jimmyslippyshoes asked:

Looking for some input. I bought my son an X box 360 3 years ago. Since then I have had to send 4 different X boxs back to Microsoft of which they would send me a new one back. Each time the X box they provide has worked either for a month or up to a year but then all of the sudden the dreaded “Red ring of death” occurs. This has happened on 4 X boxs I have had already. I just got a new X box sent to my by Microsoft today. before I try to hook it up and see if it works I wanted to see if there was anything that I should be doing to ensure it works properly or if there is anything that I may be doing that is causing me to crash these X Boxs. When I have the X Box i hook it up to a good, new TV, plug the power source/box securely in the back of the X box and then securely in a power surge protector, then I hook up the AV jacks firmly into the X box and then into the TV. Thats all you do to hook it up right? I dont have my son on X box live as of yet so I am not doing any type of eternet connection as of yet. Basically, I want to know why I have gone thru so many X boxs that all of the sudden get the red ring of death and what I can possibly do to avoid it? Tips are welcome

dumber_dan asked:

I suppouse the problem can be classified as both an HD and a console issue. Anyways here goes:

Recently my 360 has been having some wierd issues. After turning on the Xbox and playing it for a certain amount of time (the time that it occurs is pretty random) my Xbox will automatically restart itself. It does two things: annoy the crap out of me, and take my HD settings from 720p back down to 480p. When I go to System Settings it says the HD switch on the component cable “box” is flicked to TV mode. Of course when I go back to look, it’s flicked to HDTV mode.

I’ve checked the component cables. They’re all in check and securely fastened on the side of my tv and on the back of my Xbox. The switch is pushed all the way back to HDTV and it still refuses to fix the problem. The most effective method I’ve found to temporarily fix it is to turn off my Xbox, pull the cable out of my Xbox, play with the switch on the component cables, and plug it back in.

To make things even stranger, I had the same problem one year ago. Eventually the problem went away for whatever reason and has mysteriously popped back up for the summer. I’d call Microsoft but I know that they’d probably misdiagnose my problem, have me send it in for a $99 fix for the Xbox and not the cables. Then I’ll be stuck with an empty wallet and an Xbox that doesn’t even work right.

isellstuff@ymail.com asked:

Hi! I had an account on Neopets for a while and earned a lot of neopoints that I don’t need anymore because I stopped playing. I’m not a scammer but I also don’t really know if there is a way securely exchange cash and neopoints (If you have a better idea than mine please tell me!). I was thinking that the best way would be that the buyer would set up a trade with a totally worthless item and I would bet on it with however much they ended up paying. Then they would send enclosed cash and for security take a photo for proof. Just email me or answer if you’re interested. Thanks!