blea friggin RROD

[kenshin-dono]

So i got myself a RROD on my 360. this is actually my 3rd xbox. I got one a long time ago and it started to crap out. it would get disk read errors. Luckily i had bought a warranty at the store at the time for like 25 bucks (think it was EB backw hen they existed) and i swaped it out for a new one.. that was DOA out of the box! So i took it back imediatly and got this one that now gave me the dreaded RROD. I figure some of you have probably got this so id ask for some repair advice

Im pretty sure its out of warranty. The mfctr date is 7-2006. I didn't buy it around then though, i think i bought ita t the very start of 2007 Xbox site shows it out of warranty. I'll try calling them and see if i can get it repaired for free but i seriously doubt it.

These things are such piles of junk. I dont know anyone who isn't at least on their 2nd one.

Anyway, does anyone know a good repair guide to fix these things? Ive got an average level ot technical skills im sure if i have a decent guide i can pop it open and mess with the screwed up solder/ect. I just need to know what i need to replace and what to remove. i did some goggling but most of the videos that look good you have to pay for or something. Most of the other stuff is stupid towel tricks. I want to actually open it and replace the xclamp or whatever else needs to be swapped out. Id like to desolder and resolder the flux but i dont think i have tools for that at all.

I really dont want to go buy another xbox. I just realized i droped over 1500 bucks the past month or two on retro grames on ebay =P

so can anyone point me to a good guide?

[logos]

just go to the xbox website, register your xbox with them (you just need to input the serial code next tot the power cord).  Then just click on repair your console, pick the options you prefer, and make sure you select '3 flashing red lights' as the problem and they'll give you a box+shipping label.  Send it to them, and within a month (for me its always been about ~13 days) you'll get back either the same console repaired, or a new one.

[Natheria]

I know when my first one crapped out on me it said it was also no longer covered under warranty but they took it anyway.

[mgz]

knock on wood i been lucky ive had my xbox for i think 3 or 4 years and luckily it still runs like a fuckin champ

[kenshin-dono]

ya you guys were right. Even though it said out of warranty they still honored it, so im sending it in tuesday i guess.

still i think i may buy a new one anyway since i have an old 20gig hd, and use the refurbished one i get back as a backup console on the 2nd tv int he bedroom.

Which brings me to another problem... whats the best way to transfer my profile/score/themes/avatars/and most importantly patches and DLC over to the new system/HD? I remember reading that there is some nightmares with digital rights managment if the HD/data doesn't match the original console it was downloaded to. I need to make sure the stuff works properly (i.e. i remember dragon age wouldn't even work right if i wasn't online to verify that it was the same console)

Does MS still provide you with those HD transfer cables? Even if they do, how do i fix the DRM issues?

[kyanwan]

Regular warranty is 1 year.  RROD warranty is 3.  

They're avoiding a massive lawsuit.      They know very well that their product is defective.  They're smart by playing fair.   Same thing happened here - just last week.   The box here is 6 months out of standard - but still covered by RROD till 2012. 

Always call in and try to get it serviced - you may end up surprised.

[logos]

To transfer your profile (and everything associated with it) just connect to xbox live and select recover gamertag. Just remember that you can only get achievements on the console that you most recently recovered your gamertag on...so if you're switching consoles often it can be annoying.  I don't know how to transfer save games, I've never tried, but I'm sure a google search will enlighten you   As for DLC, you can just re-download it onto the new console through...account management, theres a DLC history section I think, and you can just go through that and re-download everything.  But to be sure I'd go over xbox.com's faq or google for the pertinent info.

[kenshin-dono]

the DRM stuff isn't as easy as that. Unless they fixed it. If you switched the main console you were kinda boned. It locks DLC and stuff along that lines into not just your profile, but also the console it was originally d.loaded to (not just the HD)

So when your system ineveitably dies your kinda screwed. I think it will let you use the stuff if your on xbox live all the time but i am not. I remember hearing about a way to fix this manually but i cant for the life of me find the way now. Does anyone know how to do it?

or hell, did they just fix the whole DRM issue entirely? (highly doubtfull)

[shabutie]

So when your system ineveitably dies your kinda screwed. I think it will let you use the stuff if your on xbox live all the time but i am not. I remember hearing about a way to fix this manually but i cant for the life of me find the way now. Does anyone know how to do it?

You just have to do a license transfer and possibly redownload all your stuff

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox360/licensemigration/

[fohfoh]

Not sure how to do it, but I know it's doable.

You need some type of HDD cable. You connect to the older one and copy to the new?

My brother did this a few weeks ago.

[kyanwan]

Uh, when we sent our xbox for service - I popped the whole HD off the top before it was sent in. 

Plugged the HDD in the new unit, and everything was still there.

[fohfoh]

Uh, when we sent our xbox for service - I popped the whole HD off the top before it was sent in. 

Plugged the HDD in the new unit, and everything was still there.

I think he wants to transfer his data from the 20GB to a new 250GB elite or w/e, keep his stats but have more room for demos, installing games and shit.

[shabutie]

Sounds like he was talking about the DLC stuff.

When you take off your HDD and put it on a different counsel, you have to be connected to xbox LIVE to use your DLC stuff, or else it either A) Doesn't show up, or B) Shows up as a trial/demo

This is because when you make your profile, it 'locks' the licenses to that system and when you pop it on a new system, it doesn't register it as the original.  Pretty sure they do it so you don't scam them by downloading a bunch of DLC,  switch to a new hard drive/system, and download it all again.  Not sure, but that sounds about right


But yeah, if you want to keep your saves, just get a flash drive, format it for the 360, copy your stuff onto it, and copy it onto the new hard drive.

(I've spent plenty of time on the xbox.com forums with people saying "Whhaaaa! My dlc don't work!"  with the answer always being, "So did you send your xbox in or get a new one?" "Yeah..."  "Then do a license transfer, foo!")

~Cheers!

[fohfoh]

Data migration?

http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/hardware/accessories/storage/harddrivetransferkit.aspx

[kenshin-dono]

shabutie is right its DRM right stuff like i said
http://www.xbox.com/en-us/support/systemuse/xbox360/licensemigration/

the only problem i have now is they actually sent me back someone elses 360.. so im not sure if reactivating it on the old one then transfering to the new one is the way to go, or just reseting the rights on the new 120 gig is the way to go >_< friggin MS, i hate this bs

I got outa computer gaming to avoid this BS. What the hells gonna happen years down the road when live doesn't exist anymore, are people just totally screwed with games that used DLC? Thats a serious issue since i keep all my old stuff. I can still play my genesis/nes/PS1 junk fine. In that same time frame im worried i'll be screwed when i go to play a 360 game 10 years from now and i cant play my games because it says i must be signed onto non existing xbox live to play my game

[Sosseres]

In ten years the first good Xbox 360 emulators might start coming out. So you can play the most popular games on your PC with the DLCs or just play the ports of the games that got them.

Always wondered why some people get RRODs repetitively while others don't get it at all. Perhaps they actually use them. :p

[mgz]

In ten years the first good Xbox 360 emulators might start coming out. So you can play the most popular games on your PC with the DLCs or just play the ports of the games that got them.

Always wondered why some people get RRODs repetitively while others don't get it at all. Perhaps they actually use them. :p

eh ive literally left my xbox on for 2 or 3 weeks straight with fairly continual gameplay during the summer.

I think its just dumb luck and a few other factors that probably come into play

[fohfoh]

Or ignore everything, scream "yay capitalism" and buy the new Xbox that is being released soon.

[CappinHoff]

You could fix the RROD.

[sdedalus83]

You could fix the RROD.

Yet another reason why one should always have a towel,