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Mattt said:
Go to have a game on Halo: Reach and I get RROD.
The console is 3.5 years old now, and already had 1 repair about 2.5 years ago - reckon I'll get a repair for free?
If I have to pay, I think I'd rather buy a new 250GB one.
Anyone else been in a similar situation?
They won't repair it if its over three years old - the previous repair doesn't reset this period. Repair from MS is 70-odd quid IIRC and you get a years warranty on that. When it happened to me I just bought a new one, wasn't that much more and at least I get the full three years back!The console is 3.5 years old now, and already had 1 repair about 2.5 years ago - reckon I'll get a repair for free?
If I have to pay, I think I'd rather buy a new 250GB one.
Anyone else been in a similar situation?
Mattt said:
Repair I guess, I tried setting up a repair - and they say it's out of warranty - they want about £70.
For £130 more I get a new one, which shouldn't break!
Has more HDD and if it does break goes to MS for a free repair.For £130 more I get a new one, which shouldn't break!
Id do both and keep the old one as an Emergency reserve/loaner.
Mattt said:
Let me know how you get on.
A friend has a barely used Xbox arcade (pre-HDMI) so imagine that will be fine, tempted to offer him a bit of cash for it. Any idea on market value? eBay seems to be all over the place.
eBay is a funny thing for 360's many people wouldn't touch an ebay one with a 10ft clown pole because of the chance of getting one that has RRoD, dodgy repair or has been banned from Live and for some reason this tends to mean the auction are all over the shop price wise.A friend has a barely used Xbox arcade (pre-HDMI) so imagine that will be fine, tempted to offer him a bit of cash for it. Any idea on market value? eBay seems to be all over the place.
Mattt said:
To update this, fitted a new clamp kit (i.e. heatsink bolts) and works perfectly again - for now anyway.
Do you have a link to where you purchased the kit?I got RROD on sunday, it happened 5 times in a row, then on the 6th reboot it worked fine and has been fine since. Did this happen to yours before it died completely?
Broken again. Bugger.
It seems a waste to have to buy a new 250gb unit, that is exactly the same as what I have now.
Tempted to try and argue the SoGA route - but having buggered about with it, that's probably not an option!
Is the current 250gb going to be it for a while, or are we expecting the next gen Xbox soon?
It seems a waste to have to buy a new 250gb unit, that is exactly the same as what I have now.
Tempted to try and argue the SoGA route - but having buggered about with it, that's probably not an option!
Is the current 250gb going to be it for a while, or are we expecting the next gen Xbox soon?
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