Just shake it when it’s off!

As seen by this post at AVS Forum (the “falcon” of course referring to Microsoft’s codename for the redesigned Xbox 360 which uses less power and dissipates less heat):

I can just imagine the situation: steven975 is playing something. In the middle of his game, the console freezes, the display gets all glitchy and the horrifying neon red semi-circle replaces what was previous a single green 1/4 of a circle.

Not one to take shit, steven975 unplugs the 360, picks it up and shakes the shit out of it while screaming:

“YOU SON OF A BITCH! YOU WILL STOP. RED. RINGING. RIGHT. NOW!“

And he gives it one final shake before putting it back on the entertainment center shelf it calls its home, plugs it back in, fires it up and resumes gaming. He didn’t take any shit, and his 360 recognized.

This example certainly proves that the whole Red Ring of Death scandal that reached climax last year was created, not by what was previously assumed to be an overheating CPU and/or GPU, but by end users being too big of pussies to show their punkass 360s who’s boss. And you know, that’s fine. If you have no problem with your console wearing the pants in your relationship, then by all means send it into Microsoft for them to take 6 weeks to “fix” and send it back.

Meanwhile, the rest of us pants-wearers will now do to our misbehaving Xbox 360s the same thing we’ve done since the dawn of time to loud babies and women who don’t know their place.