Wax Free Vanilla
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ItsInMyVeins said:
you shouldn't have a problem if you follow the leader...
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The Xbox 360 defect thread
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you shouldn't have a problem if you follow the leader...
:lol
ItsInMyVeins said:I'm too much of a nice guy to rip someone of like that
Besides, I doubt there will be any major shortage of XO's come releaseday here in Europe.
According to the place I used to work for their preliminary number of units they're getting are a whooping ~800 premium packs and 335 cores on launch. :lol
Currently there's an abundance of all accessories available aswell already in their warehouse. No shortage in sight at the moment.
scarybore
Member
EGM92 said:
I imagine you are having a great time
After getting my pre-order cancelled from Game's online store, im seriously contemplating waiting a few months to see if this blows over. Obviously with the Internet so popular now a days we will hear more launch probems than in the past but all the same, I find it all rather worrying with the issues that are popping up.
Deathcraze said:I imagine you are having a great time
After getting my pre-order cancelled from Game's online store, im seriously contemplating waiting a few months to see if this blows over. Obviously with the Internet so popular now a days we will hear more launch probems than in the past but all the same, I find it all rather worrying with the issues that are popping up.
oh yea great time, the fucking X360 is gone, won't even turn on anymore, but the PSU light turns green. It's ok though, my return box will be here at 10am tomorrow and it will be shipped out 24 shipping, and I'll get my new x360 the next day or the day after. I'm just glad I didn't buy this peice of shit console.
Beer Monkey
Member
Are the overheating systems vertical, horizontal, or both?
gprime said:
no those are artifacts on the screen... that's bad the gfx card is overheating or something if that's happening. It looks more like this http://img332.imageshack.us/img332/8155/untitled10nz.jpg
It's a goner my Xbox is literally DEAD! my girlfriend came into my room and is spraying air freshioner cause it smells so bad!
scarybore
Member
EGM92 said:no those are artifacts on the screen... that's bad the gfx card is overheating or something if that's happening. It looks more like this
It's a goner my Xbox is literally DEAD! my girlfriend came into my room and is spraying air freshioner cause it smells so bad!
Holy shit :lol I feel for you, but as you said atleast you didn't pay for it so it's not all bad. The guys who waited 12 hours in a line outside Walmart or where ever and came home with a defective system must be fucking livid.
Deathcraze said:
I spent over 350$CAD on games yesterday expecting to play them as it's my week off. But the day before that some fucker broke into my house and stole my Kameo, CoD2, and PD0 so it's a string of badluck.
OH and sorry about the large image, I CAN'T EDIT MY POSTS SO LIVE WITH IT. or if a mod can see it, give me back my editing privilages or remove it yourself.
Thanks.
Jerkface said:
I didn't clean anything, it didn't need "cleaning" it needed to be straightened out. The head of the cable and the cable needed to be straight, it worked like that. But like I said a couple of seconds after BOOM. So I suggest you call MS and tell them to send you a return box.
So this is interesting...
I got my second Xbox 360 today, and it works perfectly. A bunch of my friends all got 360s at the same place, and none of them are having problems, as far as I can tell (we're talking about an all-encompassing sample size of 5 units here)...
All the machines we got here are from the same batch, and were made around 11/11-12. The machines we got at Zero Hour were all made in October.
A quick look at the Xbox.com forum (sorry, no link - they seem to be down right now) shows that someone started a thread to see if there was a pattern, and the overwhelming majority of people who were having problems had machines made in October. (Of course, this could also be because the overwhelming majority of people who have 360s have machines that were made in October...)
So...it's possible that newer production runs are more reliable. Your mileage may, of course, vary. For those who have busted machines, post your manufacture date, maybe there is a pattern to be found...
I got my second Xbox 360 today, and it works perfectly. A bunch of my friends all got 360s at the same place, and none of them are having problems, as far as I can tell (we're talking about an all-encompassing sample size of 5 units here)...
All the machines we got here are from the same batch, and were made around 11/11-12. The machines we got at Zero Hour were all made in October.
A quick look at the Xbox.com forum (sorry, no link - they seem to be down right now) shows that someone started a thread to see if there was a pattern, and the overwhelming majority of people who were having problems had machines made in October. (Of course, this could also be because the overwhelming majority of people who have 360s have machines that were made in October...)
So...it's possible that newer production runs are more reliable. Your mileage may, of course, vary. For those who have busted machines, post your manufacture date, maybe there is a pattern to be found...
