News, Xbox 360 The Truth about Xbox Live Bannings (long read)

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Euphoria14 said:

Mvp4eVa said:

Euphoria14 said:
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I don't see how MS would know that you had it fixed by a 3rd party source, but that does make me wonder something.

If you send it to MS and they see that the seal has been broken and repairs have been done in the past, provided that you eventually decided to send it to them, would they send you back a banned console?

This is the part that caught my attention from the OP:

 

I’m afraid it gets worse. Piracy isn’t the only thing that can get an Xbox 360 banned from Xbox Live. If you have any repairs or cosmetic modifications done to your console by anyone other than Microsoft, you run the risk of getting banned if they find out about it.

It means your are force to send it to Microsoft for repair ...imo that's BS.

And no if your seal of warranty is broken they (Microsft) wont send you a banned console back instead they will charge you for repair fees.

You're not forced to send it to Microsoft because if you get it done by a 3rd party source there is really no way what so ever of them finding out.

 

As for the last sentence in your post. What I was asking is that if MS sees that your seal is broken and that repair work was done on your 360 by someone other than them, would they send you back a banned console?

The article seems to suggest that they would.

I would hope that they wouldn't do something like that though. I remember changing the case on my PS2 and installing a Crystal Chip in it. I completely forgot about the chip and sent my PS2 into Sony for repairs.

They sent back my PS2 in the custom case but removed the chip, which was understandable. Luckily though for me they were dumb and the chip was sent back along with my console.

If Microsoft noticed the broken seal and repairs were done to it for RROD or whatever other than Microsoft, they won't send you a banned console. but, they will charge you to repair the console back the way it has to be by factory standards ..  so no, they will not send you a banned console for a broken seal. 

Unless the kind of repair done to it it's a mod to play pirated games then Microsoft will ban it, dismiss it , reject it..