Well i blew up my friends xbox 360 and burnt half his basnment by pluging it in. Scared me almost to death. Anyone know why this happened?

whoa! i heard a rumor that the processors overheat and can melt through the sides if you stand it up like it shows in the picture.

I know what happened: User Error

In all seriousness, it could've been any number of things. Faulty house wiring, defective unit, who knows. You simply haven't given us enough information to draw a solid conclusion.

I think its highly probable that faulty wiring caused it. Still more info would help. Also I got a question for you did you have to pay for the damages because you plugged it in?

oh god thats pimping i want an exploding xbox! All i have is a bloody normal one how blan!

Me too! I heard of them overheating and stuff.. But never blowing up.

I sujest to leckie that if u want an exploding Xbox, attach some dynamite to it and blow it up yourself... bit of a waste though!

His Large screen tv was burn in the blast .

that sucks i bet your freind was pissed

well if xbox take the wrap (which they should) they are liable for all damages.

man that would have freaked me out 2

must have been faulty wiring or overloading sockets cuz i've heard of them overheating but not blowing up....my cousin bought one recently hope that don't happen to him cuz i

I sure would hate it if something like that happend to me

wow i'd HATE you if u were my friend

jk

wierd

Probably too many electricity was being used or something, or something like what the posters above me had already said.

wow i juat thoght it overheated alot

blimey thats bad!

wow i never heard of that

wow thats dangerous

that suks u have to pay him 4 it?

people just dont read

oooo must suck.probally happend from overplaying too long?

erg, that sucks, a lot,

wierd maybe over heat...........

i hope that does'nt happen to my 360. It's sitting under a 50"" HDV.

it must have been faulty wiring

Doubt Overheating Caused this

If it Did it May have been on for around 12 hours or more

I Played Oblivion on my 360, With it Standing Upright and it was left on for around 10-11 hours ( I Wasnt playing the whole time )

Most Likely To be a Faulty Unit

Bad Luck Budd

complain to microsoft it overhearted and also hahahahahaha lol

wow my 360 never burn my house down when it over heated it just had this burnt smell around the house

that's not good. hope you were alright!?

yeah i heard it over heats damn unlucky dude

wow mayby short circuit? too many things plugged in might have caused a electric rush to spark a thing in the xbox to explode mayby.....

ooo mann thats sucksss heapss whats happenin now ? is he angry at you or what

Wow maybe i should take back my 360! NOT! ahahaha that sucks

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That's crazy, didn't think this could happen , any idea how this happened yet?

it is proly the wiring if you were in the basement that means it could be wet or moist and the wires could had been eroded. and the high power that the xbox drains from the house could had been too much for the old wires and they could had shorted and messed up .

whoa dangerous