XBox 360 info

[Vertnut]

Just a little FYI. My nephews XBox 360 crashed (the "red ring of death"), and here's a little info for those that have not experienced this:
Call 1(800)4MY-XBOX. Have your serial number ready. PLAY DUMB! They will try to half-heartedly walk you through the problem, knowing full well you'll have to send it in. They have extended the warranty 3 years and ours is an '06 model. They will give you a reference number to use on their website to print out a "pre-paid" mailing label. You REMOVE THE HARD-DRIVE FIRST, pack the XBox up carefully, and drop it off at a UPS store. It takes 2-3 weeks to get it done (according to them), and they cover everything, including extending the warranty afterwards.

If this is a repost, or worthless to you guys, let me know, and I'll delete this thread. Just thought it might be helpful.

[KOZMO]

Just a little FYI. My nephews XBox 360 crashed (the "red ring of death"), and here's a little info for those that have not experienced this:
Call 1(800)4MY-XBOX. Have your serial number ready. PLAY DUMB! They will try to half-heartedly walk you through the problem, knowing full well you'll have to send it in. They have extended the warranty 3 years and ours is an '06 model. They will give you a reference number to use on their website to print out a "pre-paid" mailing label. You REMOVE THE HARD-DRIVE FIRST, pack the XBox up carefully, and drop it off at a UPS store. It takes 2-3 weeks to get it done (according to them), and they cover everything, including extending the warranty afterwards.

If this is a repost, or worthless to you guys, let me know, and I'll delete this thread. Just thought it might be helpful.


There is a repair center in McKinney, it usually only takes at most a week around the dfw area. I think I got mine in something like 5 days.

Oh, and they give you a month of xbox live gold.

[Hines57]

I sent mine off and got it back within a week. Everyone kept telling me it would take me a few months ... Speaking of gold membership its time to renew mine apparently

[notchnate]

I can fix it for $40 bux! I have fixed 8 ring of death 360s with no probs, check my profile and ask marines 5.0 I fixed his, it will take me around an hour and I live in Lake worth Lmk if ya want me to take a look at it, you only have to pay me if the problem is fixed.

[Magnus]

I can fix it for $40 bux! I have fixed 8 ring of death 360s with no probs, check my profile and ask marines 5.0 I fixed his, it will take me around an hour and I live in Lake worth Lmk if ya want me to take a look at it, you only have to pay me if the problem is fixed.
Why would someone pay you to fix it when they are getting it fixed for free?

[Osiris]

Why would someone pay you to fix it when they are getting it fixed for free?


It's a racket!

[notchnate]

Why would someone pay you to fix it when they are getting it fixed for free?

:angryfire:
Haven't you ever heard if you're good at something dont do it for free, sorry for charging for the repair. It takes more than 2 weeks most of the time. A rare case, but a friend of mine sent his out and it took 3 months and it still didnt work when he got it back! Im just saying if you want it fixed same day locally from a fellow dfwstangs member I can do it, or you can ship it and deal with all that mess and dont see it again for more than 2 weeks, thats all. Plus I have fixed 8 boxes for people that have payed 40-60 bux and I have even gone to there houses and fixed them.

[Roliath]

meh, I just got the three red rings on mine.
found some guide online on how to take apart the case and replaced the tim with some mx2.

I was getting graphical corruptions, green screens, flat out freezes (sound looping), but once I replaced the tim with the mx2 and put it back together it fired right up.

Who knows if this fix will last for long, but I wasn't about to spend money to try and fix it.