pheeniks said:I was in the middle of ghost recon tonight, and suddenly the game shut down and gave me 3 red rings. When I turned it back on, it was working fine..
What does this mean
rs7k said:It'll probably again, with more frequency up to the point where you have to replace it. Shit, didn't you get yours on ebay?
rs7k said:It'll probably again, with more frequency up to the point where you have to replace it. Shit, didn't you get yours on ebay?
Dave Long said:I'm still sitting here with my broken one because I'm not sure I want to hand over another $100 on top of all the money I've spent on games. The thing is, if I don't fix it, I lose access to my Live Arcade games I purchased... forever. I can't even sell them off like I can the rest of the parts and pieces of the 360.
It's three months from purchase as long as the 360 isn't used and there's a ligitimate bill of sale.pheeniks said:I got mine on overstock, and the MFR date was April 6, 2006
Is my xbox still under that 3 month warranty...? I don't know if it's 3 months from purchase or manufacture date. It didn't make sense to me. I bought mine off overstock on aug. 13, received it yesterday (the 18th)..what a dark day.
Meier said:It seems like no matter what, they won't do it for free at this point. It's possible, but seems highly unlikely. You can get them to do it for $32.25 (cost of shipping the system there and back) if you convince a supervisor. I didnt want to do that but it seems to be the best you can get, so I just bit the bullet.
gkrykewy said:Finally, anybody *should* be able to get a break on the $130 cost anyway, just by talking to a supervisor. The break will be 25% off, 50% off, or a flat repair fee of $32.25 (which is what they offered me). You don't have to whine progressively - just speak to one supervisor. They also extended my warranty 6 months as part of the $32.25, even though the usual warranty on replacements is only 30 days.
Meier said:It seems like no matter what, they won't do it for free at this point. It's possible, but seems highly unlikely. You can get them to do it for $32.25 (cost of shipping the system there and back) if you convince a supervisor. I didnt want to do that but it seems to be the best you can get, so I just bit the bullet.
newsguy said:That's the EXACT same way mine started looking before it died. I'm 99% sure dead rising is to blame. Shit heats up the 360 like nothing else.
Mojovonio said:Ha ha,
If you live in Canada, you're ****ed. They won't repair Canadian systems!
Here's the coversation so far.
"since this....uhhhhhhh.iss.......uh.... an out of warranty....uhmmmm....machine, we'll have to do a console exchange for you."
"What does that mean?"
"We send you a new 360 and you send us the defective one back. But since its out of warrnty, you will have to pay the full price for the new console."
"So why don't I just keep the one I already have AND buy a new console instead of sending this one to you?"
"Uhhhhhh.... let me explain.... your console is out of warranrty."
"Why would I pay YOU money to take something of equal value away from me when its YOUR defective product?"
"uhhhhhhh"
"transfer me to someone else."
*is waiting on hold*
nextgeneration said:Yeah, I'm beginning to wonder that myself. I bought my 360 in December and never had the system freeze when playing any games until I downloaded the Dead Rising demo. Two days after downloading the Dead Rising demo, that was when my 360 kept freezing on me.
So, for over 7 months straight, I had zero problems with my 360, in terms of it freezing when playing any game. Two days after downloading Dead Rising, my system went kaput. Probably coincidence, but I have to say hmmmm here.....
Mojovonio said:Ha ha,
If you live in Canada, you're ****ed. They won't repair Canadian systems!
Here's the coversation so far.
"since this....uhhhhhhh.iss.......uh.... an out of warranty....uhmmmm....machine, we'll have to do a console exchange for you."
"What does that mean?"
"We send you a new 360 and you send us the defective one back. But since its out of warrnty, you will have to pay the full price for the new console."
"So why don't I just keep the one I already have AND buy a new console instead of sending this one to you?"
"Uhhhhhh.... let me explain.... your console is out of warranrty."
"Why would I pay YOU money to take something of equal value away from me when its YOUR defective product?"
"uhhhhhhh"
"transfer me to someone else."
*is waiting on hold*
Meier said:It seems like no matter what, they won't do it for free at this point. It's possible, but seems highly unlikely. You can get them to do it for $32.25 (cost of shipping the system there and back) if you convince a supervisor. I didnt want to do that but it seems to be the best you can get, so I just bit the bullet.
Mojovonio said:I'm talking with one of the managers now.
Mojovonio said:I'm talking with one of the managers now.
The person I talked to before mentioned that they LOTS of calls about this issue. So I mentioned that to him.
"This isn't an isolated problem. Its happeneing frequently."
"Yes, well the 360 has 3 core processors....."
"So the erros i'm experiencing are due to a design decison made by MS? Why should I pay the repair fee?"
"Uhmmmm, i'll give you 25% off."
"No, you just admitted it to being a design flaw. If I spend the money to repair it, what gurantee do I have that it won't break down on me again?"
"well..... i'll just transfer you to someone more able to answer your questions, sir"
Please make sure you keep updating us on every ****ing sentence spoken, I'm on the edge of my seat here.
Mojovonio said:I'm talking with one of the managers now.
The person I talked to before mentioned that they LOTS of calls about this issue. So I mentioned that to him.
"This isn't an isolated problem. Its happeneing frequently."
"Yes, well the 360 has 3 core processors....."
"So the erros i'm experiencing are due to a design decison made by MS? Why should I pay the repair fee?"
"Uhmmmm, i'll give you 25% off."
"No, you just admitted it to being a design flaw. If I spend the money to repair it, what gurantee do I have that it won't break down on me again?"
"well..... i'll just transfer you to someone more able to answer your questions, sir"
Sho Nuff said:they want me to mail it COD to somewhere in Fukushima to get it repaired...where the F is that!?
Mojovonio said:Well, they aren't going to fix it, even after the manager himself said "well, the earlier versions of the console have been known to have problems. But past the 6 month warranty, we can't do anything."
SUCH BULLSHIT.
I'm just going to get a Wii and that's it.
I've never talked to a company that admits it own product has a problem, but refuses to fix it.
Juice said:I heard a story about a guy who bought a new 360 from Target, a retailer that doesn't scan serial numbers nor include them on the receipt, then returned their broken 360 in the same box the next day.
Mojovonio said:Does walmart do this?
Juice said:Well, I have to imagine that one might buy a 360, and regardless of what the receipt says, you'd have 14 days to return it unopened.
drohne said:my 360 has done that corrupted graphics thing three or four times since i've bought it, but it seems to be keeping on. when i bought dead rising i'd get a disc read error whenever i tried to start a new game, but it worked after i cleared the cache. i somehow doubt it's going to last me the whole generation...i just hope someone files a class action lawsuit before i have to pay $130 or whatever it is.
rs7k said:Man, I'm scared to turn on my 360 now. Good thing I've got my PS2 to keep me occupied.
And yeah, I would hate the 360 to break on me. I bought it on impulse on eBay (at a very good price though), and it's working great so far, and I had a great experience with the original Xbox (it was the only console I ever owned that never crashed on me).
rs7k said:Have you tried the thing where you blow hot air on the motherboard to (apparently) make the solder connect better to... uhhh... someone will know what I'm talking about,.
Rummy Bunnz said:The same thing happened to me the other night, Pachinko. I had the 3 lights, but it seems ok. Except the pop-in kept getting worse in Dead Rising, and while playing Ridge Racer 6 today I noticed some that I don't recall being there before. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I'm worried mine's gonna kick it soon.