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I became its latest victim. Anybody else have this problem, and can give me some sort of reassurance that Microsoft will repair this thing and send it back intact and within a reasonable period of time?

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

I haven't gotten the RROD yet (knock on wood) but did get a different error (something video related).

The customer service rep I spoke with said that normally MS wouldn't cover my error under warranty but he would in my case. Got a Fedex label to print out, plopped my 360 in its box, and couriered it out. I had it back in 3-4 weeks.

Of course I decided to buy a new 360 in the meantime so I could still game. Ended up selling the unit I got back to a co-worker for her husband. The returned unit is still running fine for him as far as I know.


Good luck man. Hope to see you back online soon, well before MW2 comes out.

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"I built me a bomb and dropped it on every MFer who got in my way!"

I hope this can help. Depending on whe you got your X-box 360 you could get it repaired for free...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969905

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=4152

For some reason I can't use the URL funtion, so just copy/paste the address

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1st Feb 2008

I sent it in Monday to be repaired, and yes apparently they are repairing it for free. I didn't even have to pay for shipping.

3-4 weeks of no Call of Duty is going to suck royally. I may cave and buy a new one in the meantime.

oh, btw... I thought this quote was an interesting insight into the orientation of Angelus....



hmmm.. trading a gaming system for a used spouse of the same sex seems to be a bit dodgy, but whatever floats your boat man. does your wife know? and where do you keep him?

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

hehe. No more wife remember!?

GL with the repair man. Only 2+ months til MW2 is out. Can't wait to game with ya again.

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"I built me a bomb and dropped it on every MFer who got in my way!"

ROFLMAO


Angelus still missed it

Oh I got it alright Z. Just chose not to propogate the insanity any further.

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"I built me a bomb and dropped it on every MFer who got in my way!"

By the force. He has matured...!

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1st Feb 2008

I knew that Angelus swayed that way all along!

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The Cord
Occasional Caretaker of the Horde Maelstrom Guild
Ex-Section 3 Director

LOL

ok, so i got an email saying they'd fixed my Xbox and they're shipping it back on Monday! That was fast! I'm quite impressed! Not bad for a free fix!

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

Tell that to my soccer playing girlfriend. Holy stamina Batman!!!

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"I built me a bomb and dropped it on every MFer who got in my way!"

I was reading something online recently that said somewhere near 40% of xboxes (360's) experianced RROD...kind of a scary statistic if your a xbox owner. Guess its good Microsith recognizes that their product just up and dies and fixes it

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Ryric Krael
Former Vice President AGN
Former Director, Section 6
Former Head of Department of the Treasury
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"Gone Section Five"

That many!? I was told it was "only" a third of them...

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1st Feb 2008

yeah... i was gonna post a flame about microsoft, but i'll just drop it. yay ps3.

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~Ravage™
~I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
~The problem with facts, is that sometimes they don't support your opinion.

I'm on my 4th box now. I normally don't get the extended warranty from Best Buy, but, when i purchased the 360 I had started hearing about this, so, i went ahead. This turned out to be a decent decision b/c each time i was able to walk in and make an exchange. Also, strange enough, which I didn't expect, since I paid a higher price a couple years ago (forgot how much) than what it costs now they actually refunded me that amount! So, I walked out of the store with an extra $50 or so .. forgot how much, but, it was enough for some extra goodies! Still .. fourth box .. i would have gotten rid of it if not for the kids playing it.

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