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"My Xbox 360 Died and I Lived to tell the story" Official Thread
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Psychotext
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What Chrange hasn't said is that he's screwing the wife of the xbox repair division... and he suspects that the guy might have found out. 
Pro Model + HDMI (Zephyr board?) Manufactured october 2007 3 RROD on me this weekend.
I haven't played games on it in a couple of months but we use it a lot as a Netflix box.
The Bad News
So I finally grabbed Halo Reach and my friends and I sit down to play and we get exactly ONE ROUND in before the thing goes RROD arrrrghh. I confirm its three rings and not a power source issue, go online and see that I am still covered with the revised warranty policy, but that it could take several weeks to get my console back.
The Good News
I decided to go back to Costco and and see if they would take it back since it was still under the Warranty for RROD even though the original warranty is long gone. The lady who I got first didn't know anything about xboxes so she called over another guy and fortunately not only did he know what the RROD was (it happened to his xbox last week) he confirmed that I had everything that had come in the original bundle (forza+ultimate alliance extra controller and carge and play) because he had owned the same bundle. Awesome. I get back to gaming quicker and I don't have to deal with crap MS customer service
Thinking of getting the 4GB version as I haven't played RB in over a year and that was the only thing I really used the hard drive for. Any suggestions? I would miss installing games but if the S model is as quite as it is supposed to be that won't be an issue. The other plus would be matte finish as I despise the super shiny "black chrome plastic" look.
Looking forward to my slim and not having to wait another 1-2 months to play Reach
EDIT: Fuuuuuuuu I am an idiot I left the reach disc INSIDE the xbox
EDIT: Update 2: I called Costoco and they hadn't shipped out the defective box and they went and hooked it up and ejected the disc and got it back to me.
I haven't played games on it in a couple of months but we use it a lot as a Netflix box.
The Bad News
So I finally grabbed Halo Reach and my friends and I sit down to play and we get exactly ONE ROUND in before the thing goes RROD
arrrrghh. I confirm its three rings and not a power source issue, go online and see that I am still covered with the revised warranty policy, but that it could take several weeks to get my console back.The Good News
I decided to go back to Costco and and see if they would take it back since it was still under the Warranty for RROD even though the original warranty is long gone. The lady who I got first didn't know anything about xboxes so she called over another guy and fortunately not only did he know what the RROD was (it happened to his xbox last week) he confirmed that I had everything that had come in the original bundle (forza+ultimate alliance extra controller and carge and play) because he had owned the same bundle. Awesome. I get back to gaming quicker and I don't have to deal with crap MS customer service
Thinking of getting the 4GB version as I haven't played RB in over a year and that was the only thing I really used the hard drive for. Any suggestions? I would miss installing games but if the S model is as quite as it is supposed to be that won't be an issue. The other plus would be matte finish as I despise the super shiny "black chrome plastic" look.
Looking forward to my slim
and not having to wait another 1-2 months to play Reach EDIT: Fuuuuuuuu I am an idiot I left the reach disc INSIDE the xbox
EDIT: Update 2: I called Costoco and they hadn't shipped out the defective box and they went and hooked it up and ejected the disc and got it back to me.
mclaren777
Member
Can someone please answer this?mclaren777 said:
Mr. Enigma
Member
mclaren777 said:
Yes. The 3-year warranty ticks down from the moment you first buy it. They add 90 days to your remaining time whenever you get sent a refurb.
FunkyPajamas
Member
Glad to hear your troubles are finally over. Is it a refurb or a new unit?Chrange said:
Psychotext
Member
Maybe he's real good with his mouth? :lolChrange said:
Here's the concession list. Remember this is to make up for the console dying, the repair place fucking up, lying about it, fucking up again, the '24-48 hour call' not happening within five days, and the expedited same-day-I-ship shipping not being expedited OR shipped the same day.
:lol
Edit - oh yeah, I forgot. I can ask for one item from that list.
One.
:lol
Edit - oh yeah, I forgot. I can ask for one item from that list.
One.
So it would appear the Xbox 360-S has the exact same problem that the original 360 had. They haven't fixed anything.
In 20 years of playing video games I have never encountered such a shoddy, piece of shit hardware console ever being released before. Congratulations Microsoft: you've managed to make something even less reliable than the PS2.
And then, when you were given a chance to fix things with a complete hardware revision and miraculously you still manage to fuck that up.
I'll say this one more time: the "failure rate" of the Xbox 360 is not simply a percentage of defective units but a systemic, universal flaw inherent to the hardware itself and, as a result, all 360s will fail eventually.
I firmly believe this. From everything I've seen, to every single friend I know with a 360 having had at least one of their consoles die on them, many who are on their 3rd and 4th console.
To be clear: my brand new, 4 month old, barely-played Xbox 360 "S" model just died. There was a reason I waited 5 years before buying an Xbox 360. I was hoping they'd fixed this bullshit.
They haven't.
In 20 years of playing video games I have never encountered such a shoddy, piece of shit hardware console ever being released before. Congratulations Microsoft: you've managed to make something even less reliable than the PS2.
And then, when you were given a chance to fix things with a complete hardware revision and miraculously you still manage to fuck that up.
