Please Help: Is my Xbox 360 FAULTY?

Published 11.16.2006 by Dexter | Spread the Chafe

Calling all tech-heads! I seem to be having a problem with my Xbox 360 - and casting my mind back, I've had this problem since the day I bought it - the 360 launch. A year ago, Perfect Dark Zero, all the textures, well, they were flickering all over the place. It looked horrible, but I just put it down to my crappy TV. Since then, I've purchased a nice Bravia HDTV which supports 60hz flicker rate, and all those nifty HD modes too. The dashboard looks lovely, but all the games I play persist to flicker and ruin my experience. Some games do this more than others though, The Godfather wasn't so bad - but Call of Duty 2, which I only just got around to playing, was pretty dire too. Saints Row, Dead Rising, both bad - but none as bad as Gears of War. Below is a video of Xbox 360's killer app game - if you think you know this fault, please post so I can give Microsoft a piece of my mind over the phone, and at least pretend to know what I'm talking about. Could this be a faulty GPU?

Killer app my eye!

There are 4 responses to “Please Help: Is my Xbox 360 FAULTY?”

Anonymous on 4:57 PM

deff h/ware fault
Anonymous on 9:31 AM

Definetly faulty hardware... sorry man.
And you've put up with this for over a year...
Anonymous on 7:34 PM

Yeah Ciryon, a whole year - I just thought it was my TV, and I didn't want to ring Microsoft up - I hate their customer support, a French man working for them once insulted me when I wanted to make Xbox LIVE changes, so - I've never rang back since.

I guess he didn't have a sense of humour when I asked to speak with Bill Gates, lol.

Thanks for your comments though, hopefully I'll get it sorted one way or another. :-)
Anonymous on 7:26 AM

This is a problem with your GPU and most likely directly related to heating issues many XBox 360s have had (tho not as bad as PS3s heating issues). I would call and try to get a free replacement or fix but I'm not sure how long the warranty is good for since you've waited so long to do so.

Good luck!