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tmbh on 17 March 2009
mrstickball said:
BTW, here's the link to the NeoGAF Aggregate:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=148060&page=99

39 Falcons, 0 Jaspers, and 1310 Xenon/Refurbs

That's a pretty big difference, no?

 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6858727&postcount=4160

"809 dead consoles, from 585 individual posters. Refurb failure rate is 38%."

Thats mad!  Lots of people have had multiple 360s fail.  One guy "sado | AggravatedGamers" had 12!

Thats is old data though!



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mrstickball on 17 March 2009

The data goes up to February 2009. That's not old data.

The issue with refurbs are they are old refurbs...If your xenon dies, you get a xenon, not a Falcon....At least for most older ones, as they go through the system.



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Tecmo on 17 March 2009

yes it still happens, the best thing to do is make sure you get a Jasper model
Here is a link on how to identify the Jasper
http://anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3472&p=2



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tmbh on 17 March 2009
mrstickball said:
The data goes up to February 2009. That's not old data.

The issue with refurbs are they are old refurbs...If your xenon dies, you get a xenon, not a Falcon....At least for most older ones, as they go through the system.

I just got my Falcon back, they have replaced the motherboard.  Im not sure if its new or a refurb (S/N is the same!) but I wish they would of given me a Jasper as Im sure this one will die again!

Also the warranty was only extended by 6 months!!

I am not a happy bunny and I am going to complain about it!



haxxiy on 17 March 2009

Yes... 100%



 

 

 

 

 

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nightsurge on 17 March 2009
haxxiy said:
Yes... 100%

Ban worthy?  Flame bait?  Sarcasm?  I can't really tell.



haxxiy on 17 March 2009
nightsurge said:
haxxiy said:
Yes... 100%

Ban worthy?  Flame bait?  Sarcasm?  I can't really tell.

Just as much as your posts. Am I safe for now?



 

 

 

 

 

nightsurge on 17 March 2009
haxxiy said:
nightsurge said:
haxxiy said:
Yes... 100%

Ban worthy?  Flame bait?  Sarcasm?  I can't really tell.

Just as much as your posts. Am I safe for now?

Excuse me?  I didn't realize I went on and made stupid statements like that every new 360 gets RRoD, 100%, without question.

 



welshbloke on 17 March 2009

I think the honest answer is if you purchased an older model or bought one second hand you could still suffer a higher mortality rate than you might wish. On the other hand if you purchase a new model i.e. the Jasper version it is very likely you will find you have a console with the same or better reliability than the competition.

I recently purchased the arcade model and I still have my original pro model the only thing I would stay RROD aside is that the new ones are a lot quieter then the originals. As I approach the 3 year window my machine may go kaputz (and I am secretly hoping it will in the vain hope I get a quieter machine) but I have some piece of mind in the form of an extended warranty.

For my part the RROD is confined to history (And I have one of those historical timebombs waiting to go off) but due to the console wars it is a weapon any proud PS3 Fanboy will have in his arsenal along with the Xbox live costs money and PSN is free arguement.



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numonex on 19 March 2009

No. RROD is no longer an issue in new X360 consoles. You have a three year warranty on every new X360 console purchased. If there is a problem call the XBox Call Centre and it should be rectified ASAP.