I'll say this one more time: the "failure rate" of the Xbox 360 is not simply a percentage of defective units but a systemic, universal flaw inherent to the hardware itself and, as a result, all 360s will fail eventually.
I firmly believe this. From everything I've seen, to every single friend I know with a 360 having had at least one of their consoles die on them, many who are on their 3rd and 4th console.
To be clear: my brand new, 4 month old, barely-played Xbox 360 "S" model just died. There was a reason I waited 5 years before buying an Xbox 360. I was hoping they'd fixed this bullshit.
They haven't.
infinityBCRT
Member
That sucks dude. That being said, I know for sure the Jaspers did NOT have this issue. There were a few third party repair shops which said the Jaspers were more reliable than PS3s or Wiis. I do wonder how widespread this Xbox 360 S problem is. I mean, there are people on here who've also had their PS3 die, but that doesn't mean its a big issue.Nessus said:
Huevos de Oro
Member
After letting the thing lie down in a comatose state for maybe a couple months, I finally reached MS support line to send it in. It's my third 360 now, this one well out of the 3 year warranty, so I had to pay for an extended one. Just got the email from UPS and will be sending it in tomorrow or wednesday.
So long ago I bought a 360 Pro. It was around when Bioshock came out and I was paranoid about the thing for forever. I abused the hell out of that system, accidentally leaving it on for forever, leaving it in a tight bookshelf. Never a single problem.
So fast forward to this year. I get a 360 slim for my birthday in late September. It's a great thing.
Today I pick up New Vegas. I get home from work, turn on the 360, download my bonus content, and start a disc install. I leave the room to take care of a couple things during the process.
Come back to find the 360 off. I think that's weird, so I turn it back on to find a message alerting me that it turned itself off because it wasn't getting enough ventilation. I think that's weird, check the vents, and restart the installation. The console shuts itself down after five minutes. I turn it and on its side and try again, again after about 5 minutes, it shuts down.
I spend the next 20 minutes trying various positions with the same result. I ended up trying the console in the middle of the floor with nothing surrounding it.
Still shuts down after five minutes.
So basically, I had the most error prone console for forever with no issues. I get the new and improved one and it's dead within a month.
So fast forward to this year. I get a 360 slim for my birthday in late September. It's a great thing.
Today I pick up New Vegas. I get home from work, turn on the 360, download my bonus content, and start a disc install. I leave the room to take care of a couple things during the process.
Come back to find the 360 off. I think that's weird, so I turn it back on to find a message alerting me that it turned itself off because it wasn't getting enough ventilation. I think that's weird, check the vents, and restart the installation. The console shuts itself down after five minutes. I turn it and on its side and try again, again after about 5 minutes, it shuts down.
I spend the next 20 minutes trying various positions with the same result. I ended up trying the console in the middle of the floor with nothing surrounding it.
Still shuts down after five minutes.
So basically, I had the most error prone console for forever with no issues. I get the new and improved one and it's dead within a month.
apocalidiot
Banned
Had my 360 since launch (yeah...) and it finally shit out. Three rings of death...
What options do I have? Don't have a warranty through the store I got it from. Will Microsoft fix my Xbox? They fucking should, way to make a piece of shit... (if you can't tell I'm frustrated. haha)
If Microsoft won't fix my Xbox, are there any DIY tricks to fix it? I don't have money to buy a new one. My buddy told me to check out the "penny fix"
What options do I have? Don't have a warranty through the store I got it from. Will Microsoft fix my Xbox? They fucking should, way to make a piece of shit... (if you can't tell I'm frustrated. haha)
If Microsoft won't fix my Xbox, are there any DIY tricks to fix it? I don't have money to buy a new one. My buddy told me to check out the "penny fix"
Dammit my 3rd just died (Falcon Elite). Mid way through Red Dead As Well. Thing is, I don't actually have the RRoD. It has just consecutively started crashing more and more. At first I'd get an hour or so before a crash, then 20 mins, then 10, and now it pretty much crashes a few minutes in to any game or just regular menu browsing.
God knows what's up. But it's frustrating. I did get weird artifacts playing RDR the other day followed by a freeze, so I assume it's GPU related?
Weird RRoD hasn't popped up yet...
Such a shitty console in terms of reliability.
God knows what's up. But it's frustrating. I did get weird artifacts playing RDR the other day followed by a freeze, so I assume it's GPU related?
Weird RRoD hasn't popped up yet...
Such a shitty console in terms of reliability.
Mr. Enigma
Member
apocalidiot said:
They won't fix it because it's been over 3 years. The DIY tricks don't permanently fix it. It'll end up breaking again in a few months.
Apparently you didn't get a piece of shit because yours lasted almost 5 years.
nib95 said:
I had the same issue, I explained to the MS support that it RR after 3-4 hours of game-play consecutively, (even though it was only crashing, not getting RROD). They still replaced it under the modified warranty. I figured no MS Repair tech was going to spend 3-4 hours confirming the console was getting RROD. Was about 2 months away from the 3 year warranty expiring anyway.
