Noooooo! My 360 is toast!

[BDawg]

Originally posted by: duragezic
How can they offer that kind of crap warranty? Sure when you get an OEM stuff like CPUs its only 90days, but generally CPUs dont randomly die unless you stupidly overclock it or don't cool it, or its DOA to begin with. When I upgrade my computer I like knowing pretty much anything I buy has at least a 1yr warranty, with up to 5yrs on hard drives (Seagate) which seem like a way bigger chance to fail than most other electronic devices, and lifetime on RAM and some video cards (which still applies when you overclock!). How is the 360 hardware that much different?

I hate those warranties. When you pay that much money for a console, they should stand behind it for longer than 90 days.

I bet PS3 will be the same way.

Say what you will about Nintendo, but their consoles have always been bullet-proof for me.

 

[Concillian]

Originally posted by: BDawg
Say what you will about Nintendo, but their consoles have always been bullet-proof for me.

The only Nintendo system I ever owned I had to do some kind of Voodoo dance just to get the cartridges to work in it.

Insert - power - remove - blow in it - reinsert - power - still nothing - remove - wipe contacts - jump up and down - pray to Gladys the gamer goddess - reinsert - power - It works! thank you Gladys!

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: Concillian

Originally posted by: BDawg
Say what you will about Nintendo, but their consoles have always been bullet-proof for me.

The only Nintendo system I ever owned I had to do some kind of Voodoo dance just to get the cartridges to work in it.

Insert - power - remove - blow in it - reinsert - power - still nothing - remove - wipe contacts - jump up and down - pray to Gladys the gamer goddess - reinsert - power - It works! thank you Gladys!

rofl!

 

[bucwylde23]

Originally posted by: Concillian

Originally posted by: BDawg
Say what you will about Nintendo, but their consoles have always been bullet-proof for me.

The only Nintendo system I ever owned I had to do some kind of Voodoo dance just to get the cartridges to work in it.

Insert - power - remove - blow in it - reinsert - power - still nothing - remove - wipe contacts - jump up and down - pray to Gladys the gamer goddess - reinsert - power - It works! thank you Gladys!

ahhhh the good ol' days! I used to spend 10-15 minutes EACH game when I was little trying to get the games to work. the Game Genie ( i think that is what it was called... the thing to help you cheat.. .lol) made things even more complicated sometimes 🙂

 

[BDawg]

Originally posted by: Concillian

Originally posted by: BDawg
Say what you will about Nintendo, but their consoles have always been bullet-proof for me.

The only Nintendo system I ever owned I had to do some kind of Voodoo dance just to get the cartridges to work in it.

Insert - power - remove - blow in it - reinsert - power - still nothing - remove - wipe contacts - jump up and down - pray to Gladys the gamer goddess - reinsert - power - It works! thank you Gladys!

But, it worked! No impassable disc read errors or red circle of death.

 

[Sniper82]

consoles only come with 90 day warrantly for as long as I remember. Another reason not to buy a launch system unless its a Nintendo, try to avoid launch systems unless you have money to waste on them. Try to wait it out at least a year.

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: Concillian

Originally posted by: BDawg
Say what you will about Nintendo, but their consoles have always been bullet-proof for me.

The only Nintendo system I ever owned I had to do some kind of Voodoo dance just to get the cartridges to work in it.

Insert - power - remove - blow in it - reinsert - power - still nothing - remove - wipe contacts - jump up and down - pray to Gladys the gamer goddess - reinsert - power - It works! thank you Gladys!

Must be user error, as I got one of the "new" NES systems when it came out (at least 8-9 years ago), and it is still working flawlessly to this day. Not to mention and SNES, N64, and GBC, all work perfect. Yeah, I know those memory cartridges can get kind of iffy, but if you take care of them they always work perfectly.

 

[Noema]

Originally posted by: BDawg

Say what you will about Nintendo, but their consoles have always been bullet-proof for me.

Same for me. Then again, no Nintendo console prior to the GC ever had moving parts 😀

 

[LanceM]

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy

Must be user error, as I got one of the "new" NES systems when it came out (at least 8-9 years ago), and it is still working flawlessly to this day. Not to mention and SNES, N64, and GBC, all work perfect. Yeah, I know those memory cartridges can get kind of iffy, but if you take care of them they always work perfectly.

The contacts simply became worn down. I would guess that 99.9% of the units from the original NES run had this issue. No joke.

 

[beggerking]

umm.. only 3 month warrenty..
every system I owned so far came with at least 1 yr warrenty...

 

[beggerking]

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy

Originally posted by: Concillian

Originally posted by: BDawg
Say what you will about Nintendo, but their consoles have always been bullet-proof for me.

The only Nintendo system I ever owned I had to do some kind of Voodoo dance just to get the cartridges to work in it.

Insert - power - remove - blow in it - reinsert - power - still nothing - remove - wipe contacts - jump up and down - pray to Gladys the gamer goddess - reinsert - power - It works! thank you Gladys!

Must be user error, as I got one of the "new" NES systems when it came out (at least 8-9 years ago), and it is still working flawlessly to this day. Not to mention and SNES, N64, and GBC, all work perfect. Yeah, I know those memory cartridges can get kind of iffy, but if you take care of them they always work perfectly.

Yes.. the new NES system is okay (USA) version, but its severely limited. The original japanese version (red/white) version was the one with problems, but it had much better graphics and sound.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: beggerking

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy

Originally posted by: Concillian

Originally posted by: BDawg
Say what you will about Nintendo, but their consoles have always been bullet-proof for me.

The only Nintendo system I ever owned I had to do some kind of Voodoo dance just to get the cartridges to work in it.

Insert - power - remove - blow in it - reinsert - power - still nothing - remove - wipe contacts - jump up and down - pray to Gladys the gamer goddess - reinsert - power - It works! thank you Gladys!

