Xbox 360 3RLOD :(

alexb · Post by **alexb** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:39 pm

Bugger! Just booked my 360 in for collection and repair under the Extended Warranty due to 3 Red Lights Of Death :x

Good job I just finished Mass Effect!

Wonder what will be out by the time I get it back?

Cheers,
Alex

Post by **Ben** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:45 pm

how many have you had fail then ?.

James Breadvan · Post by **James Breadvan** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:53 pm

I sent mine back on monday, will let you knwo when I get it back.

Post by **Stuart** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:07 pm

Should be back in time for Easter

alexb · Post by **alexb** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:29 pm

Just the one - luckily the change to the warranty due to the amount of 3RLODs means I can at least get it fixed for free.

Spooky that it's gone after 13 months of ownership though - I guess Microsoft hadn't thought they'd need to extend the warranty when they planned it's automatic self-destruction

Cheers,
Alex

James Breadvan · Post by **James Breadvan** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:31 pm

stuartstaples wrote:Should be back in time for Easter

I hope not, they said 2 weeks but I reckon a month.

alexb · Post by **alexb** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:36 am

Yeah I'm betting on 4-6 weeks to be honest. Gareth had no end of hassle but i hope that wasn't representative of MS support

Cheers,
Alex

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:21 pm

Hmmmm, I was patient to say the least !!!! Took 5-6 weeks to get it back and probably about 20 phonecalls !!!! About 10 to a supervisor ! Didnt do me any good.

Hope it pans out ok for you mate. I am dreading mine going again, especially as Emma has got me Bioshock and Gears of War for xmas and I got her the Dancing stage with mat that she wanted. Need to be playing it rather than waiting !!!

Plus have you seen you can download HDDVD films now ? Obviously you have to pay and they are 5 gig each

Good luck with it mate.

alexb · Post by **alexb** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:46 am

Yeah I'm dreading the start of the phone call charade to get it back - just like certain Service Desks the inital call was very easy but you get the impression it's gone too smoothly to be true

I saw from the last dashboard update that it looked imminent. Funnily enough haven't seen them myself as the console is FUBARd

Quite suprised about the file size though - a normal length film in SD takes up 4-6Gb on a DVD so how can an HD movie be similar? They didn't invent 25Gb-odd Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs for nothing did they?

Cheers,
Alex

ESL · Post by **ESL** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:29 am

The official line is 15 working days from receipt which was about right for mine. Thinking about buying another base console as a backup to swap out when it happens again!