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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Banjax on 20 June 2009, 16:40:58
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Had to happen sooner or later I suppose, jumped on for a quick blast of GRID to be met with......
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m411/bannjaxx/xbox/53c53150.jpg)
NO!! the Red Ring of Death!!!! :'( :'( :'(
oh well...PS3 is getting some playtime then :y
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might still be covered under the extra warranty MS put on for this issue. Ring 'em and see :)
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Had to happen sooner or later I suppose, jumped on for a quick blast of GRID to be met with......
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m411/bannjaxx/xbox/53c53150.jpg)
NO!! the Red Ring of Death!!!! :'( :'( :'(
oh well...PS3 is getting some playtime then :y
........what is this bannjaxx? ( sorry for being thick) :-[
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Had to happen sooner or later I suppose, jumped on for a quick blast of GRID to be met with......
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m411/bannjaxx/xbox/53c53150.jpg)
NO!! the Red Ring of Death!!!! :'( :'( :'(
oh well...PS3 is getting some playtime then :y
........what is this bannjaxx? ( sorry for being thick) :-[
Xbox tuned to channel smoke, and destined for the big console heaven in the sky, unless its still under Microsoft's extended warranty for this very common problem
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Had to happen sooner or later I suppose, jumped on for a quick blast of GRID to be met with......
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m411/bannjaxx/xbox/53c53150.jpg)
NO!! the Red Ring of Death!!!! :'( :'( :'(
oh well...PS3 is getting some playtime then :y
........what is this bannjaxx? ( sorry for being thick) :-[
thank god i'm not the only one who dont know what it is. I do know its a power button but for what?
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Had to happen sooner or later I suppose, jumped on for a quick blast of GRID to be met with......
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m411/bannjaxx/xbox/53c53150.jpg)
NO!! the Red Ring of Death!!!! :'( :'( :'(
oh well...PS3 is getting some playtime then :y
........what is this bannjaxx? ( sorry for being thick) :-[
thank god i'm not the only one who dont know what it is. I do know its a power button but for what?
Xbox360, Microsoft's current (soon to be replaced) games console.
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might still be covered under the extra warranty MS put on for this issue. Ring 'em and see :)
cheers TB - i'll give em a tinkle :y
one of the early 360's so i'll have a look for the warranty - you're right - very common fault - happens to about 1 in 3 xbox360's i've heard >:(
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Had to happen sooner or later I suppose, jumped on for a quick blast of GRID to be met with......
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m411/bannjaxx/xbox/53c53150.jpg)
NO!! the Red Ring of Death!!!! :'( :'( :'(
oh well...PS3 is getting some playtime then :y
........what is this bannjaxx? ( sorry for being thick) :-[
thank god i'm not the only one who dont know what it is. I do know its a power button but for what?
Xbox360, Microsoft's current (soon to be replaced) games console.
Then I'm either an old git or way behind, I,ve still got the ps2 and I'm happy with it.
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Had to happen sooner or later I suppose, jumped on for a quick blast of GRID to be met with......
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m411/bannjaxx/xbox/53c53150.jpg)
NO!! the Red Ring of Death!!!! :'( :'( :'(
oh well...PS3 is getting some playtime then :y
........what is this bannjaxx? ( sorry for being thick) :-[
Xbox tuned to channel smoke, and destined for the big console heaven in the sky, unless its still under Microsoft's extended warranty for this very common problem
...thank you TB :y
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Had to happen sooner or later I suppose, jumped on for a quick blast of GRID to be met with......
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m411/bannjaxx/xbox/53c53150.jpg)
NO!! the Red Ring of Death!!!! :'( :'( :'(
oh well...PS3 is getting some playtime then :y
........what is this bannjaxx? ( sorry for being thick) :-[
sorry Zulu - the pics not clear - massive XBox360 failure - infamously known as the "Red Ring of Death"
in fact - it's so common that you can even buy greeting cards with commiserations for this very problem on them!!
