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Colb
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Post subject: RIP xbox :( Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:00 pm |
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I know I saw a thread around here about someones XBox 360 biting the dust. Well, I've had mine about 3 months or so, and I've taken really good care of it. The only problems I've had from it is the "Disc Unreadable" error with EA Sports games.
Well last night, my friend was having a football get together. I brought my 360 and someone else brought theres (2v2) We got into the first game and just a few minutes into the first quarter and my 360 does the wierd screen glitch (lines all across it) and locked up. At first I thought it was the TV signal.
Upon resetting the system it gave me red lights on the front (all red lights were lit up except the top right, when the system is laying down flat). I let it cool off for a while and started it back up. It would work fine until we got into game again then it'd freeze up. So I assumed it was overheating.
I honestly thought they fixed the overheating problem with the second edition. I've only had mine since about March or April. When I move it, I have a thick padded briefcase it goes into that I custom fit for it. I have one for my PS2 as well... because I know how fragile these things are.
So the question is:
Now what?
I can only find about 50% of my documentation on the system, but I'm sure if I look harder I could find more. Does anyone know the warranty on these things? If it's only 90 days I'm probably screwed, if it's 180 days or 1 year, then this problem should be covered seeing as it wasn't any type of physical damage.
Comments?
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Post subject: Re: RIP xbox :( Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:04 pm |
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Colb wrote: Does anyone know the warranty on these things? If it's only 90 days I'm probably screwed, if it's 180 days or 1 year, then this problem should be covered seeing as it wasn't any type of physical damage. Microsoft extended the warranty on all systems to 3 years and pays for shipping both ways IIRC.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:16 pm |
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Mine Xbox 360 lives on..for now 
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:33 pm |
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Let's have a moment of silence for the x box.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:35 pm |
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Colb
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:18 pm |
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ShizKnight wrote: 33%
Fail rate?
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Draquish
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:26 pm |
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My friend keeps his xbox in a mini-fridge, and his Ps3 next to a fan.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:42 pm |
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[SD]draquish wrote: My friend keeps his xbox in a mini-fridge, and his Ps3 next to a fan.
Rofl.
I used to have a vacuum hose that went from the vent on my window unit air conditioner to the intake fan on my old computer case. It was pretty leet sauce.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:46 pm |
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Colb wrote: I used to have a vacuum hose that went from the vent on my window unit air conditioner to the intake fan on my old computer case. It was pretty leet sauce. Afroman has you beat in the 1337 department.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:52 pm |
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Afroman wrote: Also it would have been nice to have had silicone rubber seals between each section of pipe and around the fans that pump the air.
But this is Afrotech. We don't have high budget shit like pipes. Or fans.
Haha
Thanks for the laugh.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:02 am |
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The xbox has always been a bad console thats why i have stuck with the nintendo wii all the way because it is a great console and nintendo cares for there gamers unlike microsoft 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:12 am |
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Call up support and have your system refunded. It entails you sending in your system and they'll send you one back in 6-8 weeks, which means you're screwed on halo 3 haha.
Until you turn it in there is a temporary fix you can do with it. It involves wrapping the 360 in a towel for a couple mins and then it's fixed (Look that up b/c I'm not 100% sure how-to.)
They only starting fixed the 360's when the new warranty was announced, which was about a month ago.
GL
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Colb
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:37 am |
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Called Microsoft, verified the purchase date, my console serial number, and my legal ownership status of the console. Took about 10 minutes from the time I called to the time I hung up.
They're sending a special shipping box which I will receive tomorrow afternoon, then I am to send my console back (shipping is prepaid by them). They said once they receive my console, it could take anywhere from 1-6 weeks to process it and send a new one out (I understand the time frame as I work as a hardware technician and it can get quite busy at times).
The downtime sucks, but I do give them credit for not hassling me about anything. The guy basically asked me about 3 questions about what I tried troubleshooting and after that he filed the order and settled it. I'm just glad I don't have to pay for anything.
Never really been a fan of Microsoft, but I think they handled this pretty well.
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Lith
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:13 am |
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Well I hope if mine ever gets defective... I hope they replace it with the new HDMI 360. 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:59 am |
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[SD]draquish wrote: My friend keeps his xbox in a mini-fridge, and his Ps3 next to a fan.
