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Main => Consoles => Topic started by: tetsu96 on January 24, 2007, 12:45:33 am
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Had a DVD rom go tits up today on my xbox 360. Seems that the drive itself is still communicating but discs don't spin. Seems like this is a known issue from what I've read.
The Xbox seems to have warranty left on it so it can be sent back for a replacement.
But my concern is a double header - I bought it used so I don't know if someone before me opened it up to try to mod it (UPDATE - scratch that, the security stickers are behind the faceplate and look untampered with, but I can almost imagine having to pay for return shipping w/o work done because MS refuses it for some reason), and even if it wasn't, I wonder if the hardware failure rate of 360 drives is enough to warrant a different approach.
So what do you guys think - since I have a bit of warranty left, is the recommended thing to go with an official MS repair? Or is it a bit more forward thinking voiding the warranty and getting the firmware key so I can do firmware flashes myself if drives need replacement in the future (and are the current replacement drives harder to extract the keys from making now the best / only time to get the keys)?
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If its under warranty, and you're sure the warranty hasn't been voided by opening it, then I'd say send it in. Replacement DVD drives are easily $75 or more, and shipping won't be that much.
Who knows, you may get an entirely new unit...mebbe yours has the dreaded ---smurfy--- solder job on some of the early units and the one you get in return is better....
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definitely try for a warranty repair. Even if it doesnt happen your only out shipping.
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Warranty repair.
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Yup... this is a no-brainer. If you still have a warranty, and your security stickers are still in tact.... send that thing back to MS
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The tribe has spoken. Thx for the input. :applaud:
I sent it back. Gonna be a long month without the 360... it's like I won't have anything to play at all. Except for the cabs. Ok, I may not be that bored waiting, but I'll miss the stupid Pinatas.
Found out my warranty goes longer than I thought too so I'll hang off on modding for a while too but is there truth to what I've heard about the newer drives being harder to flash?
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Gonna be a long month without the 360... it's like I won't have anything to play at all. Except for the cabs. Ok, I may not be that bored waiting, but I'll miss the stupid Pinatas.
Found out my warranty goes longer than I thought too so I'll hang off on modding for a while too but is there truth to what I've heard about the newer drives being harder to flash?
I hear you....when I'm working (at home) the Gears (of War) talk to me...they tell me to kill things. Its all I can do to keep from firing up my 360 and racking up some frags and downs.
As far as teh newer drives, they're all doable, its just a matter of finesse. Do you know what type of drive you had/have? each drive / firmware revision has its own idiosyncracies, but are all doable...
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I hear you....when I'm working (at home) the Gears (of War) talk to me...they tell me to kill things. Its all I can do to keep from firing up my 360 and racking up some frags and downs.
As far as teh newer drives, they're all doable, its just a matter of finesse. Do you know what type of drive you had/have? each drive / firmware revision has its own idiosyncracies, but are all doable...
It was one of the earlier Hitachi/LG drives. Loud sucker when it spins up, louder than the Samsungs from what I've read. I don't know what they're putting in the boxes these days, but I guess I'll find out when it comes back.