bound to happen sooner or later i suppose - imagine any other business with a product that failed so often? luckily its so good - i'll overlook it (so long as Mr Gates sends me a new one :y)
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Happened to mine last year, was out of warranty, they came and collected it UPS, sent it to Germany to be fixed and had it back within 5 days I think ::)
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might still be covered under the extra warranty MS put on for this issue. Ring 'em and see :)
cheers TB - i'll give em a tinkle :y
one of the early 360's so i'll have a look for the warranty - you're right - very common fault - happens to about 1 in 3 xbox360's i've heard >:(
Ms Extended the warranty for this particular fault (only) to 3yrs :)
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My XBox360 still works :D, never given me any grief (apart from the physical damage it has suffered :'(
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Happened to mine last year, was out of warranty, they came and collected it UPS, sent it to Germany to be fixed and had it back within 5 days I think ::)
thats encouraging 8-)
didn't take out any extended warranty TB - so i'll be relying on MS to be kind :o
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My XBox360 still works :D, never given me any grief (apart from the physical damage it has suffered :'(
funnily enough i was saying the exact same thing to my neighbour after his went on Wednesday!!(true - and i wish now i'd touched wood!)
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Had 2 Xbox 360s die on me llke that and thought "Sod this for a lark"
Went out and bought a PS3, which does what a games console should do......play games.......reliably........!!!!
:y
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Happened to mine last year, was out of warranty, they came and collected it UPS, sent it to Germany to be fixed and had it back within 5 days I think ::)
thats encouraging 8-)
didn't take out any extended warranty TB - so i'll be relying on MS to be kind :o
Just incase you have'nt already here's the link with the contact freephone number :y
http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/support/contact/
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i`m kinda glad i kept my ps2 and ps1 and did`nt bother buying an x-box now
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Had to happen sooner or later I suppose, jumped on for a quick blast of GRID to be met with......
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m411/bannjaxx/xbox/53c53150.jpg)
NO!! the Red Ring of Death!!!! :'( :'( :'(
oh well...PS3 is getting some playtime then :y
........what is this bannjaxx? ( sorry for being thick) :-[
sorry Zulu - the pics not clear - massive XBox360 failure - infamously known as the "Red Ring of Death"
in fact - it's so common that you can even buy greeting cards with commiserations for this very problem on them!!
bound to happen sooner or later i suppose - imagine any other business with a product that failed so often? luckily its so good - i'll overlook it (so long as Mr Gates sends me a new one :y)
....I had a similar failure last week - of the physiological sort I must add - ( too many prunes ) ;D ;D
All good now thank heavens :y
Seriously, hope you get sorted out without too much trouble :y :y
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Had to happen sooner or later I suppose, jumped on for a quick blast of GRID to be met with......
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m411/bannjaxx/xbox/53c53150.jpg)
NO!! the Red Ring of Death!!!! :'( :'( :'(
oh well...PS3 is getting some playtime then :y
........what is this bannjaxx? ( sorry for being thick) :-[
sorry Zulu - the pics not clear - massive XBox360 failure - infamously known as the "Red Ring of Death"
in fact - it's so common that you can even buy greeting cards with commiserations for this very problem on them!!
bound to happen sooner or later i suppose - imagine any other business with a product that failed so often? luckily its so good - i'll overlook it (so long as Mr Gates sends me a new one :y)
....I had a similar failure last week - of the physiological sort I must add - ( too many prunes ) ;D ;D
All good now thank heavens :y
Seriously, hope you get sorted out without too much trouble :y :y
;D ;D ;D
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there was a thread last week - someone wanting advice on buying a console - i advised a 360 - well just ignore me - wrong again!! ;) ;)
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Had to happen sooner or later I suppose, jumped on for a quick blast of GRID to be met with......
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m411/bannjaxx/xbox/53c53150.jpg)
NO!! the Red Ring of Death!!!! :'( :'( :'(
oh well...PS3 is getting some playtime then :y
........what is this bannjaxx? ( sorry for being thick) :-[
sorry Zulu - the pics not clear - massive XBox360 failure - infamously known as the "Red Ring of Death"
in fact - it's so common that you can even buy greeting cards with commiserations for this very problem on them!!
bound to happen sooner or later i suppose - imagine any other business with a product that failed so often? luckily its so good - i'll overlook it (so long as Mr Gates sends me a new one :y)
....I had a similar failure last week - of the physiological sort I must add - ( too many prunes ) ;D ;D
All good now thank heavens :y
Seriously, hope you get sorted out without too much trouble :y :y
Aaaaah! The dreaded flux! I had a similar occurence last summer when I tried some new jalapeno (sp) sausages ----- not so much "ring of death", but "ring of fire"! :o :o :D
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Had to happen sooner or later I suppose, jumped on for a quick blast of GRID to be met with......
