Customer Reviews

Power Supply for Xbox 360

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Melted. A piece of this power supply did just that - it melted.

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I recently went on a business trip to another country and "popped" my original power supply due to a faulty voltage converter. Luckily I was smart enough not to plug it into the Xbox 360 so my system was safe. Came home and purchased the Intec as a replacement. Within a few days I got the three blinking red lights and the error code indicates a faulty power supply. I tested a friend's original power supply and that worked fine, so now my Intec is just a big huge paperweight. Wasted money.

Finally, my Xbox 360 works! I sent it in to McAllen, TX 4 times. Every time I was sent a replacement that would do the three red lights almost immediately. I found a website that allows you to get an error code from the 360 when you get the three red lights. Doing this, I found that the problem was with the power supply. Microsoft would not replace this as it was an "accessory." I picked up this one on Amazon, and I have not had the three red lights since (over 2 months now)!!! A full year of trouble and finally it works! Thanks!

After about 10 uses (of about 4 hours each), this power supply just stopped functionning. When it did, it was very hot (enough to peel the ends of its label) and never worked again, even when cool, days after. So about a month of very little useage rendered it unusable.

Unlikely to buy another one again, it seems obvious that quality assurance is weak from this manufacturer. I don't recommend it.

Taken from product description: "Unit features an internal cooling fan, which in-turn *keeps your Xbox 360 cooler during operation and prevents overheating.* [emphasis added]"

This is not physically possible. The Xbox and power unit are separate boxes, and even if you keep the power brick cooler this doesn't mean that it gives the Xbox cooler electricity. This spectacularly false gem in the product description should be enough to keep you from buying this product, let alone the anecdotes that the product doesn't work at all.

My 360 power supply busted a few months ago, so I decided to buy this Intec Power Supply instead. When I finally got it, it worked, at first. A few hours later, for some reason, when I connected this power supply again my 360 gets three red lights! But connecting my friend's power supply to my 360 makes it work fine. This power supply is bad and somehow broke down within a few hours of play time. Ridiculous. What a huge waste of $100.

I bought this for my boys using Amazon and the only thing that worked was the light. Now I have to spend more money to see about getting it fixed and hopefully I don't have to buy another one.

I bought this power supply, hooked it up and nothing but an orange standby light came on. Had the x-box 360 checked out it was fine. I was sold a broken power supply. Tried contacting the company a week ago and no response from them. Beware!!!!

The XBox 360 generates a huge amount of heat, and the power supply requires clean 110 VAC power.

Since many people looking for a replacement have already burned up an original power supply, it is unlikely that they will do any better with a clone.

Mounting the XBox and power supply on top of an open shoe box or notebook cooler pad makes good sense, and plug it into a wall-outlet attached 1 kw voltage stabilizer, not a power bar.

If you don't have the resources to provide adequate power and ventilation, I would strongly suggest an extended warranty, since even the July 2007 cooling system upgrade still runs hot.

Alternately, if you stuff your XBox 360 and power supply into a small entertainment center slot, I would strongly suggest fire insurance. Best Regards.

I bought this product through Amazon from a retailer called Bestsku. The product did not work at all right out of the box. I tried several different things, but kept getting the "failure" light. I tried the power supply that comes with the 360 and it worked just fine. This power supply also does not come with a power cord, I had to buy a 3-prong computer power supply cord to even try to use it. To make things worse, my e-mails to Bestsku to request instructions on how to return the item have not been returned (it's been 2 weeks).