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Yeah well Microsoft is going to have to get their next system right, thats for sure. But at the price of getting a arcade (usually on sale here in the US, dell had them for $160 plenty of times) and a hard drive refurb or used off eBay for $25 or less shipped It's no biggie for me if I had to buy another. But the first three years were hell for me when it came to RROD warranty.

Oh and my Wii has the over heated graphics card issue. It looks like dead pixels on my screen. Wii still works but It's rather annoying in certain games.

Sega had the worst luck with me. Dreamcast, Saturn, Gamegear all died on me.

But yeah my XBox still runs like a champ. I know in the long run the hard drives will fail but you can replace them, and some DVD drives go. But no faulty hardware issues - XBox was a beast.

Gamecube also runs damn well, but the thing is useless now thanks to the Wii. Well not entirely useless because It has the GBA player which can play all my GBA games and older classic Gameboy games to.



It's just that simple.

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Zucas said:
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
Don't worry Zucas it's coverd to now man, thats why i respect MS, if they Fuck up, they take care of it.

So yeah your good, although this would be nice to have a 2nd HD console if ya know what i mean... *Nudge* *Wink* *Slap*

Nah I still got the Wii to keep me entertained.  WM+ and Tiger Woods next week so I'll be fine.  But I was really getting into Red Faction (only got to play it last night) and highly psyched for Prototype so its very bad timing.

And I'll eventually be getting a PS3.  Actually, I was thinking of getting one maybe this week (got the money right now) but that may not be an option right now so yea.


Well at the very least you have the ambition to play b3yond.

 

When ya do, feel free to add me or let me know bro.

 

I'd add ya via XBL, but don't think the pay is worth it. :P



Zucas said:
Oh that's good. Do you have a time frame on usually how long that process takes?

 

Round trip mail time to the repair warehouse in Texas pluss three days, so it took just under  two weeks for me.

You probably won't get your xbox back, but a refurb of the same model which is why turn around time can be quick.



Yet, today, America's leaders are reenacting every folly that brought these great powers [Russia, Germany, and Japan] to ruin -- from arrogance and hubris, to assertions of global hegemony, to imperial overstretch, to trumpeting new 'crusades,' to handing out war guarantees to regions and countries where Americans have never fought before. We are piling up the kind of commitments that produced the greatest disasters of the twentieth century.
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I had this f****** error and is under 3 years warranty. The change it to this time rate cause E74 is the new RROD...



Tyrannical said:
Zucas said:
Oh that's good. Do you have a time frame on usually how long that process takes?

 

Round trip mail time to the repair warehouse in Texas pluss three days, so it took just under  two weeks for me.

You probably won't get your xbox back, but a refurb of the same model which is why turn around time can be quick.

Hmm may not take too long for me.  Texas is the next state over haha.  Hmm I'll consider all my options first and go from there.  I'm thinking of sending it in and buying a new console and then trading it in for credit later.  But we'll see.



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Well just bought me an Arcade. Going to send the broken 360 off to MS. Then sell the one they send me back. Issue resolved.



What was the date on the back of your console?

Nov 2007 + are the good ones that are much less likely to RROD or e74 on you...



I had a RROD and it took 4 days till I got my 360 back. And I had 3 months of Xbox Live Gold with it. But this was in Germany, don't know how long it takes for you.



Imagine not having GamePass on your console...

DirtyP2002 said:

I had a RROD and it took 4 days till I got my 360 back. And I had 3 months of Xbox Live Gold with it. But this was in Germany, don't know how long it takes for you.


yeah, i got it back in 5 days. they said that it was going to take 2 weeks. the first time i was happy that i was lied too.



disolitude said:
What was the date on the back of your console?

Nov 2007 + are the good ones that are much less likely to RROD or e74 on you...

Mine said Nov 2007 so so much for that haha.