Used Xbox 360

[ric1287]

Originally posted by: Oyeve
I bought my 360 from a forum member here a few months ago, it was a replacement and he sold it to me. I got the RROD about 2 days later. I called MS, they asked me questions about the original owner, I gave them his name, address and phone number, ther verified it and transferred the warranty to me under my name. They sent me the box-casket and I sen them the 360, got a new looking one a month later and so far so good. Then came the 3 years extension, so I think im good for a bit on the RROD.

did you tell them you bought it from someone else?

and is asking them who its registered to the only way to find out?

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: ric1287

Originally posted by: Oyeve
I bought my 360 from a forum member here a few months ago, it was a replacement and he sold it to me. I got the RROD about 2 days later. I called MS, they asked me questions about the original owner, I gave them his name, address and phone number, ther verified it and transferred the warranty to me under my name. They sent me the box-casket and I sen them the 360, got a new looking one a month later and so far so good. Then came the 3 years extension, so I think im good for a bit on the RROD.

did you tell them you bought it from someone else?

and is asking them who its registered to the only way to find out?

i have a question. how do i register the console. i mean i bought live for it. but that it. where do it register my console. sorry to derail the thread.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: DeathSniper

As a side note, I still have a pre-launch 360 (from the Pepsi/Doritos promo) going strong It's been used it countless hours of DVD playing, gaming, and it's been left on many a times after forgetting to turn it off. Maybe I'm just lucky

It has been suggested by at least 1 member here, that leaving it on so it doesn't experience the cold-hot-cold-hot cycle might helped reduce RRoD issues. So maybe forgetting and leaving it on so often, has been a good thing?

That sounds possible to me. If you leave it on then it'll stay warm... but not full load HOT. Then you'd either turn it off when you notice it or boot up a game, which either way means the temp change isn't as harsh as when you do a cold start to full load.

 

[RaiderJ]

If the system hasn't been opened, I'd definitely try for getting it fixed under the MS warranty. I have fixed two 360's with the RRoD, but the one continues to be finicky, and it's certainly not because I don't know what I'm doing.

If you can't get it fixed under warranty, then it's not a difficult process to fix the RRoD. However, it is time-consuming. I do recommend replacing the stock fans with the Talismoon fan if you go this route, as well as extending the fan shroud with aluminum tape to cover the top part of the GPU and CPU heatsinks to increase airflow over them.

 

[Adn4n]

A lot of the RRODs have been linked to memory problems. There's a video tutorial where a guy simply places some rubber on the memory units and his RROD disappears. and DO NOT use the tower method...ever.

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: tanishalfelven

Originally posted by: ric1287

Originally posted by: Oyeve
I bought my 360 from a forum member here a few months ago, it was a replacement and he sold it to me. I got the RROD about 2 days later. I called MS, they asked me questions about the original owner, I gave them his name, address and phone number, ther verified it and transferred the warranty to me under my name. They sent me the box-casket and I sen them the 360, got a new looking one a month later and so far so good. Then came the 3 years extension, so I think im good for a bit on the RROD.

did you tell them you bought it from someone else?

and is asking them who its registered to the only way to find out?

i have a question. how do i register the console. i mean i bought live for it. but that it. where do it register my console. sorry to derail the thread.

When I called I told them I bought it from someone else used, they asked me for the original owners name address and phone number, then they transfered the ownership and re-registered everything to me.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

How do I check if my Xbox 360 is signed under warrenty? I signed up for xbox does that put me in the system?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender
How do I check if my Xbox 360 is signed under warrenty? I signed up for xbox does that put me in the system?

Link for registration It will be attached to your Live I.D., and you can manage the devices you register from there.