OK, so I am now rather upset with MS's customer service.
I called last week and they told me they would ship me a replacement hard drive...
Today, I called back because I wanted to see if it had shipped yet. Turns out that they didn't have their shit together and they told me that now I had to send the drive back to them before they would ship me a replacement drive. Fair enough, but I'm pissed that they didn't tell me last week so I could take care of it! I couldn't even ship it today because I didn't bring the drive with me to work...
Apparently if your entire console fails, they will ship you a prepaid box to put the console in, so you don't have to pay shipping at all. If part of the console fails - you have to ship it to them on your own dime.
I'm going to update the original post with this info, so that people know what to expect when calling customer service.
I called last week and they told me they would ship me a replacement hard drive...
Today, I called back because I wanted to see if it had shipped yet. Turns out that they didn't have their shit together and they told me that now I had to send the drive back to them before they would ship me a replacement drive. Fair enough, but I'm pissed that they didn't tell me last week so I could take care of it! I couldn't even ship it today because I didn't bring the drive with me to work...
Apparently if your entire console fails, they will ship you a prepaid box to put the console in, so you don't have to pay shipping at all. If part of the console fails - you have to ship it to them on your own dime.
I'm going to update the original post with this info, so that people know what to expect when calling customer service.
My uncle bought his system with me... and his disc drive was broken. It kept giving either dirty disc errors, or about five minutes into the game it would say that the game was from the wrong region (which it obviously isn't). The first thing the store said was that it was a power problem, but it definitely wasn't, and after showing them that it wasn't they swapped it on the spot for a 360 that works fine (for now).
FYI, the faulty unit was manufactured on the 2nd of November.
FYI, the faulty unit was manufactured on the 2nd of November.
Argyle said:OK, so I am now rather upset with MS's customer service.
I called last week and they told me they would ship me a replacement hard drive...
Today, I called back because I wanted to see if it had shipped yet. Turns out that they didn't have their shit together and they told me that now I had to send the drive back to them before they would ship me a replacement drive. Fair enough, but I'm pissed that they didn't tell me last week so I could take care of it! I couldn't even ship it today because I didn't bring the drive with me to work...
Apparently if your entire console fails, they will ship you a prepaid box to put the console in, so you don't have to pay shipping at all. If part of the console fails - you have to ship it to them on your own dime.
I'm going to update the original post with this info, so that people know what to expect when calling customer service.
Yeah It seems MS customer service Is run by idiots. I had to get In there ass as well, I to called In for replacement hard drive only to have the rep take my information....put me on hold .....take more information......put me back on hold (this time I hear him talking to someone In the background).....take more info......back on hold again ....comes back(now I have been on the line close to 20min) and Is about to wrap up my replacement order, when to my astonishment he tells me "Uh we don't have any hard drives currently in stock you have to call back next week. Man was I pissed, I asked him why should I have to call you back, you just took all my info just send It to me when you get It. He told me we can't do that because you need a reference number and we can't give you a number unless we have a hard drive. I told him you should've knew this shit before you started taking all my info. obviously I hung up the phone In disgust. I called back 5min later hoping to get the same fool, instead I got some poor lady. I felt bad because I ripped into her like she did something wrong but the end result Is there sending me a box for me to send my hard drive back then they will either send me a brand new one or fix mine.
so i am out at the bar playing ppol with some friends last night and the 360 came up in conversation. the waitress over hears us and says" oh you got one?" and quickly jumps in with "you know those were recalled." i play along and say whys that? she proceeds to bring up the one problem i have actually had, she says "because they are freezing up on people."
now i have yet to hear anything about a recall but it was odd to hear some random casual gamer know about the lock ups.
now i have yet to hear anything about a recall but it was odd to hear some random casual gamer know about the lock ups.
moesyzslak
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StRaNgE said:
Its possible she heard it on the news and assumed they had a recall.
truffleshuffle83
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i dont know if this has been asked, but are there any reports of tard packs being defective.
that would be funny as hell if the cores had no problems and only premiums were messing up
that would be funny as hell if the cores had no problems and only premiums were messing up
viper60782
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this might seem like a strange question, but i figured i'd ask anyway:
for those with defective systems, what state do you live in? i havent heard of any defective units around here, but i would be lying if i said i wasnt concerned for the xbox360 i get for christmas...
for those with defective systems, what state do you live in? i havent heard of any defective units around here, but i would be lying if i said i wasnt concerned for the xbox360 i get for christmas...
viper60782 said:
I'm in Canada. I won one defective X360, and got one replaced with a brand new DEFECTIVE X360 from MS that won't read ANY disks, whether it be audio/dvd/ games etc. Everytime I pop in a disk it tells me that the disk could not be read and it could be 1 of 3 problems etc.
