The Official My Console Died What Should I Do Thread?

aaron333 · 6 Sep 2010 at 21:50

It'll read DVD's but with games it just revs up and down. It then attempts to eject them but it doesnt come out. You have to press the button again to make it eject.

Should my first port of call be gamestation (where i bought it) or Sony who'll end up giving me a refurb?

antijoke · 22 Sep 2010 at 12:33

Has anyone else had a 360 sent for repair, had it go from Frankfurt, to Prague?

I just tracked my repair and it's been received at Frankfurt and is now in transit to Prague.

K1LLSW1TCH · 22 Sep 2010 at 12:35

anticonscience said:
Has anyone else had a 360 sent for repair, had it go from Frankfurt, to Prague?

I just tracked my repair and it's been received at Frankfurt and is now in transit to Prague.

It may be visiting a brothel.

antijoke · 22 Sep 2010 at 14:58

That was my first thought, closely followed by a stag do.

I hate to thing what state it will be in when I get it back.

K1LLSW1TCH · 22 Sep 2010 at 15:02

anticonscience said:
That was my first thought, closely followed by a stag do.

I hate to thing what state it will be in when I get it back.

Sorry, I have no sensible suggestion.

antijoke · 23 Sep 2010 at 10:55

Why is this not a sticky anymore?

It's probably one of the most informative posts here, and helped me no end when my console died.

PioneerFX · 23 Sep 2010 at 11:32

Just fixed my PS3 20GB Fattie from ylod ^_^ so happy i dont have to pay for a new one

Thesnipergecko · 23 Sep 2010 at 12:41

anticonscience said:
Why is this not a sticky anymore?

It's probably one of the most informative posts here, and helped me no end when my console died.

Seems the duct tape has lost it's glue.

Paulthemac · 3 Oct 2010 at 13:16

magicpatch said:
Any ideas, my 360 is an older model, surprised its lasted this long, it's 2.5 years old now. No picture is displayed, when it turns on, you can hear the sounds but no picture. I've even bought another HD Cable, still the same. The TV is fine as the PS3/Wii work fine via the HDMI/Component ports.

There are no red lights on the console, it appears to be fine apart from not displaying anything. I assume there is some sort of graphics issue (broken?) which I assume is not covered under warranty?

Thanks

Mine is virtually exactly the same as this though i have the original pro with ,up till now, no problems.

Playing COD and the screen went weirdly fuzzy so turned off and on again where the screen now states no signal. Tried it on upstairs tv and can hear it all but no picture. tried different cables still nothing. no rrod though so just think it has finally given up on me.
I might see if it can connect to my bros tv to totally confirm that it is the xbox as my tv is fine. registered my console to find out warrant expiry .....8th march 2008......so was just wondering if its worth sending away for repair or replace with a newer model? cost etc??

dannyjo22 · 3 Oct 2010 at 13:56

Just get a new one, not worth getting it repaired for the cost of repair against the cost of a replacement.

crunchman · 3 Oct 2010 at 13:59

So My phat 40GB PS3 hasnt been able to play any discs for a while, my unplayed valkyrie chronicles and god of war collection have been taunting me mercilessly ever since

How do i go about fixing this ****** myself, cheers

nicktay2605 · 10 Oct 2010 at 22:22

Sigh, my xbox 360 has just failed. The picture started messing up while I was playing Fifa, and now all it says on the tv is no signal input. At first I was terrified that it was my tv that had broken so I tried my older xbox 360 that has a broken dvd drive. On that the component cables worked and the picture was fine. Now I have one launch 360 that has already RROD'd and been fixed but has a dvd drive that won't open and won't read discs, and one 2 year old 360 that has a faulty display port.

I doubt Microsoft will cover the repair of either console and all-in-all I'm sick to death with the rubbish reliability of 360s. Does anyone think there's any chance Microsoft will cover either of the 360s if I kick up enough fuss?

antijoke · 11 Oct 2010 at 09:31

Just register it through the repair website on xbox support. It will tell you if they cover the repair under warranty by entering your console serial number.

nicktay2605 · 11 Oct 2010 at 11:16

anticonscience said:
Just register it through the repair website on xbox support. It will tell you if they cover the repair under warranty by entering your console serial number.

Already tried it, neither of the repairs would be covered unfortunately.

Paulthemac · 13 Oct 2010 at 13:37

Paulthemac said:
Mine is virtually exactly the same as this though i have the original pro with ,up till now, no problems.

Playing COD and the screen went weirdly fuzzy so turned off and on again where the screen now states no signal. Tried it on upstairs tv and can hear it all but no picture. tried different cables still nothing. no rrod though so just think it has finally given up on me.
I might see if it can connect to my bros tv to totally confirm that it is the xbox as my tv is fine. registered my console to find out warrant expiry .....8th march 2008......so was just wondering if its worth sending away for repair or replace with a newer model? cost etc??

As a followup to the above My wife has now confirmed through her Mobile Contract that we are in situ of an XBOX elite...... yay!!!
My question now is on the assumption this will come with its own Hard Drive can i transfer all my data off of my 20 gig Pro Hard Drive to the 120 gig elite one? And if yes is it easliy done?

This may have been covered elsewhere accepted but if anyone can help great!

antijoke · 13 Oct 2010 at 13:45

Data transfer cable should sort you right out.

Paulthemac · 13 Oct 2010 at 15:17

anticonscience said:
Data transfer cable should sort you right out.

Thanks Anti..........................now i wonder if Danny has got one of those????

Abooie · 13 Oct 2010 at 15:32

Paulthemac said:
Thanks Anti..........................now i wonder if Danny has got one of those????

Or transfer saves / profile with a USB memory stick. Redownload anything that's big and you want from your profile history. This way you don't transfer all the crap you were thinking you ought to delete anyway.

I've gone from a launch core to an Elite to an S and have never even seen a transfer cable.

Camalot · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:35

I bought a new 250gig 360 last week, when i turn it on it will give me a black screen saying E65. If i reboot it will work, but sometimes games will freeze for 2-3 seconds :mad:

Will she shop replace it or am i gonna have to send it away?

Abooie · 14 Oct 2010 at 17:19

Camalot said:
I bought a new 250gig 360 last week, when i turn it on it will give me a black screen saying E65. If i reboot it will work, but sometimes games will freeze for 2-3 seconds

Will she shop replace it or am i gonna have to send it away?

If it's done it more than once take it back to the shop asap.

E65 is a DVD drive error.