheating problems set their systems right on a rug or somthing like that. ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/5 "2005-11-25T16:19:40Z")
> [@Adictd2b00st](#): > > i’m curious how many people who have overheating problems set their systems right on a rug or somthing like that. $10 says around 25% or more. They should do a serious poll on that. I’ve never set a system on a rug… and if I had to I would at least sit it on a box or something. Have never had a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/6 "2005-11-25T16:31:17Z")
yep, same here. i’ve always thought its common sense to keep it somwhere that it won’t get heatsoaked. but people are dumb so it wouldn’t suprise me! ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/7 "2005-11-25T16:32:19Z")
i love mine so much i wrap it in a blanket… keep it nice and warm ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/8 "2005-11-25T16:38:36Z")
I bet it loves you so much that it plays your games at a better resolution or something. Lucky bastard. ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/9 "2005-11-25T17:46:52Z")
Sounds like a nice heatsink and fan is in order for the PSU… ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/10 "2005-11-25T17:48:35Z")
> [@neurokinetik](#): > > Sounds like a nice heatsink and fan is in order for the PSU… :word: Maybe they’ll ship you some auper cold liquid cooled system to hook into that damn thing. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/11 "2005-11-27T16:23:19Z")
Didn’t microsoft have a problem with overheating with the first revision of the normal X-Box? ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/12 "2005-11-27T16:29:05Z")
Probably ---
**Author:** ![tour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@tour](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tour)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/13 "2005-11-27T19:46:39Z")
Yes, I think the very first didn’t have a fan just a heat sink or something. > [@FuzzyFish](#): > > Didn’t microsoft have a problem with overheating with the first revision of the normal X-Box? ---
**Author:** ![AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AlbinoMonkeyRat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/14 "2005-11-28T02:49:37Z")
> [@FuzzyFish](#): > > Didn’t microsoft have a problem with overheating with the first revision of the normal X-Box? I was just gonna say that. I remember a bunch of the first Xbox’s were starting on fire. ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/15 "2005-11-28T11:39:50Z")
My US Robotics external 28.8K modem did that, I had to blow a fan on it. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/16 "2005-11-28T11:49:30Z")
> [@Daddie](#): > > I had to blow it. wanna go out? ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/17 "2005-11-28T20:38:33Z")
Had my 360 freeze up tonight while i was playing, so after reading this thread and getting paranoid i lifted my power supply up off the ground and leaned it up on its side at an angle. Played for a few hours after with no troubles. :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/18 "2005-11-28T20:40:36Z")
> [@87FOXGT](#): > > Had my 360 freeze up tonight while i was playing, so after reading this thread and getting paranoid i lifted my power supply up off the ground and leaned it up on its side at an angle. Played for a few hours after with no troubles. :gotme: hows pgr3 treatin ya? we’ve been playing perfect dark for a while now, on the “jungle” mission ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/19 "2005-11-28T21:54:04Z")
> [@Adictd2b00st](#): > > hows pgr3 treatin ya? we’ve been playing perfect dark for a while now, on the “jungle” mission havent even tried it yet 😛 I was too busy pimping out bladez and Oroc to win more money for me in career mode since I am too special ed to do it 😃 Ill give PGR3 a try tomorrow on live :tup: ---
**Author:** ![bladez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bladez/32/7237_2.png) [@bladez](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bladez)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962/20 "2005-11-28T22:51:16Z")
:word: haha, oroc and i have a lot of work ahead of us…but you did kick some ass with that one cop chase though 😃 [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xbox-360-solution-for-freezing-lockup/4962.md?page=2)