I'm SUPER pissed off cause I called in on Friday about this problem and they said they'd overnight ship a box to send it back, well its Wednesday and I'm almost 100% postive they've fucked up again even though everything was "confirmed and ready to go"
gamergirly
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Error F: furnace found :lol
Trustus Jones
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Anyone got any idea what Error 64 Is? Got mine yesterday plugged everything in, turned it on, splash screen comes up then It just error 64 with a single red light flashing in the bottom right corner. Tried Taking of the HDD but still no joy?
Trustus Jones
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already tried that and doesn`t work. Think the HDD is error 67.
Trustus Jones
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Single red light in the lower bottom right corner.
Trustus Jones
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Have done and all I get is "we will call you back" which they don`t. Think I might just get a refund and wait till they sort out all the bugs in the unit before buying another as I had this when I 1st brought an xbox at launch but only then It was disc read errors and scratching my discs and the harddrive being slow and noisy compared to the later ones.
Yeah, single red light is I think "general hardware failure"...don't know what E64 is, I'm afraid.
You know, my gut feeling is that around 3-5% of the machines are bad...I know they're claiming less than 3% failure rate, but just amongst the people I know...the failure rate is over 10%
You know, my gut feeling is that around 3-5% of the machines are bad...I know they're claiming less than 3% failure rate, but just amongst the people I know...the failure rate is over 10%
Bildocube said:
Bildo, did you get a response? This is the same issue I have had, and would love to know what the deal is. ALso great to know I'm not alone.
My wife turned it on and said she got an error code 74 as well... anyone know what this is?
I initially thought these reports were being blown out of proportion, but not anymore. This is a terrible showing by MS. I don't know if I want the 2 year warranty. Technically it is more than 10 days after I bought it, but I might send it in anyway. I should not have to pay an additional $60 for a new $400 piece of hardware though, it's really f'd up.
StRaNgE said:
The 360 came up in one of my college classes and the teacher mentioned that he had heard of the 360s having tons of problems. After he mentioned that like six or seven people related stories of knowing people who had theirs break down.
The 360 is getting a nasty rep out there for being unreliable. MS would be smart to kiss some serious booty of those having trouble so their customer service doesn't look bad at the same time. No casual buyer will buy something that is said to be faulty and backed up with poor customer service.
With that said, mine stopped clicking completely and hasn't had any sorts of problem since.
Mines frozen up now twice in PDZ and once in PGR3
sorta how a PC will just lock up on a screen and go nowhere.
a off and on again fixes it but hopefully it's a software thing.
i would assume MS will let out some patches at some point?
gunna go see if i can exchange my second wirless today if walmart has got any in yet.
sorta how a PC will just lock up on a screen and go nowhere.
a off and on again fixes it but hopefully it's a software thing.
i would assume MS will let out some patches at some point?
gunna go see if i can exchange my second wirless today if walmart has got any in yet.
Looks like the 360 draws in a whopping 160 watts, that's pretty much means that it draws more power than any electronics in your living room with the exception of large screen HDTV. Link is here:
Xbox 360: BEWARE, I HUNGER!!!
Xbox 360: BEWARE, I HUNGER!!!
I am now really pissed off, as I just called Xbox customer service....
...turns out that now, the first person's story was correct, and they were supposed to mail me a new hard drive without receiving the old one. So I paid for shipping to mail my dead hard drive into a black hole.
In fact, they told me that end users aren't supposed to mail anything to them on their own, that they would always send out a prepaid box out if something needs to be sent back.
They started another fulfillment order and they say I should have the new hard drive by the end of the week. We shall see...I will update the original post with this info.
...turns out that now, the first person's story was correct, and they were supposed to mail me a new hard drive without receiving the old one. So I paid for shipping to mail my dead hard drive into a black hole.
In fact, they told me that end users aren't supposed to mail anything to them on their own, that they would always send out a prepaid box out if something needs to be sent back.
They started another fulfillment order and they say I should have the new hard drive by the end of the week. We shall see...I will update the original post with this info.
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