Must be user error, as I got one of the "new" NES systems when it came out (at least 8-9 years ago), and it is still working flawlessly to this day. Not to mention and SNES, N64, and GBC, all work perfect. Yeah, I know those memory cartridges can get kind of iffy, but if you take care of them they always work perfectly.

Yes.. the new NES system is okay (USA) version, but its severely limited. The original japanese version (red/white) version was the one with problems, but it had much better graphics and sound.

I'm confused, are you refering to the Famicom? I thought that graphically and sound wise it was identical to the US NES? What am I missing here...

 

[AlucardX]

heat gun fix

http://www.eurasia.nu/wiki/index.php?pagename=Xbox360FixError0102HotAirGun

 

[JohnAn2112]

Call MS again today. There are reports of them extending the original 90 day warranty on their systems manufactured before 01/01/06 to a one year warranty. There's a thread on OT about it.

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy

Originally posted by: Concillian

Originally posted by: BDawg
Say what you will about Nintendo, but their consoles have always been bullet-proof for me.

The only Nintendo system I ever owned I had to do some kind of Voodoo dance just to get the cartridges to work in it.

Insert - power - remove - blow in it - reinsert - power - still nothing - remove - wipe contacts - jump up and down - pray to Gladys the gamer goddess - reinsert - power - It works! thank you Gladys!

Must be user error, as I got one of the "new" NES systems when it came out (at least 8-9 years ago), and it is still working flawlessly to this day. Not to mention and SNES, N64, and GBC, all work perfect. Yeah, I know those memory cartridges can get kind of iffy, but if you take care of them they always work perfectly.

you must not be very old. the original NES console was a nightmare, they made all sorts of cleaning kits to keep the contacts clean. voodoo dance is pretty funny tho, and yeah i had to blow my carts (!!) back in the day.

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: Noema

Originally posted by: BDawg

Say what you will about Nintendo, but their consoles have always been bullet-proof for me.

Same for me. Then again, no Nintendo console prior to the GC ever had moving parts 😀

no? the original NES did. you had to put the cart in, then push it down on it's little spring loaded tray thing to engage it (bad description i'm sure). that would be a moving part. 😉 i loved my NES and all, but the thing was havoc when it came to the contacts. blow in the cart, use the cleaner on the console, hope it works, half the time repeat and try again.

 

[mzkhadir]

Refer to this thread to get your xbox 360 for free:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1931441&enterthread=y

 

[Noema]

Originally posted by: fisher

Originally posted by: Noema

Originally posted by: BDawg

Say what you will about Nintendo, but their consoles have always been bullet-proof for me.

Same for me. Then again, no Nintendo console prior to the GC ever had moving parts 😀

no? the original NES did. you had to put the cart in, then push it down on it's little spring loaded tray thing to engage it (bad description i'm sure). that would be a moving part. 😉 i loved my NES and all, but the thing was havoc when it came to the contacts. blow in the cart, use the cleaner on the console, hope it works, half the time repeat and try again.

Agreed...though that was more of an artificial constrain on Nintendo's part so you couldn't play Famicom games on the NES. It sucked though and made most NESes useless after a couple of years. 🙂 The Famicom (and the NES2 or whatever the streamlined version they released later on was called) were like the Super Nes in that you plugged the ROMs right on top...much more convenient.

 

[0roo0roo]

sonys playstation 2's warranty is also 90 days.

 

[Evander]

here are more links concerning free 360 repair:
http://news.spong.com/article/10816?cb=78
http://www.xbox-scene.com/ (sept 21 news post)

 

[oboeguy]

A quick update: the UPS box arrived yesterday. I had a nervous moment removing the faceplate of my 360 (as directed to do by the CSR) but off it went before long. I suppose, seeing as the box arrived right on schedule, that I should get it back within a couple of weeks.

Edit: if anybody is wondering, the repair center destination is in Texas, IIRC.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269

Originally posted by: fisher

Originally posted by: oboeguy

Originally posted by: chrisg22
If you are still in the 90 day or 6 month warranty (whatever it is...) and you are worried, just call in to microsoft and pay $30 and get a 1 year service contract.

I'm covered through next august at this point, i think 30 bucks is well spent, much better than 129-139 or even $400

I think I'll be picking up the 2 year contract at $60.

I wonder if the PS3 will have this sort of problem??

my guess is yes, it will. the ps2 had issues as well, and the ps3 seems to be packing even more "cutting edge" stuff into a small package.

Just remember with the PS3 you will be using a new technology as the primary drive. That scares the hell out of my considering my PS2 started having disc read errors only a few months after I bought it and my PS1 had to be played upside down. 😛

What about the HDD though? I'm guessing that the games will install portions that require quick access times (and repeated access, like menus) to the hard drive.

Further to that, I would suggest that only a fraction of the blu-ray disc's capacity will be used for first-generation games, video clips aside.

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: oboeguy
A quick update: the UPS box arrived yesterday. I had a nervous moment removing the faceplate of my 360 (as directed to do by the CSR) but off it went before long. I suppose, seeing as the box arrived right on schedule, that I should get it back within a couple of weeks.

Edit: if anybody is wondering, the repair center destination is in Texas, IIRC.

remove your faceplate? why?
i didnt remove mine...

man you just now got your box? i had my 360 back in a total of 7 days (from call to replacement ) you just got your box to send it?

 

[oboeguy]

The CSR specifically told me to remove the HDD *and* the faceplate. <shrug>

So yes, it took about a week to get the box. They said, IIRC, 4-5 business days so I can't really complain.

 

[warcrow]

When did you buy this thing?

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-10151_7-0....D=96&messageID=2219335&threadID=207851