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"My Xbox 360 Died and I Lived to tell the story" Official Thread
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WickedLaharl
Member
buncha meanies round here wishin for his console to die :<
DrBaalzamon said:
The dashboard gets sluggish when the system is having trouble connecting with Live. This happened to me recently with EA's servers, as they are not very compatible with my old router. Nothing to worry about; if you figure out a way to improve the connection, the dashboard will run smooth as butter.
Also, someone earlier mentioned a "barking" sound on startup. I thought this was normal? Mine does it everytime. Never thought much of it.
Still on my first 360. Had it since December, and it was manufactured in June of 06. Very few problems (several DREs and a couple freezes over the course of 7 months. That's it.)
WickedLaharl
Member
Phthisis said:
you haven't had it for that long. the 360 i bought in feb 06 which was made in oct 05 just recently bit the dust.
also i never had DRE. ever.
B-Rad Lascelle
Banned
One's repair experience really shouldn't boil down to who gets lucky and who doesn't. Of course, I'd like to say the same about one's console ownership experience.Emerson said:
Not that it's saying much, I've owned two X360s... an early 06-manufactured Core purchased used off a friend, one late-06 Pro courtesy of a lucky hat draw... and neither one has kicked the bucket.
The Core's louder than a freight train and encountered some sporadic DRE hiccups with Viva Pinata, but hasn't really encountered much in the way of issues. The Pro purrs like a kitten despite an unfortunate birthright of crashing to the floor thanks to an over-extended Ethernet cable its first night out of the box.
Anyhow, for those of you on Page 84 aside from Emerson who've had an unfortunate run-in with the latest backlog at the service center, I sent off some escalation requests during my 12+ hours at work yesterday in hopes of giving them a nudge out the door. Hopefully you'll have some equally good news tomorrow.
Does yours make a horrible sound when you try to play a game? Does it give you the "put this disc in a 360" message? That's what mine did at first...then, I attempted to play XBLA games to pass the time and it redringed on meFrenchMovieTheme said:
You might wanna check your discs to make sure they don't have scratches on me.Still no box...I got them to send me a box on the 22nd. It was in transit from the 25th to the 27th and now it says it's "rescheduled" after making it to 4 Texas locations. No updates since then. It's just a flat box. :\
I have the worst luck lately. :lol
Seeing people on my list on xbox.com playing the darkness makes me sad.
Twicenightly
Member
Might as well add my experience to this long list of failures:
My 360 died at the beginning of June so I called up MS and got the labels emailed to me.
It was picked up from me on the 6th June
I got an email saying it had arrived at the repair centre on the 18th June
Microsoft are now telling me that it will take up to 25 working days from the 18th June and to wait that long (that will be 23rd July + a couple of days shipping)
23rd of July!!! :-(
I have phoned them quite a lot as I was initially told that it would take 15 working days. I have been told various different things every time I call them:
Your 360 is being repaired at the moment, call in 2 days for a tracking number (I get this a lot)
Your 360 is booked in for repairs and will be done today
Your 360 has been repaired and is in the warehouse waiting for labels to be shipped back to you - I called the next day to be told that this wasn't true and I shouldn't have been told this
Your 360 was booked in before the 16th of June so will take 15 working days
We received your 360 after the 16th of June so it will take 25 working days
They told me that it wasn't in the UK any more, but couldn't tell me whereabouts it was, but I think I heard it's gone to Germany once.
I give up, I guess I'll just have to sit here and wait for it to come back one day, if it ever does. I don't think I could go through all this again if it died and I don't want to constantly be afraid of playing it incase I'm "wearing it out" if you know what I mean.
Gutted, I loved my 360, I had all (every one) of the arcade games on it and spent a fortune on it, then Microsoft go and not give a damn about me.
My 360 died at the beginning of June so I called up MS and got the labels emailed to me.
