Xbox 360 fatality

[beanzncheez]

So here's the story...

I have an Xbox 360 and the mofo died two weeks ago. My wife won this system last year so it was free. It came with tons of extra goodies and I was never interested in it but the kids bugged me about it since we have it. So I finally opened it in March, and the dvd-rom died this month. I call Micro$oft and they want $100 to fix it so I said no. I looked up online and am amazed at the amount of people that have had their system die on them. I have read many, many accounts of people who have bought several systems in mere months. Months. Depending on the type of malfunction, MS will repair it for free but that wasn't the case for me. I set out trying to repair it but since the motor doesn't work and the lens has locked up, I am SOL. I won't go into detail about how to repair it as it isn't legal and should not be posted here. I just wanted to see how many other people on here have horror stories about their system. I could easily order a free replacement with my Amex points but I do not want to plunk money into a system that I know is just going to die again. It really is that bad.

[ganjamo]

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thos fking red rings got me too, mine also died.
The story is something like this: I modded it so i no longer had a warranty and living in here isnt an advantage either so i just had to fix it myself. I left it at this place where they fix consoles and the guy just put some thermal paste on the cpu (that no longer existed), added a more powerful exhaust fan and so far all ive seen is the green ring.
The early generations had some cooling issues and very low quality components. Im not giving one more cent to M$.

[beanzncheez]

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Yeah. I thought about getting another one for free but honestly I don't want to plunk anymore money into something with such a bad history. Most of the games I like are ported on PS3 as well.

[threehills]

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I haven't had any problems with mine in the 2 years I have had it. However, my friend has had THREE die on him.

[thesightless]

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i still have a hard time accepting the following. 1. you actually have kids. 2. the doctors and social workers at the hosipital let you walk out with them 3. they are still alive under your supervision.

[beanzncheez]

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^ ^ If you'd gotten an education, then maybe you wouldn't have such a hard time with heterosexuals.

[saucercrab]

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My Elite got the RROD jsut 2 months after purchase. MS replaced it for free, but it was a pain in the ass. This is my 2nd Xbox - and I decided to stand it vertically casue it looked better next to my TV. My older box was purchased the night they came out, has laid horizontally its entire life and has worked flawlessly. Needless to say, my new Elite has been laying down ever since... no problems yet!

There are many theories that MS only developed the vertical style to sell boxes and the system should never have been designed to run in such a way. Heat cannot dissipate nearly as well when it is stood as a tower...

[beanzncheez]

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They extended the standard warranty to one year but if people got the RROD, they said it would be covered for three years. Bastards.

[saucercrab]

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I'm a total fanboy - but I believe MS should be held legally responsible for the overheating issues. They've all but admitted its a design flaw and the 3 year extension only helps those who are "lucky" enough to get the RROD. Bastards indeed!

[beanzncheez]

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Yeah. I literally tried to get my unit to display the RROD but it only did it once and won't do it again. I'm not paying for a repair. Bastards.

[ownit]

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PS Tripleechi it man...shit is built like a tank.

[chrissnead]

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whole reason why i am selling mine. well that and i have $0

[saucercrab]

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Oh irony - just a few days after my post in this thread, my other 360 has decided to take a shit. Called Xbox yesterday and a coffin is on the way...

It's inevitable.

[emuler]

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I might sound like a fanboy but actually all multiplatform games look better on 360 and don't require patches nor have bad framedrops examples:

-orange box (millions of patches required for ps3) no new maps support
-horrendous framedrop problem, loading time on portal is 30 secs loading on 360 is 8 segs
-COD4 required a patch at launch because people could never play it online
-Madden 08 and FIFA 08: run at 30 fps on PS3 while 360 renders solid 60 fps
-GTA IV the week prior to release the PS3 version was downright unplayable not even the single player campaing, users complained about a system crash that required a re-reinstall of the game
-Guitar hero III runs in sub-HD resolution while 360 renders almost 720p
-Gta IV on PS3 runs sub-HD while on Xbox360 runs at 720p
-an average of 6gb Installations.. your kidding right? they promised blu-ray
-slow loading times

...those are just examples list could go on

so thanx but I'll keep my m$ system, imo it is the best system out there, and I'm not gonna waste 600 only for MGS4 , plus psn doesn't even compare to xboxlive in terms of online functions and fun factor.

Red ring of death is a problem that happened to launch consoles if you get the new ones you should probably get a pretty reliable console...sucks to be you tho with a faulty DVD drive.

[ganjamo]

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Id stick to pc games if upgrading the computer was so expensive and hard to get good parts here in south america.