Well I'm bored now so I decided to make a worthless thread telling y'all that my xbox just rrod while playing forza 3 today. I consider myself lucky due to the fact that it has lasted me forever because I bought it as soon as it came out. So I called up Microsoft and they tell my the warrenty expired and what not but I bitched and getting it fixed for free but not looking forward for the 2 to 4 weeks turnaround tho.

 

At least they said that they'll fix it for free. Mind sharing what you said exactly when you "bitched"?

 

damn that sucks, but a little bitchin always helps out haha, btw do u got a video of your exhaust?

 

other than XBOX being killed that way, theres been tons of random banning being done from XBL. I thought that was kinda shitty, theyre telling everyone to buy new consoles... i guess microsofts trying to generate some revenue.

 

people are being banned from xbox live because they have modded xbox's and microsoft is not putting up with it anymore. I'm glad they're doing this because people who do **** like modding their xbox deserve to have to buy a new one

 

i got ban.

 

Sorry to hear about your xbox dying. I got mine fixed (replaced with a new one) by Microsoft after the warranty as well.

Why did you get banned, thread jacker?

 

Lucky, when mine expired I bitched too and had to pay $105.

What did you say????

 

3.8FTW was yours modded?

 

his is modded, he mentioned it was in the modern warfare 2 thread. Mine is modded but is giving me the PROD randomly. Im going to head over to my local game stop and trade that biotch in for a elite or equivelant x-box. I need to do this before mine really does give up.

 

I basically after the rep stated that I was sol I asked to speak to her superior. Then I told the guy that he would have to be some kind of idiot to not replace my xbox because it is a known problem with them more so mine since mine was one of the first ones produced. Just because I don't play mine 365 to make it happen sooner it was not my fault. So after talking to once again another superviser they agreed to replace it free of charge and sent me a ups shipping slip to send it off.

 

Why do you guys keep getting Xbox's if they always crap out on you?

Not trying to troll or anything, I'm just very fascinated by the way Xbox owners go through several 360's because they keep breaking.

 

My wife 's Halo 3 Ed 360 got the 3 rings. Sent it to MS and have it back along with 1 month subscription. I think it was the few times that I had it in a cabinet that caused it to fail. My wife forgot to turn on fan that I had installed to circulate air out. When I opened the cabinet its was like an oven.

 

They aren't random bannings. Like other people said, they are banning anyone who illegally modified their xbox to play illegally downloaded games. Not that I don't download my fair share of movies/music, but if you get caught doing it, tough ****. Microsoft has plenty of revenue, and games is where the money comes in. They usually lose money the first few years on consoles and then eventually start to break even. Xbox has the largest game attach rate of any other system. Thats what brings in the money.

Because it's still better than PS3. If they fix it for free, then why not. I'm on my third since launch, although I only got the RROD once. The other xbox I traded in cause I still had the warranty and got the Halo edition. If mine broke once a year, I'd still keep getting another one. The same way I'm sure if your PS3 broke, you'd still get another one.

 

No way, if my PS3 broke as often as you say, I'd get rid of it for good. I wouldn't put up with Sony for handing me a brand new piece of **** every year. I'd probably supe up my PC or something haha.

 

I've had mine since the first day it came out as well, I've only had the 3 ring problem. They fixed it and as well gave me a free gold month card thing, I have 2 I think. I've never used them, actually still have them some where. I still have the exact same xbox and everything else with it. I guess I must be lucky it hasn't gone out? LoL then again I don't care. I didn't pay for it. It goes, well then it goes.

 

In before "can I have gold cards?"

 

Yea mine crapped out once and it was out of warranty but they just said they would fix it for free. Paid for shipping and everything and I had it back within a week. I got the Ring Of Death.

I have to agree with 00blkstng.... If my xbox died and I wouldn't get it fixed I think I would just buy another one. PS3's just don't have enough games that I would be interested in playing. Although I am going to get one next month... Yea Christmas.

 

Have you ever heard of fair use?

What you're saying is no different than Ford putting a ban on you driving on freeways or using parking lots if you've modded your car.

If I buy a piece of hardware am I not entitled to use it any way that I see fit so long as I do not cause harm to another or damage to property? Just a suggestion but you should really evaluate your stances on things carefully before you take one arbitrarily.

Simple hack or cheat hack?

**** if I know why they do it. I got mine for free, then my buddies 360 RRoD'd so he borrowed mine while his was being fixed, then mine RRoD'd just after his came back and he sent that one in (they gave him a bunch of bonus XBL cards that I still have) too. So now we both have newer models. I don't hardly turn mine on. I don't play games on it. It's not surprising that it still (theoretically) works, it never gets used.


hacking your 360 it's not just for "illegal" games. If you understand the type of people that would even bother to hack their 360 it's geeks that want to do geek ****, usually it's totally uninteresting to the straights but to geeks it's fun. Why should they be penalized as long as they don't go cheating?

You all understand that an admitted design and manufacturing DEFECT causes the RRoD. Microsoft doesn't want a class action suit on their hands which could cause substantial rebates to everyone that ever purchased a 360, so they're right accommodating about fixing them, even out of warranty. They're giving you only what you're entitled to, they're just keeping the lawyers out of court on this one.

 

whats the Simple hack or cheat hack?lol

i was banned for downloading games and playing them, not hacking a game.

 

My son's XBox 360 just quit on him also, but he didn't get the rrod, it just won't play certain games at all. New games at that. So they are going to fix it for free out of warranty also. Even though they have problems, I have to back Microsoft that they do take care of their 360 customers.

 

i did the same thing...