god dammit!!!

[JimmyBoy]

yup, another red ring thread, died about 20 mins ago it does come back on when its cooled down but soon crashes again im not pleased, i think i may of set some record though the date on the back of my console says 09/06 so its lasted more than two years.

ms support reckon about 3 weeks, is this about right? what sorta repair times did you guys face? anything i should know? is it likely to do it again once its been repaired, im quite tempted to go out and buy a new one tomorrow not that i can afford to but i wanna get back online i may acturally have to show my gf some interest now which im not best pleased about!!

[Destroyer^]

You should just buy my 360 elite


on a more helping hadn u ever tried the oven and towel technique?

[JimmyBoy]

You should just buy my 360 elite


on a more helping hadn u ever tried the oven and towel technique?

i didnt realise u was selling one, i assume u have a f/s thread i'll have a look at

i have thought about this and may try it but the rma is all set in motion now so im thinking theres not much point

[samcross]

It took me aboot 10 days when I sent my 'box is for repair, so it'll probably be similar for you. I've got to say microsoft handled it very well.

[JimmyBoy]

the guy on the phone took me through swiftly, hopefully i'll have a similar experience to you then sam, fingers crossed!!

[random rik]

My xbox has broken down twice, the first time it took about 3 weeks to return and the second about 2 weeks after I had to ring up ups.


The towel technique worked on my second one for about six weeks then it broke and never came back.

[NeedMoarFarms]

I have a second hand xbox that was bought at launch (the guy I bought it from waited hours in a queue for it when it came out ). I think I'm very lucky, I've never seen any red lights on my console.

Hope you get it back quickly!

[JimmyBoy]

I have a second hand xbox that was bought at launch (the guy I bought it from waited hours in a queue for it when it came out ). I think I'm very lucky, I've never seen any red lights on my console.

Hope you get it back quickly!

thanx matey, i would say you are very lucky yes, mine had always been solid until i got fallout 3 and spend a good few hours a night playing

[JimmyBoy]

well, according to the rpair site its been replaced / fixed and is being sent back, what'll happen now is noone will be in when UPS turn up grrr

[samcross]

well, according to the rpair site its been replaced / fixed and is being sent back, what'll happen now is noone will be in when UPS turn up grrr

Just to warn you when they told me that it was ready to be shipped it still took them a good couple of days before they actually sent it.

[JimmyBoy]

Just to warn you when they told me that it was ready to be shipped it still took them a good couple of days before they actually sent it.

cheers for the heads up! im not too bothered though as my mate leant me his spare one, im just more eager to see what i get back

[Stephen C]

I've never had an Xbox red ring on me but I've had 3 repaired, they all started making a horrible grinding noise - disconcerning as the 3 year extended warranty only covers the dreaded red ring of death.

All 3 got back to me in under 15 days, also got given 1 month of free Xbox live with each repair, pretty nifty

On another note, Microsoft has messed up some of my purchased games from the marketplace and I can't get them back, at all

[samcross]

On another note, Microsoft has messed up some of my purchased games from the marketplace and I can't get them back, at all

I had that problem with the COD 4 variety pack, ended up having to buy it all over again.

[JimmyBoy]

i thought there was a bit on the xbox site where you can change which console the download was linked to because some downloads are done by gamertag and console serial and when you get yours replaced obviously the serial has changed

[samcross]

i thought there was a bit on the xbox site where you can change which console the download was linked to because some downloads are done by gamertag and console serial and when you get yours replaced obviously the serial has changed

I tried that but it didn't work for the Map Pack.

[SmileyUK]

sweet, just got my first 360 back from repair and its been replaced with a new console dated 12 10 2008. Which means no more noisy dvd drive.

a 1 week turnaround as well


Now i need to work out which is the better to use as the main console