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Xbox 360: Will it Microwave?
Posted by Haroon Malik at 8:15 AM on April 7, 2008
It's Sunday, and it just wouldn't be right if a group of destructive loons were not prepared to put their faulty, plausibly repairable Xbox 360 into a microwave. Naturally, the mob breathed in the ensuing toxic fumes happily, all in the name of science comedy and cheap thrills. That kind of devotion we must salute, but for the tortured Xbox 360, our heart melts, much like its innards did. Oh, the humanity. Check out the video then hit the link for a slew of shots of the despicable carnage. [Microwave Science]
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Gary_7vn
Posted 8:06 AM 7/4/08
And this is interesting how? Must be a slow slow day in the gizmo world.
Gary_7vn
Amiash
Posted 8:05 AM 7/4/08
poor xbox. I couldnt watch the video (and I love websense that i could kill whoever invented it).
okay guys , here's my lame question; did the xbox exploded?
Amiash
FinalValgas
Posted 8:02 AM 7/4/08
I think I saw it RROD at 2:50 then it released xbox 360 fumes of death.
I'm pretty sure that smoke is really really good for you.
FinalValgas
xint
Posted 8:00 AM 7/4/08
I think I went sterile just from watching that...
...that's such a horrible noise when it's starts buzzing like that... OMG...
xint
Evangelion
Posted 7:39 AM 7/4/08
I bet you it can blend...
Evangelion
mferrari
Posted 7:33 AM 7/4/08
Wouldn't it be easier to overheat it with a few hours of CoD4?
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@blachole: Only on RRoD, I payed $100 after 1.5 years because those god-damned LEDs wouldn't come on.
mferrari
Papsky
Posted 7:31 AM 7/4/08
ugh im still waiting for the pics to load... taking forever... they shoulda popped open the door at the end of the video to save me the pain of waiting
Papsky
blachole
Posted 7:30 AM 7/4/08
I guess they forgot Microsoft gives 3 year warranties.
blachole
Trowble (XBL/PSN)
Posted 7:29 AM 7/4/08
Poor microwave, only if you knew what you were meant to do.
Trowble (XBL/PSN)
chiablo
Posted 8:43 AM 7/4/08
I hope the now vaporized lead in just about all of the components in the 360 gives them strokes in 10 years. :D
chiablo
BoinK
Posted 8:28 AM 7/4/08
Well that was a lot more boring than I expected it to be. That vid could be shortened to about 15 seconds and you still wouldn't miss anything.
BoinK
Mike918
Posted 8:22 AM 7/4/08
@Gary_7vn: It's sunday!!
Mike918
thebear91
Posted 9:13 AM 7/4/08
I guess they didn't want the microwave anymore either. Pretty stupid thing to do.
thebear91
ktoth04
Posted 9:42 AM 7/4/08
um, how do we even know it was a console in the microwave? it could have been a piece of tin foil -_-
ktoth04
qld
Posted 9:34 AM 7/4/08
@chiablo: that, or lung cancer... seriously what the hell were they thinking, that shit is not meant to be breathed.
qld
Moonshadow101
Posted 10:15 AM 7/4/08
@ktoth04: @benjgvps: Click the link and look at the pics.
Moonshadow101
aaj111
Posted 10:15 AM 7/4/08
I didn't see a 360 in there...
aaj111
lafond66
Posted 10:06 AM 7/4/08
Well they can kiss their lives goodbye in a few years. Mmm PCBs
lafond66
GloStix
Posted 10:02 AM 7/4/08
It's just the motherboard in there... Not the entire console..
GloStix
benjgvps
Posted 9:57 AM 7/4/08
@ktoth04:
I agree, I don't even think the xbox could fit in there! I don't even think the power adapter could fit in there!
benjgvps
MagnoliaBoy
Posted 10:20 AM 7/4/08
Where was the fricken payoff? It's was like a bad porno with no money shot. How's this. Open the door so we can get a whif of that devastation in there.
MagnoliaBoy
dr-poop-
Posted 11:07 AM 7/4/08
couldn't do that to a ps3.............cause it wouldn't fit
dr-poop-
strider_mt2k
Posted 10:59 AM 7/4/08
Well now, that was remarkably weak.
strider_mt2k
imTheKing
Posted 11:29 AM 7/4/08
@dr-poop-: that and its built 20 times better..... hahaha
imTheKing
foureight84
Posted 1:01 PM 7/4/08
what a waste of a microwave.
foureight84
Moriya
Posted 2:39 PM 7/4/08
Read the link - it gets worse. The only thing wrong with the console was the HD-out didn't work. According to these clowns
"everyone agrees, [this] renders the Xbox useless"
Why not give it to a charity or someone that has no other means of playing video games instead of microwaving a WORKING xbox?
Moriya
nintendude
Posted 2:30 PM 7/4/08
Does the insurance cover accidental microwaving?
nintendude
Gofastmazda
Posted 6:43 PM 7/4/08
@Moriya: Because tools like this have no sense of charity, only a sense of 'what stupid shit can I do to make my video VIRAL?!?!' A deep yet pathetic yearning for publicity that seems to have made the American population at large idiots.
@Gary_7vn: It's interesting to apple zealots because it's something destructive being done to a microsoft product.
Gofastmazda
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 2:01 AM 8/4/08
Ok... 7:32 minutes video and they didn't even bother to show how the X-Box 360 came out after the microwaving?
How stupid.
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
peterfnet
Posted 4:22 AM 8/4/08
Just go look at the pics.......
peterfnet
socioecoboy
Posted 6:08 AM 8/4/08
what a waste
socioecoboy