Speevy said:My 3rd 360 just redringed.
False alarm though, a power surge did it, and not the GPU. It still works now.
kaching said:Weird - it happened off a cold start, only seconds into the game launch (sitting in the Tower hub of Overlord, which can't be all that taxing compared to the main game). Like I said, I rebooted, didn't see the problem, and proceeded to play for several hours without it resurfacing.
That's because of overheating? Really?
ToyMachine228 said:And here's something else to add...I've had a few problems with my 360 freezing before. It happened with the Halo 3 Beta mostly. Anyway, I bought a used copy of The Darkness today and it's freezing on me on in the opening level. Once it freezes, I can't use the Xbox Guide button, and even opening the disc tray doesn't take me back to the Dashboard. Do you think it's my disc or the console?
Why not just do it manually? That way, you only delete what you want.ToyMachine228 said:A quick question. Figured it belongs in here. If I want to clear my 360's HD, it doesn't clear DLC right? Just auto-updates?
I guess it's going around. I had just called a couple of days prior, so I'm not too worried. This better not mean further delays, though. ><Matrix said:Rors,I just got the same email as you,saying they havent received my 360 :\
I believe this is for all returns in Australia. You don't get a box although I think they will organise one if you ask. I prefer it this way because at least you don't have to wait for them to send you a box.voltron said:An interesting thing I noticed is although I dont have to technically pay for the delivery to Microsoft in Sydney, it appears if youre taking advantage of the 3 year extension like I was you dont get an express post box sent to your door. You have to find your own box - this ended up costing around 5bux.
Bildi said:It's really only the first return that's an issue. For the second and subsequent returns you can use the box that Microsoft shipped your repaired 360 back to you in.
Hopefully they've sorted their sh*t out and the new heatsink helps.voltron said:If I have to send it back for subsequent returns I wont be nearly an cheery as I currently am about the issue. But if I think youre ight about the boxes - friend just told me the very same thing.
DMczaf said:OK WTF!
I turned it on without the A/V cable plugged in. While it was flashing all 4 red lights I plugged it back in and the damn thing turned on normally!
Im looking at the Dashboard and scared to touch it!
According to an inside source, about two weeks ago all EB Games stores in Australia were told to return every Xbox 360 they had in stock. Indeed, a look on the EB Games Web site shows that the Xbox 360 is "sold out" at every store we checked.
It's another setback for Microsoft's console, with buyers worldwide being given an extended warranty just over a week ago due to a "design fault." Coping with the increased number of repairs is expected to cost the company in excess of $1 billion.
There is no word yet whether the alleged return of Xbox 360s in Australia is a result of this same design fault or another problem entirely.
A salesman at one of the EB Games stores in Sydney told GameSpot AU that all the stock received within the last two weeks is being recalled, but also speculated that "it could go back as far as a month."
Both Harvey Norman and Dick Smith have the product in stock as of the morning of July 16. EB Games refused to return our calls and a spokesperson for Microsoft declined to comment, telling Gamespot AU that, "We're not going to comment on that."
Uh-oh. Another asterisk in the 2k league list!DMczaf said:I paniced and started doing what ever I could to make my 360 come back to life :lol
I turned it off and turned it back on and it gave me the 3 red lights again. My 360 can work! I just saw it working!
Edit: I tried to turn it on again and it works. My 360 is possessed!
Matrix said:That bitch is dying Dm,the end is near *tear drop* Mine worked off and on for 1 day and then ....death
DMczaf said:My 360 is a survivor! He won't go down without a fight!
What caused all my problems was the Harry Potter demo. I was playing that and it crashed. I turned off the console and then turned it back on and it started giving me an E 79 error (Hard Drive failure) so I think Harry Potter killed my HDD (turned out my HDD was fine) I take out the HDD and turn it on again and now I'm getting 1 red light of death. Weird. Now I turn it off and turn it back on and i finally get the 3 red lights.
After I saw the 3 red lights, well you know the rest. Right now is working, no problems.
Kolgar said:So my friend's copy of Gears won't play anymore and has a perfect concentric circle carved into it, but I suspect it happened when he tripped over the USB cable on his Play'n'Charge and knocked the system a bit during play.
