Just curious, having a launch console. You hear a lot about the launch consoles going to pot but just make a vote - only if your 360 is an early model.
Well the console works but the hard drive died. So stupid Microsoft sends me a whole new xbox with a hard drive and now I have 2 working Xbox 360s! Hey I'm not complaining.
lol, thats the same thing that happen to me. My hard drive was corrupted and I sent it to me. 2 weeks lata they gave me a new 360 with a hard drive, how can you not like this company. lol.
I bought mine at the Swedish release, witch took place at the day we call...uh, I forgot. But anyway, it was December 2:nd. And can you belive it, the damn thing still works. Sure, the fan in the power supply is makin' a lot of noise for some reason, but it's workin'!
Nothing has gone wrong on mine at all and I got mine on day 1. I've had a few scares where my cables weren't plugged in and the ring of light blinked red, but thankfully it was my fault. It runs just great. I'd be lying if I wasn't afraid of it dying at some point though.
My launch 360 just bit the dust last week. Drove to the store, used my extended warranty, got a new one, got back home and was up and running again within an hour. Gotta love them warranties.
mine still does..people just dont know how to take care of their systemsRyuketsu2043
Oh yeah? I was extremely careful with my launch console, but it just died for no reason. Then the same crap happened to another 2 consoles, so now I am on my 3rd replacement. So dude, show some enlightenment and tell me WTF am doing wrong ... or its just a fact that MS f***ed up lauch shipment batch !
mine still does..people just dont know how to take care of their systemsRyuketsu2043
nothing like a sweeping statement to annoy people is there! Mine broke 3 days ago, one month out of warranty. I was not happy to say the least but after voicing this to the woman on the other end of the phone I got a free repair which is all cool. Still hacked off it broke though, even when having taken good care of it.
My console still works. Though it does suffer from the standard overheating issues which causes the games to freeze from time to time. I must admit I did have to put an intercooler on the back of the 360 which increased the noise level dramatically. Fortunately I've got a DSP system to hook my 360 into the surround sound and when thats cranked up... fan noise is that last thing I can hear lol
I will have to agree. I think there is a bunch of consoles out there with faulty parts and MS probably not sure either. They probably have a basic idea of production dates but I guess the lucky contenders like me will soon know. MS says the issues are unique to each customer? I would rather know its a single component thats bad versus several. Now I have to hope as soon as mine gets picked up and returned I don't have the horror stories like you and many others had or should I say one of the other unique failures happen. Oh well it my first problem with the 360 and will soon find out.
mine's basically dead. it stopped recognizing games off and on for the last few weeks, and now it's been a full 24 hrs of "Unplayable Disc"...for all discs. no red lights though... Â
i got 6 launch units, all 6 are still working fine. give my nephuews 360's at launch for christmas and still have to wash my own car... . but i did make them all read and understand the manual before hooking them up.
[QUOTE="Ryuketsu2043"]mine still does..people just dont know how to take care of their systemsTemkaNY
Oh yeah? I was extremely careful with my launch console, but it just died for no reason. Then the same crap happened to another 2 consoles, so now I am on my 3rd replacement. So dude, show some enlightenment and tell me WTF am doing wrong ... or its just a fact that MS f***ed up lauch shipment batch ! you wouldn't have gotten a launch unit for a 3rd replacment even if you are telling the truth. are you ventilating the brick? put a voltage tester in your outlet and see if it flucuates. use a surge protector. it's strange that many people dont have a single problem but the people that do have problems have multiple problems. the biggest difference is the user.Â
i think if the people that have multiple problems had the same unit i have it would have had problems. if i had the unit they had i wouldn't have had a problem. reading the manual is step one, not the last resort. many people that have problems dont even use it as a last resort, they ask for advice on a message board often getting advice/guesses for people that dont know any more than they do.
[QUOTE="TemkaNY"][QUOTE="Ryuketsu2043"]mine still does..people just dont know how to take care of their systemsrdo
Oh yeah? I was extremely careful with my launch console, but it just died for no reason. Then the same crap happened to another 2 consoles, so now I am on my 3rd replacement. So dude, show some enlightenment and tell me WTF am doing wrong ... or its just a fact that MS f***ed up lauch shipment batch ! you wouldn't have gotten a launch unit for a 3rd replacment even if you are telling the truth. are you ventilating the brick? put a voltage tester in your outlet and see if it flucuates. use a surge protector. it's strange that many people dont have a single problem but the people that do have problems have multiple problems. the biggest difference is the user.
i think if the people that have multiple problems had the same unit i have it would have had problems. if i had the unit they had i wouldn't have had a problem. reading the manual is step one, not the last resort. many people that have problems dont even use it as a last resort, they ask for advice on a message board often getting advice/guesses for people that dont know any more than they do.
is it lonely up there on your pedestal? how do you explain a machine not reading discs? certainly not with bad ventalation/not reading the manual. maybe some people do misuse their machines, but my guess is that the majority of people out there willing to drop $450 on a gaming console are also willing to take good care of their purchase, like myself.
[QUOTE="TemkaNY"][QUOTE="Ryuketsu2043"]mine still does..people just dont know how to take care of their systemsrdo
Oh yeah? I was extremely careful with my launch console, but it just died for no reason. Then the same crap happened to another 2 consoles, so now I am on my 3rd replacement. So dude, show some enlightenment and tell me WTF am doing wrong ... or its just a fact that MS f***ed up lauch shipment batch ! you wouldn't have gotten a launch unit for a 3rd replacment even if you are telling the truth. are you ventilating the brick? put a voltage tester in your outlet and see if it flucuates. use a surge protector. it's strange that many people dont have a single problem but the people that do have problems have multiple problems. the biggest difference is the user.Â
i think if the people that have multiple problems had the same unit i have it would have had problems. if i had the unit they had i wouldn't have had a problem. reading the manual is step one, not the last resort. many people that have problems dont even use it as a last resort, they ask for advice on a message board often getting advice/guesses for people that dont know any more than they do.
Well, about the replacements, MS will send you brand new console only if you have 3rd malfunctioned device. So the 4th console (if it will go that far ) supposed to be brand new. But, with the reset of your respond I am just simply amazed. Does it also says in the manual that before you will plug your 360 into outlet check it for unstable electricity flow ??? Common man ... I think details like that should be worked out by MS engineers prior the point of system’s first shipment. And, if even then something goes wrong, with the amount of systems being screwed that much I think it would be clear and smart enough for MS just to do re-call, and not keep those faulty pieces in re-placement circle activity. This is an amazing system, but re-placement process that they have is ******** ***** ********** ***** **** !!!
As TC I would just like to come back to this thread and say that one month after warranty - my xbox 360 launch console has died on me today. I felt like it was an inevitability and only hoped that this could have happened sooner. I am so pissed off. I can only hope my letter of complaint will result in a free repair.
lol, thats the same thing that happen to me. My hard drive was corrupted and I sent it to me. 2 weeks lata they gave me a new 360 with a hard drive, how can you not like this company. lol.SmoothBrother1
EASY i phoned 7 times when i still had a warranty left and been trying for 4 months..... 2nd 360 broke, going to buy another 1 maybe am from EUROPE
Mine from launch still works, though i don't play it very much. Dang that suckers loud. If you think top of the line pcs are loud, you gotta hear a launch xbox 360. Oh well, the system has everything i would want *hardware wise* so i'm happy.
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