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m411/bannjaxx/xbox/53c53150.jpg)
NO!! the Red Ring of Death!!!! :'( :'( :'(
oh well...PS3 is getting some playtime then :y
........what is this bannjaxx? ( sorry for being thick) :-[
sorry Zulu - the pics not clear - massive XBox360 failure - infamously known as the "Red Ring of Death"
in fact - it's so common that you can even buy greeting cards with commiserations for this very problem on them!!
bound to happen sooner or later i suppose - imagine any other business with a product that failed so often? luckily its so good - i'll overlook it (so long as Mr Gates sends me a new one :y)
....I had a similar failure last week - of the physiological sort I must add - ( too many prunes ) ;D ;D
All good now thank heavens :y
Seriously, hope you get sorted out without too much trouble :y :y
Aaaaah! The dreaded flux! I had a similar occurence last summer when I tried some new jalapeno (sp) sausages ----- not so much "ring of death", but "ring of fire"! :o :o :D
...bring back any memories HC ::) ::) ;D ;D
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2iv_E-Fn9E[/media]
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i had an xbox 360 and the 3 red lights come on
i got in touch with microsoft and they sent a company out to collect the xbox and they replaced it with a brand new console
for freeeeeeee
:y :y :y :y :y :y :y
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Happened to mine last year, was out of warranty, they came and collected it UPS, sent it to Germany to be fixed and had it back within 5 days I think ::)
thats encouraging 8-)
didn't take out any extended warranty TB - so i'll be relying on MS to be kind :o
Just incase you have'nt already here's the link with the contact freephone number :y
http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/support/contact/
cheers Mike! - spoke to a nice Indian chap who's e-mailed me shipping certificates and i just call the courier to take it away for repair/replace - and its free , oh, and they're sending me 1 months Gold subscription free as compensation :y :y :y
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Whoo Hooo result then..... :y :y
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Happened to mine last year, was out of warranty, they came and collected it UPS, sent it to Germany to be fixed and had it back within 5 days I think ::)
thats encouraging 8-)
didn't take out any extended warranty TB - so i'll be relying on MS to be kind :o
Just incase you have'nt already here's the link with the contact freephone number :y
http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/support/contact/
cheers Mike! - spoke to a nice Indian chap who's e-mailed me shipping certificates and i just call the courier to take it away for repair/replace - and its free , oh, and they're sending me 1 months Gold subscription free as compensation :y :y :y
Good result bannjaxx :y :y :y
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Happened to mine last year, was out of warranty, they came and collected it UPS, sent it to Germany to be fixed and had it back within 5 days I think ::)
thats encouraging 8-)
didn't take out any extended warranty TB - so i'll be relying on MS to be kind :o
Just incase you have'nt already here's the link with the contact freephone number :y
http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/support/contact/
cheers Mike! - spoke to a nice Indian chap who's e-mailed me shipping certificates and i just call the courier to take it away for repair/replace - and its free , oh, and they're sending me 1 months Gold subscription free as compensation :y :y :y
Good result bannjaxx :y :y :y
can't complain.....for once ;D ;D
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Happened to mine last year, was out of warranty, they came and collected it UPS, sent it to Germany to be fixed and had it back within 5 days I think ::)
thats encouraging 8-)
didn't take out any extended warranty TB - so i'll be relying on MS to be kind :o
Just incase you have'nt already here's the link with the contact freephone number :y
http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/support/contact/
cheers Mike! - spoke to a nice Indian chap who's e-mailed me shipping certificates and i just call the courier to take it away for repair/replace - and its free , oh, and they're sending me 1 months Gold subscription free as compensation :y :y :y
Good result bannjaxx :y :y :y
can't complain.....for once ;D ;D
:y :y well stocked up on gum then? ;D ;D
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well stocked up on gum then?
