Xbox repairs
 

I've seen quite a few peeps posting their Xbox 360 Gamertags on here, (salutes to fellow gamers) so I thought I'd ask;
My 'Box is broken, and the only reasonable place I can find to get it repaired is in London, for £50.

Does anyone know of anywhere/anyone better? Maybe some awesome dude on here who knows his electronics

And once it's fixed, I'll be up for annihilating anybody on Halo or Guitar Hero, Ohh Rah!

Re: Xbox repairs
 

Cheapest option is to buy a PS3 :)

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don't bother they go again eventually just get a new 09 onwards console and hope that they actually have fixed the problem or alternatively the above suggestion.

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pm irsky he fix's them

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PS3 = LAAME! :P And I'd be losing all my XBox games, accessories, saves! The TRAGEDY!

DavePreston saves the day again. I'll PM irsky

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Can't you just send it back to microsoft let them fix it? they fixed mine for free when it got 3 red light

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yes check your mfr they have 3 years guarantee on rrod.

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I checked ages ago. 1- Mine is not RROD it's just 1 light, which is not covered, and my warranty has expired anyway. They want about £80 in total to fix it. I found somewhere to do it for £50, but my error message is "E65" which means that the disc drive might be bust, OR, its just jammed, and I don't want to pay £50 for someone to poke the disc tray out!

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game are doing new consoles with two games and two controllers for £129 just a heads up.

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Hmmmmmmm yeeesss (strokes cat on lap) .........

I have contemplated this.. I could sell my current for spares, and get a new one for about £100 with a new controller, sell the bundle games because 90% of the time they're absolute poo, and It's probably end up about £20 over repairing.. is this the Arcade or Pro console?

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it'll be the arcade i'd of thought i saw the ad on tv so keep your hard drive.

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Isn't hard drive the only difference? And once before I put my hard drive in someone else's box, and none of the extra downloads I paid for (like Halo maps/Guitar Hero songs) appeared on it; only on my Xbox... so I'd me more keen to get mine fixed in that sense

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not sure about dlc all i can say is ive had xbox's repaired before and all three have gone wrong again cheers.

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Depending on the drive its pretty easy to get the key off the old drive and inject it into a fiirmware for flashing to a new drive, you just need the right sata controller. If the old drive is so dead you cant get the key off then your stuck.

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If its just the dsk drive take thething appart yourself. Im sure u could find a new drive on ebay (watch out there are 3 differnt types i think). I've fixed quite a few now.

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Wrap your box in a couple of towels, overheating is meant to induce the rods, the get it sorted for free, so I've been told.

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I'm 90% sure that's just with the 3 red rings, and I've also been terribly advised against it by some keen Xbox-ers!

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Don't do this, it works but there are other side affects.

I've fixed mine as it was as dead as a door-knob.

Do a little re-search on-line and there is loads of stuff.

First how old is your console, there should be a serial number with a manufacture date on it. If you take the serial number to the xbox site you can see if its still covered by the ROLD 3 year warranty.
They will then take you xbox away for 2 weeks and renew the thermal paste and replace the GPU heat sink.

If its out side of warranty then this is something you can do yourself, along with a few other tricks I know, but before I go into that check and see. If this fails then I can tell you how to get it repair for less then a tenner.

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its the drive

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I've already been through the MS site. It's not covered and they want many bills for little work!


I know I could do it myself as well, but time is money, so I thought it's be worth checking to see if anyone happens to be good at fixing/live within reasonable distance whom can make quick work of it.


The 3 RROD is common, and there's lots of info about it, but it's sadly not the case with 1 RROD and E65 error message :(