360 verticle or horizontal

[papasmurff]

Here is an interesting thought.....Who has their 360 horizontal and who has it verticle and how many times have you had to replace your system?

Personally I am on number 4 as of today but I never had problems until I ran the unit vertically.....  I am going to try horizontal again to see if it matters......  Let us know..... maybe that will keep people from having a broken 360 and 

[USMC Kato]

I'm on my second 360 and I've always had it standing vertically so.....

Maybe I should be laying it down horizontal style from now on.

[wonderpug]

I heard the problem comes from the DVD spinning so I put the 360 on a turntable and I spin it real fast in the opposite direction of the DVD drive so that the DVD stays still and that's probably why it's called the 360 in the first place but the cables get tangled real fast after like the first few spins so you have to play quick games.

[stiffler]

The one that I just replaced was always horizontal.  The new one is as well.  I have my PS2 vertical.

[Nth Power]

I have my 360 and PS2 horizontal.   No problems so far...

[Lee]

12-05 360, always vertical with no real problems. I found that if I leave a disk in when I power off, and then turn it on with that same disk, the game will lock up at some point. Odd I know, but it's true. Even if I leave the disk in, and then eject it before I play it, everything is fine.

[Andrew Mallon]

Normally I'd always say leave a console (or any disk drive) horizontal, but the design of the 360 has an exhaust port on the top of the machine when it's vertical. I figure with all the problems and reports of overheating, it's best to have the 360 blow the heat up and away from the console.

[TheMissingLink]

I used to have my 360 vertical but after my Winning Eleven disk was scratched to fuck awhile ago, I moved it to horizontal.

[Jarrodhk]

Well I'm on number 3, they've all been horizontal.  Haven't had any disks eaten to date.  <crosses fingers>

<and toes>

<and hair>

<sacrifices to... well... don't worry about that>

[Knightshade Dragon]

Horizontal and zero replacements.  *knocks on wood*

[Misguided]

Originally vertical. Had to replace once and initial replacement was DaoW (that's dead after one week ).
Now horizontal.

[Destructor]

I heard the problem comes from the DVD spinning so I put the 360 on a turntable and I spin it real fast in the opposite direction of the DVD drive so that the DVD stays still and that's probably why it's called the 360 in the first place but the cables get tangled real fast after like the first few spins so you have to play quick games.

ROFL

Horizontal. I always have every console system facing so the CD/DVD drive is horizontal with gravity. Why put further stress onto the drive mechanics?

And launch system, replaced twice.

[DonD]

Horizontal.  I'm on my 2nd.

[DamageInc]

Horizontal always and I have a day 1 launch system
I have never had any issues

[Calvin]

On my second, and I think horizontal is the way to go. The other was vertical, and it always scratched disks (of course, it scratched them horizontal too! )

[-Lord Ebonstone-]

Horizontal, and a month without issues of any sort.

[shaggydoug]

Vertical.  12/25/05 unit acquired in April.  No issues except the one day it got really hot in my house in the summer.

- shaggy

[Jancelot]

Horizontal and I replaced it in August due to lock ups in GRAW.  It has been running fine except that I've had a couple lock ups in the past few days (TW but I think it was a software glitch and CoD2).  :icon_sad:

[JLu]

Horizontal since day one (minus a 10 degree incline one day which destroyed Madden 2006), and knocking wood...

[Purge]

You'd think papasmurf coulda polled this one, no?

Vertical for me.

[motodd]

Got my 360 at launch and it was horizontal until this past May when I switched to vertical after reading about the exhaust port that Andrew mentioned above. No problems either way.