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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: nick v6 on 05 December 2008, 10:39:09
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3 red lights just come on my xbox 360
was told its called red ring of death or sumat like that
just out of warranty and nobody wants to touch it
i was told there is a trick called the towel trick where you wrap the console in a towel and leave it on for a while then turn it off let it cool down then it should work
tried it and no good
i aint gonna replace it
i mite see if the mrs will get me a ps3 for xmas (fat chance of that)
looks like sitting for an hour on ebay later to sell the games for the 360. pain in the back side
ebay is great for buying but takes to long to put stuff on for sale
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What you got to loose:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Fix-the-Red-Ring-of-Deathwithout-towels/
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have you tried the xbox website ?? i have just had two repaired one they just replaced ! three year warranty with microsoft :y
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ill try microsoft and let you no how i get on
failing that all the games will go up for sale
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Remember, as long was you haven't modified it or taken it apart, MS extended the warranty to 3yrs for this particular fault, so chances are, its under warranty (assuming you haven't modchipped it etc)
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Remember, as long was you haven't modified it or taken it apart, MS extended the warranty to 3yrs for this particular fault, so chances are, its under warranty (assuming you haven't modchipped it etc)
theres my problem
i had it done when the warranty ran out
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Nickandann ... posts unreadable due to massive avatar .. :(
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Nickandann ... posts unreadable due to massive avatar .. :(
Was just about to say the same.
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just sorting that now
ive took it off to resize it
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just sorting that now
ive took it off to resize it
Merci buckets .. :)
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The Boy is correct i called ms about my 360 which done it earlier this year and the sent out an exchange unit my 360's warrenty had ran out by 6 months! call em! :D
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i had it chipped just after the warranty ran out
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hmm but they exchange the units there and then take yours and give you a new one will they notice?????????
i doubt it tbh
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mmmmmm
mite give them a ring
im still tryin to get round the mrs to buy me a ps3
no joy yet
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Buy the kit to repair it on ebay for £3.... same happened to mine but its easily fixed . I did mine and 3 months later its still going strong . Towel trick is only very temporary .
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i was goin to do a temporay fix then trade it in at blockbusters towards a ps3 if the mrs will get me 1
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have you actually contacted microsoft, they are very aware of this problem and are fixing/replacing for free, you can register the machine for an extra 12 months against this, they are sorting this prob out for people who have fell foul or the red lights of death, dont throw it away, microsoft will likely sort iit even tho its out of warrentee ;D
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ive got the number for microsoft 0800 number
ill ring it in the morning and see what they say
(do i tell them about it being chiped)
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Our 360 packed up twice in 5months. First was Red Ring of Death then the DVD player knackered up.
Ended up selling it as spares or repairs for £50 on ebay and got rid of all the games and accessories too.
Saving up with all the cash we can to get a ps3 in the new year.
360s are great COD4 was brilliant, but who needs a console that needs so much attention and has such reliabillity problems......??
Not us.....!! At least with a ps2/3 you know that when you turn it on it is going to work........!!
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If its been chipped or opened in anyway ie the security seal removed or tampered with in anyway they will just send it back :(..... the repair is easy to do and worth a shot , im not good with electronics and the kits come with good instructions and even i managed it ..... if you weren't so far away i would have done it for you :-[
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ill have a word with microsoft in the mornin
failing that ill just trade it in a blockbusters and have the money put on the account
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have you actually contacted microsoft, they are very aware of this problem and are fixing/replacing for free, you can register the machine for an extra 12 months against this, they are sorting this prob out for people who have fell foul or the red lights of death, dont throw it away, microsoft will likely sort iit even tho its out of warrentee ;D
Sorry mate but thats not strictly true.
Yes, they fixed our RROD on our 3 yr old machine, but you only get an extra 3 month warranty on it when you get it back.
Our DVD player packed up 5 mths after the RROD and despite many letters of complaint to Microsoft, they wanted £60 to fix it, which frankly we werent prepared to pay. If we had agreed to pay that we would have then got another 12 mth warranty, but whats the point???
The machine will pack up again sooner or later anyway and I dont need the hassle.
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my sons has broken down so many times he has given up with it and slung it in the corner with the old ps2 (also broken),reverted to NES/SNES consoles,still working after 10+ years in the loft.
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ive had mine roughly 2 1/2 years and its been repaired once due to it crashing often.
recently the disc drive was playing up and that problem fixed itself!
then red ring of death the other day but i think it was down to me moving all the wires around recently behind the tv - been fine since!
best console yet and cheap as chips to buy at the moment too!
get that ix of of ebay and do it yourself - worth ago if you cant get it to work at all
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looking like good news
UPS just picked the console up this morning
ive got the status number for the xbox web site for see what happens
ill keep you all posted
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just picked up a xbox 360 for £60
i checked the status of my blown xbox on the xbox website and it says that they have replaced it and they are sending it back to me
anybody online with there xbox360
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I fancy an Xbox 360 but it has to be a black one. I believe it's the Elite version. Are they still available?
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yeah ive seen them in my local game store
i think they was about £199ish im not 100% sure tho
its got a 120gig hard drive