Remysaus Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 last time my 360 broke down (2nd time) i got a ps3 cause i was bored (well not really, it was just a coincidence :laugh:) so yeah, I don't like it when it's gone. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillionVoltss Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Usually mess about with Counterstrike for a week ( tends to be enough now days with all the abusive talk ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saasn Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Sure it did **** me off when my Xbox RROD. But the fact that Microsoft said they'll fix it even though it was 1 month out of warranty was a total bonus, I was expecting them to say sorry it's out of warranty and will cost $160 to fix plus postage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalE Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I've only had to send mine in once, and it wasn't for RROD. I wasn't angry, just a little disappointed that I wouldn't be playing any games for two weeks. It wasn't bad :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanManIt Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I haven't had to deal with it yet, but my one friend who has said it wasn't too bad and that they got it back to him pretty quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titoist Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 I took the time today to inspect my refurbished XBox which I got back. I was disappointed to find out that the refurbished xbox was made in 2006. My original XBox was a 2007 model... so technically, I went back in time :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLiMiT06 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 On my third, one for rrod and one for disc drive going bad. I am still covered till 2010 bought a extended warrenty from M$. If it dies after that I will just got get a arcade and call it good since it wil cost about the same :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozgeek Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I don't hate it at all because I didn't have to. My 360 is still working without any issues and its been 2 years since I bought it. What do you do with your 360s that make it break down? Modifications? Not following the advice of MS in the 360 manuals? My 360 been on like 24/7 and is still working great. But if it did break, I don't mind. Everything breaks anytime in it's life. That's the reason of the existence of warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smooth_criminal1990 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 can't you just take a heatgun to the CPU/GPU (can't remember which :p) to re-melt the soldering joints? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smigit Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 some people may have but thats assuming that's even the issue. If you mess it up or it was something else you've just voided your warranty. There seems to be a number of so called "fixes". I'd personally prefer to lose the console for a week or two and play it safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted April 8, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted April 8, 2009 I pay ?24 a year to protect my Xbox 360 purchase! So if it does develop a RRoD (Or, even if I just decide to throw it out of a tall building for fun!) I'll just get a brand new one the same day! It saves me the hassle and ?24 is nothing. I don't even notice the moneys left my account! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerzdawg Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I would have submitted yes if MS would have charged me to fix my RRoD. But they didn't and they could have (launch console, did not RRoD until after 3 year warranty had expired) I did end up picking up an arcade model just for HDMI but I decided to send in to MS for repair thinking they would charge me... a few days past... called me to verify shipping address.. came back working.. so now I have a spare 360 still sitting in the bag they returned it in.. the process was fairly simple and I had my 360 back in under 10 days.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_c_b Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I'd say it's the other way around, if you can't find something else to occupy yourself with while its off for repairs, you have too much free time. I know you are trying to sound wise with this useless reply, but I think you miss the point completely, it's not about occupying my time but wasting my time packing/shipping/waiting/etc... When I do have free time, which is not often enough, if my console is out for repairs it is annoying. Of course I can find something else to do, but it might not be exactly what I wanted to do. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted April 8, 2009 Veteran Share Posted April 8, 2009 can't you just take a heatgun to the CPU/GPU (can't remember which :p) to re-melt the soldering joints? Do you know how risky that is? A heat gun isn't just a hair dryer or something, it melts s*** if you do it wrong. They have top temps of like 400 degrees. Also, check out the 360's PCB and how many solders there is (N) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Well I made a service request yesterday after a month and a half with a broken 360. It was pretty painless. Only glitch was that xbox.com/service wouldn't let me register my console to my current Live ID (the one linked to my GT) because it was allegedly already registered, but that was nothing a 10 minute call to MS couldn't fix. The coffin is supposed to be here tomorrow :D All-in-all, nothing to really hate about the process...at least not as of yet. -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Sheldon Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I pay ?24 a year to protect my Xbox 360 purchase! So if it does develop a RRoD (Or, even if I just decide to throw it out of a tall building for fun!) I'll just get a brand new one the same day!It saves me the hassle and ?24 is nothing. I don't even notice the moneys left my account! Where do you sign up for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted April 8, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted April 8, 2009 Where do you sign up for this? It's product protection from where I bought it from. :p It's not an MS thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titoist Posted April 9, 2009 Author Share Posted April 9, 2009 wow poll is even! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad. Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Looks like I sided the poll :p And I hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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