360 - anyone get a weird smell?
Saturday, November 18th, 2006 - 10:42am
After I've been using my 360 for a little while - say 20 minutes - and I leave the room it's in and go back, I notice a strange smell. The kind of of odour one would associate with electrical items.
Anyone else noticed this? The smell's stronger in the middle of the room and there's not much by the 360 itself. Perhaps a tiny bit by the HDD.
I noticed it for the first time yesterday when I got the machine. I don't think I'm imagining it.
New machines can still have "factory" oils on them and such that burn off after initial use so it could be that.
1D it's a common smell and nothing to be worried about. Generally it is indeed factory oils burning off. Some folks have had the smell linger for the first few days of use but then it'll run stink-free. It smelled to me a lot like breaking in a new power supply.
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A couple of possibilities:
11) Impressed with the 360, you are smelling the impending death of the Playstation brand.
10) The hamsters running the treadmill inside farted.
9) You were so excited by seeing next-gen you pooped your pants and didnt notice.
8) You fell asleep clutching your shiny new 360 after a marathon MP session and slept so contently, you drooled all over it.
7) The graphics are so real, you are smelling the chainsawed gore and corpses of the Locust you killed in Gears of War last night.
6) The air from the exhaust vent is blowing on the spot your buddy puked during last years New Years party.
5) You have very sweaty hands when playing and after the intensity of yesterday, you need to clean the controllers
4) It gives off so much heat it is melting your nearby tv.
3) Intrigued by the prospects of a warm home, cockroaches immediately moved inside and were fried.
2) When Souldaddy fragged you with a single shot of the Torque bow in multiplay, the milk you spit up in a moment of total surprise has soured.
1) You bought Dead or Alive Extreme 2 and have enjoyed it too much (no further explanation).
Or what the guy above me said (most likely). I think my powersupply had a short 'burn-in' period too.
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I've noticed that sometimes my 360's fan runs hours after I've shut it off. Anyone else get that?
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Yes, it is a scent to be savored. Think of it as the New Car Smell of electronic equipment.
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That freaked me out the first time too...
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me too. Just happened the other day and I thought for sure that my 360 was on its way out. When I got done having a little panick attack I unplugged the play-and-charge and cable and whala.
Yay me!
Just to make sure you guys know what's going on, the 360 goes to a low-power mode to charge the controllers but will shut off when they're charged up. It's another well thought out polish detail that has made me so impressed with the 360.
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9) happened to me a few times already, especially during my first experience with GoW!
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