QOTD: How Many Times Has Your Xbox 360 Gone Down With a RRoD?
Earlier this month we learned that a California man has decided to sue Microsoft over RRoD issues claiming that the company new around 50% of the consoles shipped were defective (some claim the figure could be as high as 68 percent.) As you know, Microsoft extended their warranty plan at great expense to help cover their arse, but having to send back consoles repeatedly wears real thin, real fast. So, I am curious to know: how many times have you danced with the RRoD?
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iChat 4%
Landscape mode For email 5%
Ability to use the iPhone 3G with other service providers (not just AT&T) 8%
Downloadable ringtones <1%
User-replacable battery 3%
More storage 2%
Search function with contacts <1%
Ability to edit documents 2%
Flash/Java 20%
Cut and paste 20%
GPS turn-by-turn directions 11%
Video recording 6%
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Only once, because they lost my xbox and still haven’t sent me a replacement…
Only once, but my dvd drive only opens 1/4 of the time and i get disc errors on a regular basis
I have had my Xbox since the day they came out, and its RRoD 3 times now. The first time was the biggie, i replaced the X-clamps with screws and baked the board for a bit. The 2 since have just required fine tuning of screw tension to get it running again. Not HARD to fix, but time consuming.
My original 360 went RRoD after about 18 months of hard labour. Was ‘fixed’, returned and died again after about a week. I sent it away again, but bought an Elite in the meantime. My mate has had the original console for about 6 months now, and it seems ok, but not as good as when it was brand new.
My 360 rrod after about a year and a half. while waiting for cardboard coffin i was a able to get a 1 month old hdmi pro with games for $200.00 from a housewife punishing her kids. sent out broken 360 got replacement back from ms and never removed from coffin. have yet to have any problems with hdmi enabled 360.also my launch ps3 ylod and was out of warranty bought another 60gb ps3 used for $250.00. now i have a refurbished 360 and broken ps3 couldnt see spending $150.00 to fix plus downtime when 250.00 got me another one in a few days. also had a wii that i won in a raffle but sold it because i lost interest in it after a few months and it had started to collect dust as i prefer the games on 360 and ps3.
happened like on the 6 and 12 month since release. i got the launch 1s. if it happens again im getting an elite.
Mine died with RROD recently; originally purchased in 2007. What’s the go with extended warranty and is it $150.00 for Microsoft to fix it? How long does it take? Any assistance appreciated as I’m not confident fixing it myself. Retailer told me they cannot help, nice blokes.