CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
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T.W.A.T
AND my wife never got an extended warrenty when she bought it over 12 months ago! What are my options except buying another???
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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Ring Microsoft, 3 year warranty on the red light issue. So it should be sorted for nothing.
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
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Really?? Thanks Joe 
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Gavin
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: West Midlands
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yep... ring them up, they'll send someone out to pick it up and it should be back with you in 7-10 days
Been through it myself and found the service easy and fairly quick 
pew pew pew pewwwww
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xa0s
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Registered: 4th Mar 08
Location: Dartford, Kent Car: Turbo'd Fabia vRS
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Still, it shouldn't happen in the first place. It's hardly like they're doing you a favour.
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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Microshaft suck. Nuff said.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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Ring them asap. Mine was 7days from collection to being redelivered to my home. They'll collect from wherever you want too
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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Mine went off to Germany yesturday, I miss it
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corsa_godfather
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Registered: 6th May 03
Location: Greenock,Scotland
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Il be gutted when this happens too mine,especially if its after the 3 years lol.
Think im going to wrap mine up in a towel if i get to 2 years 8 months without the red lights and overheat it so the lights come on and send it away and get it fixed 
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ssj_kakarot
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_godfather
Il be gutted when this happens too mine,especially if its after the 3 years lol.
Think im going to wrap mine up in a towel if i get to 2 years 8 months without the red lights and overheat it so the lights come on and send it away and get it fixed
lol that doesnt work , tried like hell to get mine to red ring after i kept getting disk read errors amongst other problems.
rapping it in a towel just gave me 2 red lights ( over heating) had the twatting thing in a towel kept on for 2 days and still didnt red ring, still i sent it away as it was and got a new system sent back.
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
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Wrapping it in a towel makes it work again!
Thats what I've been doing for the last month to mine but it work work forever.
So far I haven't had a 360 last a year, they always seem to get the RRoD in around 9-11 months.
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
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What's the number guys...i could look myself but i'm getting a million diff. ones
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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0800 587 1102
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CORSA NUT
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Cheers Brett 
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Jon_C
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Registered: 7th Dec 05
Location: Suffolk
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Got my on 2 weeks after they first came out. Its bloody noisy but never had a problem with it
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ajscorsa
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Registered: 30th Apr 02
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you can also do it online via the xbox homepage at http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/
just click on support on the top right...then on "console repair" on the bottom right. once youve registered your device you can click on request a repair. theres even a special form for the red ring of death. probably quicker than listening to someone at customer services asking if you have checked your power supply, video cable, spoken the magic words over the console etc.
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
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quote:
Originally posted by ajscorsa
you can also do it online via the xbox homepage at http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/
just click on support on the top right...then on "console repair" on the bottom right. once youve registered your device you can click on request a repair. theres even a special form for the red ring of death. probably quicker than listening to someone at customer services asking if you have checked your power supply, video cable, spoken the magic words over the console etc.
You have to contact UPS yourself then, Microshaft don't do it like they do over the phone.
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Ojc
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They are spot on, mine went on a Tuesday. Picked up on a Thursday, had a brand new Xbox on my doorstep the following Tuesday.
Didn't bother to repair it just sent me a new one.
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
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Niiiice. I'll hopefully have mine back on Friday then
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
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They emailed me the stickers, rang UPS they picked it up in the afternoon. It was bang on. Good service.
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Corsa_Quadz
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I read that i was something to do with the cooling fans getting clogged with dust ect.
It can also be if youur power cable is not plugged in properly, just check before and if you can on the next one (if you require it) you can buy and add-on fan pack from amazon for a few quid its probly worth it in the long run
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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You don't get three red lights if the cables aren't connected properly. And isn't the red ring caused by the solder heating up and disconnecting from the wires? Either way, I'm glad I no longer own one
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ssj_kakarot
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Registered: 29th Apr 03
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quote:
Originally posted by Eck
You don't get three red lights if the cables aren't connected properly. And isn't the red ring caused by the solder heating up and disconnecting from the wires? Either way, I'm glad I no longer own one
you get one red light if your power cable isnt plugged in correctly, 2 red lights for overheating and 3 red lights meens a general total system faliure.
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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got mine back today, complete with new mobo and dvd drive
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Eck
You don't get three red lights if the cables aren't connected properly. And isn't the red ring caused by the solder heating up and disconnecting from the wires? Either way, I'm glad I no longer own one
I don't think its to do with overheating, otherwise the towel trick wouldn't work, it'd just make it go pop.
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