Piscis_Rex Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Hey guys, So my 360's broken, it shows one section of the ring light as red, I have done everything the xbox website has suggested that I can do to fix it at home and so I'm going to have to send it back to microsoft to be repaired, so I was wondering can anyone tell me how much it's going to cost to send it off and have it repaired? I live in the UK and my warranty has expired 99.99999998465% of the world's population is not me, if you are the 0.00000001535% that is me, put this in you signature -"being famous is like being a woman, if you have to tell people you are, you aren't" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I think it's somewhere around $0. A bit pricey I know, but what ya gonna do? Vienna Raszyn Warsaw Klushino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I think it's somewhere around $0. A bit pricey I know, but what ya gonna do? my warranty has expired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBeam Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I think it's somewhere around $0. A bit pricey I know, but what ya gonna do? my warranty has expired I lol'd. But I'm guessing maybe $50-$100... Oh crap. your from the UK. Can I get a poundcheck on $50 and $100? Oh yeah, and I've thought of taking babies and throwing them. For funsies. - Lenticular J"Isn't it pathetic how everything in our society is built around someone screwing someone else out of their money?" - killerbeer0 on American SocietyRebdragon can't wiz a woz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I think it's somewhere around $0. A bit pricey I know, but what ya gonna do? my warranty has expired Damn it. I was rushing to type that in first I didn't read the full thing. :( If your warranty is expired I think it comes up to around 1/2 the price of the box. Or, if you don't want to pay at all, wrap a towel around that sucker and leave it on until it gets the RROD. Unless you bought your box right on launch Microsoft will cover the cost of the repair in full (warranty for RROD is 3 years after the xbox's manufacturing date). Vienna Raszyn Warsaw Klushino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Or, if you don't want to pay at all, wrap a towel around that sucker and leave it on until it gets the RROD. Unless you bought your box right on launch Microsoft will cover the cost of the repair in full (warranty for RROD is 3 years after the xbox's manufacturing date). NO! That's the most [developmentally delayed]ed myth I have ever heard, don't do the "towel trick" because it's [bleep]ing [developmentally delayed]ed. :roll: Really what [wagon] decided that wrapped an electronic in a goddamn towel and overheating it on purpose was a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBeam Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Or, if you don't want to pay at all, wrap a towel around that sucker and leave it on until it gets the RROD. Unless you bought your box right on launch Microsoft will cover the cost of the repair in full (warranty for RROD is 3 years after the xbox's manufacturing date). NO! That's the most [developmentally delayed] myth I have ever heard, don't do the "towel trick" because it's [bleep] [developmentally delayed]. :roll: Really what [wagon] decided that wrapped an electronic in a goddamn towel and overheating it on purpose was a good idea. Man it isn't a myth :P Me cousin did it once. it was EPIC. Just a warning, too. Take your hard drive or memory stick out and remove any discs. It may be obvious, but some people sometimes look it over. (I know, I didn't believe it either about the towels around the xbox trick, but boy did i [cabbage] bricks when I found out it worked. Except the heat killed his hard drive and disc.) (As a sidenote for the lulz, the Futureshop xbox 360 display console had the RROD. OH how the PS3 fanboys were laughing hard.) (OTHER SIDENOTE FOR THE LULZ, but is true. That cousin bought that 360 for $30 from my other cousin cuz it had the RRoD. He then toweled it, fixed it, and sold it back for $150.) Oh yeah, and I've thought of taking babies and throwing them. For funsies. - Lenticular J"Isn't it pathetic how everything in our society is built around someone screwing someone else out of their money?" - killerbeer0 on American SocietyRebdragon can't wiz a woz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I don't really care if someone got lucky, it's still a [bleep]ing [developmentally delayed]ed idea to do. And some people wonder why they have problems in the first place when they think a trick like this can help. By the way, even if you got lucky with it the only thing that will happen is that it will quickly go back to RRoD state soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBeam Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I don't really care if someone got lucky, it's still a [bleep] [developmentally delayed] idea to do. And some people wonder why they have problems in the first place when they think a trick like this can help. By the way, even if you got lucky with it the only thing that will happen is that it will quickly go back to RRoD state soon. Assuming that they do the same wrong thing in the first place leading to it? I do however agree that it IS a [developmentally delayed]ed concept, and that the founder of the concept must have been an idiot, but hey, it works, so why complain? The only problem is that if you even leave it in the towel for... lets say, 2 or 3 minutes longer than normal, it'll brick it. Don't leave the xbox 360 for anything while it's in the towel, and no problems will be had. And be sure not to use a fuzzy towel, cuz it could create static while the xbox is on, and that could brick it on the spot, and possibly set it ablaze :P Basically, be careful and it will work. EDIT: In most cases it will not revert to the RRoD. RRoD is an error that's caused when extreme loading or a large amount of the built in RAM-like stuff is being used. It simply runs out of space and refuses to work. My crappy 5 minute made theory is that you could possible overdo the RAM with the heat. I have no sciency base for this, just that my ps2 