Lol tell ur friend theres more chances of the fan over heating than the ps3
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:31 am |
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Hahaha, sorry to hear about that, but my uncle works at Microsoft Headquarters, and all they do is fix up one of the many other 360s that have been sent back, and they resell them, or send them as replacements.
As for the fail rate, 33% sounds about right, my cousin got a BRAND NEW (Not one of the old fixed up ones) Xbox 360 for christmas, and so far he has had to replace it 7 or 8 times since last christmas.
And people wonder why I'm a sony fan. PS3 ftw
P.S. Sorry, I was laughing at Microsoft, not you or your xbox or your problem 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:34 am |
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KnucklesJr wrote: As for the fail rate, 33% sounds about right, my cousin got a BRAND NEW (Not one of the old fixed up ones) Xbox 360 for christmas, and so far he has had to replace it 7 or 8 times since last christmas. And people wonder why I'm a sony fan. PS3 ftw 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:37 am |
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I have a PS1, I never play it. I have a PS2, only played it since it came out. I have a PSP, I never even opened it. PS3, lol is there even a real game for it?
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:49 am |
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I'm a hardcore PS2 fan. Always will be. It was one of the best consoles ever released. But that's just my opinion. I bought a 360 because I wanted a next-gen console, but I wasn't ready to fork over $500+ for a PS3. Not to mention the 360 had a ton of games out already and the PS3 didn't.
I really liked the 360 Dashboard and the LIVE features. It had room for improvement of course... but I was satisfied until this happened.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:18 pm |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm |
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have the 2nd generation, never had any problem. guess im lucky then.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:32 am |
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Ring of Fire
Anyways
I'm considering not buying the parts for my $1200 gaming pc and just buying an xbox 360. It can run the same games as the pc except i'd spend $900 less. I'm not sure if i should get either one now. I'm not about to buy a $300 paperwieght >_>
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:53 am |
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LittleTom wrote: Ring of Fire Anyways I'm considering not buying the parts for my $1200 gaming pc and just buying an xbox 360. It can run the same games as the pc except i'd spend $900 less. I'm not sure if i should get either one now. I'm not about to buy a $300 paperwieght >_>
i have a better one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq6vlyNdM3I
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:57 am |
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Defyance™ wrote: LittleTom wrote: Ring of Fire Anyways I'm considering not buying the parts for my $1200 gaming pc and just buying an xbox 360. It can run the same games as the pc except i'd spend $900 less. I'm not sure if i should get either one now. I'm not about to buy a $300 paperwieght >_> i have a better one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq6vlyNdM3I
lol
just finished watching that episode of AOTS
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:40 am |
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I think it's important to keep it in a properly ventilated place, I keep it in the coldest room in the house.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:06 am |
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Defyance™ wrote: AOTS ftw No! Bad! AOTS is the festering pile of **** that murdered The Screen Savers, an actual worthwhile show. G4 is also a festering pile of ****. They completely dumped every TTV show except for X-play once they acquired the TTV viewer base (firing or having all TTV employees quit except for Adam Sessler in the process) then proceeded to dump most shows that had anything to do with gaming to replace them with what? Cops and Star Trek!?
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:09 am |
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Cruor wrote: Defyance™ wrote: AOTS ftw No! Bad! AOTS is the festering pile of **** that murdered The Screen Savers, an actual worthwhile show. G4 is also a festering pile of ****. They completely dumped every TTV show except for X-play once they acquired the TTV viewer base (firing or having all TTV employees quit except for Adam Sessler in the process) then proceeded to dump most shows that had anything to do with gaming to replace them with what? Cops and Star Trek!?
I agree with the last part. G4 dropped most of the shows i liked
The only shows that i like on that channel are X-play and AOTS now.
G4 isn't really the gaming channel anymore =[
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:23 am |
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i have ps1 used 2 play like mad, ps2 never had Psp, i hate the psp, and ps3, batabapabaaa im lovin it
yeah rainbow 6 vegas rox0rz
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:27 am |
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Cruor wrote: Defyance™ wrote: AOTS ftw No! Bad! AOTS is the festering pile of **** that murdered The Screen Savers, an actual worthwhile show. G4 is also a festering pile of ****. They completely dumped every TTV show except for X-play once they acquired the TTV viewer base (firing or having all TTV employees quit except for Adam Sessler in the process) then proceeded to dump most shows that had anything to do with gaming to replace them with what? Cops and Star Trek!?
<3
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I still have nightmares of Ttv going off the air. Farking Comcast.
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