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October 27th, 2006, 13:56 GMT · By Robert Matei

Microsoft Raises Eyebrows at Xbox Intercooler

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If you are an Xbox 360 owner, you know for sure that it has some overheating issues. A Japanese company thought of addressing this issue and came out with a cooler for the 360.

The embedded company is called Nyko, and it has
released on the British market an intercooler for Microsoft's games console. They had quite an impact on the market and managed to sell an impressive number of units. This device presumably prevents your console from overheating. But nobody knows at what costs.

Microsoft, the company that produced the Xbox 360 and also the company responsible for any mishap of the console is quite suspicious of the device. Whenever they receive a call on their customer service line about a broken console, thy first ask the question if a Nyko intercooler has been installed on it.

According to representatives, the intercooler drains too much juice from the 360, as the console was not developed to power an extra device. You would think this is no brainer, and that those who purchased the intercooler would know what they are putting on the line by installing it. Actually they don't, and maybe they should pay attention to the next paragraph.

The Xbox is designed as a whole, and a certain amount of power is needed for it to run smoothly. If you add an extra device, some of the juice will go to powering that device, keeping power away from other vital components. Therefore, those components might break down. Then you call Microsoft and complain. Is it really their fault?

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Comment #1 by: ozinlife on 08 Jan 2009, 01:14 UTC reply to this comment

Yes it is microsofts fault dont even try to defend these idiots saying that we brought this on ourselves by putting this product on. This xbox is just a small computer they should realize people will do many things with this product. If this would have been built by a good comouter company like dell or something we wouldnt be having these problems. Pushing a system onto the market just to make a date is probably the stupidest thing that i have ever seen done. Leave it up to bill gates to put out such a quality product.

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