memory card wiped when I left it out in the sun and got hot. Goodbye, Champions of Norrath level 50 save files, you will not be forgotten :cry: The card however, still worked. Oh yeah, and I've thought of taking babies and throwing them. For funsies. - Lenticular J"Isn't it pathetic how everything in our society is built around someone screwing someone else out of their money?" - killerbeer0 on American SocietyRebdragon can't wiz a woz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I don't think you're understanding me, Ace. The most it would do is work temporarily and then you would be back to square one, a broken xbox and a broken warranty. Under no circumstance should someone ever wrap up an electronic like that in a towel and run it. Just trust me on this one ok? It's stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamdan Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I read that Microsoft will fix the rrod for free for anyone who's xbox manufacturing date is before/after a certain time. They fixed my xbox with no issues and it was past the warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin64 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 And be sure not to use a fuzzy towel, cuz it could create static while the xbox is on, and that could brick it on the spot, and possibly set it ablaze :P This actually sounds fairly awesome. The towel thing not only fails, but it voids the warranty, RROD or not. They can tell. They might even refuse to fix it. I know they definitely refuse if you open it and tamper with it. Command the Murderous Chalices! Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow- Death to Moby Dick!BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBeam Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I don't think you're understanding me, Ace. The most it would do is work temporarily and then you would be back to square one, a broken xbox and a broken warranty. Under no circumstance should someone ever wrap up an electronic like that in a towel and run it. Just trust me on this one ok? It's stupid. I DO understand what you're. I agree with you perfectly, that yes, it's stupid to put electronics in towels, because of the massive capable dangers in it. And yes, it could very likely go back to RRoD. But it will not go to the RRoD immediately. Some 360's are just like that from the minute they are made. Whenever you towel it, you are running a quarter chance of fixing it, a quarter chance of failing, and a half at killing it forever. I was assuming that the said 360 of Sticky was a good one. I am sorry for assuming that without saying it first, yes. The towel is for people who know they have a good 360, and haven't had an RRoD within 1 year of purchase. I guess it may just be a manufacturing problem, and the factory might just have a flaw here or there where the encoding or data or all that stuff in the memory area of it is applied. The 360 is complicated, and many things could be causing this problem. You could possibly have a malfunctioning batch of 360s. To address your statement directly, chances are it will not send you straight to square one. A towel COULD however, fix it but kill loading speed. It's up to the owners to choose whether or not to send it in to professionals or attempt to towel it. Another possible fix for the RRoD is to just sit back and leave it alone for a year or two. I don't know if it works for the 360, but it works for my computer. I should really get going, because it's almost 6 now, and I better run to the card shop before the game starts :P Nadril, if you have any disagreements or anything about this, just PM me and I'll look at it later, when I get back, because this is making me type walls of text and possibly could lead to this thread being closed due to flaming or all the whatnot, and I don't want to make sticky mad :P I clicked post, 2 more people posted while I was typing this, and one is interesting. Yes, Lenin. That is a good point. Towel = Last resort. It would be classified as tampering, because it is doing something that would damage most electronics, and is also basic knowledge not to put warm things in other things that traps heat. It would also fall under the scenario of sticking your xbox in an oven and putting it on high, because you know it will overheat, which Microsoft WILL refuse to fix it in the towel because of it, as they would probably look at a scenario like that. Same factors, same dangers. To them, it would probably be just like submerging it under water while it is on. Stupid and dangerous, with obvious dangers. And it WOULD be stupid to do something like that and expecting them to fix it. Oh yeah, and I've thought of taking babies and throwing them. For funsies. - Lenticular J"Isn't it pathetic how everything in our society is built around someone screwing someone else out of their money?" - killerbeer0 on American SocietyRebdragon can't wiz a woz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2PM Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Well..when I did my repair order online, it said 0$, but like it was stated here there is a 3 year warrenty for the RROD. Yeah...My xbox broke on Saturday night, 10:34 pm. R.I.P.. But I get my 'Coffin Box' on my brithday! Yay... "Let your anger be as a monkey in a piñata... hiding amongst the candy... hoping the kids don't break through with the stick." - Master Tang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faux Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 you have any chinese mall or something near you? they always have a place that fixes that. oh and might as well get it modded while you're at it. only costs an extra 5o bucks and you get free games from then on :: Guess the Movie Contest Champion: pfilc23 :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBeam Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 you have any chinese mall or something near you? they always have a place that fixes that. oh and might as well get it modded while you're at it. only costs an extra 5o bucks and you get free games from then on I'm pretty sure that's illegal... Oh yeah, and I've thought of taking babies and throwing them. For