the 360 scare
 

My xbox 360 has already broken once. 1 and a half months + $150 later it was fixed. Now i just started getting the red flashes, it wouldnt turn on. I started looking online for a store that would repair it, because i dont have a month and a half to wait. 10 minutes later, it started working again. I havnt turned it off since, so im not sure if its going to stay working, but does anyone know of any stores that would repair an Xbox? Price is not as big of an issue.
this Xbox was used and bought off of amazon.com, im not sure if that changes anything or not.

Microsoft usually will send out a box for ya. A friend of mine had his go that he's had forever and just shipped it back for repair, pretty easy process really. I usually buy my consoles at Best Buy and get the replacement policy, ESPECIALLY 1st gen models because I've had problems with almost every 1st gen console out there (PS2, Gamecube, and XBox... bastards). Early adoption of technology usually comes with a price.

Easiest and cheapest way is to call Xabox they'll send you a box and you ship it to them and in about 3 or 4 weeks they'll send you a brand new one for free.

Sounds like a bad experience...working for PS3 though in all honesty I see the same shit happen, someone had their console in for repairs, comes back in not working, gets repaired again, and same deal...of course this happens here and there and not all that much, but the repair side of the company can be really SHIT sometimes...

Yeah, i called microsoft and they sent out the box, i've already done that once, and it takes forever, im going to be traveling this year, i dont have time for that.

The used part is scary too, because that used system is most likely one that has been repaired. Then you have the same problems that Cheebs is talking about.

HAHAHA!


Console scum, that is what you get!


I have only had to send in my PC 4 or 5 times in the past year for repairs.

Wait a sec...

I still swear by PCs over consoles. to be honest, any toy i get my hands on needs repairs pretty often. Computer, car, my gameboy when I had one. I run shit pretty hard.

Damn dude. My PC ran for 3 years before it crashed. My car needed 2 repairs in the past 4 years, and my consoles haven't ever given me a problem. *Knocks on wood*. What the hell do you do to your "toys"? lol

quiet fool!
Ive been playing on PCs all my life, got way too expensive.
seriously, can anybody help me find a store that does repairs, its seriously fucked now.

it happened again today

http://fallout3.files.wordpress.com/...death-rrod.jpg


second time for me

first was almost two years ago...got it fixed for nothing....but also bought another one....with the Best Buy 2 year warranty...the 2 years is up in december...so I'll get this one fixed for nothing.

can you get it repaired at Best Buy even if you didnt buy it there?

I don't think so.....with the 2 year warranty, you simply walk in with broken xbox...and walk out with new one.

do you get to keep your old hard drive?

yes...................

Nice!
i heard that gamestop will replace your broken Xbox for and Xbox elite...but if I'm not sure if your allowed to keep the old hard drive.

What i find interesting is the console that seems to be having all of the problems is made by the company that makes the operating system for gaming pcs.


My career is pure Microsoft, and the products I use work like clockwork, but MS's other ventures... they are scary sometimes.

ok....so I walk into Best Buy.....and walk out with a new one...no problem....except in the meantime my second 360 got the "RED RINGS OF DEATH". This one I have no warranty for....so it shall stay broken. I did get the 2 year warranty for $39 for the new one I picked up.

Apparently these pieces of shit only last about 2 years:mad:

This is becoming quite a serious problem...I wonder why MS is not paying enough attention towards it.

The red rings are making me very apprehensive of getting one for myself.

My PS3 and Wii have been excellent so far, without any problems...so I think I will wait a little longer to see if MS addresses this issue and brings out a new version which has this bugging problem fixed.

I'v had 3 fail in just over three years


i'd say its a big fucking problem

Microsoft has a buggy product? No FUCKING way!:eek:

The RROD problem is the only thing that has stopped me from getting an Xbox 360.

I would like to get one, but it would piss me off badly if I bought it and it red ringed, especially since I knew how likely it would be.

It is a real shame that Microsoft haven't done anything to stop this problem from happening in subsequent revisions.