He says the drive isn't carving up any other discs. Think he's in the clear or is it likely his drive mechanism got damaged?
DMczaf said:My 360 is a survivor! He won't go down without a fight!
What caused all my problems was the Harry Potter demo. I was playing that and it crashed. I turned off the console and then turned it back on and it started giving me an E 79 error (Hard Drive failure) so I think Harry Potter killed my HDD (turned out my HDD was fine) I take out the HDD and turn it on again and now I'm getting 1 red light of death. Weird. Now I turn it off and turn it back on and i finally get the 3 red lights.
After I saw the 3 red lights, well you know the rest. Right now is working, no problems.
adamsappel said:Xbox 360 "sold out" (read: recalled) in Australia
According to an inside source, about two weeks ago all EB Games stores in Australia were told to return every Xbox 360 they had in stock. Indeed, a look on the EB Games Web site shows that the Xbox 360 is "sold out" at every store we checked.
It's another setback for Microsoft's console, with buyers worldwide being given an extended warranty just over a week ago due to a "design fault." Coping with the increased number of repairs is expected to cost the company in excess of $1 billion.
There is no word yet whether the alleged return of Xbox 360s in Australia is a result of this same design fault or another problem entirely.
A salesman at one of the EB Games stores in Sydney told GameSpot AU that all the stock received within the last two weeks is being recalled, but also speculated that "it could go back as far as a month."
Both Harvey Norman and Dick Smith have the product in stock as of the morning of July 16. EB Games refused to return our calls and a spokesperson for Microsoft declined to comment, telling Gamespot AU that, "We're not going to comment on that."
It takes a long time these days. There are a LOT of broken 360s and on top of that, you have the new policy. That's also why you have the new "If you're calling about ... Please hang up now" messages before Max totally helps you out!sext0n said:I've been sitting on hold since i posted my original messaged. I don't know how much more I can take.
voltron said:My 360 red ringed a total of 4 times over the past year. Each time it turned back on wihout hesitation - even though everytime it had frozen, the screen had gone all weird and the 3 red lights blinked on. The last time this happened was well over 6mnths ago though.
Then 2 days ago it finally happened for good. I thought my 360 was invincible after surviving 4 rings - I thought maybe it was building up a resistance
Anyway, the point is - your 360 is no doubt on the way out too. You should send it off sooner rather than later to have a clear run through the years massive games - starting with teh Bioshocksuz!!
Matrix said:
DaCocoBrova said:Peter Moore gets it...
Choabac said:Haha, inside source? Every casual working for the company in the country knew about this. Not really an exclusive scoop.
Oh even then, Gamespot couldnt find out the reason for the recall. The reason (as I posted before), was because the last few shipments of X360s had faulty HDD in them, which threw up a red ring on boot up.
A new (and tested shipment) of X360's are back in stores now.
According to the Mercury Falcon is the name for the latest internal electronics in the Xbox 360. It will have an IBM microprocessor and an AMD/ATI graphics chip that are manufactured in a 65-nanometer production process. These are cost-reduced chips that do the same thing as their 90-nanometer predecessors, but they're smaller.
With smaller chips, Microsoft gets a bunch of benefits. They won't generate as much heat. So the risks of overheating one of the main reasons behind Microsoft's billion-dollar write-off for repairs and extended warranties are much lower. The chips may also cost half of what it took to make them before because they use less material and fewer manufacturing steps to produce.
Microsoft is in the process of qualifying the new Falcon chips and motherboard this summer. I expect it will launch Xbox 360s with the new Falcon innards this fall. That is why the company has been able to say that it has solved its manufacturing quality problems. Microsoft is likely to spend a little more money on heat sinks to make sure that the overheating problem doesn't resurface with Falcon.
DMczaf said:Its gone :lol
Coffin comes in 4-5 business days.
"If it dies, it dies."
voltron said:Yo Choa!
So whats the deal with refurbished consoles and the EB ESA now? Were they recalled too? Is EB still offering the ESA?
Matrix said:I told you dude :lol
Welcome to hell