It was picked up from me on the 6th June
I got an email saying it had arrived at the repair centre on the 18th June
Microsoft are now telling me that it will take up to 25 working days from the 18th June and to wait that long (that will be 23rd July + a couple of days shipping)
23rd of July!!! :-(
I have phoned them quite a lot as I was initially told that it would take 15 working days. I have been told various different things every time I call them:
Your 360 is being repaired at the moment, call in 2 days for a tracking number (I get this a lot)
Your 360 is booked in for repairs and will be done today
Your 360 has been repaired and is in the warehouse waiting for labels to be shipped back to you - I called the next day to be told that this wasn't true and I shouldn't have been told this
Your 360 was booked in before the 16th of June so will take 15 working days
We received your 360 after the 16th of June so it will take 25 working days
They told me that it wasn't in the UK any more, but couldn't tell me whereabouts it was, but I think I heard it's gone to Germany once.
I give up, I guess I'll just have to sit here and wait for it to come back one day, if it ever does. I don't think I could go through all this again if it died and I don't want to constantly be afraid of playing it incase I'm "wearing it out" if you know what I mean.
Gutted, I loved my 360, I had all (every one) of the arcade games on it and spent a fortune on it, then Microsoft go and not give a damn about me.
I posted here a long time ago, and I've just noticed my name isn't there. One failure so far. So please add me.
My original post: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4399075&postcount=546
My original post: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4399075&postcount=546
When I called yesterday (they btw notified me I wouldn't be getting it back until the second week of july, almost two months after I sent it in and over 2 months after it broke) I was told to send an e-mail to request compensation for such an extremely long wait and for the full time of Xbox Live lost. Had to be an e-mail, because they couldn't guarantee me anything over the phone. So I sent an e-mail immediatly, got one back today. E-mail I got back basically says they won't do hardware support via e-mail and I have to call customer support.
Wth is this shit MS?
Btw, I should be x2 on the list.
Wth is this shit MS?
Btw, I should be x2 on the list.
GeneralKird
Member
+1
Add me, Mine was dead back in Early May. Thank God I got mine replaced before going on a waiting list.
Add me, Mine was dead back in Early May. Thank God I got mine replaced before going on a waiting list.
Twicenightly said:
this exactly how i feel. I don't call them anymore, they won!
- Console sent on 27 April 2007 to MS
- MS sent me a broken one on 22 May 2007
- I sent it back the same day 22 May 2007
- today is 28 June 2007, still waiting since 27 April 2007. +2months!
In fact i don't care anymore and now i am thinking about selling it IF it comes back one day. What's the point of keeping a hardware that i am sure it will die ?
Nathan Barley
Member
Got mine April 26th this year... it's now beginning to die - no red rings, but it'll only boot a disc (game or dvd) about 1 in 20 attempts. And if it does recognise the disc there's then a 20% it will crash within 3 minutes. I've been squarely ignored by Xbox customer support (now there's a surprise)
Great.
+1 for the list
Seeing as I've had it less than 90 days, I'm going to try and get a full refund, not a replacement. I'm not having MS take the piss. I'll just enjoy my Wii and start thinking about PS3.
Great.
+1 for the list
Seeing as I've had it less than 90 days, I'm going to try and get a full refund, not a replacement. I'm not having MS take the piss. I'll just enjoy my Wii and start thinking about PS3.
With the way things are going, I have to wonder if it is even worthwhile sending a 360 in for repair. After one repair, you can expect failures out the wazoo...
If my launch unit DOES crap out, I think I'll just wait until the 65nm hits (if it ever does). Then again, there are so many good 360 games on the way that I could not stand to miss. I'd probably end up buying a new 360 at that point (though I'm sure it would die soon enough as well).
If my launch unit DOES crap out, I think I'll just wait until the 65nm hits (if it ever does). Then again, there are so many good 360 games on the way that I could not stand to miss. I'd probably end up buying a new 360 at that point (though I'm sure it would die soon enough as well).
Bugnology said:
Are you in the states?
Please tell me that not everyone is going to have to wait like this......there ARE still people getting their 360 back within a month....right?
This is REALLY frustrating to me....I'm a college student and I don't take my 360 back with me to the dorms (People at home want to play it). While I go to school fairly close to home, and can come back on a lot of weekends, I really don't get to play games that much during the school year. I really look forward to being able to play in the summer, but the ****ing console is a piece of crap.
This is the kind of stuff that is going to stop Microsoft from "winning" this gen......they have a chance and they are just giving it away.
Ollie Cromwell
Member
Got my UPS call last night, should be here this afternoon.
June 02 to June 28, failure to replacement.
