red ring of death, then fixes itself?

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Nails
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red ring of death, then fixes itself?

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I bought my elite november 27th 2007 (I only know as have had the reciepts out looking for warranty)
last january (6th) I got the no signal being shown on screen, but no red light, as I was out of my 12 month warranty and it wasnt the red ring I had to pay £60 to get it fixed, now the most I play is a possible 5 hours max, but mostly 2 hours ish
yesterday it had been on the morning for around 30 mins, then went and did some stuff, went back to it with a mate to play guitar hero about 4 hours later, switched on, 3 red lights flashing
switched it on and off a few times
got annoyed and went and bought a new one, came back, switched my old one on to get the game out and its working again?
going to take the new one back and keep playnig this one I think? is there any other reason why the 3 red lights would flash then work ok after a hour of being switched off?
Munnsy
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Re: red ring of death, then fixes itself?

Post by Munnsy »

nah box the old one into the new box and hey presto























you may go to prison though :-k :-k :mrgreen:
DAN_REV1_TURBO
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Re: red ring of death, then fixes itself?

Post by DAN_REV1_TURBO »

lol, I`ve known a few people do this with electrical goods, never got questioned! Wish my 3 red lights would just go away like that...
wadeski
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Re: red ring of death, then fixes itself?

Post by wadeski »

they will come back. its a heat-related fault, it just gets worse and worse. I used to only get it during long plays (xbox would freeze) then one day BAM it never worked again.
Nails
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Re: red ring of death, then fixes itself?

Post by Nails »

sent my lass back with the new one today for a refund, they never even looked in the box, wish I'd just sent them old one back but thought they would have checked considering how many people get red lights
SamUK
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Re: red ring of death, then fixes itself?

Post by SamUK »

It doesnt matter if its out of warranty or even not displaying 3 red lights.

When you ring MS they wont ask any questions. Just for an address to pick it up lol.

Think there call centre guys are bored of the calls.
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DAN_REV1_TURBO
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Re: red ring of death, then fixes itself?

Post by DAN_REV1_TURBO »

You got the number for that? Or the address of where to send a broken xbox to?I tried the website and it wants me to register or some crap,then my comp starts saying it cant accept cookies.. All I want to do is box up my xbox, stick a mardy letter in with it about the 3 red lights ruining my life, and get it sent back to me fixed. \:D/
wadeski
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Re: red ring of death, then fixes itself?

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change the security settings on your browser to accept cookies.

its done through xbox.com now i think.
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