11 replies to this topic

[The Batman]

just recieved by guitar heros band thing, set it all up and put the game in, turned on the xbox and RING OF FIRE!!!!! im so gutted does this mean i have to buy a new one or can it be fixed? help please! thanks Joe

[slindborg]

how many lights? google RROD fix and the number of lights (odds on its 3), there are lots of guides to fix it. OR if its under 3 years old then you can call MS and get them to fix it FOC

[The Batman]

its 4 lights!!!!!

[Whippet]

Check the power supply. If the light on that is green then yes the console is broke. Mine went last month. The helpline is very good. Emailed me a shipping label and it went off for repair to Germany via DHL the next day. Within 8 days they had sent me a brand new console with a months free live voucher, Cant fault the customer service plus the new release of the Xbox is alot quieter.

[The Batman]

it has gone down to 3 red lights now im gutted just spent £150 on that game and didnt even get a chance to play 1 song

[siztenboots]

I fixed my RRoD on my nearly 3 year old launch console. I had to replace the thermal compound on both the cpu and gpcpu, plus made up my own kit to modify the heatsink mount bracket to give a much higher clamping pressure. It can also be the memory chips which use a BGA type connection to the board, and I believe are glued on.

[The Batman]

do you live near buckinghamshire?

[Guy182]

ive fixed 3.. one of which is terminal so i bought a console off a seocnd hand site, sold the hard drive, game and controller and got alot of the money back.

[Ozzig]

You could try the towel trick. Got me an extra couple of hours of CoD4 before it went back to be fixed.

[The Batman]

luckily i have filled out the forms and Microsoft are going to do it for free but 2-3 weeks

[slindborg]

luckily i have filled out the forms and Microsoft are going to do it for free but 2-3 weeks

Mine was back (well ok it was a different console lol) within 5 days when I did it this time last year
Although that was enough to make me go and buy a 2nd one as PGR4 was on a deal with it etc so nearly made financial sense...... oh well 360 in the bedroom for DVD's now lol

Edited by slindborg, 22 November 2008 - 05:24 PM.

[Baron Von Scubadaddy]

The Microsoft repair service is wicked I dropped mine off to my local depot the same day I filled in the forms and it was back with me 10 days later with an xbox live subscription for a month free