| Author | Message | ||
     Thumper74 |
I fired up my 360 for the first time since Christmas and had the ring of death. I've found lots of pay sites and lots of free tutorials on the repairs, but can anyone recommend a reputable free one I can use? | ||
| Hughlysses |
Microsoft extends your warranty to 3 years for the RoD. Why would you want to try to fix it and risk screwing it up? | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Yep. Call Microsoft. | ||
| Americanmadexb |
i just had this happen to me last Weds. Sounds like BS but this worked for me for about a week.. Eventually it will stop working completely like mine did. Get on XBOX site and they will send you a pre paid box to ship it back to them. If your under warrenty its free.. Towel trick..yes it did work!! | ||
| Thumper74 |
It's beyond 3 years old... | ||
| Firebolt32 |
Trash it and get a PS3! | ||
| Americanmadexb |
Trash it and get a PS3! or have the best of both worlds, get both I love my PS3, but Xbox is better online. PS3 has little bit better graphics. i think my xbox warrenty is out, so i will be getting an elite instead of sending it to microsoft for them to send me a bill | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I got the RROD yesterday. Sucks. This is the 5th XBOX and I assume will be the 6th. Love the games. Hate the hardware. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
IMO the RROD occurs because of letting the system run too hot. My first box got the RROD, but I've always used my current one in a vertical position so it gets more airflow, and clean dust out of it with compressed air every couple of weeks.. It's been good to go for about two years now. Mine gets used for Netflix a lot more than games though, maybe the disk drive not spinning prolongs the system life too? | ||
| Ochoa0042 |
I used to work for an XBOX call center.. a trick if you are out of warranty is to pay for the fix, and then your warranty gets renewed because you paid for it. then cancel it by calling xbox. then call us back up and get it fixed for free!!! you get it? | ||
| Americanmadexb |
I used to work for an XBOX call center.. a trick if you are out of warranty is to pay for the fix, and then your warranty gets renewed because you paid for it. then cancel it by calling xbox. then call us back up and get it fixed for free!!! you get it? are they that dumb to fix it then or will they call my bluf? do they call you after its already fixed? then tell them to cancel? worth a try i guess.. | ||
| Americanmadexb |
another thing, if ive already paid for the fix, how is it free? | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Pay for the fix, don't send the box, cancel the repair order. Warranty stays renewed. Call back in, request the repair. I'd heard that you could do this, but wasn't sure. I haven't had my box NOT repaired. If it gets denied, I'll probably do the old Costco switcheroo and let them send it in for me. | ||
| Americanmadexb |
well i tried calling the other day, seems like they get alot of RROD complaints and now they tell you to go to there web site and do the request. SO i did that last week and i have the box here already. It did say that my charge was zero.. so hopefully it will be fixed for free even though its past the 3 yrs. It should be with all the RROD problems | ||
| Americanmadexb |
UPDATE: i just called xbox and they said even though my standard warrenty ran out in 07, the RROD is still fixed for free as long as the power supply is green when turned on! Hope that helps | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
"but I've always used my current one in a vertical position so it gets more airflow, and clean dust out of it with compressed air every couple of weeks.. It's been good to go for about two years now." I've been through 6. The first 4 were always used vertically and had the CDroms blow up. If I remember right, MS installed new controllers for those crappy cd roms, but I've been told to always use mine horizonatally, but more importantly, be sure the unit has a fresh supply of circulating air. I'm on my latest unit for 2 years. | ||
| M1combat |
PC gaming is better anyway... Bout the only reason to own consoles is sports games (aside from racing... Go for www.iracing.com for that) | ||
| Froggy |
Shhh don't tell them that, let the noobs play Halo on the Xbox, it leaves only the pros on PC  | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
You "pros" can keep your tunnel-carple and your up-down, left-right keys. I'm developing the fastest thumbs in the west. | ||
| Ochoa0042 |
Pay for the fix, don't send the box, cancel the repair order. Warranty stays renewed. Call back in, request the repair. YEP the trick was that you renew your warranty by buying a new one, and then after a while cancel it. you will be refunded your money because you asked to cancel, but since you had originally paid, your warranty has been renewed. And pay roll and warranty blocks are separate divisions. so you get the refund and the free renewal of warranty. then call them and say you have the problem and it will get fixed because you beat the system we(xbox CS) can also give out free stuff like games, controllers, battery packs, and whatever is on the list to give out these days. you can act dissatisfied and pop a hint that you want something in concession for your problem  (Message edited by ochoa0042 on June 08, 2009) | ||
| Froggy |
And that makes you a con artist. Now gimme a free xbox! I bought a Xbox360 years ago to help a friend out, he got a preorder on one of the first ones but didn't have the cash, so I took it over and bought it. I played it a few times, but consoles are noob. Anyway 2 years later he bought it off me full price, then 2 weeks later RROD. I just laughed. | ||
| Seanp |
I had one RROD a long time ago, but haven't had any problems since I sent that box in. Microsoft won't send you the coffin anymore: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/08/microsoft-kills- coffin-policy-time-to-pack-your-rrod-xbox-you/ I still love the XBox though. I always had PCs that I built myself, and every time a new game came out I had to buy a new video card or more RAM or a faster processor, and it was a major pain in the ass, not to mention driver problems, installation problems, old games corrupting the registry, and all the hostile anti-piracy stuff on PC games. With the 360, I know that every game I buy will work on it, and I can play on a big-ass TV in high-def. There's no way I'd go back to gaming on a computer. Call it "noob" but I call it spending time playing instead of installing new hardware and drivers... | ||
| Swordsman |
Slightly off topic, I had an original Xbox that had the laser go bad. It was an off brand (Thompson, I think?), and was known to get weak early on. Found a fix online that involved pulling the laser, sticking a voltage meter on it, and adjusting a potentiometer on the circuit board (which was initially covered over with melted plastic to prevent tampering). It was only a temprary fix, as the laser would continue to get weaker until it could no longer penetrate the deeper layers of the DVD, but it bought me some time. Did you know if you hype up the potentiometer, you can get it to actually melt a disk? MWAH HA HAA! Destruction by laser!  ~SM (Message edited by Swordsman on June 09, 2009) | ||
| Damnut |
I highly doubt that you can get that laser to burn a disk. I work with many types of lasers and you have to get a pretty powerful one to burn anything. We have these 2W solid state lasers that burn anything they come in contact with. Fun stuff. | ||
| Swordsman |
The melted disk thing was an actual warning that came with the mod. I'm thinking someone probably F'd up a disk in order for them to bother mentioning it. ~SM (Message edited by Swordsman on June 09, 2009) | ||
| Guell |
And just think, MS says the 360 is here to stay until 2015. | ||
| Americanmadexb |
as long as they fix the RROD for free, i will keep playing | ||
| Ochoa0042 |
http://www.wimp.com/futuregaming when is this coming out | ||
| Americanmadexb |
i believe it when i see it! They can't fix RROD for the last 4 yrs i don't see this for at least 2 yrs | ||
| Froggy |
You work for MS and don't know? Not this year. I love the question "How many pushups can Chuck Norris do?" then it cuts to the next scene. They were afraid to give the answer to that trick question. Everyone knows Chuck dosen't do pushups, he pushes the earth down. And the RROD issue was fixed. Microsoft switched the hardware on the newer units (die shrink on the processors and larger heatsinks). |