funsies. - Lenticular J"Isn't it pathetic how everything in our society is built around someone screwing someone else out of their money?" - killerbeer0 on American SocietyRebdragon can't wiz a woz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Wrapping it in the towel and leaving it on is to force the console to RROD, Nadril. Note that the OP says that his box doesn't have the RROD, which is why it's not covered by warranty. If he got the RROD, the box's repair would be covered in full by Microsoft (if his box was manufactured within 3 years from now). Nowhere did I say wrapping it in a towel would fix his box. The point is to completely break it so that Microsoft will pay for it in full, rather than it being only partly broken (yet still unplayable), and having to fork over $100 to get it fix. Obviously you wouldn't mention to MS that you wrapped it in a towel to force the RROD... Vienna Raszyn Warsaw Klushino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Wrapping it in the towel and leaving it on is to force the console to RROD, Nadril. Note that the OP says that his box doesn't have the RROD, which is why it's not covered by warranty. If he got the RROD, the box's repair would be covered in full by Microsoft (if his box was manufactured within 3 years from now). Nowhere did I say wrapping it in a towel would fix his box. The point is to completely break it so that Microsoft will pay for it in full, rather than it being only partly broken (yet still unplayable), and having to fork over $100 to get it fix. They can tell if you broke it. :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBeam Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Wrapping it in the towel and leaving it on is to force the console to RROD, Nadril. Note that the OP says that his box doesn't have the RROD, which is why it's not covered by warranty. If he got the RROD, the box's repair would be covered in full by Microsoft (if his box was manufactured within 3 years from now). Nowhere did I say wrapping it in a towel would fix his box. The point is to completely break it so that Microsoft will pay for it in full, rather than it being only partly broken (yet still unplayable), and having to fork over $100 to get it fix. Oh Crap. I overlooked that. All that typing I did was pointless. I think I'm gonna go slam my face into the wall for a bit. Oh yeah, and I've thought of taking babies and throwing them. For funsies. - Lenticular J"Isn't it pathetic how everything in our society is built around someone screwing someone else out of their money?" - killerbeer0 on American SocietyRebdragon can't wiz a woz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Wrapping it in the towel and leaving it on is to force the console to RROD, Nadril. Note that the OP says that his box doesn't have the RROD, which is why it's not covered by warranty. If he got the RROD, the box's repair would be covered in full by Microsoft (if his box was manufactured within 3 years from now). Nowhere did I say wrapping it in a towel would fix his box. The point is to completely break it so that Microsoft will pay for it in full, rather than it being only partly broken (yet still unplayable), and having to fork over $100 to get it fix. They can tell if you broke it. :roll: Well yea, if you smashed it to pieces they would be able to tell. Distinguishing whether the interal parts of an electronic melted due to intential over-heating or unintentional overheating is a little bit harder to tell. Vienna Raszyn Warsaw Klushino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faux Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 you have any chinese mall or something near you? they always have a place that fixes that. oh and might as well get it modded while you're at it. only costs an extra 5o bucks and you get free games from then on I'm pretty sure that's illegal... You're not gonna get busted by the police for it. :lol: RRoD should be illegal. Microsoft should've placed a lifetime guarantee on that thing. :: Guess the Movie Contest Champion: pfilc23 :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBeam Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 you have any chinese mall or something near you? they always have a place that fixes that. oh and might as well get it modded while you're at it. only costs an extra 5o bucks and you get free games from then on I'm pretty sure that's illegal... You're not gonna get busted by the police for it. :lol: RRoD should be illegal. Microsoft should've placed a lifetime guarantee on that thing. Actually, I'm pretty sure that Xbox Live does a check for modifications, and you can be charged for tampering. Oh yeah, and I've thought of taking babies and throwing them. For funsies. - Lenticular J"Isn't it pathetic how everything in our society is built around someone screwing someone else out of their money?" - killerbeer0 on American SocietyRebdragon can't wiz a woz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faux Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 People get banned from Live if they're not careful, but no, you don't get charged for tampering. :: Guess the Movie Contest Champion: pfilc23 :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBeam Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 O rly? Are you talking about visual modding? That's perfectly legal (I think), it'd just void the warranty. But I AM quite sure it's illegal to be modding anything beyond looks. I'll check me 360 manual, and edit this post once I find the final answer to this. I do recall a man was charged for modding his 360, because of something to do with the ToS or Copyright... Oh yeah, and I've thought of taking babies and throwing them. For funsies. - Lenticular J"Isn't it pathetic how everything in our society is built around someone screwing someone else out of their money?" - killerbeer0 on American SocietyRebdragon can't wiz a woz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReapMe Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 just pay the fee to get it fixed What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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