Red Ring Of Death!

Yep.... It happened yesterday. My console is DOA.

Just when things could really hardly get worse. They do. Now I have to call and find out what my options are. Stupid Xbox glitches, never had a system take a dump on me. It sucks.

One reason why I am still a little worried to get an xbox even though in another thread everyone said the problem should be fixed on the newer ones.

DarkArtist81 said:

Yep.... It happened yesterday. My console is DOA.

Just when things could really hardly get worse. They do. Now I have to call and find out what my options are. Stupid Xbox glitches, never had a system take a dump on me. It sucks.

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Sucks to hear man. Microsoft will take care of you. Get well soon!

Sorry to hear that man, but as Bagels said MS has your back!

Yeah, that sucks. I worry every time I turn mine on since it happened to me.

DarkArtist81 said:

Yep.... It happened yesterday. My console is DOA.

Just when things could really hardly get worse. They do. Now I have to call and find out what my options are. Stupid Xbox glitches, never had a system take a dump on me. It sucks.

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Don't have an Xbox, but when my PS2 crapped out, I returned it to Sony and got a new one. Only had to pay shipping. Good luck

Yeah, I'm going to contact them and see what needs to be done. Hopefully it will be an easy fix. Just sucks. I was always nervous that it would happen, so much that I can hardly believe it actually HAS happened now.

That sux Josh....I just watched a report on a local news station that said Microsoft has allocated a few million just to this phenomenon and are ready to replace and make due with their XBOX 360s. Shouldn't be more hassle other than the unfortunate waiting game.

That sucks man. I thought the RROD only occurred during long extended gameplay and letting system cool down would clear the problem till next occurence.

I found this link useful:


https://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3152&p=2

Hope you like talking to Indian customer service.

MesaScott said:

Hope you like talking to Indian customer service.

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hehe, I remember the good old days when it was Americans(or at least people with proper understandable english) I spoke to and could understand. I had to get my 360 replaced 5 times, and all 5 times I called were Americans in the US. This was over a year ago. But now they have switched over to India . At least the consoles are still repaired in the US.

I've had it happen twice now (once a long time ago and the first run units, then on the replacement they sent).

They used to be pricks about it, wanted to charge me $160 (I haggled 'em down to half that), but they ended up sending me a refund check for what I paid, and apparently they completely cover it nowadays. They'll send you a pre-paid box to send you X-Box in, and you'll see the replacement in about a month.

Good luck man!

DarkArtist81 said:

Yep.... It happened yesterday. My console is DOA.

Just when things could really hardly get worse. They do. Now I have to call and find out what my options are. Stupid Xbox glitches, never had a system take a dump on me. It sucks.

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++++, that sucks bro!!

I knew it was gonna be tough getting Net service at your new crib and now this. Hope you get a replacement soon bro we miss ya man!!

Thanks a lot guys. Yeah, still waiting on my internet hookup. They had to install a whole mess of crap all up my street just to get us set up. It's a mess. And my XBox.. sucks.

But I will be getting that fixed this next week. I'll call em.

madden821 said:

One reason why I am still a little worried to get an xbox even though in another thread everyone said the problem should be fixed on the newer ones.

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Apparently even the new ones are causing issues. But they're suppose to have one available in the summer that won't have the problem. I wanted to get a second one so I had one with an HDMI connection, so I'm waiting for this one.

Damn Josh. Sorry to hear this. It seems like this is happening to one of us at least once a month :emperor

That sucks man. I had mine for almost 2 years before the first red ring of death. Hopefully the newer generation won't give you the error again.

My friends Elite just crapped out and I'm on my second unit. Seems the failure rates closer to 100%!

I've had 3 die on me, 2 white ones and an elite. No complaints with the customer service though. Always got my new machine in about a week and a half.

Are they replacing them even out of warranty? Without receipt?

Yeah all I had to do was call them, go through their trouble shooting with the rep, then they sent me a box to send the console only, then they sent me a new one back with a new serial number and a new warranty.