[BNM] [OT] Xbox 360 question

[Felix Cohen]

Reminds me of some of the suggestions on this post...

http://hackaday.com/2009/05/31/ghetto-electronics-repair/

Might get hot enough to get the GPU soldering to sort itself,  
apparently...

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On 1 Jun 2009, at 17:31, James Bradshaw wrote:

> You always leave the Xbox turned on for a while wrapped in a blanket  
> let
> it overheat in an attempt to get RRODed and the you can try a claim.
> Worth a try even if you get a new one and sell the refurbished one  
> later.
>
> James
>
> Oliver Marshall wrote:
>> Alas its not a ring of death. Its a quarter ring of death. That and  
>> the error code relate to an AV cable issue. Alas I have tried  
>> numerous AV cables, with no joy. It's also been doing odd graphical  
>> weirdness recently, so I'm guessing its the gfx chip or the anna,  
>> hana,spanna chipset that has gone.
>>
>> Olly
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org [mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org 
>> ] On Behalf Of Martyn Fagg
>> Sent: 01 June 2009 13:34
>> To: Brighton New Media
>> Subject: Re: [BNM] [OT] Xbox 360 question
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Oliver Marshall wrote:
>>
>>
>>> No one ever picked it up. After about 2 months, around 20 phone  
>>> calls, one
>>> website being set up to list the complaints, only a complaint  
>>> filled to MS
>>> US actually got someone to collect the ****ng thing. I got a new  
>>> one the
>>> next day though as a sorry, but it shouldn't have taken so long.
>>>
>>
>>
>> My RROD return just before Christmas was handled with one call and  
>> went
>> relatively smoothly. It might be worth another try, if only to have  
>> a spare
>> xbox or to sell 2nd hand when it comes back.
>>
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