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After months and months of eager anticipation and endless waiting for possibly the coolest driving game of all time, two days ago my f
king stebox 360 packs up for the second time in 18 months. Fully fledged ring of death not six months since it was last repaired.
Bet it won't be a freebie repair this time either.
Gutted......totally gutted.
Guess I'll just have to sit and look at all your pretty pictures and wish!
king stebox 360 packs up for the second time in 18 months. Fully fledged ring of death not six months since it was last repaired. Bet it won't be a freebie repair this time either.
Gutted......totally gutted.
Guess I'll just have to sit and look at all your pretty pictures and wish!
If it is out of warranty then just take it apart and re-apply some heatsink gel. There are loads of documents on the web and it is a fairly easy process.
I got fed up with the stupid Red Ring of Death (and more importantly the stupid fan noise) that I bought a Lian Li PC-XB01 case and fitted 2 Noctua NH-U9D0 heatsinks and fans. It now runs silent and no problems with ROD
, but this is probably a bit extreme.
I got fed up with the stupid Red Ring of Death (and more importantly the stupid fan noise) that I bought a Lian Li PC-XB01 case and fitted 2 Noctua NH-U9D0 heatsinks and fans. It now runs silent and no problems with ROD
, but this is probably a bit extreme.You can try the towel trick for the time being if you just want to play for a while longer.
Get two thick bath towels, turn console on, wrap it up tight (if it shuts down, turn it back on again), leave it for around 20 mins to half hour, unwrap, turn off, leave it for an hour to cool, then see if it boots again.This basically heats up and 'reflows' the dodgy solder on the motherboard, although it's a temp fix.You may get another day out of it, a few hours, or even a couple of weeks.
Get two thick bath towels, turn console on, wrap it up tight (if it shuts down, turn it back on again), leave it for around 20 mins to half hour, unwrap, turn off, leave it for an hour to cool, then see if it boots again.This basically heats up and 'reflows' the dodgy solder on the motherboard, although it's a temp fix.You may get another day out of it, a few hours, or even a couple of weeks.
WelshBoyo said:
If it is out of warranty then just take it apart and re-apply some heatsink gel. There are loads of documents on the web and it is a fairly easy process.
I got fed up with the stupid Red Ring of Death (and more importantly the stupid fan noise) that I bought a Lian Li PC-XB01 case and fitted 2 Noctua NH-U9D0 heatsinks and fans. It now runs silent and no problems with ROD, but this is probably a bit extreme.
Things like that really depend on how far gone the console is to be honest.It's not always a perm fix.I have two dead ones here as proof I got fed up with the stupid Red Ring of Death (and more importantly the stupid fan noise) that I bought a Lian Li PC-XB01 case and fitted 2 Noctua NH-U9D0 heatsinks and fans. It now runs silent and no problems with ROD
, but this is probably a bit extreme.Edited by Digby on Saturday 24th October 16:19
alliray said:
After months and months of eager anticipation and endless waiting for possibly the coolest driving game of all time, two days ago my fking stebox 360 packs up for the second time in 18 months. Fully fledged ring of death not six months since it was last repaired.
Bet it won't be a freebie repair this time either.
Gutted......totally gutted.
Guess I'll just have to sit and look at all your pretty pictures and wish!
Just sat down to play Forza 3 for the first time there the now and the same thing has just happened. fking stebox 360 packs up for the second time in 18 months. Fully fledged ring of death not six months since it was last repaired. Bet it won't be a freebie repair this time either.
Gutted......totally gutted.
Guess I'll just have to sit and look at all your pretty pictures and wish!
k, fkety fk fk fkcalum_ek said:
alliray said:
After months and months of eager anticipation and endless waiting for possibly the coolest driving game of all time, two days ago my fking stebox 360 packs up for the second time in 18 months. Fully fledged ring of death not six months since it was last repaired.
Bet it won't be a freebie repair this time either.
Gutted......totally gutted.
Guess I'll just have to sit and look at all your pretty pictures and wish!
Just sat down to play Forza 3 for the first time there the now and the same thing has just happened. fking stebox 360 packs up for the second time in 18 months. Fully fledged ring of death not six months since it was last repaired. Bet it won't be a freebie repair this time either.
Gutted......totally gutted.
Guess I'll just have to sit and look at all your pretty pictures and wish!
k, fkety fk fk fkPissed off is an under-estimate but as it`s a used console from Gamestation it has a years cover so I`ll bag a unit swap tommorrow or monday with any luck.
I certainly feel your pain. After a horrible experience when M$ refused to reapir my first console saying I had tampered with it, I decided to take the plunge for Forza 3. This is where it got me:
Yeah baby!
Got me one of the very first Xbox 360 Super Elites in the country!
Look at it, all sexy, boxed up there with Forza 3 ready to go!
Lets unpack the little beauty and see what we find:
Woo Hoo! It's even a Falcon Core. Smaller PSU and 12.1 Amp power rating confirm it. Manufacture date is 25/08/2009 if that bothers you....
Side by side, old and new. Not much to see apart from the Speshul Edishun 250Gb Hard Disc Drive.
Of course, these two consoles are the same in one very important respect:
[size=large]NURSE![/size]
I genuinely :lol: 'd
That's what you get for crawling back to Microsoft with £250 in your sweaty palm
Yeah baby!
Got me one of the very first Xbox 360 Super Elites in the country!
Look at it, all sexy, boxed up there with Forza 3 ready to go!
Lets unpack the little beauty and see what we find:
Woo Hoo! It's even a Falcon Core. Smaller PSU and 12.1 Amp power rating confirm it. Manufacture date is 25/08/2009 if that bothers you....
Side by side, old and new. Not much to see apart from the Speshul Edishun 250Gb Hard Disc Drive.
Of course, these two consoles are the same in one very important respect:
[size=large]NURSE![/size]
I genuinely :lol: 'd
That's what you get for crawling back to Microsoft with £250 in your sweaty palm
I might regret saying this but.....
Ive got a repaired xbox sat next to me doing nothing as i went out and bought a newer one, its got all the cables etc, even a wireless controller.
Id be happy to box it up and lend it to someone until they got theirs fixed/a new one, if they paid for the postage there and back, which shouldnt be too much. Hell if you live nearish harrogate i could even drop it round.
Ive got a repaired xbox sat next to me doing nothing as i went out and bought a newer one, its got all the cables etc, even a wireless controller.
Id be happy to box it up and lend it to someone until they got theirs fixed/a new one, if they paid for the postage there and back, which shouldnt be too much. Hell if you live nearish harrogate i could even drop it round.
Checked the delivery note on the box they shipped it back to me in last time they repaired it, yes I kept it, figured I'd use it to send it back next time it broke, (hows that for confidence?) It only got posted back to me on April 27th this year, so it packed up at 11 months old, was fitted with a new mother board and hasn't managed a further 6 months since!!!!
Absolute rubbish, I'll be giving them a call tomorrow and if they want a single penny off me its going in the bin!
Absolute rubbish, I'll be giving them a call tomorrow and if they want a single penny off me its going in the bin!
GG89 said:
Every thread that starts 'Oh ffs' or 'bdS!' or 'Don't bloody believe it you can guarentee it's about this piece of st xbox malfunctioning. I'll maybe get one when a perm fix comes!
It's true. I read the thread title and thought RROD... I wasn't surprised.dS!' or 'Don't bloody believe it you can guarentee it's about this piece of st xbox malfunctioning. I'll maybe get one when a perm fix comes!Forza must be good for so many of you to put up with this crap... then again, I still run Windoze and that's as bad as it ever was too.
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