Kabuki Waq
Member
Guys so basically today my jasper model decides not to work all of a sudden. NO RED LIGHTS just no audio, no Video and the controller will not sync. Everything else seems normal. Green light and everything.
Any ideas? GPU fried?
Any ideas? GPU fried?
Dreams-Visions
Member
Nessus said:
I hasn't been using my 360 very often these past months mostly because I built a PC that could handle anything I personally needed. I went to buy Super Meat Boy yesterday 'cause I keep hearing it's an amazing game (later trying it, yup, it is) and upon pressing Play, red ring. I've had this Xbox since launch. Surprised it's lasted this long.
Kabuki Waq
Member
Kabuki Waq said:
UPDATE: so i tried a new power supply and it seems to work. Only problem is that I already had called MS and they are providing me with a shipping label. Would it be too douchy not to send the 360 in now?
The Orange
Member
Well, my Xbox just died, I turn it on but I only see the three red lights.
Manufactured date is 2006-02-17 and I bought it on 2007-11-01, so Microsoft is not an option anymore right?
I have bought an insurance for three years so i still have 5 days left, I'll contact them to see what they can do...
If I have to buy a new one, what are the differences between the 4GB and the 250GB aside from the price ? Same internals ?
How do I transfer everything from my 120GB HDD ? Because I suppose I can't buy the 4GB and plug this old HDD on it
Manufactured date is 2006-02-17 and I bought it on 2007-11-01, so Microsoft is not an option anymore right?
I have bought an insurance for three years so i still have 5 days left, I'll contact them to see what they can do...
If I have to buy a new one, what are the differences between the 4GB and the 250GB aside from the price ? Same internals ?
How do I transfer everything from my 120GB HDD ? Because I suppose I can't buy the 4GB and plug this old HDD on it
Mr. Enigma
Member
Leonsito said:Well, my Xbox just died, I turn it on but I only see the three red lights.
Manufactured date is 2006-02-17 and I bought it on 2007-11-01, so Microsoft is not an option anymore right?
I have bought an insurance for three years so i still have 5 days left, I'll contact them to see what they can do...
If I have to buy a new one, what are the differences between the 4GB and the 250GB aside from the price ? Same internals ?
How do I transfer everything from my 120GB HDD ? Because I suppose I can't buy the 4GB and plug this old HDD on it
Assuming you bought the console new, your 3-year warranty expires in 6 days. Better call them NOW.
Z_Y
Member
Leonsito said:
If you report that you are getting a 3 ring failure it will tell you that you are covered.
I had an interesting week. I had my 20GB launch premium unit red ring on Wednesday of last last week and then had my arcade unit red ring on Saturday. Major bummer as my buddy and I were trying to drunkenly set up DJ Hero 2.
In any event, my arcade was purchased on Nov 30 2007 so I'm golden there. I've actually been secretly hoping I'd get a red ring before the warranty ran out. Getting ready to ship it out tomorrow (they don't supply a coffin anymore?).
The old launch unit though. I did the towell trick to get it up and running temporarily. I'm still debating on if it is even worth it to fix it at this point. The DVD drive is in bad shape on it as well. Some games have a hell of a time loading and installing games takes about twice as long as it did on my arcade. I don't want to dump any money into it. I figured I'd have $20 in parts (hardware and thermal paste) to do the x-clamp removal fix. How permanent is that fix? Keep in mind this was refurbed my MS back in 2006. Would they have already removed the x-clamps?
If it is only going to buy me 6 months or so...then I don't think it is worth the effort for me. I'd rather just sell it as is on ebay and put that money toward an S.
Recently I had an E74 error. My console was nearly 3 years old. On the plus side, I only had to wait a week to receive a refurb as a replacement. (I'm in Australia BTW.)
A couple of questions:
1. Do the 1 month Gold cards they sent you expire after sometime? (ie do they have to be activated by a certain date?)
2. What exactly is a refurb unit? (What is new/replaced and what is old?) Had a bit of search but couldn't find a definitive answer.
Thanks
A couple of questions:
1. Do the 1 month Gold cards they sent you expire after sometime? (ie do they have to be activated by a certain date?)
2. What exactly is a refurb unit? (What is new/replaced and what is old?) Had a bit of search but couldn't find a definitive answer.
Thanks
Z_Y
Member
dk_ said:
That sounds like a resolution setting. Use the composite video cable (the yellow one) and go to that input on your tv....this will be in SD and will likely cause blindness if you stare too long. So be careful.
Go to the display settings and select the settings that match your display. My guess is that it somehow defaulted to 1080p on your Xbox and your TV can't accept a 1080p signal. Some older 720p TVs are like that. After you've selected the proper settings....switch back to the component input on your TV.
What kind of display do you have? Maybe it is something else.
Z_Y
Member
dk_ said:I don't have those cables anymore. And my TV supports 1080p (at least till today).
Wht the fuck is going on. The support couldn't help me either.
Hmm...my 360 component cables have a composite cable on it as well. Oh well..if you have a 1080p set then that isn't the problem anyway.
I don't think this would make a difference but it is worth a shot...does your component cable have a switch for HD or SD? Maybe make sure it is set to HD?
I'm still thinking...
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