Man Sues Microsoft

[HiPSI]

the suit all depends on what he's trying to sue for. if he's asking for anything over the replacement cost of the system then i think it's stupid. if you buy something and it doesn't work, you return/exchange it. if the next unit doesn't work, return and get a refund. easy as pie.

and nick, i know you're more electronics savvy than i am, but "overheating" is a pretty generic term. it doesn't necessarily mean that the thing's getting hot enough to ignite anything, it may just mean they use crappy chipsets and such that crap out over 90* or something. there aren't enough specifics in the article for me to justify anything more than returning the system and waiting for a PS3 .

[EJ25RUN]

here is what ign says

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/673/673686p1.html

[Spyder]

the suit all depends on what he's trying to sue for. if he's asking for anything over the replacement cost of the system then i think it's stupid. if you buy something and it doesn't work, you return/exchange it. if the next unit doesn't work, return and get a refund. easy as pie.

and nick, i know you're more electronics savvy than i am, but "overheating" is a pretty generic term. it doesn't necessarily mean that the thing's getting hot enough to ignite anything, it may just mean they use crappy chipsets and such that crap out over 90* or something. there aren't enough specifics in the article for me to justify anything more than returning the system and waiting for a PS3 .

Over heating is over heating, you are correct it may not ever actually ignite, maybe in their testing they just made sure it didnt catch on fire, not that it actually worked properly lol. The problem with over heating electronics is depending on what actally over heats it can cause larger problems later.. say its the power supply over heating (likely the largest source of heat) and the protection system shuts it down everytime it reaches a certain threshold. that is all fine and dandy.. but thermal protection does one of a few things, (it works much like a thermostate in this manor) one day it wil either get stuck open or closed... an open circut would mean it just never powers up no big deal. a closed circut means it doest work any more and just keeps power to whatever. no more protection means it WILL catch on fire.

Asa rule, heat and electronics arent friends.. sending something out to make a profit that could be potentially dangerous is just bad business.