Have you or anyone you know gotten RROD?

My friend bought a Xbox360 last fall. He's gotten the RROD twice since then and have to send in his console twice. At the moment, his current 360 is making weird sounds from the disc player.

So ever run into the RROD problem? I only ask because I never thought It would happen to anyone I know but it did.

My friend bought a Xbox360 last fall. He's gotten the RROD twice since then and have to send in his console twice. At the moment, his current 360 is making weird sounds from the disc player.

So ever run into the RROD problem? I only ask because I never thought It would happen to anyone I know but it did.

PCGamer248

Mine is still fine, but some of my friend's 360's RRoD'd.

My brother got it 3 times, and a good friend of mine has gotten it several times. Funny thing is he owns 2 360s at the moment even though he's had the RROD problem so many times. He really loves the 360 though and owns all the consoles.

Every friend I know that has had their 360 for more than 1 year has gotten it, sometimes more than once. I got it once before I decided to change to the ps3. All thogether thats about 15 RROD's.

I actually don't know anyone with a 360 who has not gotten RROD if not DVD drive failure.

Except for me but I just bought mine last week. *knocks on wood*

Happened to me once, and I got it back in less than a week without having to pay a cent.Verge_6

Good system to begin with > Good warranty

Personally I know about four people who have suffered that fate.

*raises hand*

It was out of warranty, too. :cry:

[QUOTE="Verge_6"]Happened to me once, and I got it back in less than a week without having to pay a cent.NielsNL

Good system to begin with > Good warranty

I had it twice and my 3rd one started freezing so guess the 3rd RRoD coming soon.

2 rings and 3 rings.Repaired it and sold it.
Getting a ps3 back tomorrow.

Got my Xbox for more than 1 year now and never had any problems with it

A friend of mine had several RRODs though

I've had RROD 3 times, but each and every time MS have been faultless. I called them on a freephone number, had impeccable customer service and a courier sent to my door to pick up my console and return with a repair or replacement within 7 days each time.

Hardly the end of the world.

Although I've had no problems with my own PS3 at all, my work colleague had a real headache with them.... he got the PS3 freezing problem on his 60gb model, and it was 14 months old. Sony charged him £120 for a replacement as they argued it was outside the 12 month warranty, and like a fool he paid. £120!? that's insane. I gave him advice on how to take his case to a small claims court andhe threatened Sony with legal action under the 1979 sale of goods act (relevant to the UK only). The act states that the item you purchase should work for a reasonable period of time following it's purchase value... so, a pen costing 50p would be OK if it broke after say, a month, but £350 on a PS3 and it only lasting 14 months? That's a different story. It's without question that you should expect your £300+ PS3 to last way over 14 months through normal use... After sending Sony a threat to take them to a small claims court, they caved and gave him his £120 back.

And yet, I've read lots of people on here that blindly pay that charge which Sony illegally charge an awful lot in the UK. It's only because people don't know their rights they think they have to pay.... I'm sure this law is different for other countries though, sadly... the UK laws on consumer protection are really very good if you know them well.

I don't think MS wear halo's - far from it - but I do believe from what I have personally seen that MS care more about their consumers following the silly RROD problem they created. Sony seem to have a habit of being real hard-a$$es when it comes to getting your PS3 fixed from the examples I've seen and heard of.

[QUOTE="Verge_6"]Happened to me once, and I got it back in less than a week without having to pay a cent.NielsNL

Good system to begin with > Good warranty

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[QUOTE="Verge_6"]Happened to me once, and I got it back in less than a week without having to pay a cent.Verge_6

Good system to begin with > Good warranty

Does Nintendo have good warranty?

[QUOTE="Verge_6"][QUOTE="NielsNL"]

Good system to begin with > Good warranty

NielsNL

Does Nintendo have good warranty?

[QUOTE="NielsNL"]

[QUOTE="Verge_6"] Good system to begin with + good warranty > Good system to begin with. Cheers. ^^Verge_6

Does Nintendo have good warranty?

Ifit doesit's the only current gen console to fit your description (which was true of course).

[QUOTE="Verge_6"][QUOTE="NielsNL"]

Good system to begin with > Good warranty

NielsNL

Does Nintendo have good warranty?

Everyone I know who has a 360 has had it once...

[QUOTE="NielsNL"]

[QUOTE="Verge_6"] Good system to begin with + good warranty > Good system to begin with. Cheers. ^^Lto_thaG

Does Nintendo have good warranty?

What's CS?

[QUOTE="Lto_thaG"][QUOTE="NielsNL"]

Does Nintendo have good warranty?

