Is it normal for xbox 360 slim to get hot

The issue I am having is And I left it in the living room for awhile and I wanted to play some old games and it Xbox slim turns off minutes after being turned on. Then if I do nothing sometimes within a couple minutes XBOX Slim - starts but doesn't get to dashboard : Nice booting and shows initial swirl screen and then the circle of death.

It will sit there doing nothing. Can hit home button and get the dashboard menu up and access a couple menu items. I keep getting signed out of xbox live on my slim and its getting annoying : Can someone please help me out?

I cleared my storage cashe, I've deleted and redownloaded my Xbox live Gamertag and i've gone through my HD and deleted all the corrupted data.

I have changed my Slim 4gig Console will not update but need update to get on Live! Allowed it to update, it appeared to get stuck. After waiting for many hours, we restarted the console. Since then it states it Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password?

Completed all the tasks for the November monthly bonus round, however task 4 won't complete even though I've done all the requirements,…. It's normal yes. The vents will become extremely hot when the console is in use, especially for the amount of hours you stated.

It's a good thing though, if the vents are hot then it's dispersing heat away from the innards which is what you want. Like RedEye Expr3ss says, better out than in :. The slims get really hot if you game on them for long periods, my play sessions are hours each and mine gets really hot star wars version however i also own a gb black as well and that doesn't get very hot, but it is newer than my main one.

Yeah the Slim exhaust if supposed to be fairly hot especially anytime your gaming. They took the CPU and GPU which in older s before the slim which had two chips and combined them into a single more efficient single chip design. So you have the single hottest component in the Slim at around using over Watts while gaming so it's not surprising.

If the fan doesn't sound really loud then you don't have anything to worry about. It will auto shutdown at a certain temperature though. Since the slim does vent the exhaust directly upward if you could have it where there is nothing between the top of the console and the ceiling and at least an inch or two on each side would be the best placement.

Would probably help it from recirculating it's own exhaust in your case. MoonShadowz I would seriously turn on the console auto off feature. Will keep the console working longer and use way less power. So unless you get free electricity or DGAF would be worth looking into. Hey that's better than mine, within an hour of just being on, no games playing nothing, my xbox gets hot to the touch.

It didn't start doing that until mid-last year. If you find any good fixes that work, please reply. Yes this is normal, 3 inches is adequate ventilation as long as the storage compartment isn't completely closed. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community.

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