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3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 01:57
FFS!!!!!!!!!!!

My 360 crapped out on me again this morning, and it really pisses me off since I just picked up Lost Odyssey and was really getting into the game. Now this just puts me even further behind in the games I have yet to complete.

Anyway, here' s hoping to a speedy repair process!!!!!

BTW, anyone in Canada know if they are still just repairing the machines or are they finally actually replacing them with new ones?
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 02:25
what does ffs mean I always wondered.

a 360 red ringing is common. Infact if a 360 didnt red ring then id be worried something is wrong with it.
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 02:41

what does ffs mean I always wondered.


It means " for fücks sake"

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 02:50

It means " for fücks sake"


Not quite.

FFS- " For Fraglerock Sakes!!!"

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 03:49
Time for a PS3 or a wii .

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 03:52
I think one more and you can kiss all your downlaoded stuff goodbye thanks to DRM.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 04:18


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Time for a PS3 or a wii .


Nah, he should stick with something that currently has games on it. Ba-zing!

I just got my 6th 360 this week, lol. The last one didn' t die, it just sounded like a jet engine and the fan rattled... and the disc tray jammed constantly... and it didn' t love me. So I took advantage of my Best Buy warranty and got a new one.
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 04:28

Time for a PS3 or a wii


The PS3 is coming very soon, and I got my wife a Wii 2 Christmas' ago. She loves it, and we both actually have fun playing some of the Wiisport games. I keep the curtains shut when we play the Wii, for fear that my neighbours will think I am having some sort of attack in the living room.




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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 05:02
Ook... bummer dude. With any luck they' ll replace your board and drive entirely and give you the updated cooling system.

You didn' t have an Elite did you?

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 05:31

Ook... bummer dude. With any luck they' ll replace your board and drive entirely and give you the updated cooling system.

You didn' t have an Elite did you?


No, I have a Premium which I got at launch. I hope that they replace the board and drive. It' s actually kind of funny, because my brother in law lives with us in the basement suite and he plays COD 4 every morning until about 8-9am since he is laid off during the winter and his 360 has been fine. I pretty much play on mine on weekends only, and mine is the one to piss out!!!!!!!

On a side note, since this is my 3rd RROD they are giving me Project Gotham 4 for the " inconvenience" . Guess that' s ok.
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 06:05
Tell them to go get sodomized, and that you want a box with Falcon in it this time around.


If you' re not that empassioned about it, at least write down your serial number, so you can see if they ship you an entirely new box.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 06:44

If you' re not that empassioned about it, at least write down your serial number, so you can see if they ship you an entirely new box.


Oh, I know and I did speak up about it again as I did the last time the thing red ringed. I got told the same thing I was told last time and that is that the new chipset is not available in Canada as of yet. That is why I was asking in my original post if anyone knew if they were now replacing the machine and not just repairing it.

For the Canadians here, when you call XBOX when your machine breaks do you speak with someone in Canada? Just asking because each time I have spoke to someone in Texas.
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 07:12
Not available in Canada my ass. It' s not like you live in the Yukon, and they can' t ship it that far.

Hell, if you were a few hundred miles west of the Yukon into Alaska, you' d be golden.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 07:19
When mine broke they told me they had to replace it with a new one by law in Canada.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 08:20


For the Canadians here, when you call XBOX when your machine breaks do you speak with someone in Canada? Just asking because each time I have spoke to someone in Texas.
LOL. No. You always talk to someone who speaks English like they recently learned it and says their name is Bob. Then they basically read a troubleshooting sheet until they finally realize that RROD isn' t fixable by unplugging your power cord.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 08:58

When mine broke they told me they had to replace it with a new one by law in Canada.


Are you fuck,ing serious!!!!!

Motherfuckers!!!!!! I have gotten the same machine back each time, because like I said they told me that they don' t give new machines in Canada, and secondly they told me that the new chipset wasn' t available in Canada either!!!!!! I even spoke to a supervisor for fucks sake!!!!!!
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 09:12

Are you ***,ing serious!!!!!

Mother***ers!!!!!! I have gotten the same machine back each time, because like I said they told me that they don' t give new machines in Canada, and secondly they told me that the new chipset wasn' t available in Canada either!!!!!! I even spoke to a supervisor for ***s sake!!!!!!


Yeah but this was back in 2006 that I called for the RROD of my first console. The law could have changed since then. Who knows, maybe MS bribed someone.