;D ;D
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Once they admitted there was a problem - reasonably quickly as well - I have to take my hat off to Microsoft for the way they have handled this.
Obviously this should never have been allowed to happen in the first place, but it did, and I think they have been pretty responsible about it.
I know its trendy to slag them off, but credit where its due :y
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Sorry guys, I wasnt slagging Microsoft off.
As mentioned here, they send out UPS to collect it, they fix it, return it and all for free plus a new warranty (for the same problem only) and a months online membership.
My experience of them was positive, but as a gamer i couldnt bear to keep sending my machine away all the time and when it packed up again 5 months later Microsoft wanted £65 to fix it.......
My argument was that a console shouldnt be needing constant fixing......they lost a customer over it......!!!
Happy with the PS3 and not looking back......!
:y
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Sorry guys, I wasnt slagging Microsoft off.
As mentioned here, they send out UPS to collect it, they fix it, return it and all for free plus a new warranty (for the same problem only) and a months online membership.
My experience of them was positive, but as a gamer i couldnt bear to keep sending my machine away all the time and when it packed up again 5 months later Microsoft wanted £65 to fix it.......
My argument was that a console shouldnt be needing constant fixing......they lost a customer over it......!!!
Happy with the PS3 and not looking back......!
:y
For the few days it was away being repaired, didn't that allow you to get out a bit more ::)
;D
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just had mine fixed under the extended warrentee, took 9 days, the actually exchanged for a refurbed machine, i am pleased with the service as the machine is about 26 months old
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Sorry guys, I wasnt slagging Microsoft off.
As mentioned here, they send out UPS to collect it, they fix it, return it and all for free plus a new warranty (for the same problem only) and a months online membership.
My experience of them was positive, but as a gamer i couldnt bear to keep sending my machine away all the time and when it packed up again 5 months later Microsoft wanted £65 to fix it.......
My argument was that a console shouldnt be needing constant fixing......they lost a customer over it......!!!
Happy with the PS3 and not looking back......!
:y
For the few days it was away being repaired, didn't that allow you to get out a bit more ::)
;D
Why would I want to do that.........?
;D ;D ;D ;D
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had no problems with mine so far (touch wood) mines one of the later ones with HDMI ports, which have an updated heat sink.
Mine is also on top of my desk which allows a lot of air movement, a lot fail because people put them under desks or shut in cabinets and they get too hot
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And here's me thinking a new curryhouse had been found....... ::) ::) ::)
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had no problems with mine so far (touch wood) mines one of the later ones with HDMI ports, which have an updated heat sink.
Mine is also on top of my desk which allows a lot of air movement, a lot fail because people put them under desks or shut in cabinets and they get too hot
just for the record, mine sat under the telly on a glass tray, like sky+, ps3 et al are supposed to - only time i've ever moved it was when we bought a new telly before xmas so - trust me i'v owned almost every console since the binatone and none have been better treated than the 360 (because i knew they were dodgy)
still died on me :(
but it'll be back soon (hopefully) :y
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got a new 360 back today - seems fine - no complaints :y
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And here's me thinking a new curryhouse had been found....... ::) ::) ::)
"Red Ring of Death"
.....and I thinking that Graham Norton would surely be presenting it as a risqué Tv. gameshow! ::)
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mines one of the later ones with HDMI ports, which have an updated heat sink.
Don't they all have a HDMI port?? I thought they all had that. Mine does, bought it around September last year iirc, never had a prob bar it occasionally freezing when playing 'live'.
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mines one of the later ones with HDMI ports, which have an updated heat sink.
Don't they all have a HDMI port?? I thought they all had that. Mine does, bought it around September last year iirc, never had a prob bar it occasionally freezing when playing 'live'.
Yep, Xbox 360 is HD so all will have HDMI ports......
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mines one of the later ones with HDMI ports, which have an updated heat sink.
Don't they all have a HDMI port?? I thought they all had that. Mine does, bought it around September last year iirc, never had a prob bar it occasionally freezing when playing 'live'.
Yep, Xbox 360 is HD so all will have HDMI ports......
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nah, the earliest ones (like mine) have a composite port - HDMI ports were added on later models - but it is capable of full HD - so, just another microsoft oversight which was later corrected ;D