Nooooooooo!

roboffer · 2 May 2008 at 15:21

da_mic_1530 said:
unlucky mate, at least you've played GTA though, my 360 is all packed up for months now

How come?

mmj_uk · 2 May 2008 at 15:26

roboffer said:
It also doesnt occur through any other type of input but VGA.

When you said you tested it on your TFT was it through VGA and same resolution/settings?

The patches of colour that you described is the first thing I noticed whilst playing Forza 2, strangely I tried Halo 3 and it would be fine...

Then gradually I started getting the odd "No signal" message during boot until eventually it just stopped outputting any picture whatsoever, though it still loaded games fine and you could hear the audio.

It's a strange one but going by your "patches of colour" description I'd be more inclined to say that it's your Xbox 360 at fault and not your TV.

da_mic_1530 · 2 May 2008 at 15:28

roboffer said:
How come?

moving into new house july 1st, and I'm between houses at the mo so imposing on parents for a few months

roboffer · 2 May 2008 at 16:53

mmj_uk said:
When you said you tested it on your TFT was it through VGA and same resolution/settings?

The patches of colour that you described is the first thing I noticed whilst playing Forza 2, strangely I tried Halo 3 and it would be fine...

Then gradually I started getting the odd "No signal" message during boot until eventually it just stopped outputting any picture whatsoever, though it still loaded games fine and you could hear the audio.

It's a strange one but going by your "patches of colour" description I'd be more inclined to say that it's your Xbox 360 at fault and not your TV.

Yeah same settings on the TFT. Guess I'll have to see if they come back with anything. As I say, the 360 works completely fine through a standard scart input too on the same TV.

Don't know if theres much that can be done if it turned out to be the 360, as unless it red rings I don't think MS do anything do they?

I'm sure I have a picture of the screen from playing Burnout from a few months back on my old phone. I'll see if I can dig it out.

NightSt@lk3r · 2 May 2008 at 18:34

Sounds like a bunch of cowboys TBH, wouldnt be supprised if you never saw that TV or Xbox again

roboffer · 2 May 2008 at 19:27

NightSt@lk3r said:
Sounds like a bunch of cowboys TBH, wouldnt be supprised if you never saw that TV or Xbox again

I havent just asked some random guy in a pub to fix my TV you know

They are an approved (If slightly rubbish by todays encounter

) TV repair company contracted by Domestic & General.

I've always had in the back of my head that this was a problem with the console, but surely trying the console successfully with different connections on the same TV and with the same connections on a different screen is about all I can do. I'll post the picture up later on when I reassemble my PC as it looks like I would imagine if a graphics card was overheating, but this doesnt really sit right with the testing Ive done.

Unfortunately its bad timing in terms of GTA IV, I should have sorted this out sooner but just couldnt be bothered. Added to the weekend and then the bank holiday, probably couldnt have planned it any worse

NightSt@lk3r · 2 May 2008 at 19:29

roboffer said:
I havent just asked some random guy in a pub to fix my TV you know

They are an approved (If slightly rubbish by todays encounter ) TV repair company contracted by Domestic & General.

I've always had in the back of my head that this was a problem with the console, but surely trying the console successfully with different connections on the same TV and with the same connections on a different screen is about all I can do. I'll post the picture up later on when I reassemble my PC as it looks like I would imagine if a graphics card was overheating, but this doesnt really sit right with the testing Ive done.

Unfortunately its bad timing in terms of GTA IV, I should have sorted this out sooner but just couldnt be bothered. Added to the weekend and then the bank holiday, probably couldnt have planned it any worse

Let me borrow GTA IV untill you get your tv and 360 back

roboffer · 2 May 2008 at 20:22

GTA IV is actually in stock now on one online retailer that offers 11% Quidco.

NightSt@lk3r · 2 May 2008 at 20:26

roboffer said:
GTA IV is actually in stock now on one online retailer that offers 11% Quidco.

There in stock here too, but i have no money lol

roboffer · 2 May 2008 at 20:28

NightSt@lk3r said:
There in stock here too, but i have no money lol

Sell one of you legs. You dont need two to play GTA. Or a kidney. Kidneys are overrated.

NightSt@lk3r · 2 May 2008 at 20:29

roboffer said:
Sell one of you legs. You dont need two to play GTA. Or a kidney. Kidneys are overrated.

I tryed selling my body on that auction site but got no bidders

Minstadave · 2 May 2008 at 20:37

roboffer said:
GTA IV is actually in stock now on one online retailer that offers 11% Quidco.

And there's a £5 off voucher!

NightSt@lk3r · 2 May 2008 at 21:56

Finally secured the funds

picking it up tomarow morning as i have 1 reserved for me, so YAY i dont have to play Forza 2 for the 4th strait day

roboffer · 2 May 2008 at 21:57

NightSt@lk3r said:
Finally secured the funds picking it up tomarow morning as i have 1 reserved for me, so YAY i dont have to play Forza 2 for the 4th strait day

Nice one, so how much did the kidney fetch?

NightSt@lk3r · 2 May 2008 at 21:59

roboffer said:
Nice one, so how much did the kidney fetch?

not as much as id hoped, so had to go further south aswell

Strife212 · 2 May 2008 at 22:00

NokkonWud said:
What the hell?
They have absolutely no right to take your Xbox360!

Why not? They didnt steal it or anything. They asked if they could take it to find the fault, and if he agreed then fair enough. It could help them find whats wrong more quickly.

mmj_uk · 3 May 2008 at 11:01

roboffer said:
Don't know if theres much that can be done if it turned out to be the 360, as unless it red rings I don't think MS do anything do they?

Not unless it's less than a year old, like you said the extended warranty only covers RROD so you'll have to pay for the repair.

roboffer · 3 May 2008 at 19:48

Thats a picture of the Burnout Paradise demo I took a while back. It startes of with patches of colour, but after a long time it just goes mental

. As I mentioned, I would point the finger firmyl at the 360 normally, but for the testing Ive done.

silversurfer · 3 May 2008 at 22:32

Looks good, for a spectrum

mmj_uk · 4 May 2008 at 00:08

roboffer said:
Thats a picture of the Burnout Paradise demo I took a while back. It startes of with patches of colour, but after a long time it just goes mental . As I mentioned, I would point the finger firmyl at the 360 normally, but for the testing Ive done.

Yeah that's lot more severe than the colour patches I was seeing in Forza 2.

Just have to wait and see what the repair guys say I suppose, I imagine they'll try feeding another VGA source into the TV to try and rule out the 360 or not.