At least the last BBB rep I talked to said that the sweet spot for getting a new console instead of a refurb was 3 refurbishments...but he might have just been trying to get me off the phone. I'll let you know how this one goes.
June 02 to June 28, failure to replacement.
At least the last BBB rep I talked to said that the sweet spot for getting a new console instead of a refurb was 3 refurbishments...but he might have just been trying to get me off the phone. I'll let you know how this one goes.
MotorbreathX
Member
segarr said:
I'm in the States and got mine in two weeks. That included shipping to and back.
Phoenix Down
Banned
i turned it on and my controller wasent working
i thought maybe it died and needed to be charged.... plugged the charge cable in.. no green light..reset the console red lights showed up
is it over for my 360? i checked the cables.... its a no go
i thought maybe it died and needed to be charged.... plugged the charge cable in.. no green light..reset the console red lights showed up
is it over for my 360? i checked the cables.... its a no go
Phoenix Down
Banned
MS screwed themselves out of this generation.. they wont last another year
B-Rad Lascelle
Banned
Every time a new game comes out we get these "it broke my system" sagas.
And yet the only occurence of a console-breaking update that's actually been grounded in fact was last Halloween's dashboard update.
And yet the only occurence of a console-breaking update that's actually been grounded in fact was last Halloween's dashboard update.
Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
wtf my 360 started acting up with Forza :\ I had never had a problem with my launch unit till then.First time it froze I heard a huge screeching sound and I had to power off the system.
I tried to play pacman CE like an hour later and I got the red rings of death.
**** that,im not putting in Forza when I get my system back from MS.
I tried to play pacman CE like an hour later and I got the red rings of death.
**** that,im not putting in Forza when I get my system back from MS.
Phoenix Down
Banned
i seriously cannot fathom how anyone can be a 360 "fanboy" why would anyone take up for a company with such shoddy hardware
they literary handed this generation over to Sony
they literary handed this generation over to Sony
Phoenix Down said:
You mean...err...Nintendo?
And the game library is pretty much it. If the 360 weren't getting all the games, then people would just jump ship.
But the fact is that a bunch of us already have the system, and are too lazy/broke to make an expensive switch to a failing platform.
Phoenix Down
Banned
Speevy said:
no i meant sony... Wii has good games... but I honestly don't think the console has legs for the future to lead the industry.. plus theres nothing next gen about the console... the price is cheap.. you get what you pay for.. it will be dead in the water in 2 years
along with the ps2
Phoenix Down
Banned
Emerson said:
the 360 lineup is amazing.. i know there going to have some nice game demos via XBL at e3... there hardware issues and the lack of fessing up to them is going to bite them in the ass.. the longer they wait the worst it will get
The ps3 is selling very slow mainly because of the high price point and the lack of games... it will still be expensive most likely at the end of the year ( maybe 499).. but there software will kick ass.... should drive sells... at least we know there stable and in for the long haul.. hardware wise
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Phoenix Down said:
I agree, MS needs to get a silent fix out the door quickly or it will come back to hurt them, though I doubt it will kill the 360 as you seem to think it will. The system's too strong for that.
Yes, PS3 would sell better at a lower price point, but there are other advantages to the 360 that the PS3 doesn't match. Also, while it's got some nice games coming up, nothing like the 360 does IMO.
Phoenix Down
Banned
Emerson said:
I respect you on that.. both the ps3 and 360 have things the other doesen't.. but reliability is the biggest factor... ... what good is the games if you cant play them?
and I Disagree.. I think Sony has an edge on the games.. because there first party is so strong.. so many different companys and AAA titles in Alot of genres .. first party is a leg on the console... MS is missing that leg... 1 AAA title isent enough
Phoenix Down
Banned
Emerson said:
MS does have good 3rd party.. but will it be that way forever? no.. depending on 3rd party games to drive your system is a No No... when the install base matures first party will be what moves consoles.. thats where most of your are exclusives are
If a few ps3 titles interest you.. then of course the 600 isent worth it...
if you want to spend 400 dollors on a console.. 50 bucks a year for live.. and after your warranty is up.. pay for it to get fixed.. by all means go ahead... MS is really screwing people over left and right.. and it will bite them... this year.. watch
I will pay for quality any day
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