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nathy_87
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13th Mar 10 at 13:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Its electrical at the end of the day It's bound to fuck up just like anyother electrical goods. What I'd do if I had an Xbox is ring up Microsoft and tell them to sort it out. Haggle to your hearts content.
GF-91
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Hardly a haggle when they are on your side for a breakdown lol.
Nath
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Sony sux ballz man. Da xbox iz da best consol in da world.
Fro
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quote:
Originally posted by GaryF
So did the yellow ring of death and the blu Ray drives failing.

All products come with some issues, just a shame there has been so much issue for the 360 really. Kudos to MS for sorting it though.
Sony are awful for getting anything done.


Which is why when there was a problem with the old Ps3's they solved it within a day?
Nath
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13th Mar 10 at 15:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Ignore Gary. He is full of beans.
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
Sony sux ballz man. Da xbox iz da best consol in da world.


innit blud

Finally come over to the dark side eh Nath, great stuff. Chuck that that blu ray station in the bin where it belongs.
Nath
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Woah woah woah, I had a 360 back in the day. I'll probably be buying an Elite fairly soon too. PS3 is staying though
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been on the xbox site

Standard Warranty Expired: A three-year warranty applies to conditions indicated by three red lights. Please click "request a new repair" to proceed

so i rang up, its out of warranty and there wanna charge me for it
GF-91
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quote:
Originally posted by Blade_sri
been on the xbox site

Standard Warranty Expired: A three-year warranty applies to conditions indicated by three red lights. Please click "request a new repair" to proceed

so i rang up, its out of warranty and there wanna charge me for it


Care to ask how much? You could just get a cheap core off ebay and put your Hard drive on it [if you aren't using HDMI]. I bet you could get a cheap 2nd hand one from gamestation with a hardrive and the HDMI port for about £110.
good luck
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quote:
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I'd like to see the graph amended slightly to include 'total usage of console'

I have a xbox which has had the RROD twice (both fixed under warranty) in 3 years. The PS3 has had to be send in as the DVD drive went on it, I've had that for 2 years.

Now, at this point you may say that the PS3 is more reliable out of the two given the above however, my PS3 is used on average one hour per week (52 hours per year) which is pitiful compared to my xbox which is used 8-10 hours a week (416-520 hours per year). So you could say that my xbox is used 10 times more than my PS3 and its a year older.

If I had a Wii it would get played on even less... thus making it very unlikely that I would encounter an issue with it.

I would be pissed off if I rarely used the xbox and it broke on several occasions, but its probably the most used electronic items in my household (other than the TV which I use to play it on lol). Unfortunately, the RROD is related to overheating and xbox's (the early versions) inability to cope with this... which is a git as the more you use the xbox the more likely it is prone to overheating - there is no coincidence that both of my RROD have come after the 2nd-3rd week of Modern Warfare came out - my first RROD was after 3 weeks of MW1 coming out, my second RROD came over 2 weeks of MW2 being release - on both occasions I was clocking up ridiculous amounts of game time.

If you had three cars, but drove 10 times the distance in the one car than the others... which car are you more likely to have issues with? *que the 'it depends on what the other two cars are lol

Now this may have gone off-topic, but hey... its a Saturday, and I have nothing else to do other than chill on CS or play the Xbox - which I wont do yet as my gaming thumb is sore lol ..

For those who have the Wii, how often do you spend playing on it compared to other consoles?

just a thought?



pew pew pew pewwwww
Nath
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Useage wont affect those numbers.
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not bothered
Kurt
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quote:
Originally posted by GaryF
quote:
Originally posted by Blade_sri
been on the xbox site

Standard Warranty Expired: A three-year warranty applies to conditions indicated by three red lights. Please click "request a new repair" to proceed

so i rang up, its out of warranty and there wanna charge me for it


Care to ask how much? You could just get a cheap core off ebay and put your Hard drive on it [if you aren't using HDMI]. I bet you could get a cheap 2nd hand one from gamestation with a hardrive and the HDMI port for about £110.
good luck


They wanted £86 to repair mine

Would you honestly buy a second hand elite with no warranty?
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tbh i dont think i will buy one my brother said he will try and fix it and if he does i may just get the drive flashed as i think its a joke

also my tv is dieing now, goes back and white for no reason
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My xbox has the 3 lights RROD but is over 3 years old. Will MS fix for free?
GF-91
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quote:
Originally posted by stubbsy05
My xbox has the 3 lights RROD but is over 3 years old. Will MS fix for free?


Ring them and ask
GF-91
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quote:
Originally posted by Kurt
quote:
Originally posted by GaryF
quote:
Originally posted by Blade_sri
been on the xbox site

Standard Warranty Expired: A three-year warranty applies to conditions indicated by three red lights. Please click "request a new repair" to proceed

so i rang up, its out of warranty and there wanna charge me for it


Care to ask how much? You could just get a cheap core off ebay and put your Hard drive on it [if you aren't using HDMI]. I bet you could get a cheap 2nd hand one from gamestation with a hardrive and the HDMI port for about £110.
good luck


They wanted £86 to repair mine

Would you honestly buy a second hand elite with no warranty?


Gamestation offer a 2 year warranty.
Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by stubbsy05
My xbox has the 3 lights RROD but is over 3 years old. Will MS fix for free?


No
Blade_sri
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wrapped it in a towel for 20mins,red hot when i unwrapped it,just turned it on......

works fine
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quote:
Originally posted by Blade_sri
wrapped it in a towel for 20mins,red hot when i unwrapped it,just turned it on......

works fine


Will do this and sell on ebay or take down cash converters

Need me a PS3 soon as all my mates have them and I wanna play them
Kurt
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quote:
Originally posted by Blade_sri
wrapped it in a towel for 20mins,red hot when i unwrapped it,just turned it on......

works fine


mine lasted ten seconds when i tried that
JonnyJ
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15th Mar 10 at 13:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

You know its dodgy when you have to give your console a cuddle to get it to work.
Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by JonnyJ
You know its dodgy when you have to give your console a cuddle to get it to work.


yeah but sony are wank afaik iirc tbh gtf wtf stfu
JonnyJ
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Not wank Nath, "gay"

Sony are gay
Nath
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Me =

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