RROD from surge protector?!

[spirez]

Has anyone experienced this? I bought a surge protector from ikea yesterday and when I plugged my 360 in, it cut out then RROD'd on reboot.

MS troubleshooting said to remove the 360 from the surge protector and plug it directly into the wall. I did that and the RROD disappeared and it seems to be functioning normally now. What would cause this? It was plugged into a straight forward cheapo power strip before with no problems. Will get a better surge protector soon and see what happens.

Everything else including my PS3 worked fine!

 

[Silent_Scone]

It's probably restricting current. Buy a different one. My old UPS did this even when plugged into the mains

 

[The Fatty]

Yes its known that surge protectors dont dont allow enougth current to the xbox on startup (they see it as a surge to restrict it). Just remove it, its not needed! Just claim from the power board if it dies from a surge (which it wont)!