NielsNL

What's CS?

[QUOTE="NielsNL"]

[QUOTE="Lto_thaG"] Warranty is good and CS is better.Lto_thaG

What's CS?

:oops:

Could've figured that out.

Well then in terms of hardware service + quality Nintendo wins this gen. Congratiulations!

I've had two myself. Major pain that Microsoft doesn't send you packaging anymore. I had to buy $20 worth of bubble wrap the other day. LeNOR

I've had two myself. Major pain that Microsoft doesn't send you packaging anymore. I had to buy $20 worth of bubble wrap the other day. LeNOR

Twenty bucks of bubble wrap? How expensive can that be? I'd expect $20 to get you enough of the stuff to bubble wrap the interational space station.

[QUOTE="LeNOR"]I've had two myself. Major pain that Microsoft doesn't send you packaging anymore. I had to buy $20 worth of bubble wrap the other day. NielsNL

Twenty bucks of bubble wrap? How expensive can that be? I'd expect $20 to get you enough of the stuff to bubble wrap the interational space station.

Got rrod and left to cool for a couple of hour, turned it back on and it worked then got e74 so scaler chip must've gotten warped.

Bought the newer Arcade model with both cpu and gpusmaller. currently still working = happy gamer

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[QUOTE="LeNOR"]I've had two myself. Major pain that Microsoft doesn't send you packaging anymore. I had to buy $20 worth of bubble wrap the other day. Verge_6

Twenty bucks of bubble wrap? How expensive can that be? I'd expect $20 to get you enough of the stuff to bubble wrap the interational space station.

Am I missing something here? Bubble wrap =/= wrap with quarter sized bubbles?

I've had two myself. Major pain that Microsoft doesn't send you packaging anymore. I had to buy $20 worth of bubble wrap the other day. LeNOR

No but I did get the DRE I opened up my xbox to spin the games in order to play. I called MS and it was out of warranty and the wanted 200 bones to fix it so. I frankensteined a little bit. I had to spin the disc's to play them and eventually the disc drive started eating everything. Thank god it ate my PD0 only because it's so cheap now.

[QUOTE="Verge_6"][QUOTE="NielsNL"]

Twenty bucks of bubble wrap? How expensive can that be? I'd expect $20 to get you enough of the stuff to bubble wrap the interational space station.

NielsNL

Am I missing something here? Bubble wrap =/= wrap with quarter sized bubbles?

8)

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[QUOTE="Verge_6"] You can buy a whole box of bubble wrap for that price...the wrap with the quarter-sized bubbles, too.Verge_6

Am I missing something here? Bubble wrap =/= wrap with quarter sized bubbles?

thanks for the tip. Who knows when it may come in handy... ;)

EDIT: Whoohoo.. post number 2000!

8)[QUOTE="Verge_6"][QUOTE="NielsNL"]

Am I missing something here? Bubble wrap =/= wrap with quarter sized bubbles?

NielsNL

thanks for the tip. Who knows when it may come in handy... ;)

EDIT: Whoohoo.. post number 2000!

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8)[QUOTE="Verge_6"] No, but the quarter-sized ones are more expensive. And you can still buy a whole box of it for $20.Verge_6

thanks for the tip. Who knows when it may come in handy... ;)

EDIT: Whoohoo.. post number 2000!

I got that yeah..

Although I'm not quite sure how much there is in a box. That's a very general term of course. Boxes come in different sizes.

[QUOTE="Verge_6"][QUOTE="NielsNL"]

thanks for the tip. Who knows when it may come in handy... ;)

EDIT: Whoohoo.. post number 2000!

NielsNL

I got that yeah..

Although I'm not quite sure how much there is in a box. That's a very general term of course. Boxes come in different sizes.

MS have always provided me with a box and special inserts that the Xbox fits into to protect it during transit within the box... maybe it's different for us in Europe?

MS have always provided me with a box and special inserts that the Xbox fits into to protect it during transit within the box... maybe it's different for us in Europe?

SicklySunStorm

Another question to ask is "How many people have bought a second system as a backup because THEY KNOW their system is going to RROD AGAIN?"

I personally know of 3 people that have done that. Makes you wonder how many 360's have been sold because of this.

Another question to ask is "How many people have bought a second system as a backup because THEY KNOW their system is going to RROD AGAIN?"

I personally know of 3 people that have done that. Makes you wonder how many 360's have been sold because of this.

out0v0rder

That has crossed my mind too. I know one guy who just bought a new 360 when his old one died cause he wanted to upgrade to an elite anyway.