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cgkc17 on 23 September 2009
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Shadowfest3 said:
cgkc17 said:
Shadowfest3 said:

The Xbox 360 Pro (20 gb) that I bought back in March of 2008, and regrettably sold to my brother-in-law 6 months ago,

finally got the RRoD virus, ironically,  while I was borrowing it from him.  I was playing the Call of Duty 2 demo, remembering

old times when I actually owned the game, when the system froze on me.  I turned off the Xbox 360, thinking nothing was

wrong, and went and got a milkshake from McDonald's.  I decided to play the CoD 2 demo again when I got back and turned

the Xbox 360 on, when, to my surprise, the Red Ring of Death had taken it over.  I had only been playing the demo for less

than 10 minutes prior to it freezing on me.

 

So, let's see, the manufacture date is, December 27, 2007 and I don't know what chip set it had, but the "number" is 12V---16,5A.

Anyways, I will be sending it in to Microsoft so it can be fixed, for my brother-in-law.  I did have a two year extended plan from the

store I bought it from so I wonder if I can just get a new one from the store?  I seriously doubt that.  Well, I am not too bummed

out about it.  It lasted for about a year and a half without any problems so I am content with that result and I look forward to the

Xbox 360 return from the afterlife.

@ bolded: I'm not trying to start anything, but I can't believe you (or anyone) could find this acceptable. When I buy any electronics, I damn well expect it to last at least 5 years. I don't know how in god's name microsoft was able to get away with this, and keep their fanbase. It's mind boggling.

anyways, @OP: sorry to hear about your (brother-in-law's) xbox. hopefully you'll (he'll?) get it back in no time. :)

Well, I guess I'm not too bothered by it, since it is covered by the warranty and I don't have to pay for it to get it fixed.  Now

if I had to pay for it, then I would be upset.  I feel that MS has tried to make amends by suppling the extended 3 year warranty

and fixing the Xbox's for free.  It has cost them a lot of money but I feel they are trying.

Microsoft has definitely done well in solving RRoD, no doubt about it. And I'm looking forward to getting a 360 now that it's solved. But I don't understand how people can get RRoD 3, 4 or even more times and STILL stick with Microsoft.  oh well *shrugs*  it's all (mostly) water under the bridge now.