Xbox 3ROD (again) - OOW have to pay?

IceBus · 14 Feb 2011 at 17:05

My Xbox has decided to die today (after a blast on BLOPS I was going to watch a DVD, switched it off and on again and 3ROD ahoy). I had my launch day console repaired August 2007 for the same thing - do I take it I'm going to have to eat the £68 repair fee despite the fact this is a well known problem?

Thanks for any advice guys, particularly on anyone else who's had this happen once out of warranty.

Dannyb01y · 14 Feb 2011 at 17:33

If you cant get out of the £68 repair charge the xbox S with 250gb hard drive is going for £159 at the moment.

lolwithtim · 14 Feb 2011 at 18:18

I think it would be £68. Seems like the console is quite a bit out of warranty.

If you haven't already, and it is just happened, unplug everything and then try it again in about half an hour. Other than that I don't think there are any good ways to fix it yourself.

HarryPainful · 15 Feb 2011 at 10:41

Get a new one, dont bother fixing it, just ebay it in its current state.

Ur round next · 15 Feb 2011 at 10:42

HarryPainful said:
Get a new one, dont bother fixing it, just ebay it in its current state.

^^ This

mame · 15 Feb 2011 at 10:59

Dannyb01y said:
If you cant get out of the £68 repair charge the xbox S with 250gb hard drive is going for £159 at the moment.

I just bought one at this price. 2 places doing this offer. One with free postage, 1 where you can pick up instore

edGfaCTor · 15 Feb 2011 at 17:48

Use the money for engineer report and then demand a new one under sales of goods act because it's not fit for purpose.

D18241 · 16 Feb 2011 at 09:38

edGfaCTor said:
Use the money for engineer report and then demand a new one under sales of goods act because it's not fit for purpose.

Its a well known problem with it cant see how microsoft can refuse to fix them

powelly · 16 Feb 2011 at 09:46

fix it yourself for around £5? its very easy and remember youtube is the key

Wispy · 16 Feb 2011 at 11:17

powelly2010 said:
fix it yourself for around £5? its very easy and remember youtube is the key

Unless he has a BGA rework station lying around his house, the heat gun fix has varying degrees of success. I've fixed loads for friends and family that way, and had fixes last from 2 hours to 1 and a half years. One is still going now, at 1 year 9 months

There are local repair companies that will offer the rework / reballing service, but also beware, some of them will just use the heat gun trick. If they don't guarantee their work, it's more than likely the heat gun fix. As I said above, this has varying lengths of success, but the RROD will always come back, it's just a matter of when.