Speaking of Microsoft bashing...

[plutherus]

Surprise, surprise. It seems there's problems with the new Microsoft Xbox.
As in, it tends to crash. A lot.

However, there is a solution. Apparently, the crashes are caused by the power supply overheating and shutting down. The fix, of course, involves string.

I'm sure they'll fix this in a later release. Proving, once again, that "At Microsoft, quality is job 1.1"

At least this version hasn't burned anyone's house down yet.

Comments

[poezamattik.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering if this a UK or Europe specific problem because of voltage differences.

[plutherus.livejournal.com]

Hm. Not sure. From other comments on the forum, it looks like this is a fairly common problem.

Is the poster in the UK? The article just mentions he's in "Duluth". The only Duluths I know of are in the US (Minnesota and Georgia), but since half the cities in the US are named after European cities, I wouldn't be too surprised.

Also, it looks like the fix didn't solve the problem after all. He posted a later article (http://www.gamespot.com/pages/profile/index.php?user=Goldeneyemaster) mentioning he has to send the box back now due to continued problems.