Red ringed!

[Harvey]

I just got the RROD on my roommate's 360. Thing is, this is the second time that it's happened on the damn thing in the past year. Grumble, grumble...

 

[Amaris]

I just got the RROD on my roommate's 360. Thing is, this is the second time that it's happened on the damn thing in the past year. Grumble, grumble...

At least you got that out of it. I got three weeks and two red rings from two different machines. I got out of it quickly. I'm not dealing with the garbage Microsoft's trying to pass off for the price they are. When I buy something, it better work.


J.

 

[Immolatus]

After 14 months, I woke up this morning, turned on my Xbox 360 and got the dreaded red rings. I was expecting it at some point, given the high rate of occurrence, still, it's a bit of a shock when it happens. *sigh*

Regardless, I actually give Microsoft credit for how easy it is to set up the repair. It only took about five minutes online to report the problem and arrange to have a box shipped so the unit can be replaced, and it won't cost me anything.

A question for other RROD victims, how long does it generally take to get the replacement unit? And are they sending the newer ones that (supposedly) don't have this problem, or am I looking at another RROD at some point down the line?

You will get a refurbished one, probably your present 360 box with a new Mobo and DVD drive in it, although seeing as you have a older system you will have one of the older out of date motherboard configs........It take now about 2 week to return too you....you wont get a new Jasper mobo in your 360 because your present PSU would kill the new Mobo dead as the new jaspers use less power, plus the power connections physically wont allow you to plug a older PSU into the newer 360 revised Motherboards.

My first 360 which i bought on Feb 2006 was brilliant and lasted right up until mid 2008, after that i sent the same 360 back 4 times to MS for repair, and i gave up with it just before xmas and coughed up for a new 60gig which uses less power and is a lot quieter......and low and behold its started to show 3 and 1 red light on a few occasions now, switching it on and off a few times as made them disappear but i hold my breath every time i now switch it on.......I am now of the opinion that the RROD is incurable no matter what revisions MS make to the motherboard on the 360.

I still don't understand why. the 1st xbox was great. mine is still running strong.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

^^^I still have the original xbox as well in a cupboard and last time i switched it on it was still working..........i would really put the 360 continued issues down to bad design and very inadequate cooling.

But the scary part about all this is now after 3 years and a new Jasper revision for the 360 which is supposed to stop all RROD, MS just last week extended their previous 3 year 3 RROD warranty to now include cover for 1 RROD.

It feels to me like MS now know there is a serious design fault and are trying to fix it temporarily and hold back the tide until they can ditch the 360 and get the next one out.

 

[Odo's_Bucket]

I followed a video I found on the internet that explains how to fix it yourself. It costs under five U.S. dollars and takes about twenty minutes. I fixed mine four months ago. I've played it just about every day since. Works perfectly fine.

You guys keep sending yours into Microsoft.

 

[clint g]

I followed a video I found on the internet that explains how to fix it yourself. It costs under five U.S. dollars and takes about twenty minutes. I fixed mine four months ago. I've played it just about every day since. Works perfectly fine.

You guys keep sending yours into Microsoft.

I hate to say this, but not everyone may have the same repair skills that you may posses

 

[Rii]

Microsoft's massive industrial towels are far more effective than regular consumer towels.

 

[Amaris]

I followed a video I found on the internet that explains how to fix it yourself. It costs under five U.S. dollars and takes about twenty minutes. I fixed mine four months ago. I've played it just about every day since. Works perfectly fine.

You guys keep sending yours into Microsoft.

I hate to say this, but not everyone may have the same repair skills that you may posses

Then again, there are those of us with the prerequisite skills who don't want to crack open a game system to fix what it's incompetent engineers couldn't do, because they've been cracking open systems for the past 14 years already, and are tired of it. Also, that solution only works with the 3 light RROD. The 1 light is becoming far more common now, and that's a scaler chip issue E74 error, so unless you've got a 360 scaler chip just lying around, you're not getting anywhere.


J.