I can't give any links, but i know its happening as mine has just gone bye bye. So i'm sitting here looking at a brand new console that i can't play. Nuts. Oh well looks like i'm playing WOW over the weekend.
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I can't give any links, but i know its happening as mine has just gone bye bye. So i'm sitting here looking at a brand new console that i can't play. Nuts. Oh well looks like i'm playing WOW over the weekend.
:o
oh ****!!
Whats wrong with it?
won't turn on? or summat else?
You do know about the PSU problem with america, that can be fixed just by giving it more breathing room? Or was yours DOA (Dead on Arrival)?
sue microsoft for trauma, hurt feelings and lost game playing hours that you will never be able to redeem
wasn't there a post like this just the other day? it seems this all singing all dancing xbox 360 is, well jsut like all the other microsoft applications we're subjected to, full of bugs from people trying to be too clever. in principle its all ok but in practice it all falls apart...
Not to rub salt in beanbandit's sad predicament but I've deliberatley been running the HEXUS.gaming Xbox 360 with the PSU just sitting on the floor... it's not failed at all so far... even passing the 'leave it on all night and all the next day' test with no ill effects.
Nope, i've been playing Kameo then i started to get picture breakup(tearing) so i powered down to let it cool down. Went back to it after 30 min and all i get is one red light, bottom right on ring of light, and message on screenQuote:
Originally Posted by unreal
"System error, please contact customer support"
And the error code E74. So i'm just waiting for MS to phone me back and arranged a replacement. The PSU had loads of breathing room, i even raised it using small blocks of wood. In my view the PSU is a very poor design with very few vent holes, there needs to be more holes running the complete length of the PSU rather than at the ends only.
That salt stings a bit :P I've found that the PSU doesn't (or didn't get the chance to) get very hot. The console though gets very toasty indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick
Sounds like you've been unlucky enough to get a duff one dude. Hope MS sort it out quickly for you.
Unlucky :(
My Core has been fine so far, but I dont have a hard drive or memory unit as of yet :(
As I cant save my games, I havent been playing it continously since i hate not being able to save my achievements
Thats the error people had with overheated PSUs. Well if I can remember rightQuote:
Originally Posted by beanbandit
I hope it gets sorted sharpish mate and that they are holding a fleet of consoles rather than selling them
From what i've been reading on the official forums MS are holding onto units for replacement use.Quote:
Originally Posted by CocoPops
Im sure you get a replacement very quick. Mines been on all day so far and no problems.
I have two friends who cannot tune the 360 into their Tv's. They think it's a scart lead problem
not happy bunnies!
I thought I had the same problem at first but turning it off and then turning it back on sorted it out.
It's all about plugging it into a PC monitor :D, unless of course they have a nice big TV, which is easily possibleQuote:
Originally Posted by Steven W
ummm...it's only a game's console :inquisitiQuote:
Originally Posted by Nemeliza
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Originally Posted by Nemeliza
Not to forget loss of earnings for being sent home as you were cursing Microsoft all day.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Relish89
Update.
Phoned MS again today, got the usual can i take your number and get back to you. This time i replyed that i have been waiting since friday for someone to call me back. She seemed a little surprised and went to have a chat with her superviser. Comes back and passes me onto her superviser and then starts taking all my details. So i'm now in the system waiting for a courier to deliver an empty box. :D They are sending me a brand new console as soon as they recieved the old one.
What surprised me is i'm only sending the console & Hdd, i'm to keep the PSU and everthing else. So i wonder what E74 error code actually means. Its defo not an overheating PSU then.Quote:
Originally Posted by unreal
Overheating PSUs will eventually blow up, when my lappies when haywire I was also told to keep the PSU and battery. I think its becauseQuote:
Originally Posted by beanbandit
1 they don't wanna pay extra for the extra weight to be transferred,
2 They will probably use a pre set up PSU for testing, and would rather not have extra cables and PSUs laying around
awww thats really unlucky :(
Good that Microsoft are dealing with this themselves, alot of companies just say "take it back to where you brought it" which will be really pointless since nowhere would be able to replace.
As Workahloic says its only the Console & HDD they would care about, the PSU and extra crap is just extra weight that it prob cheaper to remake.
My 360 is still going strong.
Update.
I've just recieved my empty box, so the 360 is all ready to be picked up by DHL. Hopefully i should have the replacement by Friday. Fingers crossed.
According to the US users that have had errors on the 360 they are being advised that it takes around 7 - 10 days from sending there xbox back to getting a replacement.
I'd have thought that you would want to keep the HDD??
Otherwise you loose all ya saves etc.
sorry to hear that , I know how much you look forward to a new console. Get Mr flitt to redesign it :)
He could do a better designed PSU thats for sure :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Moby-Dick
I was told to send the Hdd back. As it is it wasn't used for that long, i only got up to the first boss in Kameo and one race in PGR3 so won't take me long to be back where i was.Quote:
Originally Posted by CocoPops
Most people are getting 4 (working)day turn-around on their replacements. This is taken from when the empty box is dispatched to when the new unit arrives. For some reason my box was delayed as MS sent it out on monday and it only arrived today. So i'm going to be a little edgy on Friday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carlh
Ummm it's only a games console that people have paid nearly £300 for! for that amount of money is it too much to ask that it works properly? it's the principle of it all anyway, people didn't rush out and spend all that money to sit and stare at a pretty lump of pastic ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Relish89
It is aking a lot for a mass produced new technology item not to have a small percentage of failures. The numbers so far are not extraordinary.
Update.
Woohoo my replacement has just turned up. Its a brand new console, serial No.s are different, so sometime tonight i will be finally playing some games on it. Although i'm a little nervous of powering it up. Everything will be crossed when i hit the power button.
Just to confirm i only sent the console + Hdd back and thats all that was returned. So the error code E74 does not indicate an overheating PSU more of a overheating console imo.
Good luck mate - all the best and I sincerely hope that your new one is great you lucky bugger
:rockon:
You don't tune in a scart socket......Quote:
Originally Posted by Steven W
Glad to hear that you got the replacement so quickly
Hows the new one now any sign of any issues?