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This video depicts a poor, unfortunate man in Brazil whose Xbox 360 has decided to go the way of Sinatra. Not giving up hope, he found an ingenious way to fix the problem.

I'm not going to spoil it with too much rhetoric, so just watch the video. 








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ZerotypeX's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 10:01
ZerotypeX
lol, thats ridiculous. I would be to afraid to hit my 360 like that should I get the ring of death
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 10:03
deiga-the-semivaliant
I guess that thing they do in the movies really DOES work!
Vyruz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 10:04
Vyruz
its kind of risky though.
I wonder how he knows that it can be fixed that way, did he use that method earlyer and it went back to death or something?
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 10:13
BlindsideDork
Awww, all XBox360 ever neededd was some tender loving...in the most bdsm way!
lolomg's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 10:24
lolomg
Bad 360! BAD!
MusashiX2's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 10:27
MusashiX2
don't you know i hit you because i love you?!
leftee's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 11:01
leftee
Its playstation one all over again. I guess soon we will see a rubber hammer come bundled in with the deluxe edition of the 360 or a spring loaded hammer on the side of the case making the deluxe edition a true requirement.
Rbj's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 11:04
Rbj
Its what I used to do to my original pc when it didn't used to boot. Worked a treat :D
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 11:08
Snaileb
WHOAAA! I would NEVER do that to my 360! Ok actually I'd do that within the first 4 seconds of it flashing even if it didn't fix it, but still! Damn thats crazy! Props to Brazil..
DeusPayne's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 11:16
DeusPayne
Man, and people used to complain about having to give your NES games a blowjob before playing them.
Faraday's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 11:18
Faraday
Dar, I should have tried that when mine broke instead of waiting ages for a replacement.
squallsan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 11:25
squallsan
nothing beats a good old fashion ass whomping to get things to work
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 11:27
BlindsideDork
To those who say they would never hit their 360...what are you worried about breaking your NON-working 360?
Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 11:27
Oni
I don't honestly know if I could do that. It looks awfully technical. I'd have to take it to a professional.
kaz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 11:29
kaz
Thats how I used to fix my VCR when I was a kid, worked like a charm.
leftee's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 11:42
leftee
"BlindsideDork says:
11/28/2006 11:27
To those who say they would never hit their 360...what are you worried about breaking your NON-working 360?"

Thats Hilaroious. Lolz
ZealousD's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 11:49
ZealousD
The XBOX repair plant must be filled with hundreds of clones of Henry Winkler.
zsavior's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 11:54
zsavior
Man he punched it right in the popozao, and it started to work like normal. See kids violence is ALWAYS the answer.
some_dude's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 11:57
some_dude
I've employeed this repair method for years with varing degrees of success. The best was years ago when my roomate came home, stuck his head in my bedroom after seeing my broken door and asked "what happen to the door", to which I replied "I kicked it's ass...". Still makes me giggle.
Darkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 12:16
Darkstar
No matter how far civilization progresses, just smashing shit will always have a practical utility in human endeavours.
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 12:24
Mabec
Looking forward to someone more confirming this trick =)
RskimB's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 12:53
RskimB
Haha whoop that trick!
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 13:00
Aaron Mxy Yost
He only hits his 360 because he loves it.
Rosseh's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 13:12
Rosseh
Hitting stuff fixes everything. If there was only some scientific explanation.
LarkOhiya's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 13:33
LarkOhiya
For every nice guy out there who treats his 360 nice and takes it out to dinner often there is a guy like this who just slaps them into line. I guess what ever gets the job done.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 13:37
Niero
What he said
Buster's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 13:49
Buster
he spanked it like it was his baby o_o
roleypolinde's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 13:54
roleypolinde
My friend had a red circle of death 360 and just before sending it away, he had a fluke accident and his cell phone landed on it, giving it a nice solid *Whump* and it booted up properly again.

This definitely works more than just an isolated case
Azguard's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 14:15
Azguard
and for the racist comment of the day: HE DID THAT CUZ HE'S BRAZILIAN. They solve problems with violence;)

hey, but it worked!
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 14:37
Rainbowblack
man, i haven't smacked a console since my NES. boy that brings back memories, lets hope i never have to beat the crap out of my 360
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 15:03
Jordan Devore
You must have the hand of a pimp to perform this feat.
Duduexe's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 15:14
Duduexe
He says...

" -Its recording...
- Basic, its a X-box with the 3 red lights, lets try to fix it... "

POW POW POW

" if it works....

JUST SENT TO ME!!! THE REPAIRS IS IMMEDIATELY, my friend "
thegame4ever's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 15:54
thegame4ever
LAWL. LAWL LAWL LOL ROFLMAO. Especially that translation. damn brazilians with their pirating shit and now this and whatnot, rofl.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 17:18
Darren Nakamura
As it turns out, this is all they do to your 360 when you send it back to Microsoft. The open up the box, smack the thing around a bit, close it up, and send it back to you.

I actually used to have to do this for my VCR back in the day as well.
CrackerlySeagull's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 17:34
CrackerlySeagull
Percussive maintenence FTW!
Ha-Puken's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 17:58
Ha-Puken
Way to make the 360 your bitch!
broham's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 18:00
broham
GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!!!!
EnvyMe's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 18:42
EnvyMe
I did that to my PS2.

It broke.
moclippa's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2006 20:03
moclippa
I'm guessing thats the second time thats happened on that system though because he already had the procedure/camera ready to go... so the fix is probably temporary, then it goes back to being bricked again!
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