Meh, get one at BB and get the warranty. Although for anyone with a PS3, with so many cross console titles, I would wait until the price drops some more. I'm waiting on the PS3 to drop and the only reason I got the 360 first was the first couple waves of games and exclusives (not to mention the fact that companies were coding the PS3 versions of certain titles poorly). I guess if I had neither right now I'd still go for the 360 though, I've been waiting for Fable 2 for a while now.

Unfortunately in Australia we don't have BB. I'm pretty sure most places here would make you send the console away and wait for a replacement/repair (not sure if you get a refurbished one or your own back).

That is a bummer, but I heard if you have to send yours back you have to ask for a new one if it needs to be replaced completely. Otherwise you get a refurbished.

Thats exactly why it makes more sense to wait. Newer games are being launched on a multi-platform basis, and between the PS3, Wii and my gaming rig of a PC, I really dont see any real hurry or need to get myself one.

Hopefully a future, much cheaper version with this problem fixed might end up on my table at Christmas-time. If not this year, then the next.

Believe me.....If I didn't have so much fucking money already invested in games......I'd say fuck it......but I do.....so I can't.



got me over a barrel Mr. Gates:mad:

I have a question to all 360 users...

Does the RROD problem happen to those who have the box in an AC-cooled room too?


Also, what about this :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjjinHmEoss

how many times are you gonna wrap it up in towels?..lol


i could imagine buying one from a pawn shop, red rings included.

The RROD happend to me once but I had one of the first ones to come out.I sent it off and got a brand new one a month later and haven't had any problems since then.

As far as the towel thing go's I don't know anybody that has tried it but I dont know how well it work work and it would only be a temp fix so I guess it would be up to the person.

This video is a little more better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avWs4-wD15w . It is the towel trick and it worked for me, 3 times. I learned this from Dan a writer for OXM. I bought one on launch day in 05, Never had a problem with it until last year when this first started surfacing. MS did do something about it in the new consoles, they've upgraded and replaced the chip that is causing this. They have also extended the warrenty to 3 years for everyone. Just call up 1-800-4my-xbox some peoples have taken really quick to get them back my buddy it took a week from when they got it.

Edit: As long as you have the xbox in a well ventilated area you should have no prob.

When I enquired someone at gamestop about when 360's will be available(sold out, this was a month or two after launch). He told me, then he said if I got one its all about keeping it cool and not letting dust getting into it due to the vents being on the bottom so it isnt a good idea to keep it laid down.I want to get one really bad, but my parents don't have an expendable amount of money even towards christmas....I might just stay with PC.

Best surface for it to be on is Glass, well that's what i've read anyways. I now have a entertainment center with glass shelves :D No not just because of that reason cause my TV hangs on it, it's a sweet setup.

well, i wish i had known that earlier. it was sitting on its side on my filthy rug.

Never put a console or computer on carpet. This makes the machine over heat much quicker, due to the fact it can't "breath". If you sit it on the carpet it's prone to heat trapment and even more dirt and dust from the carpet.

So...anyone having their 360 on a glass shelf won't face the RROD problem?

I am still thinking the AC-cooled room way.

From what i've heard the goal is to give it breathing room & keep it cool so go for it.

Right on. I'm not saying if you have it on a glass shelf you wont get the rrod it, but what Cheap said is very true. AC room sounds like it could help it a lot. Anyone that does not have one and wants one, trust me as I say, it's well worth the risk.

Also, do not stand it on it's side! It will ruin your discs! I have returned multiple used games with the same scratch in the disc.

When the disc is stood up sideways in the machine, it is magnetically spinning. If the balance gets off just a little, it starts smacking the sides of the machine and will dig deep scratches into your games.

The people at gamestop thought I was doing it to my games.

I've had no problems with it standing on its side, the key is DO NOT MOVE IT TO THE SIDE POSITION WHILE THE SYSTEM IS ON. That's what eats discs.

I don't know man. I had my PS2 on it's side for a week, and it ate two of my discs.