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Do you have your Xbox 360 in an upright position, or lay it down flat?

Asked by adrianscott (576 points) | asked March 31st, 2008 | 15 responses | “Great Question” (0 points) | Flag as…

And does it really matter longevity/heat-wise?

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Eambos's avatar

It does not matter the way that you have it placed, as long as you never flip it, knock it over or turn it with a disk inside.

uberbatman's avatar

Mine stands. Which i learned was a bad idea after my girlfriend knocked it over with halo inside while i was playing. My xbox carved a circle into the disc. :( So now it lays down so we dont have that happen again.

lovelyy's avatar

my brother-in-law has his laying down. I think after you read the answers above you’ll know why ha.

trogdor_87's avatar

As long as you have it so air can get to it with out being concealed, you should be good. And I have mine in the upright position.

Patrick_Bateman's avatar

laying down for reasons stated above.

rking1487's avatar

Laying down

wilco's avatar

laying down. i heard that having it upright often scratches the discs inside.. i have a friend that has had that happen several times, and has now laid it flat and has no problems now.

nocountry2's avatar

Laying down – it seemed all cool to have it upright, but discs kept falling out, and now it fits better in our ET center. Plus, when the first one was stolen (our house got robbed and they ran through and took all the tech-y gizmos) the xbox had been laying down, and because we didn’t dust underneath it they left a big fat handprint in the dust…muahahahaha

Lightbringer's avatar

Layin down… I’m scared it will tip over

Randy's avatar

Laying down. No flip for me!

Jreemy's avatar

My 360 is flat. When the 360 is in vertical mode, disks inside the console run a higher risk of scratching. I have placed my ps2 in the horizontal orientation as well because of this reason.

benkreeger's avatar

Man… I guess everybody lays theirs down. So do I, for that matter, because it fits better in my entertainment center. Purely for aesthetic reasons.

However… standing up or laying flat; I’ve already had two red-rings-of-death. I’m on my third Xbox 360.

sleuth9216's avatar

what are the rings of death?

adrianscott's avatar

@sleuth9216 when your Xbox 360 has a hardware malfunction, the circle surrounding the Xbox’s power button glows red instead of the usual green. In some cases when this happens, your Xbox is not recoverable and you will have to take it in to get it repaired (or send it to Microsoft under warranty).

sleuth9216's avatar

oh wow, ouch

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