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Old 31-05-08, 08:35 PM   #1
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Red Lights Of Doom !!!??


Hey everybody ....

This question goes out to all those xbox owners out there .....

I am considering verifying on an xbox 360 premium tonight. I know in the past the build quality of these has been very poor.

Is this still the case .... ??

Obviously the main issue i am reffering to is the red lights of doom !

Any info would be much appreciated !
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Old 31-05-08, 08:38 PM   #2
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Re: Red Lights Of Doom !!!??


Ive had my xbox for 2 years and had the ring of doom once, quicly sorted and no probs since (touch wood)
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Old 31-05-08, 08:39 PM   #3
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Re: Red Lights Of Doom !!!??


not an xbox owner but this is straight from wikipedia..

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he Xbox 360 can be subject to a number of technical problems. Since the console's release in 2005, the product earned note in the press questioning its reliability and failure rate of the early consoles.

To aid customers with defective consoles, Microsoft has extended the Xbox 360's manufacturer's warranty to three years for general failure errors. "General Hardware Failure" is recognized by three adjacent quadrants of the ring flashing red. This error is often known as the "Red Ring of Death".

Since these problems surfaced, design modifications have been made to the console to improve reliability. All consoles manufactured after June 2007 have extensive revisions from the earliest units. Modifications include a reduction in the number, size and placement of components, and the addition of dabs of epoxy on the corners and edges of the CPU and GPU, as glue to prevent movement relative to the board during heat expansion, and a second GPU heatsink to dissipate more heat.
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Old 31-05-08, 08:41 PM   #4
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Re: Red Lights Of Doom !!!??


Hi mate, Im not sure about the Xbox 360 Premiums, I only have ones from before they started putting HDMI ports in them, 1 premium has lasted years without any problems and 1 had just last about 6 months before it had to be sent in with the 3 RROD!

The elite that I have has been running perfectly since day one, the noise has always been quiet and not one problem to date.

But if anything should ever go wrong, Microsoft have extended the warranty on Xbox 360's soo much that you'll never have to worry about it.

P.s. Plus Microsoft will send you a 1 Month free trial Xbox Live Gold when they send you back your xbox

Hope this helps
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Old 31-05-08, 08:42 PM   #5
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Re: Red Lights Of Doom !!!??


2 year ish old 360 owner, and no problems what so ever, make sure you give it space to breath and dont block any of its vents and you shouldnt have anything to worry about
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Re: Red Lights Of Doom !!!??


Had one since launch day (must be 3 years now?) and no problems.
Also had a second since late 2006, no problems either.

Both premium.
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I've had mine coming up to a year... runs absolutely fine
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Re: Red Lights Of Doom !!!??


My brother's has recently had the red rings. He bought his like 2 years ago now I think, and I read somewhere that Microsoft extend the warranty to three years if you have the rings, allowing you to get it fixed.

This is all good, but does anybody know how he'd get it replaced? Does he ring somebody, or email somebody?

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My brother's has recently had the red rings. He bought his like 2 years ago now I think, and I read somewhere that Microsoft extend the warranty to three years if you have the rings, allowing you to get it fixed.

This is all good, but does anybody know how he'd get it replaced? Does he ring somebody, or email somebody?

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Re: Red Lights Of Doom !!!??


I got my 360 in feb 07 and rrod last sept. Ms fixed it and renewed my warrenty but it did take like 3 weeks
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Re: Red Lights Of Doom !!!??


I know that all the original release, or early release consoles have been given extended Warranty's due to the problems, my brother got his in June/July the year of release, then last year, after the standard 1 year warranty, he got red lights. Phone microsoft, they said they had extended warrantys on these xboxs, UPS guy came and picked it up, took it to their repair centre and they fixed it.

Got the xbox back, red lights again, got it sent away AGAIN and got it sorted.
Got a free copy of Perfect Dark Zero has compensation for the problem (though at that point it was on of the lower end titles, cant complain at a freebie though!)
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Old 04-06-08, 11:15 PM   #12
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Tbh, iv had a 360 for 18 months, and a ps3 for 4 days and im already enjoying the ps3 more!
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