October 13, 200916 yr not being funny google it they chucked ina free extended warranty Loads of info out there, as Cas said. MS have extended the warranty as it is a such a huge problem. I just took mine back to Game (only 3 months old at the time) with all the gubbins and box and they gave me a new one, I swapped over my HD too so I didn't lose my saved stuff. Tell him to get a fan to clip onto the back, makes the fucking thing even noisier but it does seem to help, mine has been fine since.
October 13, 200916 yr Author I don't think his mate has the receipt. To cut a boring story shorter. My lad is after buying the Xbox for next to nowt and getting it fixed. I'm assuming no receipt = no exchange. Plus the lad might not be as keen to sell if he can get it repaired FOC. My lad had a 360 and sold it to another mate because "it's shite, Dad, let's get a Wii instead" We now have the afore-mentioned Wii and so he wants an Xbox. I think it'll be easier all round if I just knock some fucking sense into him. The feckless useless fucking Yoof of today, eh? Future captains of industry: I bet China's shitting itself.
October 13, 200916 yr I don't think his mate has the receipt. To cut a boring story shorter. My lad is after buying the Xbox for next to nowt and getting it fixed. I'm assuming no receipt = no exchange. Plus the lad might not be as keen to sell if he can get it repaired FOC. My lad had a 360 and sold it to another mate because "it's shite, Dad, let's get a Wii instead" We now have the afore-mentioned Wii and so he wants an Xbox. I think it'll be easier all round if I just knock some fucking sense into him. The feckless useless fucking Yoof of today, eh? Future captains of industry: I bet China's shitting itself. Not 100% sure you need the receipt, think you go on the Microsoft site and put the product code or serial number in (a sticker on the bottom probably) and it tells you if you're eligible (they just extended the warranty from 1 to 3 years as I remember, so if it was bought at launch then it still might not be a FOC repair from Microsoft). You can definitely get them repaired but no idea what the going rate is. Reliability all depends on the model and date of production really, which determines which chipset is inside. People have also claimed that the 'XBox 360 towel trick' works (google it for more info) but results are varied at best, and I think it winds up being more of a temporary fix than a permanent solution.
October 13, 200916 yr Author I don't believe that wrapping a games console in a towel is the way forward.
October 13, 200916 yr Not 100% sure you need the receipt, think you go on the Microsoft site and put the product code or serial number in (a sticker on the bottom probably) and it tells you if you're eligible (they just extended the warranty from 1 to 3 years as I remember, so if it was bought at launch then it still might not be a FOC repair from Microsoft). You can definitely get them repaired but no idea what the going rate is. Reliability all depends on the model and date of production really, which determines which chipset is inside. People have also claimed that the 'XBox 360 towel trick' works (google it for more info) but results are varied at best, and I think it winds up being more of a temporary fix than a permanent solution. Wot he sed. You don't need the receipt.
October 13, 200916 yr I don't believe that wrapping a games console in a towel is the way forward. A pretty sorry state of affairs if it is the way forward, but I know 2 people who's previously unusable consoles started working again after trying this. It's probably just a coincedence, and I certainly wouldn't buy a console off someone hoping that I could fix it like this. Think ?60 is the going rate to repair a console independently, Microsoft charge ?70
October 13, 200916 yr Author A pretty sorry state of affairs if it is the way forward, but I know 2 people who's previously unusable consoles started working again after trying this. It's probably just a coincedence, and I certainly wouldn't buy a console off someone hoping that I could fix it like this. Think ?60 is the going rate to repair a console independently, Microsoft charge ?70 Thanks. I knew somebody would be able to give me a ballpark figure eventually.
October 13, 200916 yr Author Its about ?65 on average. Thanks. However, I was hoping to pay you to do it, after reading all your excellent advice on here.
October 13, 200916 yr cost me fuck all. put it in a box UPs picked it up sent it to germany Microsoft fixed it and sent it with Ups back to my door at a time and date to suit me. Piece of piss
October 14, 200916 yr cost me fuck all. put it in a box UPs picked it up sent it to germany Microsoft fixed it and sent it with Ups back to my door at a time and date to suit me. Piece of piss What he said. There's a 3 year warranty on the red ring of death.
October 14, 200916 yr Author I've told my lad this and it's up to him whether he passes the advice on. Does he give his mate ?20 for what his mate thinks is a fucked Xbox? Or does he tell his mate it can be fixed for nothing? I know what I'd do. And I hope he'll do the same.
October 14, 200916 yr I've told my lad this and it's up to him whether he passes the advice on. Does he give his mate ?20 for what his mate thinks is a fucked Xbox? Or does he tell his mate it can be fixed for nothing? I know what I'd do. And I hope he'll do the same. Will you lend him the 20 quid? BTW - I have no games for the Xbox
October 14, 200916 yr Author I won't lend him the ?20. I'm not being party to him ripping his mate off.
October 14, 200916 yr I won't lend him the ?20. I'm not being party to him ripping his mate off. He's not my mate, tell him I'll give him 25.00
October 16, 200916 yr So Satan has written an XBox version of Grow your Own Chillies - The Easy Way. leave me out of this, I've not got the faintest foggiest notion of what anyone on this thread is banging on about. Apart from you, when you mentioned chillies
October 29, 200916 yr Might be a bit late with this, but it costs ?25 to fix rrod on xbox from the console wizard in bromley cross. www.consolewizard.co.uk, they repair all consoles. got a knackered xbox given to me, fixed it for ?25 and sold it for a ton. http://www.consolewizard.co.uk/index.html Found them via ebay, very good service.
Lad's mate has this problem: fixable or not?
If so, how easy and how much?