I don' t know anyone here who has the new chipset though. We just get new lemons.
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 16:21
so far my elite has had 3 red lights on 2 occasions but always cleared, but i haven' t really played it for a long long time, im sure when finally a game i can' t wait to get comes out, it' ll die...
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 16:58
my original (24-Dec-05) is still going strong. Sure the DVD drive is starting to get a bit noisier, but no 3 lights yet. Knowing my luck it will fail as soon as the warranty expires.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Feb 29, 2008 23:23
Update.

I called XBOX back last night and asked to speak with a supervisor. I told him what you guys told me, and so he put me on hold for what seemed to be at least 30 minutes. When he came back on the line, he told me that since this is the last year of the warranty, they should have the new chipset available in Canada late Summer early Fall.

I don' t believe a word he said, only because as we all know these people will tell us anything just to get us off of the line. I don' t know if there is anyway that I can go higher than just calling them back again and asking for a supervisor once more just to hear the same thing, but this is getting a little retarded.

I was under the impression that since this was the final year of the warranty, MS was going to make sure that this issue was taken care of by the end of the year which in my mind made me think that if my 360 red ringed in 2008 I was going to get a new console with the new chipset.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 01, 2008 00:18
I like how they say " Have the new chipset available." The 360 shortage absolutely doesn' t make sense. It' s not like February/March is a big shopping season for games either.

I' m beginning to wonder if they' re stockpiling working Falcon units for a strong fall/winter comeback to concide with Gears 2.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 01, 2008 01:11

I' m beginning to wonder if they' re stockpiling working Falcon units for a strong fall/winter comeback to concide with Gears 2.


Very insightful Sister Cleo!!!!
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 02, 2008 03:06
Good call, canada... I' ll have to imagine all of Eddie' s posts coming through the voice of Miss Cleo now.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 02, 2008 03:59

Nah, he should stick with something that currently has games on it. Ba-zing!


But if he wants some stable hardware he should get somthing else besides a 360. The 360 would be the shit if it did not break as often. Ms needs to hurry up and fix these issues fast.

If they come out with a new model will they give it out to those that have a broken 360 for free. If not free they could charge a small fee.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 02, 2008 12:47


If they come out with a new model will they give it out to those that have a broken 360 for free. If not free they could charge a small fee.
Free? Minimum charge? Microsoft? LOL!

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 02, 2008 17:13


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Nah, he should stick with something that currently has games on it. Ba-zing!


But if he wants some stable hardware he should get somthing else besides a 360. The 360 would be the shit if it did not break as often. Ms needs to hurry up and fix these issues fast.

If they come out with a new model will they give it out to those that have a broken 360 for free. If not free they could charge a small fee.


Dude give it up. The reason he has a 360 is because he likes the games and other perks the system provides. PS3 blows goats even if the hardware is more stable. Seriously, you are annoying.
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 02, 2008 19:30
I am sick of people dissing the 360 because of the failure rate . We get it , the hardware isnt reliable and MS should get its act together before the launch of their next console . But i am glad they have a 3 yr warranty in place . Find some other excuse to try to make the 360 look bad , oh there isnt anything else , shut up with the fanyboyish comments .

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 02, 2008 22:13
There' s no point in arguing over which console is " better" . On a technical level the PS3 and 360 are about on-par, as rumored would be the case before launch, temporarily thrown out the window with the launch and initial success of the 360, and proven with games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

The failure rate on the Xbox is unacceptable. There' s no denying that, but it should not dissuade you from purchasing one, especially with the release of more stable cooling methods, a fantastic set of AAA console exclusives, and an expedient return service.

The PS3' s online service blows wank in comparison to Xbox Live, but hey, it' s free, so there' s no point bitching in that department.

The Wii' s finally beginning to come into it' s own as a console, after an amazing fiscal year, and a horrendous year for software. Thankfully for Nintendo, the price of a Wii compared to it' s counterparts is an absolute pittance, so they' re still sitting pretty on hardware sales.

What I' m getting at here is that there' s no point taking sides. Quite frankly, play the games, and who gives a shit what console they' re on? There is not a single person on this forum who would not take a free 360, PS3 or Wii if the opportunity was presented to them. The partisan foolishness just doesn' t make sense.


Very insightful Sister Cleo!!!!



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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 03, 2008 00:03

Dude give it up. The reason he has a 360 is because he likes the games and other perks the system provides. PS3 blows goats even if the hardware is more stable. Seriously, you are annoying.


All I said maybe its time for a ps3 or a wii. I don' t know what you got out of that after all this is his 3rd time. The has some good games on it as well. I am simply leting him know he has some other choices that is all. What' s so annoying about that.


