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my 360 just redringed, is the towel trick going to burn my house down?
winojesus | 11:40 AM on 10.22.2007 27 comments


yeah, title says it all i suppose,
the fucking thing is flashing malevolently at me, so i've decided to towel the bastard real tight and risk the searing inferno of a house fire to solidify my6 chances of having recial expletieves hurled at me on live tonight.
also, how long does it take to get a new one of the fuckers in the post?



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Jordan Devore's Destructoid Blog
Your house will be fine. It used to only take a week to get your 360 back, but it's probably longer now.
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
no, but youll just fuck up your 360 even more
winojesus's Destructoid Blog
ah well, can't fuck it up much more than it not working i suppose.
damned consoles made out of paper machee and chicken wire.
BS3 Owner's Destructoid Blog
I don't own one , but i've heard bad things about doing the "Towel Trick"!

king3vbo is right it'll mess it up. & it might pop out a couple roast beef sandwiches.
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
Yah just send it in, but FYI it takes 4-6 weeks usually to get it back, unless you live near their repair center... and I dont know where that is, so that was pointless :P
Snaileb 's Destructoid Blog
Sorry bout your luck. Im on my 3rd or 4th. I stopped counting...


kaz's Destructoid Blog
I had heard a lot of horror stories recently about repair times taking forever, then my Xbox got the red lights on the 6th, my box showed up on the 11th, I mailed it out the same day, and now UPS is saying it will be delivered on the 24th. So in my case it hasn't been that bad, just under 3 weeks.
winojesus's Destructoid Blog
i live in ireland, which isn't technically very close to mexico.
i have the bastard all towelled up as we speck, watched cheapy d doin' it on youtube.
stay tuned.
and if i dont make it, tell my girlfriend i showed her strained indeference.
Snaileb 's Destructoid Blog
tell my girlfriend i showed her strained indeference.

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
winojesus's Destructoid Blog
must learns to spell ( or proof read).
Professor Pew's Destructoid Blog
Toweltrick is the worst internet advice in the history of internet advise. Internet.
crimsonblade53's Destructoid Blog
What is it about everybody except me losing systems? I have owned launch day systems on practically everything (GC, PS2, PS1, Wii, 360, N64) and I have not had a SINGLE system die on me. I play all of them at least a few hours a week, with extremely extended periods on some (MGS2 on PS2 anyone?)

Guess I am just lucky....
twinkiebots's Destructoid Blog
I sent mine in about a week ago and I just called and they said that the earliest it would ship is on thursday. I dunno when it will actually come back, but the guy sounded like he meant it.
JesusXP's Destructoid Blog
try the penny trick too...
winojesus's Destructoid Blog
hey thanks crimsonblade, that really helps.
Snaileb 's Destructoid Blog
I laughed because it was funny, but your grammar can't be worse than mine.

IT'S UNPOSSIBLE.
winojesus's Destructoid Blog
either the penny trick, or some shit involving mirrors, lit candles and chanting.
time to unwrap the concole/incendiary device.
oh, i can already feel the salty grit of dissapointment congeal in my throat as we speak
winojesus's Destructoid Blog
concole?
fuck me.
Snaileb 's Destructoid Blog
Not with an avatar like that.
winojesus's Destructoid Blog
touche.
jdub28's Destructoid Blog
i remeber the day my ps1 died

we tried every thing to play tony hawk 2 and then my friend just turned it on upside down and the gaming shortly followed

i also had a dual shock controller that didnt work whe it was cold so i sat it on a heat vent and then it worked fine
RICHARD BLOCKER's Destructoid Blog
When I red ringed, the towel trick worked once and only once. So I would suggest saving it (the trick)for when you have the time to game for a while because that might be your last time for a month and a half.
kaz's Destructoid Blog
Believe it or not this worked for me, but just once.
kaz's Destructoid Blog
oh crap, malformed video id, guess you get to copy pasta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIARuzFOExc
JesusXP's Destructoid Blog
K so then, don't read the trick, don't fix your xbox... Glad I tried helping!
winojesus's Destructoid Blog
sorry jesus.
i did read it, but when it comes to glue guns and the like, well fraqnkly fuck that shit.
towels are nice and lo-fi.
it worked too.
i'm pretty sure my piece o shit is on its last legs so when the fuxzzy logic starts to waver, worry not i will bust out all sorts of glue, pennies, fuckin vodoo, whatever it takes.
Puppetpallmich's Destructoid Blog
no but ted will


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