Toby
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It died lol - Yes i know should have got a 360 (its ordered)
Out of warrenty by 6 months... chances of a free replacement?
Anyone got any tips on what to say (what to admit to?)
Going to give sony a ring when they open up in a bit, just wanting to know what to expect really.
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BarnshaW
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ps3 does not suffer from the red ring failure.
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Toby
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thats why i said light and not ring 
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Marc
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Its got a red light 
Only way to cure that is to turn it on I'm afraid.
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Matt H
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I'd take it back tot he store & argue that although the warranty is for 12 months it should've lasted longer than 18 months, otherwise it's not of satisfactory quality.
Sales of goods act is your friend
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morpheus22
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red light?
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Nic Barnes
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mine has a red light till i switch it on
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Toby
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no what happens is that that song and xbox use lead free solder to be enviro freindly (but its crap) when they get hot the solder melts and the chip seperates from the motherboard and will not start sometimes is death other times its just allowing it time to cool. Its quite a big problem in the PS3 - indicator is a red flashing light.
Sonmg giving me a doorstop exchange, but forgot to ask, what is the warrenty on exchanged items is it 90 days? and do i need to remove the hdd or will the new one come with one, i forgot to ask and fuck ringing them again took half an hour the first time?
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Nic Barnes
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be greatful that theyre fixing it for nothing really. are you still going to buy an oxobox?
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VegasPhil
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I might get an xbox this week.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Aaron
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Try the towel trick
Wrap it in a towel and swing it above your head for 5 minutes before smashing it into the nearest solid wall. Has worked for other AFAIK
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dannymccann
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The vinegar water trick may also work on the PS3, does a sound job on the 360s?
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Mike GSi
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put it in the microwave tbh
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Aaron
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike Z20LET
put it in the microwave tbh
and then the freezer
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
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I might get an xbox this week.
dont phil. i regret it a lot.
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Cole
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liar you love it
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dannymccann
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Yea Nic liar, you love Live 
[Edited on 08-02-2009 by dannymccann]
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cunningham
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you do realise that solder becomes liquidus at 183 degrees that meaning the solder joint would have to reach that temperature before it could move or dislodge itself we still use tinned lead solder
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Ren
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Well it was my understanding that it got that hot inside the xbox, that the clamp that holds down the heatsink expanded - causing the heatsink to literally jump off the graphical processor.
I don't know what this solder stuff is about.
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
Yea Nic liar, you love Live
[Edited on 08-02-2009 by dannymccann]
true story
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Toby
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quote:
Originally posted by Ren
Well it was my understanding that it got that hot inside the xbox, that the clamp that holds down the heatsink expanded - causing the heatsink to literally jump off the graphical processor.
I don't know what this solder stuff is about.
Well not sure about xbox's but thats what the woman at sony told me was the usual cause for ps3's and xbox use the same solder.
quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
be greatful that theyre fixing it for nothing really. are you still going to buy an oxobox?
Oh dont you worry i am more than grateful, tbh i couldnt believe my luck
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Tomnova16
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i had mine exchanged as laser died, transfer all your data onto usb although if you cant turn it on, youll have to take the hdd out, they dont give you it back
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Toby
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
i had mine exchanged as laser died, transfer all your data onto usb although if you cant turn it on, youll have to take the hdd out, they dont give you it back
cheers tom just wanted to know if they wanted the hard drive or if we kept it and im right in thinking that we will lose all data when we put it back in?
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Marc
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My mate got all his save data back after they fixed the laser.
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