There is not a single person on this forum who would not take a free 360, PS3 or Wii if the opportunity was presented to them.


Slide one of your modded 360s my way.

Again I am not downing the 360 in no way I just voicing my opinion that is all.
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 03, 2008 00:17

The PS3' s online service blows wank in comparison to Xbox Live, but hey, it' s free,


For the time being. In a year or so, I can see Sony asking a yearly fee for its online just like Live.

Anyway, Eddie said it best. We are well aware by now of the high failure rates for the 360 and that they are unacceptable. But that would never dissuade me, or millions of others from getting one because of the game library.

And hey, if you want to bring up the argument that the failure rates might be a reason not to pick up a 360, then how about argue that no one should buy a Wii for the simple fact it is nothing more than a gamecube with a motion control sensor slapped onto it which Nintendo believe is worth charging over $100 for? I' m sorry but that is the cold hard truth. Gamecube=$80. Wiimote=$120. Cost of a Wii=$200 (At least you can pick one up here in Canada for about $200).

Now you tell me where the real argument lies?
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 03, 2008 01:55

no one should buy a Wii for the simple fact it is nothing more than a gamecube with a motion control sensor slapped onto it which Nintendo believe is worth charging over $100 for? I' m sorry but that is the cold hard truth. Gamecube=$80. Wiimote=$120. Cost of a Wii=$200 (At least you can pick one up here in Canada for about $200).

Now you tell me where the real argument lies?


I never thought about the wii like that.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 03, 2008 02:47

Slide one of your modded 360s my way.


Mmmkay, sure, but that' ll be MSRP+tax of the console plus $50 for a new one, or $50 plus shipping to do yours.


For the time being. In a year or so, I can see Sony asking a yearly fee for its online just like Live.

I can' t. It' s not a perfect example, but look at the iPhone, and the riots when it went down in price. Consumers feel seriously gypped whenever somebody gets a better deal than them.

Now imagine how you would feel if something that you enjoyed for a year plus for free, is now now a pay-for-play service. Myself, I' d be asking what the extra money was doing to enhance my experience.

That' s one of the reasons I believe Microsoft set their Live fee so high back in ' 02. Dropping a subscription fee is easy, and you get a temporary surge of users (temporary ranging from a month to a year), but that' s permanent loss of profit, and you have to gain, and sustain enough users to make up for that loss (at least from a business perspective). Granted, there are other factors that a company has to take into account, like where they are in the generation, where they are financially as a company, and where they are amongst their competitors, but that does tend to be the general rule.


And hey, if you want to bring up the argument that the failure rates might be a reason not to pick up a 360, then how about argue that no one should buy a Wii for the simple fact it is nothing more than a gamecube with a motion control sensor slapped onto it which Nintendo believe is worth charging over $100 for?


The Wii, as far as I' m concerned up until late last year was a brilliant marketing success, and hardware and software abomination. It' s an overclocked Cube with IR sensors and a lightgun, and virtually no exclusive games of merit up until christmas season last year, yet like the DS before it, because of their brilliant advertising scheme, and their focused market, the thing practically prints money.
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 03, 2008 04:17
This discussion was old the first time.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 03, 2008 04:38

This discussion was old the first time.
Yeah, didn' t we have this discussion in January ' 07?

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 03, 2008 04:39

Yeah, didn' t we have this discussion in January ' 07?



It comes up every month it seems, but it feels more often then that.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 03, 2008 04:47


It comes up every month it seems, but it feels more often then that.
True. Perhaps we should just make a console flaming thread...Oh wait, we tried that too.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 03, 2008 05:28

This discussion was old the first time.

Which, the console vs. console discussion? We did have it last year, and the year before, and the year before that. It' s not a bad thing to re-evaluate where they stand, as in some cases it has changed quite a bit.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 03, 2008 05:32

Which, the console vs. console discussion?


Yeah especially when it degrades into the " 360 sucks because of failure rate" discussion.

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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 03, 2008 05:58
I understand that, but nobody' s forcing you partake, and it' s nowhere near as bad as the other discussions. The general consensus is that you should go buy an Xbox, even though it might die on you.

Anyhow, It' s a thread about someone' s RROD. It doesn' t get much more pertinent than that.
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RE: 3rd RROD!!!!!!!! - Mar 04, 2008 04:27
I am not trying to turn this into a console flaming thread. I was not the one to first attack the 360' s failure rates in this thread, I only responded to it.

My 360 broke again, I am pissed off because it broke again, got even angrier because incompetent customer service, end of my story. I will go through the repair process once again, get my 360 back, go back to playing the games that I love.

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