Hori Flight Stick EX broke my xbox?

[Danny M NL]

that's not the only cause of the RRoD. there's also the fact that the videocard uses some stupid X shaped clamp that holds it in place. problem is that the card is held in place by forcing it there instead of holding it with screws. when the card becomes hot, it starts to warp and stress, forcing it to jump out of the clamp, breaking the connection to the motherboard... and there's also the issue of solder-joints breaking apart due to excessive heat... this is not due to lack of thermal paste, it's due to lack of airflow in the console...

[Porcho]

Originally Posted by Danny M NL

that's not the only cause of the RRoD. there's also the fact that the videocard uses some stupid X shaped clamp that holds it in place. problem is that the card is held in place by forcing it there instead of holding it with screws. when the card becomes hot, it starts to warp and stress, forcing it to jump out of the clamp, breaking the connection to the motherboard... and there's also the issue of solder-joints breaking apart due to excessive heat... this is not due to lack of thermal paste, it's due to lack of airflow in the console...

In my previous post I stated that the card can disconnect, but yes, everything you said is also true.

[dandymountfarto]

true, tis a ballache when they go. but unfortunately, like me, a lot of ppl have spent a lot of dosh on their 360 to just drop it and spend another small fortune starting again with another console from scratch.

and unlike previous generations of console, there just arent enough AAA exclusive titles on the ps3 to really make it worth shelling out for another console. thats my take anyway.