3 Rings of Death Victims

[hobo]

When you sent your xbox in, did it come back as the new HDMI xbox? and how long ago did you send it in?


My xbox has 3 rings sometimes, sometimes it just freezes mid game,...... dont really want to wait a month or so though but if the news one have HDMI ill send it in....

[DjMattyD]

Sent in Non HDMI got back Non HDMI

took 2 weeks and 3 days exactly

[junwin]

Just got my 3rd bout of RRoD but i bought a refurbished one, it shouldnt take more than a trip to EB to replace.

[ZapBulletRider]

I got my first RROD the other day. I disconnected all cables and reconnected and it works fine.

[doug]

for now... but your xbox will slowly deteriorate. I got the rings awhile ago and have gotten them a couple times since. My xbox now freezes on alot of games and always has this green screen when it starts up. Bout time to send her in I think

[MDskimmerMAtt]

it took my friend like 2-3 weeks max. Its not like its summer anymore so maybe you can put more time into school or something.

[Icej]

for now... but your xbox will slowly deteriorate. I got the rings awhile ago and have gotten them a couple times since. My xbox now freezes on alot of games and always has this green screen when it starts up. Bout time to send her in I think

Same thing happened to me for a week than it stopped turning on.

[MI_Skim]

the ring of death is fixable, my friend did it. He told me he took his harddrive out wrapped his xbox and towels and let it crash. I think Ill ask again if any of you need help

[ZapBulletRider]

yeah my brother did that
me and my other brother in law were playing (3 diff houses) and he calls and is like yo my Lbol (don't ask) crashed imma try this fix. He told me what it was and I'm like no fracking way, that's retarded. Sure enough a little while later he signs on and it's been running ever since (that was like a year ago). Something about how the heat issues cause the motherboard to warp and 2 elements to touch and short, when you wrap it in a towel and turn it on its side (I think that's how you do it), it re-warps (de-warps) the motherboard and fixes the short

[MDskimmerMAtt]

but if it does happen again doesnt it void the warranty after you do that?

[Icej]

No. There is a video somewhere detailing how to do it. It was posted on here.

[ZapBulletRider]

willing to bet that "somewhere" is youtube

[MDskimmerMAtt]

[swf]http://www.youtube.com/v/avWs4-wD15w&hl[swf]

[megadeth]

[ZapBulletRider]

"resets the chips on the board, or whatever"


lololol this guy has no idea what it does, it's a black box process to him.. too funny

[ZapBulletRider]

this guy is one of those douches that has to have every piece of cutting edge technology but knows nothing about it... I know a few of those guys

[megadeth]

Why else would be buy a 150$ robo cop gun?

[jerzy_skim_07760]

but if it does happen again doesnt it void the warranty after you do that?

Yea, once you open the xbox the warranty is void

[ZapBulletRider]

Yea, once you open the xbox the warranty is void

guess you weren't paying attention, you don't have to open the xbox. There's really no way they could prove you did the towel trick. They could speculate, based on possible heat damage to other components caused by overheating it w/ towels, but they can't prove it didn't overhead liek that naturally..

So I was a little off, I'd been told it was a motherboard warping problem causing a short, but it looks like it's a motherboard warping problem that causes bad connections b/w the GPU and the board. I'm guessing it's like a cold solder problem, in which case getting the solder hot enough to liquify again would help, but it's only a temporary fix. The motherboard's still warped.

[jerzy_skim_07760]

ahhh i see what you mean

[OtotheZ]

when i had the rrd i tried the towel trick.. it worked but i had to do it every 2 days because the rrd would return.. then i sent it to microsoft and they fixed it
just send it in.

[hobo]

ive done the towel trick, im just wondering if i will get a new HDMI one

[hobo]

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what would be quicker sending it into xbox, or going back to the place i bought it, with the extended warranty/issurance i bought..(micro center, similar to frys/bestbuy/circuit city etc"

[CaboWabo]

I sent in my non-HDMI box, went to the store and bought an elite, received a non-HDMI box 2 weeks later, sold non-HDMI box.

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question

what would be quicker sending it into xbox, or going back to the place i bought it, with the extended warranty/issurance i bought..(micro center, similar to frys/bestbuy/circuit city etc"

Is that a serious question?

[ZapBulletRider]

w/ the second option, I believe they might swap it in-store

[narwhal]

I need to get a gaming system.

A TV for that matter. My parents tried to buy me a TV for my B-Day coming up but I rather put that money somewhere else.

[megadeth]

"the towel trick" sounds like some disturbing masturbation game.

[hobo]

srsly? i thought they would just send it back in........



gonna do that shit hopefully my insurance is still valid, i think i bough two years and two years is coming up.

robs, 37" 1080 HDTV read (no tuner)
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...oc=&sid=&adid=

jeff liu jizzes on those

[narwhal]

I would not mind a TV.

But seriously paying for Cable kills me. Average package in this small town (New Kent, VA) is like 70 bucks a month.

I only need Cable/Satellite a few months out of the years. (College basketball and football season)

But Movies, TV and News I watch soley on the computer. MSNBC.com has an amazing media player where the content is on there in 5 mins, live content and easy to use.

I rather put that money into a large LCD with a new desktop or a skimboard.

Or even a new camera. And I am about to get a new LT for the business...so I might be doing well in the tech field.

[hobo]

the one i linked is perfect for computer use. i think jeff has like 8.

[narwhal]

God damit.

My bank card is now laying on my desk.

I might buy this fracker. I looked around this price is incredible and I need TV/LCD.

[hobo]

i Win.

brought it back to microcenter, theyre giving me a 400$ gift card i believe...but i have to wait.

kept HDD
gonna get an Arcade (dont need a 60GB HDD), since the arcade is pretty much the same except w/o HDD. Arcade has HDMI.

Best of all i paid 200$ for the premium two years ago (100$ Mail in rebate, 100$ new credit card)..... but yet theyre crediting me back 400$.

dunno what to buy with the other 200$, ofc insurance....