What do to with dead 360 ?

[BEN_UK]

Hello,

My Premuim Xbox 360 died just before x-mas, looks like the graphics part is dead will not display a image. No red lights they are all green and boot up as normal just no picture.

Called MS and gonna cost £60 to fix.

I have been out and brought a Xbox 360 Elite now.

Carnt make my mind up with what to do with it

1) send away to MS for repair and pay £60, what am i likey to get for it on trade in or second hand price after its repaired ?

2)Sell it now broken for a cheap price and let the new owner send it away for repair ?

3)Dont bother just leave it ?

4)Suggest anything else ?

Thanks Ben

 

[TriedandTested]

£60?! What? Why? When did you buy it? Surely it's still covered by the warranty.

 

[Jongo]

you could force it to have a red light by wrapping it up in a towel and leaving it on? then send it away to be repair for free and then sell it on

 

[BEN_UK]

£60?! What? Why? When did you buy it? Surely it's still covered by the warranty.

Nope brought it january 2006

 

[DreXeL]

I would personally go the force it to red light route. Wrap it in a few towels an leave it on for a few hours

 

[Nor]

My console didn't have 3 red lights and I blagged a free repair with a bit of the gab. Worth a try.

 

[Marky]

You could probably sell it on an auction site, there are quite a few people who buy faulty consoles and repair them themselves...

 

[Hyper]

Definatly force the 3 red lights

 

[Darkwave]

As said force three red lights, or attempt to repair it yourself and sell it as working on eBay. It can be done.

 

[HarryPainful]

Your telling him to commit fraud... nice.

 

[Neoni]

Your telling him to commit fraud... nice.

ocuk go!

 

[Booner!]

Your telling him to commit fraud... nice.

should work in the first place tbh

 

[HarryPainful]

should work in the first place tbh

that will stand up in court.

 

[BEN_UK]

Cheers lads gonna try forcing the 3 red lights for a free repair

Cheers lads will let you know how i get on.

 

[Tobes]

that will stand up in court.

Good luck finding the guys details to report him then...

 

[DanMc07]

that will stand up in court.

Sheesh.. I'm sure you would bloody do the same thing if you was in his Shoes!

 

[DreXeL]

Your telling him to commit fraud... nice.

FFS, get off your high horse. Hardly crime of the century is it?

 

[RoachycaL]

MS Have ways of seeing whether the 360 has been wrapped in towels. Yes that sounds stupid but when the hardware gets warped to hell or the solder is melted all over the place i t can be quite obvious and they are trained to spot it.

 

[Mr Men]

MS Have ways of seeing whether the 360 has been wrapped in towels. Yes that sounds stupid but when the hardware gets warped to hell or the solder is melted all over the place i t can be quite obvious and they are trained to spot it.

Yeah they are trained that's why so many consoles with the warranty seal missing get fixed no problem then

And wrapping in towels would not do any more harm or effect to the solder than letting it overheat in a class cabinet.

 

[hashcake]

MS Have ways of seeing whether the 360 has been wrapped in towels. Yes that sounds stupid but when the hardware gets warped to hell or the solder is melted all over the place i t can be quite obvious and they are trained to spot it.

Just to correct you and I am not being pedantic.
The repair centre is a company called Teleplan, they repair on behalf of MS.
The also do the laptop repairs for a certain big retail group and also for other manufacturers.