See those lights on the right? They’re red.
They are supposed to be GREEN dammit!
This is, er hem, *affectionately* known as the Red Ring of Death!!
(or RROD for short)
And it’s FAR worse than the Windows blue screen or the Apple bomb …
This is a hardware issue and means that I now have dig around for the receipt (somewhere!!),
then spend gawd-knows-how-long on the phone to Microsoft, talking to some dumb-ass chick
who will keep me on the line for about 45 minutes, all so that I can get one stupid little
reference number. Then I have to schlep all the way out to Makro and convince them to either
repair or replace the thing. Yeah … I’ve had to do this before.
So now, that’s a 100% fail rate in our house – all 3 consoles FUXORED 🙁
Don’t worry – I’m not about to open it up or anything … the fixes Kat sent don’t mess with the warranty in any way (you know me, I won’t take that risk!) I’ll post what she sent me a bit later …
Dont touch it! I only screwed around with mine (literally – u know what i mean dont go there) because my warrenty was up. And i only got another 2 months out of it. Just take it in and get a new one!
@cath – yeah, I’ve had no hassles with a swap out before, for Son#2’s console. But dealing with MS on the phone was TORTURE!
Finding my receipt is probably gonna be the hardest part! My filing system for the last while has consisted of stuffing all little bits ‘n pieces into a number of draws AARGH! Silly me …
FUCK!
Good news for you tho is that a mate of mine took his in and got it swapped out pronto, no worries. as long as you have the receipt! XXXX
Got your email. Thanks Kat!!
No, I haven’t returned it yet so I’ll definitely give these fixes a try first to see if i can avoid going through all that bother … brilliant!
Will share too 😀
P.S. Feel free to share that email with these other lovely people who have the same problems as you. I promise, the fixes I emailed you DO work. 😀
Sent you an email about this, hopefully you haven’t returned it yet. 🙂
Microsoft should just drill some more holes into every 360 and they would save billions!
If I take the case off I *think* I risk voiding the warranty?
Have you tried just taking the case off? My traditional computer logic would be to do that if something was overheating.
WAHAHAHA!!! Love it 😀
Bloody hell! SIX consoles???!! Jeesh …
Yeah, must get this sorted asap – cowgrrrl hasn’t been online for a while now and I have some serious butt whipping to do!
Lady, you *really* not having a good time!
I’m on my sixth xbox now (2 cores, 2 premiums and currently on my 2nd Elite) and its been going strong for a while now.
Call the MS hotline, get your reference number, walk into whereever you bought it and get a straight swap. The newer xbox’s have new motherboards which are far more stable. Really hope things start looking up soon!
BTW: Try this, worked on my first console for about a week. Pick up the xbox and shake the living **** out of it. good way to vent any frustration and it occasionally works 😉