*** BEWARE *** of the " Red Ring of Death "
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http://editorials.teamxbox.com/xbox/1651/T...ng-of-Death/p1/
It happened to me today. My X-Bbox 360 flashed the Ring of Death . Now, I am a$$ed out a X-Box for at least 3 weeks. I followed the story in the above link exactly. I asked them for some compensation. They offered me a free 1 month Gold Membership to X-Box live. Which means nothing, because I dont care for X-Box live. I also asked them for a free game as compensation. The operator paused for a while, and declined what I wanted. The operator stated that there form of compensation was 1 month of free X-Box live, and free shipping back and forth for this POS.
So now I have to package it and ship it out ASAP. The told me this process should take about 3 weeks. I will keep you guys posted on what happens.
It happened to me today. My X-Bbox 360 flashed the Ring of Death . Now, I am a$$ed out a X-Box for at least 3 weeks. I followed the story in the above link exactly. I asked them for some compensation. They offered me a free 1 month Gold Membership to X-Box live. Which means nothing, because I dont care for X-Box live. I also asked them for a free game as compensation. The operator paused for a while, and declined what I wanted. The operator stated that there form of compensation was 1 month of free X-Box live, and free shipping back and forth for this POS.
So now I have to package it and ship it out ASAP. The told me this process should take about 3 weeks. I will keep you guys posted on what happens.
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it's not that hard of a fix if you are pretty tech savy..just gotta order the parts...my bro has fixed 3 in the last two months...GL
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='804425' date='Feb 28 2009, 11:52 PM
remind me again. What company produces X-Box? 
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I'd bet the "Red Ring of Death" phrase was taken from m5board.com and the "Red Cog of Death" seen with early SMG II failures on M5s.
I curently don't have any gaming consoles. Xbox 360 would be my last choice, simply because its Microsoft.
Good luck with the fix.
I curently don't have any gaming consoles. Xbox 360 would be my last choice, simply because its Microsoft.
Good luck with the fix.
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Had that problem. 
I just went out and purchased the Xbox 360 Elite. 
I called them to schedule it to be fixed under warranty. It takes like 3-4 weeks. 
I couldn't wait that long and Grand Theft Auto IV just came out at the time. So I have an extra Xbox 360 just collecting dust. Literally.
I just went out and purchased the Xbox 360 Elite. I called them to schedule it to be fixed under warranty. It takes like 3-4 weeks. I couldn't wait that long and Grand Theft Auto IV just came out at the time. So I have an extra Xbox 360 just collecting dust. Literally.
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happened to me too....FYI, they give you a refurbished xbox 360 and not your own back, I had a sticker on my xbox and when they returned it back to me "fixed" the sticker was gone...not even a trace of it haha....took sooner than 3-4 weeks, it was about a week and a half 